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2022 AIG Women's Open: Ashleigh Buhai wins at Muirfield

Ashleigh Buhai won the 2022 AIG Women's Open at Muirfield, Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland with 274 (−10), beating In Gee Chun in a playoff.

Updated October 23, 2026

Every year is on the AIG Women's Open winners list.

Dates
4 August 2022 to 7 August 2022
Course
Muirfield, Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland
Edition
46th edition
Counted as a major
yes
Format
stroke play, 4 rounds
Par
71 · 6,649 yards
Field
144
Made the cut
65 (cut at 145)
Purse
$7,300,000 · winner's share $1,095,000
Champion
Ashleigh Buhai · age 33 · South Africa · born Johannesburg, South Africa
Champion's title
1st title at this event · 1st major
World ranking
No. 84 (Rolex Rankings)
Winning score
70-65-64-75 = 274 (−10)
Runner-up
In Gee Chun (274)
54-hole leader
Ashleigh Buhai
Playoff
Sudden death, repeating the 18th hole; 4 holes; beat In Gee Chun; 18th (4th playoff hole)
Caddie
Tanya Paterson
Low amateur
Rose Zhang (285)

Winner and runner-up

Pos.PlayerR1R2R3R4TotalTo par
1Ashleigh Buhai70656475274−10
2In Gee Chun274

What happened at the 2022 AIG Women's Open

Buhai, five clear overnight, drove into a bunker at the 15th and made a triple-bogey 7 that left her level with In Gee Chun.

On the fourth playoff hole at the 18th, Chun found a bunker and took five while Buhai got up and down from a greenside bunker, holing out from two feet.

How this was built

Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's AIG Women's Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.

Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).

Sources

  1. aigwomensopen.com: records
  2. Wikipedia: 2022 Women's British Open
  3. timeslive.co.za: 2022 08 08 ashleigh buhai wins womens open in dramatic…
  4. sportsclub.co.za
  5. golf.com: what ashleigh buhai aig womens open looked like
  6. aigwomensopen.com: prize money increased for 2022