There are few places in golf where a long walk to a guaranteed victory is as sweet as Pebble Beach – but add Allisen Corpuz to the list of who has had that opportunity after her U.S. Women’s Open triumph.

Corpuz, who shot a final-round 3-under 69, finished at 9 under to win $2 million (U.S.) – the biggest prize in the history of women’s golf. She became the first American to win the U.S. Women’s Open in seven years, and her career earnings were nearly tripled after Sunday’s triumph.

It was Corpuz’s first LPGA Tour victory.

“This week has just felt like a dream-come-true, and it’s been really awesome to be at Pebble Beach this week,” Corpuz said.

Corpuz was in the final group Sunday at the Chevron Championship in April, the first major of the season, and took plenty of positive learnings from that event into this week at the iconic Pebble Beach as she found herself in the final group again.

“Every few holes I just looked out and said, ‘I’m out here at Pebble Beach and there’s not many places better than this,” she said. “My coach called me this morning and said, ‘No one is going to give it to you.’ I’ve played conservatively in the past, but just really went out there and told myself I had the game to do it today.”

Corpuz turned pro in 2021 and finished tied for 16th at Q-School to earn LPGA Tour membership for 2022. She is the LPGA Tour’s fifth first-time winner this season and the 22nd golfer in Tour history to make the U.S. Women’s Open her maiden title.

Corpuz opened with two birdies in her first three holes – after starting the day one back of Nasa Hataoka. After making the turn, Corpuz put the pedal down en route to an incredibly historic victory. She birdied Nos. 10, 14, and 15 and had an easy road to the finish line after that.

Corpuz won this championship leaning on her ball-striking and putting, as she finished second in strokes gained: approach for the week and was sixth in strokes gained: putting. She was also No.1 in Proximity to the Hole on Pebble Beach’s notoriously small greens.

There were plenty of challengers in the mix through the final day until Corpuz’s stellar back nine. Charley Hull fired a final-round 66 to get to 6 under and finished tied for second with Jiyai Shin, playing her first LPGA Tour major in five years.

Hull’s 66 was tied for the low round of the week. She was 5 under through 11 holes and firmly nipping at the heels of Corpuz before bogeying No.13. She nearly pulled off the miraculous on the par-5 18th hole, ripping a fairway metal from underneath the iconic tree in the middle of the fairway, but it landed in a greenside bunker.

“I’m quite an aggressive person when it comes to life. But I’m quite like fast and I just feel like I’m quite aggressive on the golf course. I like to go for pins,” said Hull. “At the end of the day it’s just a game, and might as well make it fun.”

54-hole leader Hataoka struggled mightily on Sunday, shooting a 4-over 76. She fell into a tie for fourth with feel-good story of the week Bailey Tardy.

Tardy, who barely made it through her qualifier just to get into the championship this week, was the 36-hole leader. She fell down the leaderboard with a 75 on Saturday, but her tie for fourth at 3 under earned her more than $400,000 – more than 10 times her biggest professional payday.

“I did tell my caddie I have to wait to get paid because I can’t pay him his percentage. I am broke,” Tardy said with a smile. “But now I’m not.”

Golf Town Athlete Brooke Henderson finished 12th.

It was another fantastic result at a major championship for Brooke, who has now gone 13 straight majors finishing inside the top 25. This marked her 23rd top-10 finish at a major since 2016.

“I’m super excited that we got to play (at Pebble Beach) this year. It was a very challenging course, especially when it got windy out here on the weekend. It played really tough. It was nice to get a solid finish here and be close to the top of the leaderboard,” Brooke said.

Brooke had a magical week with her short game, finishing 9th in strokes gained: short game. She was tied for 13th in Greens in Regulation and was 11th in Driving Distance – plenty to build off as the LPGA Tour has two more major championships on its schedule, plus the CPKC Women’s Open in August.

It was also announced this weekend that Brooke would pair up with Lexi Thompson at the upcoming DOW Great Lakes Bay Invitational after playing the Dana Open next week.

The next major on the LPGA Tour’s schedule is the Evian Championship, where Brooke will look to successfully defend her title from a year ago.

Monet Chun, Canada’s top-ranked amateur golfer (male or female), finished tied for 59th after making the cut in her first U.S. Women’s Open – and just her second career LPGA Tour tournament.