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Sunday 1 June 2025LPGA TourYear in Review
Stark wins U.S. Women's Open
Erin Hills, Erin, Wisconsin · Thursday 29 May to Sunday 1 June 2025 · Maja Stark’s win no. 2 on the LPGA Tour · purse $12,000,000 USD · Ally
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 59 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/12°C · wind 11 km/h WNW, gusts 31 · 5.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/10°C · wind 22 km/h WNW, gusts 55 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/8°C · wind 12 km/h NNE, gusts 25 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/6°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Open
1946–2026 in our record, 81 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Nelly Korda USA · 283three-putted the 13th for bogey (missed a 5-footer) as Stark birdied the 11th, falling three behind; closed 71 USGA (via GNN us-womens-open dataset): Major Maja: Swede posts 2-stroke victory at Erin Hills
- Rio Takeda JPN · 283closed with 72 to tie for second, two back ESPN leaderboard
156 started · cut +1, 60 made it
Same week
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Erin Hills, Erin
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Nelly Korda, Rio Takeda
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 June 2025
Before this week, I was worried that I wasn't really going to play decent golf for a while because it felt like it was so far away. So this just feels huge.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 June 2025
During the practice days, I realized that, if I just kind of hovered the club above the ground a little bit before I hit, I released some tension in my body.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 June 2025
I hit it so good off the tee. I wasn't in one bunker this week. I feel like that's pretty impressive out here.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maja Stark | 70 · 69 · 70 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T2 | Rio Takeda | 68 · 73 · 70 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T2 | Nelly Korda | 72 · 67 · 73 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T4 | Ruoning Yin | 71 · 72 · 71 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T4 | Mao Saigo | 70 · 66 · 75 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
| T4 | Hye-Jin Choi | 71 · 70 · 75 · 68 | 284 | −4 |
| T7 | Hailee Cooper | 71 · 72 · 72 · 70 | 285 | −3 |
| T7 | Hinako Shibuno | 70 · 69 · 72 · 74 | 285 | −3 |
| T9 | Linn Grant | 71 · 69 · 73 · 73 | 286 | −2 |
| T9 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 72 · 69 · 75 · 70 | 286 | −2 |
| T9 | Angel Yin | 68 · 75 · 73 · 70 | 286 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1999-12-10, Skurup, Sweden (ESPN: Abbekås); SWE; turned pro 2021; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 1; world No. 33 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings release of 2025-05-26, as recorded in GNN's us-womens-open dataset).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet