The AIG Women’s Open is the fifth major on the LPGA Tour schedule and will offer the best in the world one final opportunity for major-championship glory this season.
This year’s Women’s Open heads to Walton Heath Golf Club for the first time. The 120-year-old club, located southwest of London, has hosted the Ryder Cup, The Senior Open Championship, and a DP World Tour event for almost two decades.
Players at this year’s Women’s Open will face a composite layout featuring holes from both the Old and New Course at Walton Heath. They’ll tee it up on the Old course up to the No. 12 before playing Nos. 2 and 18 from the New course – and the rest of the round back on the Old course.
Although the men’s Open Championship is played exclusively on links courses, Walton Heath is considered a heathlands layout.
Ashleigh Buhai will head to Walton Heath looking to be the first golfer to successfully defend her title at the Women’s Open since Yani Tseng in 2010-11.
Buhai won in a dramatic playoff last year against In Gee Chun at Muirfield. It was a storied week for the LPGA Tour getting to tee it up at Muirfield – a historic club (it was established in 1744) that only allowed women members in 2017.
Golf Town Athlete Brooke Henderson will look to build off her tie for seventh at last year’s Women’s Open this time around!
“Every year I’m over here, I’m trying to soak it in and learn different styles and just to be patient in the conditions,” Brooke said. “I think just did a great job with calculating numbers and when things didn’t go so well, just staying patient and waiting for the birdies to come.”
Brooke will once again head to the AIG Women’s Open after a nice result. She finished second at the Evian Championship in her title defense, her second top-5 finish of the season after her win at the season-opening Tournament of Champions.
With Brooke’s runner-up at the Evian Championship, she moved back inside the top-10 in the world, jumping four spots to No. 8! Now she’s looking forward to finishing the year at majors with a flourish.
“It feels great to be back in contention on the final groups in the weekend on a major championship. That’s all you can really ask for. I feel like the game has been trending for a while so nice to see some good results,” Brooke said Sunday at the Evian Championship. “Looking forward to an off week […] and coming back at the British and hopefully having a similar result.”
Brooke will once again be one of the favourites heading into the final major of the year, while all of the game’s top names will be ready to hoist an important trophy.
After Nelly Korda’s tie for ninth at the Evian Championship she has once again ascended to No. 1 in the world, bumping Jin Young Ko to No. 2.
Rose Zhang will play her first Women’s Open as a pro and she’s looking to keep an impressive streak alive – she has finished inside the top 10 in each of her three major starts since turning professional earlier in the summer.
Each of the season’s major winners will be looking to win their second with all of Lilia Vu (Chevron Championship), Ruoning Yin (KPMG Women’s PGA Championship), Allisen Corpuz (U.S. Women’s Open), and Celine Boutier (Evian Championship) in action.
With a handful of notables – including Brooke Henderson – all teeing it up on an impressive, historic layout, it should be a great AIG Women’s Open week to put a bow on the LPGA Tour’s major-championship season.