Lexi Thompson signs autographs for fans on the 18th hole green during a practice round ahead of the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open. | Jason E. Miczek/USGA
The U.S. Women’s Open returns to Lancaster Country Club in Pennsylvania, where the biggest event of the year takes center stage.
The biggest tournament in women’s professional golf has arrived.
The U.S. Women’s Open will take place at Lancaster Country Club, which last hosted the best female players in the world in 2015. In Gee Chun of South Korea won that year, thanks to spectacular birdies she made on the 16th and 17th holes.
Since then, Chun has become a staple in the Lancaster community. She started a foundation that supports Lancaster Country Club employees and their dependents through educational scholarships. As a result, the Central Pennsylvania community has fully embraced her, too, calling Chun one of their own.
But this town has welcomed this tournament with open arms, too. This championship will shatter attendance records and set a new bar for the number of volunteers assisting. Hospitality packages sold out months ago, too.
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The 18th hole at Lancaster Country Club.
The course itself—a William Flynn design—will play anywhere between 6,500 and 6,700 yards during play, with the greens running at 11.5 on the stimpmeter. The United States Golf Association (USGA) will cut the rough between 2.5 and four inches on Wednesday, growing to five and six inches on the weekend. It’s a classic, old-school golf course with numerous elevation changes and incredible vistas. Each hole is unique, too, as this beautiful piece of property will challenge the best female players in the world while entertaining everyone else.
But this year’s event also welcomes a new area for women’s professional golf. Ally Financial has partnered with the USGA to elevate the purse to $12 million, a record for the women’s game. In 2015, the USGA awarded its competitors a $4.5 million purse.
On top of that, the two biggest stories of this week revolve around Nelly Korda and Lexi Thompson.
Korda, who has won six of her last seven events on the LPGA, aims to win her second straight major championship at Lancaster. Should she go on to do so, her season will vault into a stratosphere not seen since 2005, when Annika Sorenstam won 10 tournaments, including two majors.
Then, Thompson, who at 29 years old, shockingly announced that she would retire from professional golf at season’s end. She made her pro golf debut at the 2007 U.S. Women’s Open—at 12 years old. The Floridian has played in every iteration of this event since then, so she felt it necessary to make this declaration now.
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Nelly Korda walks to the 3rd tee box ahead of the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open at Lancaster Country Club.
U.S. Women’s Open:
Where: Lancaster Country Club — Meadowcreek and Dogwood (Par 70 / 6,629 Yards)
When: May 30-Jun. 2, 2024
Purse: $12,000,000 / First Place: $2,000,000
Defending Champion: Allisen Corpuz
How to Watch the U.S. Women’s Open:
NBC Sports will provide 26 hours of live coverage from Thursday’s first round through Sunday’s final round.
The complete coverage schedule follows below, with all times listed in ET:
Thursday, May 30: 12-2 p.m. (Peacock), 2-8 p.m. (USA Network)
Friday, May 31: 12-2 p.m. (Peacock), 2-8 p.m. (USA Network)
Saturday, Jun. 1: 1-3 p.m. (Peacock), 3-6 p.m. (NBC)
Sunday, Jun. 2: 2-3 p.m. (Peacock), 3-4 p.m. (USA Network), 4-7 p.m. (NBC)
Coverage on Peacock can be streamed here.
In addition, Peacock will stream two featured groups in the morning and two featured groups in the afternoon, Thursday through Sunday. The streaming service will also simulcast NBC’s broadcasts on Saturday and Sunday.
U.S. Women’s Open First Round Tee Times (ET):
(* — Denotes 10th hole start)
6:45 a.m. — Rachel Rohanna, Alana Uriell, Caroline Smith (A)
6:45 a.m.* — Sophia Popov, Amelia Garvey, Kim Kaufman
6:56 a.m. — Sabrina Iqbal, Yui Kawamoto, Jiwon Jeon
6:56 a.m.* — Lauren Stephenson, Caroline Inglis, Pei-Ying Tsai
7:07 a.m. — Isi Gabsa, Maude-Aimée Leblanc, Agathe Laisné
7:07 a.m.* — Elizabeth Szokol, Yuka Nii, Katie Li (A)
7:18 a.m. — Caroline Masson, Huai-Chien Hsu (A), Casandra Alexander
7:18 a.m.* — Sarah Kemp, Mariajo Uribe, Hinako Shibuno
7:29 a.m. — Yealimi Noh, So Mi Lee, Aine Donegan (A)
7:29 a.m.* — Alexandra Forsterling, Pimpisa Sisutham (A), Sora Kamiya
7:40 a.m. — Bailey Tardy, Akie Iwai, Cheyenne Knight
7:40 a.m.* — Min Byeol Kim, Gemma Dryburgh, Maisie Filler (A)
7:51 a.m. — Anna Nordqvist, Sei Young Kim, Miyu Yamashita
7:51 a.m.* — Jennifer Kupcho, Linn Grant, Lottie Woad (A)
8:02 a.m. — Allisen Corpuz, Megan Schofill (A), Ruoning Yin
8:02 a.m.* — Gaby Lopez, Ingrid Lindblad (A) Jiyai Shin
8:13 a.m. — Leona Maguire, Madelene Sagstrom, Patty Tavatanakit
8:13 a.m.* — Nelly Korda, Nasa Hataoka, Megan Khang
8:24 a.m. — Ayaka Furue, Maja Stark, Hyo Joo Kim
8:24 a.m.* — Lydia Ko, Charley Hull, Jin Young Ko
8:35 a.m. — Gabriela Ruffels, Andrea Lee, Albane Valenzuela
8:35 a.m.* — Sakura Koiwai, Xiyu Janet Lin, Angel Yin
8:46 a.m. — Wichanee Meechai, Ruixin Liu, Saiki Fujita
8:46 a.m.* — Chisato Iwai, Adela Cernousek (A) Aditi Ashok
8:57 a.m. — Keeley Marx (A), Sofia Garcia, Marissa Steen
8:57 a.m.* — Mariel Galdiano, Soo Bin Joo, Kaitlyn Papp Budde
12:30 p.m. — Kimberly Dinh (A), Alexa Melton, Cynthia Lu
12:30 p.m.* — Sydnee Michaels, Samantha Brown (A), Savannah Vilaubi
12:41 p.m. — Kristen Gillman, Asterisk Talley (A), Isabella Fierro
12:41 p.m.* — Amelie Zalsman (A), Harriet Lynch, Jean Reynolds
12:52 p.m. — Narin An, Steph Kyriacou, Yuri Yoshida
12:52 p.m.* — Madison Young, Ssu Chia Cheng, Junia Gabasa (A)
1:03 p.m. — Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Yuna Nishimura, Rio Takeda
1:03 p.m.* — Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Moriya Jutanugarn, Wei-Ling Hsu
1:14 p.m. — Jeongeun Lee6, Brittany Lang, A Lim Kim
1:14 p.m.* — Chiara Horder (A), Emily Kristine Pedersen, Kokona Sakurai
1:25 p.m. — Lucy Li, Alexa Pano, Hye-Jin Choi
1:25 p.m.* — Ryann O’Toole, Mone Inami, Sarah Schmelzel
1:36 p.m. — In Gee Chun, Latanna Stone (A), Danielle Kang
1:36 p.m.* — Ariya Jutanugarn, Kiara Romero (A), Jenny Shin
1:47 p.m. — Amy Yang, Atthaya Thitikul, Celine Boutier
1:47 p.m.* — Ally Ewing, Ashleigh Buhai, Megha Ganne (A)
1:58 p.m. — Lexi Thompson, Rose Zhang, Minjee Lee
1:58 p.m.* — Catherine Park (A), Carlota Ciganda, Jinhee Im
2:09 p.m. — Brooke Henderson, Yuka Saso, Hannah Green
2:09 p.m.* — Georgia Hall, Mao Saigo, Su Ji Kim
2:20 p.m. — Alison Lee, Hae Ran Ryu, Lauren Coughlin
2:20 p.m.* — Ai Suzuki, Hyunkyung Park, Chanettee Wannasaen
2:31 p.m. — Esther Henseleit, Mi Hyang Lee, Stephanie Meadow
2:31 p.m.* — Arpichaya Yubol, Celine Borge, Ayako Kimura
2:42 p.m. — Pia Babnik, Amelia Lewis, Elina Sinz
2:42 p.m.* — Amiyu Ozeki, Yan Liu, Pauline Roussin-Bouchard
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Lexi Thompson hits her tee shot on the 17th hole during a practice round ahead of the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open Presented by Ally.
U.S. Women’s Open Second Round Tee Times (ET):
(* — Denotes 10th hole start)
6:45 a.m. — Sydnee Michaels, Samantha Brown (A), Savannah Vilaubi
6:45 a.m.* — Kimberly Dinh (A), Alexa Melton, Hsin Yu (Cynthia) Lu
6:56 a.m. — Amelie Zalsman (A), Harriet Lynch, Jean Reynolds
6:56 a.m.* — Kristen Gillman, Asterisk Talley (A), Isabella Fierro
7:07 a.m. — Madison Young, Ssu Chia Cheng, Junia Gabasa (A)
7:07 a.m.* — Na Rin An, Steph Kyriacou, Yuri Yoshida
7:18 a.m. — Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Moriya Jutanugarn, Wei-Ling Hsu
7:18 a.m.* — Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Yuna Nishimura, Rio Takeda
7:29 a.m. — Chiara Horder (A), Emily Kristine Pedersen, Kokona Sakurai
7:29 a.m.* — Jeongeun Lee6, Brittany Lang, A Lim Kim
7:40 a.m. — Ryann O’Toole, Mone Inami, Sarah Schmelzel
7:40 a.m.* — Lucy Li, Alexa Pano, Hye-Jin Choi
7:51 a.m. — Ariya Jutanugarn, Kiara Romero (A), Jenny Shin
7:51 a.m.* — In Gee Chun, Latanna Stone (A), Danielle Kang
8:02 a.m. — Ally Ewing, Ashleigh Buhai, Megha Ganne (A)
8:02 a.m.* — Amy Yang, Atthaya Thitikul, Celine Boutier
8:13 a.m. — Catherine Park (A), Carlota Ciganda, Jinhee Im
8:13 a.m.* — Lexi Thompson, Rose Zhang, Minjee Lee
8:24 a.m. — Georgia Hall, Mao Saigo, Su Ji Kim
8:24 a.m.* — Brooke Henderson, Yuka Saso, Hannah Green
8:35 a.m. — Ai Suzuki, Hyunkyung Park, Chanettee Wannasaen
8:35 a.m.* — Alison Lee, Hae Ran Ryu, Lauren Coughlin
8:46 a.m. — Arpichaya Yubol, Celine Borge, Ayako Kimura
8:46 a.m.* — Esther Henseleit, Mi Hyang Lee, Stephanie Meadow
8:57 a.m. — Amiyu Ozeki, Yan Liu, Pauline Roussin-Bouchard
8:57 a.m.* — Pia Babnik, Amelia Lewis, Elina Sinz
12:30 p.m. — Sophia Popov, Amelia Garvey, Kim Kaufman
12:30 p.m.* — Rachel Rohanna, Alana Uriell, Caroline Smith (A)
12:41 p.m. — Lauren Stephenson, Caroline Inglis, Peiying Tsai
12:41 p.m.* — Sabrina Iqbal, Yui Kawamoto, Jiwon Jeon
12:52 p.m. — Elizabeth Szokol, Yuka Nii, Katie Li (A)
12:52 p.m.* — Isi Gabsa, Maude-Aimee LeBlanc, Agathe Laisné
1:03 p.m. — Sarah Kemp, Maria Jose Uribe, Hinako Shibuno
1:03 p.m.* — Caroline Masson, Huai-Chien Hsu (A), Casandra Alexander
1:14 p.m. — Alexandra Forsterling, Pimpisa Sisutham (A), Sora Kamiya
1:14 p.m.* — Yealimi Noh, So Mi Lee, Aine Donegan (A)
1:25 p.m. — Min Byeol Kim, Gemma Dryburgh, Maisie Filler (A)
1:25 p.m.* — Bailey Tardy, Akie Iwai, Cheyenne Knight
1:36 p.m. — Jennifer Kupcho, Linn Grant, Lottie Woad (A)
1:36 p.m.* — Anna Nordqvist, Sei Young Kim, Miyu Yamashita
1:47 p.m. — Gaby Lopez, Ingrid Lindblad (A), Jiyai Shin
1:47 p.m.* — Allisen Corpuz, Megan Schofill (A), Ruoning Yin
1:58 p.m. — Nelly Korda, Nasa Hataoka, Megan Khang
1:58 p.m.* — Leona Maguire, Madelene Sagstrom, Patty Tavatanakit
2:09 p.m. — Lydia Ko, Charley Hull, Jin Young Ko
2:09 p.m.* — Ayaka Furue, Maja Stark, Hyo Joo Kim
2:20 p.m. — Sakura Koiwai, Xiyu Janet Lin, Angel Yin
2:20 p.m.* — Gabriela Ruffels, Andrea Lee, Albane Valenzuela
2:31 p.m. — Chisato Iwai, Adela Cernousek (A), Aditi Ashok
2:31 p.m.* — Wichanee Meechai, Ruixin Liu, Saiki Fujita
2:42 p.m. — Mariel Galdiano, Soo Bin Joo, Kaitlyn Papp Budde
2:42 p.m.* — Keeley Marx (A), Sofia Garcia, Marissa Steen
Jack Milko is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. Be sure to check out @_PlayingThrough for more golf coverage. You can follow him on Twitter @jack_milko as well.
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