🏆 2026 AIG Women's Open Final Field Hub
2026 AIG Women's Open Final Field Overview
The AIG Women's Open returns to Royal Lytham & St Annes for its landmark 50th staging. Championship week runs from July 29-August 2, 2026, with the four tournament rounds scheduled for Thursday through Sunday.
The official championship player page now lists the completed 144-player field. The final 13 places were awarded through Final Qualifying at St Annes Old Links on Monday, July 27, completing the field for Thursday's opening round.
Final field status: all 13 successful St Annes Old Links qualifiers have been added to the qualifier section and the complete alphabetical field below. The championship field is set at 144 players, subject only to any late withdrawal and reserve replacement.
📌 How Players Qualified for the 2026 AIG Women's Open
- Past AIG Women's Open champions and recent major champions, including defending champion Miyu Yamashita, Nelly Korda, Haeran Ryu, Lydia Ko, Lilia Vu, Ashleigh Buhai, Anna Nordqvist, Sophia Popov, Hinako Shibuno, Georgia Hall, I K Kim, Ariya Jutanugarn, Jiyai Shin, and Yani Tseng.
- Top 50 players on the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings at the championship cutoff.
- Top five non-exempt players on the LET Order of Merit: Alexandra Forsterling, Pia Babnik, Diksha Dagar, Anna Zanusso, and Kajsa Arwefjall.
- Top 25 non-exempt players on the LPGA Race to CME Globe list, adding Arpichaya Yubol, Yana Wilson, Cassie Porter, Yu Liu, Jenny Bae, Gina Kim, Leona Maguire, Weiwei Zhang, Dewi Weber, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, and other listed qualifiers.
- JLPGA routes: Shiho Kuwaki and Kana Nagai through the Ai Miyazato Suntory Ladies Open, plus Fuka Suga and Sayaka Takahashi through the Mercedes Ranking route.
- KLPGA routes: Min-sol Kim through the Korea Women's Open pathway and Minsun7 Kim through the KLPGA Money List.
- Women's Scottish Open routes: winner Jenny Shin was already exempt; Chanettee Wannasaen, Daniela Darquea, and Nataliya Guseva gained the leading non-exempt places.
- Amateur exemptions: Yunseo Yang, Maria Jose Marin, Valentine Delon, and Charlotte Naughton, with amateur status maintained where required.
- Pre-Qualifying at Delamere Forest advanced 18 players into Final Qualifying.
- Final Qualifying at St Annes Old Links supplied 13 players to complete the 144-player championship field.
👥 2026 AIG Women's Open Final Official Field
The official AIG Women's Open player page now contains the completed 144-player field. This update adds all 13 successful Final Qualifiers to the tournament-week player list.
Final Qualifying was completed at St Annes Old Links on Monday, July 27. The final alphabetical list below now matches the official championship player page, with late changes possible only through a withdrawal and reserve replacement.
- Final official player count: 144.
- Final Qualifying additions: 13 players.
- Host course: Royal Lytham & St Annes, Lancashire, England.
- Championship week: July 29-August 2, 2026.
- Tournament rounds: July 30-August 2.
- Defending champion: Miyu Yamashita.
- Final major winners entering Royal Lytham: Nelly Korda and Haeran Ryu.
- Final Qualifying: completed Monday, July 27 at St Annes Old Links.
- Final field status: all 13 qualifiers are included; monitor only for late withdrawals and reserve replacements.
All 144 players listed in the final official 2026 AIG Women's Open field are included below. (a) identifies an amateur, including Final Qualifier Lauren Crump.
- Casandra Alexander
- Aditi Ashok
- Justice Bosio
- Nicole Broch Estrup
- In Gee Chun
- Lauren Crump (a)
- Manon De Roey
- Lindy Duncan
- Annabell Fuller
- Linn Grant
- Georgia Hall
- Darcey Harry
- Alice Hewson
- Youmin Hwang
- Soo Bin Joo
- Megan Khang
- Grace Kim
- Minsun7 Kim
- Noora Komulainen
- Shiho Kuwaki
- Andrea Lee
- Lucy Li
- Carolina Lopez-Chacarra
- Leona Maguire
- Kana Nagai
- Ryann O'Toole
- Mimi Rhodes
- Mao Saigo
- Jenny Shin
- Sayaka Takahashi
- Smilla Tarning Soenderby
- Yani Tseng
- Chanettee Wannasaen
- Yana Wilson
- Amy Yang
- Arpichaya Yubol
- Pajaree Anannarukarn
- Pia Babnik
- Celine Boutier
- Ashleigh Buhai
- Carlota Ciganda
- Diksha Dagar
- Perrine Delacour
- Jodi Ewart Shadoff
- Ayaka Furue
- Hannah Green
- Esme Hamilton
- Nasa Hataoka
- Wei Ling Hsu
- Jinhee Im
- Ariya Jutanugarn
- A Lim Kim
- Hyojoo Kim
- Sei Young Kim
- Nelly Korda
- Steph Kyriacou
- Mi Hyang Lee
- Yan Liu
- Julia Lopez Ramirez
- Maria Jose Marin (a)
- Charlotte Naughton (a)
- Ana Pelaez Trivino
- Kiara Romero
- Shuri Sakuma
- Jiyai Shin
- Rio Takeda
- Patty Tavatanakit
- Aunchisa Utama
- Bel Wardle
- Lottie Woad
- Yunseo Yang (a)
- Anna Zanusso
- Yuna Araki
- Jenny Bae
- Vanessa Bouvet
- Hye Jin Choi
- Allisen Corpuz
- Daniela Darquea
- Valentine Delon (a)
- Anna Foster
- Cara Gainer
- Melanie Green
- Erika Hara
- Brooke Henderson
- Anna Huang
- Akie Iwai
- Minji Kang
- Auston Kim
- I K Kim
- Jinyoung Ko
- Sara Kouskova
- Agathe Laisne
- Minjee Lee
- Yu Liu
- Polly Mack
- Paula Martin Sampedro
- Yealimi Noh
- Sophia Popov
- Pauline Roussin-Bouchard
- Yuka Saso
- Maja Stark
- Chiara Tamburlini
- Carla Tejedo Mulet
- Lilia Vu
- Dewi Weber
- Miyu Yamashita
- Ruoning Yin
- Rose Zhang
- Kajsa Arwefjall
- Kelsey Bennett
- Helen Briem
- Robyn Choi
- Lauren Coughlin
- Karis Davidson
- Amanda Doherty
- Alexandra Forsterling
- Amelia Garvey
- Nataliya Guseva
- Leonie Harm
- Esther Henseleit
- Charley Hull
- Chisato Iwai
- Minami Katsu
- Gina Kim
- Min-sol Kim
- Lydia Ko
- Jennifer Kupcho
- Alison Lee
- Somi Lee
- Gaby Lopez
- Nanna Koerstz Madsen
- Nastasia Nadaud
- Anna Nordqvist
- Cassie Porter
- Haeran Ryu
- Hinako Shibuno
- Fuka Suga
- Shannon Tan
- Jeeno Thitikul
- Lauren Walsh
- Chloe Williams
- Jing Yan
- Ina Yoon
- Weiwei Zhang
- Miyu Yamashita — 2025
- Ashleigh Buhai — 2022
- Hinako Shibuno — 2019
- Ariya Jutanugarn — 2016
- Lydia Ko — 2024
- Anna Nordqvist — 2021
- Georgia Hall — 2018
- Jiyai Shin — 2008 & 2012
- Lilia Vu — 2023
- Sophia Popov — 2020
- I K Kim — 2017
- Yani Tseng — 2010 & 2011
- Valentine Delon (a) — Women's Amateur champion
- Maria Jose Marin (a) — Augusta National Women's Amateur champion
- Charlotte Naughton (a) — European Ladies' Amateur champion / Women's Amateur Series winner
- Yunseo Yang (a) — Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific champion
- Lauren Crump (a) — advanced through Final Qualifying at St Annes Old Links
Delamere Forest Pre-Qualifiers Who Reached Final Qualifying
These 18 players advanced from Pre-Qualifying on July 13 into the St Annes Old Links Final Qualifying field:
- Anne-Charlotte Mora
- Vanessa Bouvet
- Ellen Hume
- Linnea Strom
- Hulda Gestsdottir
- Emma Henningsson
- Lauren Crump (a)
- Sofia Garcia
- Izzy Hurrion (a)
- Lianna Bailey
- Billie-Jo Smith
- Luca Sasha Thompson
- Louise Duncan
- Lauren Hartlage
- Ellise Rymer (a)
- Hazuki Kimura
- Paula Reto
- Bel Wardle
St Annes Old Links Final Qualifiers — Monday, July 27
Thirteen players earned the final places in the 2026 AIG Women's Open field. Manon De Roey and Bel Wardle shared the low score at 4-under 68. Five players qualified at 3-under, while six more advanced from an eight-player playoff at 2-under.
- Manon De Roey — 68
- Bel Wardle — 68
- Lauren Crump (a) — 69
- Justice Bosio — 69
- Annabell Fuller — 69
- Vanessa Bouvet — 69
- Carla Tejedo Mulet — 69
- Anna Foster — 70, playoff
- Chloe Williams — 70, playoff
- Polly Mack — 70, playoff
- Ana Pelaez Trivino — 70, playoff
- Amanda Doherty — 70, playoff
- Jodi Ewart Shadoff — 70, playoff
Ingrid Lindblad and Dorthea Forbrigd were the two players eliminated from the eight-player playoff for the final six championship places.
- U.S. Women's Open champion: Nelly Korda — already exempt.
- KPMG Women's PGA champion: Haeran Ryu — already exempt.
- Amundi Evian champion: Haeran Ryu — already exempt.
- Women's Scottish Open champion: Jenny Shin — already exempt.
- Scottish Open leading non-exempt finishers: Chanettee Wannasaen, Daniela Darquea, and Nataliya Guseva.
- LET Order of Merit additions: Alexandra Forsterling, Pia Babnik, Diksha Dagar, Anna Zanusso, and Kajsa Arwefjall.
- LPGA Race to CME Globe additions: the final 25 non-exempt route players are represented in the official field list.
- JLPGA additions: Shiho Kuwaki, Kana Nagai, Fuka Suga, and Sayaka Takahashi.
- KLPGA additions: Min-sol Kim and Minsun7 Kim; Shinsil Bang is not playing.
- St Annes Old Links Final Qualifying: 13 successful players completed the 144-player field.
- The official championship player page is the controlling list for the 144 names shown in the final alphabetical field.
- The 2026 championship is the 50th staging of the AIG Women's Open.
- Royal Lytham & St Annes hosts the championship for the first time since Georgia Hall's victory in 2018.
- The four championship rounds are scheduled for July 30-August 2.
- The final field contains 144 players after 13 competitors advanced through Final Qualifying.
- Final Qualifying was completed at St Annes Old Links on July 27.
- Any subsequent field change would result from a late withdrawal and reserve replacement.
🟢 CaddyBytes Final Field Note
This update completes the official 144-player AIG Women's Open field for Royal Lytham & St Annes. The full alphabetical field, championship winners, amateurs, completed qualification routes, Delamere Forest Pre-Qualifiers, and all 13 successful St Annes Old Links Final Qualifiers are now included.