2026 U.S. Women's Open Field

Full CaddyBytes final field list for the 2026 U.S. Women's Open at Riviera. Amateur players are marked with (a).

The final Riviera field is led by the defending champion, past U.S. Women's Open winners, top-ranked LPGA stars, major champions, official-event winners, and players who earned places through rankings, exemptions, and 36-hole qualifying.

Past U.S. Women's Open champions in the field

• Allisen Corpuz
• Ariya Jutanugarn
• A Lim Kim
• Brittany Lang
• In Gee Chun
• Minjee Lee
• Sung Hyun Park
• Yuka Saso
• Maja Stark
• Yani Tseng
• Michelle Wie West

Headline contenders / star names

• Nelly Korda
• Jeeno Thitikul
• Hyo Joo Kim
• Ruoning Yin
• Lottie Woad
• Hannah Green
• Charley Hull
• Miyu Yamashita
• Minjee Lee
• Lydia Ko
• Sei Young Kim
• Angel Yin
• Lauren Coughlin
• Hye-Jin Choi
• Mao Saigo

U.S. Women's Open qualifying is complete, and the 36-hole qualifiers are now folded into the full 156-player Riviera field above. The final list includes 28 amateurs, with multiple amateurs earning spots through qualifying and others entering through elite amateur exemptions.

Amateurs in the final field

• Zoe Cusack (a)
• Aphrodite Deng (a)
• Addie Dobson (a)
• Paula Francisco (a)
• Megha Ganne (a)
• Sarah Hammett (a)
• Veronika Kedronova (a)
• Lauren Kim (a)
• Ina Kim-Schaad (a)
• Katelyn Kong (a)
• Thanana Kotchasanmanee (a)
• Chloe Kovelesky (a)
• Amy Seung Hyun Lee (a)
• Jie-En Lin (a)
• Anita Lumpongpoung (a)
• Maria Jose Marin (a)
• Paula Martin Sampedro (a)
• Farah O'Keefe (a)
• Soomin Oh (a)
• Nellie Ong (a)
• Meja Ortengren (a)
• Catherine Park (a)
• Sofia Rivera (a)
• Kiara Romero (a)
• Athena Singh (a)
• Johanna Sjursen (a)
• Asterisk Talley (a)
• Siuue Wu (a)

• The page has moved from a late-May field tracker into a final championship-week field page.
• The final listed field contains 156 players, including 28 amateurs and 11 past U.S. Women's Open champions.
• Yani Tseng is now included in the final field and should be treated as a special-exemption storyline.
• Amiyu Ozeki is now included in the final field and should no longer be treated only as an alternate-watch note.
• Michelle Wie West is included in the field and is one of the major return storylines at Riviera.
• Lexi Thompson is not listed in the final field, ending her long U.S. Women's Open appearance streak.
• Haeran Ryu and Sarah Schmelzel are not listed in the final field and should remain non-playing/withdrawal notes.
• Defending champion Maja Stark remains one of the headline exempt players.
• Nelly Korda, Jeeno Thitikul, Hyo Joo Kim, Ruoning Yin, Lottie Woad, Hannah Green, Charley Hull, Miyu Yamashita, Minjee Lee, Lydia Ko, and Angel Yin headline the top end of the Riviera field.
• Any final same-week replacement should be handled from official Round 1 tee times or USGA scoring changes before play begins.

The U.S. Women's Open field includes both exempt amateurs and amateurs who played their way into Riviera through 36-hole qualifying. Amateur players are marked with (a) in the full field table.

• Total amateurs: 28 players in the final field
• Top amateur storylines: Kiara Romero, Megha Ganne, Farah O'Keefe, Asterisk Talley, Maria Jose Marin, Paula Martin Sampedro, and a deep group of 36-hole qualifying additions
• Qualifier route: the women’s championship used 36-hole qualifying rather than the men’s U.S. Open local/final qualifying system
• Final page handling: keep the (a) tags on amateur names when copying this field into other CaddyBytes sections

• The women’s qualifying route for 2026 was 36-hole qualifying, not a separate local/final qualifying system.
• The men’s U.S. Open is the event with local qualifying followed by final qualifying.
• Recent U.S. Women's Open champions are part of the exemption structure.
• Recent winners of women's major championships are key exemption categories.
• LPGA official winners, Race to CME Globe points leaders, and Rolex Rankings qualifiers help shape the exempt field.
• Amateur champions and elite amateur exemptions remain an important part of the U.S. Women's Open field.
• The USGA may still make a same-week alternate replacement if a listed player withdraws before Round 1.
• Once tee times and scoring are active, final field cleanup should follow the official Round 1 player list.