🏆 2026 AIG Women's Open Field Hub
2026 AIG Women's Open Field Overview
The AIG Women's Open returns to Royal Lytham & St Annes in Lancashire for the landmark 50th staging of the championship. The 2026 competition window is listed on the LPGA schedule for July 30-August 2, 2026, with Royal Lytham week promoted by the championship site across the broader July 29-August 2 event window.
Unlike the KPMG Women's PGA field page, this AIG page is built around R&A exemption routes, global tour winners, Rolex Rankings cutoffs, LET / LPGA / KLPGA / JLPGA performance lists, amateur championship winners, and a traditional Pre-Qualifying / Final Qualifying pathway.
Field status: the final AIG Women's Open field is not fully set yet. CaddyBytes is using this page as an early exemption-route tracker before the official 144-player field is completed closer to championship week.
📌 How Players Qualify for the 2026 AIG Women's Open
- Past AIG Women's Open champions and recent major champions, including the defending champion and winners from the current major cycle.
- 2026 global tournament winners from selected LPGA, LET, and international events listed in the AIG Women's Open qualification routes.
- Top 50 players on the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings as of the late-June cutoff.
- Top players from current-season tour lists, including LET Order of Merit, LPGA Race to CME Globe, KLPGA Money List, and JLPGA Mercedes Ranking paths.
- Amateur championship winners, including the Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific, Augusta National Women's Amateur, Women's Amateur, European Ladies' Amateur, and Women's Amateur Series paths, provided amateur status is maintained where required.
- Regional / event-specific performance routes, including leading finishers from selected JLPGA, KLPGA, and Women's Scottish Open opportunities.
- Pre-Qualifying at Delamere Forest on Monday, July 13, 2026, with places available into Final Qualifying.
- Final Qualifying at St Annes Old Links on Monday, July 27, 2026, with final AIG Women's Open spots to be confirmed.
- Late winner holds and final additions, including the U.S. Women's Open, KPMG Women's PGA, Amundi Evian Championship, ISPS HANDA Women's Scottish Open, and other route-specific winners still to be determined.
👥 2026 AIG Women's Open Field of Players
The current CaddyBytes AIG Women's Open page is an early field tracker, not the final starting field. It tracks the published qualification routes, already-named route winners, future ranking cutoffs, amateur paths, Pre-Qualifying, Final Qualifying, and late additions still to come before Royal Lytham.
The AIG Women's Open is expected to build toward a 144-player international field. Continue checking for the U.S. Women's Open winner, KPMG Women's PGA winner, Evian winner, Rolex Rankings cutoff, LET / LPGA / KLPGA / JLPGA list additions, Women's Scottish Open route, final qualifying spots, withdrawals, and final official field adjustments. Scroll down to open the current exemption-route tracker dropdown.
- Current page status: converted from the KPMG Women's PGA field-page layout into a 2026 AIG Women's Open field tracker.
- Current field status: final official field not yet set; this page tracks exemption routes and named players as the field builds.
- Expected field size: 144 players.
- Host course: Royal Lytham & St Annes, Lancashire, England.
- Competition dates: July 30-August 2, 2026.
- Championship week note: the AIG Women's Open site also promotes Royal Lytham week across the broader July 29-August 2 window.
- Qualifying venues: Pre-Qualifying at Delamere Forest on July 13 and Final Qualifying at St Annes Old Links on July 27.
- Next update: add official player commitments / final field names once the AIG Women's Open field page or LPGA entries page is fully populated.
Current CaddyBytes status: early AIG Women's Open field tracker as of May 28, 2026. These are players named through published qualification-route notes or obvious championship status, not the final 144-player field.
🏆 Defending Champion / AIG Championship Core
- Miyu Yamashita — 2025 AIG Women's Open champion
⭐ Already-Exempt Names Mentioned in 2026 Route Notes
- Nelly Korda
- Charley Hull
- Jeeno Thitikul
- Hyojoo Kim
- Lauren Coughlin
- Lottie Woad
- Anna Huang
🏅 Players Named as Gaining Exemptions Through 2026 Routes
- Yunseo Yang (amateur route)
- Hannah Green
- Agathe Laisne
- Mi Hyang Lee
- Kelsey Bennett
- María José Marín (amateur route)
- Esme Hamilton
- Smilla Tarning Soenderby
- Leonie Harm
⏳ Upcoming / Not-Yet-Filled Route Slots to Add
- Jabra Ladies Open de France winner
- ShopRite LPGA winner
- U.S. Women's Open champion
- JLPGA Mercedes Ranking entries
- KLPGA event / Money List entries
- Meijer LPGA Classic winner
- Dutch Ladies Open winner
- Women's Amateur champion
- Tipsport Czech Ladies Open winner
- KPMG Women's PGA champion
- Top 50 Rolex Rankings cutoff
- LET Order of Merit additions
- LPGA Race to CME Globe additions
- Evian champion
- Women's Scottish Open winner / leading finishers
- Final Qualifying spots
The top of the AIG Women's Open field is built around major championship strength, past AIG Women's Open performance, and the world's highest-ranked players. This section should be expanded as the official field list is finalized.
Major / Champion Routes to Track
- Defending AIG Women's Open champion: Miyu Yamashita.
- Chevron Championship champion: Nelly Korda.
- U.S. Women's Open champion: to be added after the 2026 U.S. Women's Open.
- KPMG Women's PGA champion: to be added after the 2026 KPMG Women's PGA Championship.
- Amundi Evian Championship champion: to be added after the 2026 Evian.
- Past AIG Women's Open champions / recent high finishers: add once the official exemption category list is populated.
Rolex Rankings Cutoff
- Top 50 players on the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings as of the late-June 2026 cutoff should be added here once published.
- This will become one of the most important final field-fill sections because it brings in world-ranked LPGA / LET / global players not already exempt through wins.
AIG Women's Open field movement is global. Winners and list positions from multiple tours continue to feed the field through June and July.
Named 2026 Winner / Route Players Already Being Tracked
- Nelly Korda
- Charley Hull
- Yunseo Yang
- Jeeno Thitikul
- Hannah Green
- Agathe Laisne
- Mi Hyang Lee
- Kelsey Bennett
- Hyojoo Kim
- María José Marín
- Lauren Coughlin
- Esme Hamilton
- Smilla Tarning Soenderby
- Lottie Woad
- Leonie Harm
- Anna Huang
Tour-List Routes Still to Fill
- Top 5 not already exempt from the LET Order of Merit after the July 5 cutoff.
- Top 25 not already exempt from the LPGA Race to CME Globe season list after the July 5 cutoff.
- Top two not already exempt from the KLPGA Money List after the July 5 cutoff.
- Top three from the JLPGA Mercedes Ranking after the Ai Miyazato Suntory Ladies Open cutoff.
- Leading event-specific finishers from selected JLPGA, KLPGA, and Women's Scottish Open pathways.
The AIG Women's Open keeps a true play-your-way-in pathway through Pre-Qualifying and Final Qualifying, plus several elite amateur exemptions.
2026 Qualifying Venues
- Pre-Qualifying: Delamere Forest — Monday, July 13, 2026.
- Final Qualifying: St Annes Old Links — Monday, July 27, 2026.
- Final Qualifying places: number of AIG Women's Open spots to be confirmed.
Amateur Routes to Track
- Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific winner: Yunseo Yang.
- Augusta National Women's Amateur champion: María José Marín.
- Women's Amateur champion: to be added after the 2026 championship.
- European Ladies' Amateur champion: to be added after the July 2026 championship.
- Women's Amateur Series winner: to be added after the July 2026 cutoff.
- Important note: amateur winners must maintain amateur status where required to take up the exemption.
This is the working section for late field movement before Royal Lytham. It should be updated as the official field list, reserve order, and final qualifying results are published.
Late Field Items to Watch
- Jabra Ladies Open de France winner and ShopRite LPGA winner.
- U.S. Women's Open champion and any additional U.S. Women's Open route players.
- JLPGA Mercedes Ranking and Ai Miyazato Suntory Ladies Open qualifying paths.
- KLPGA Money List and Korea Women's Open paths.
- Meijer LPGA Classic winner and Dutch Ladies Open winner.
- Women's Amateur champion and Tipsport Czech Ladies Open winner.
- KPMG Women's PGA champion and Top 50 Rolex Rankings cutoff.
- LET Order of Merit, LPGA Race to CME Globe, and KLPGA list additions after the July 5 cutoff.
- Amundi Evian champion.
- ISPS HANDA Women's Scottish Open winner and leading three non-exempt cut-makers.
- Pre-Qualifying and Final Qualifying results.
- Withdrawals, reserve promotions, and final official field corrections.
- The 2026 AIG Women's Open is scheduled for Royal Lytham & St Annes in Lancashire, England.
- The competition dates listed by the LPGA are July 30-August 2, 2026; the championship site promotes the broader Royal Lytham event window from July 29-August 2.
- The AIG Women's Open is expected to feature a 144-player international field.
- This page is currently an exemption-route tracker, not the final official field page.
- Pre-Qualifying will be played at Delamere Forest on July 13, 2026.
- Final Qualifying will be played at St Annes Old Links on July 27, 2026.
- Important late additions will come from the U.S. Women's Open, KPMG Women's PGA, Rolex Rankings, LET Order of Merit, LPGA Race to CME Globe, KLPGA / JLPGA paths, Evian, Women's Scottish Open, and Final Qualifying.
- Once the official AIG Women's Open field page is fully updated, replace the route tracker with the full alphabetized field or category-by-category player list.
🟢 CaddyBytes Field Update Note
This page has been converted from the KPMG Women's PGA field-page structure into a 2026 AIG Women's Open field tracker. The page now separates the early exemption-route tracker, champions / major winners / Rolex Rankings paths, LPGA / LET / KLPGA / JLPGA winner and list routes, Pre-Qualifying / Final Qualifying, and late field movement. The next maintenance step is to replace this tracker with the official full field once the AIG Women's Open or LPGA entries page publishes the complete Royal Lytham list.