For most players, this is the list they want to be on the most. Of all the major championships, it’s the oldest one that carries the most prestige. The 79th U.S. Women’s Open was staged at Lancaster Country Club, a 1919 William Flynn design and eight past champions were in the field.
The winner, Yuka Saso, received the Mickey Wright medal, custody of the Harton S. Semple Trophy for one year, an exemption into the next 10 U.S. Women’s Opens as well as exemptions into the next five playings of the other four majors.
And, of course, a mighty big check. Saso received a $2.4 million first-place prize, the second-largest check in women’s golf. The 2024 CME Group Tour Championship winner will receive $4 million.
Mickey Wright and Betsy Rawls have the most U.S. Women’s Open titles with four. Four players have won the championship three times: Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Susie Maxwell Berning, Hollis Stacy and Annika Sorenstam.
Here’s the compete list of the U.S. Women’s Open champions:
| Year | Winner | Location |
| 2024 | Yuka Saso |
Lancaster Country Club
|
| 2023 | Allisen Corpuz |
Pebble Beach
|
| 2022 | Minjee Lee |
Pine Needles
|
| 2021 | Yuka Saso |
The Olympic Club (Lake Course)
|
| 2020 | A Lim Kim |
Champions Golf Club
|
| 2019 | JeongEun Lee6 |
Country Club of Charleston
|
| 2018 | Ariya Jutanugarn | Shoal Creek |
| 2017 | Sung Hyun Park |
Trump National
|
| 2016 | Brittany Lang | CordeValle |
| 2015 | In Gee Chun | Lancaster Country Club |
| 2014 | Michelle Wie |
Pinehurst
|
| 2013 | Inbee Park | Sebonack |
| 2012 | Na Yeon Choi | Blackwolf Run |
| 2011 | So Yeon Ryu | The Broadmoor |
| 2010 | Paula Creamer | Oakmont |
| 2009 | Eun-Hee Ji |
Saucon Valley
|
| 2008 | Inbee Park | Interlachen |
| 2007 | Cristie Kerr |
Pine Needles
|
| 2006 | Annika Sorenstam | Newport Country Club |
| 2005 | Birdie Kim |
Cherry Hills
|
| 2004 | Meg Mallon | Orchards |
| 2003 | Hilary Lunke |
Pumpkin Ridge
|
| 2002 | Juli Inkster |
Prairie Dunes
|
| 2001 | Karrie Webb |
Pine Needles
|
| 2000 | Karrie Webb | The Merit Club |
| 1999 | Juli Inkster |
Old Waverly
|
| 1998 | Seri Pak | Blackwolf Run |
| 1997 | Alison Nicholas |
Pumpkin Ridge
|
| 1996 | Annika Sorenstam |
Pine Needles
|
| 1995 | Annika Sorenstam | The Broadmoor |
| 1994 | Patty Sheehan |
Indianwood
|
| 1993 | Lauri Merten |
Crooked Stick
|
| 1992 | Patty Sheehan | Oakmont |
| 1991 | Meg Mallon | Colonial |
| 1990 | Betsy King |
Atlanta Athletic Club
|
| 1989 | Betsy King |
Indianwood
|
| 1988 | Liselotte Neumann | Baltimore Country Club |
| 1987 | Laura Davies | Plainfield Country Club |
| 1986 | Jane Geddes | NCR Country Club |
| 1985 | Kathy (Baker) Guadagnino | Baltusrol |
| 1984 | Hollis Stacy | Salem Country Club |
| 1983 | Jan Stephenson |
Cedar Ridge
|
| 1982 | Janet Alex | Del Paso |
| 1981 | Pat Bradley | LaGrange |
| 1980 | Amy Alcott | Richland |
| 1979 | Jerilyn Britz | Brooklawn |
| 1978 | Hollis Stacy |
Country Club of Indianapolis
|
| 1977 | Hollis Stacy |
Hazeltine
|
| 1976 | JoAnne Gunderson Carner |
Rolling Green
|
| 1975 | Sandra Palmer |
Atlantic City
|
| 1974 | Sandra Haynie | LaGrange |
| 1973 | Susie Maxwell Berning |
Country Club of Rochester
|
| 1972 | Susie Maxwell Berning |
Winged Foot
|
| 1971 | JoAnne Gunderson Carner | Kahkwa Club |
| 1970 | Donna Caponi | Muskogee |
| 1969 | Donna Caponi |
Scenic Hills
|
| 1968 | Susie Maxwell Berning |
Moselem Springs
|
| 1967 | Catherine Lacoste (a) |
Virginia Hot Springs
|
| 1966 | Sandra Spuzich |
Hazeltine
|
| 1965 | Carol Mann |
Atlantic City Country Club
|
| 1964 | Mickey Wright | San Diego Country Club |
| 1963 | Mary Mills | Kenwood Country Club |
| 1962 | Murle Lindstrom |
Dunes Golf & Country Club
|
| 1961 | Mickey Wright | Baltusrol |
| 1960 | Betsy Rawls | Worcester Country Club |
| 1959 | Mickey Wright |
Churchill Valley
|
| 1958 | Mickey Wright |
Forest Lake
|
| 1957 | Betsy Rawls |
Winged Foot
|
| 1956 | Kathy Cornelius | Northand |
| 1955 | Fay Crocker | Wichita Country Club |
| 1954 | Babe Didrikson Zaharias | Salem Country Club |
| 1953 | Betsy Rawls |
Country Club of Rochester
|
| 1952 | Louise Suggs | Bala |
| 1951 | Betsy Rawls | Druid Hills |
| 1950 | Babe Didrikson Zaharias |
Rolling Hills
|
| 1949 | Louise Suggs |
Prince Georges
|
| 1948 | Babe Didrikson Zaharias |
Atlantic City Country Club
|
| 1947 | Betty Jameson |
Starmount Forest Country Club
|
| 1946 | Patty Berg | Spokane Country Club |
