2025 Women's British Open
The 2025 AIG Women's Open was played from 31 July to 3 August at the Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales. It was the 49th Women's British Open, the 25th as a major championship on the LPGA Tour, and the sixth championship held under a sponsorship agreement with AIG. It was the first Women's British Open to be hosted at Royal Porthcawl.
Miyū Yamashita won by two strokes over Charley Hull and Minami Katsu. It was Yamashita's first major victory.
Field
The field is made up of 144 players. As with previous tournaments, most players earned exemptions based on past performance on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA Tour, previous major championships, or with a high ranking in the Women's World Golf Rankings. The rest of the field earned entry by successfully competing in qualifying tournaments open to any female golfer, professional or amateur, with a low handicap.Exemptions
Players who are qualified for the event are listed below. Players are listed under the first category in which they qualified.1. Winners of the Women's British Open, aged 60 or younger at the scheduled end of the championship, provided they are still active members of a recognised tour.
- Ashleigh Buhai
- Georgia Hall
- Ariya Jutanugarn
- Lydia Ko
- Stacy Lewis
- Anna Nordqvist
- Sophia Popov
- Hinako Shibuno
- Jiyai Shin
- Yani Tseng
- Lilia Vu
- Kim In-Kyung did not play
- Casandra Alexander
- Pajaree Anannarukarn
- Linn Grant
- Im Jin-hee
- Akie Iwai
- Nelly Korda
- Nanna Koerstz Madsen
- Alexa Pano
- Mao Saigo
- Lottie Woad
- Angel Yin
- Yin Ruoning
- Manon De Roey
- Perrine Delacour
- Alexandra Försterling
- Esther Henseleit
- María Hernández
- Alice Hewson
- Charley Hull
- Bronte Law
- Pauline Roussin
- Kirsten Rudgeley
- Emma Spitz
- Chiara Tamburlini
- Shannon Tan
- Liz Young
- Nicole Broch Estrup did not play
5. The top 35 on the final 2024 Race to the CME Globe points list.
- An Na-rin
- Céline Boutier
- Choi Hye-jin
- Lauren Coughlin
- Ayaka Furue
- Hannah Green
- Nataliya Guseva
- Nasa Hataoka
- Brooke Henderson
- Megan Khang
- Kim A-lim
- Kim Sei-young
- Ko Jin-young
- Jennifer Kupcho
- Lucy Li
- Gabriela Ruffels
- Ryu Hae-ran
- Yuka Saso
- Sarah Schmelzel
- Maja Stark
- Patty Tavatanakit
- Atthaya Thitikul
- Chanettee Wannasaen
- Amy Yang
- Rose Zhang
- Ally Ewing did not play
- Saki Baba
- Jenny Bae
- Karis Davidson
- Gemma Dryburgh
- Lindy Duncan
- Kristen Gillman
- Hsu Wei-ling
- Moriya Jutanugarn
- Haeji Kang
- Minami Katsu
- Ilhee Lee
- Lee Mi-hyang
- Lee So-mi
- Liu Yan
- Gaby López
- Leona Maguire
- Brooke Matthews
- Cassie Porter
- Jenny Shin
- Elizabeth Szokol
- Albane Valenzuela
- Miranda Wang
- Dewi Weber
- Yuri Yoshida
- Zhang Weiwei
- Carlota Ciganda
- Allisen Corpuz
- Chisato Iwai
- Auston Kim
- Grace Kim
- Kim Hyo-joo
- Stephanie Kyriacou
- Andrea Lee
- Minjee Lee
- Ingrid Lindblad
- Yealimi Noh
- Madelene Sagström
- Rio Takeda
- Miyū Yamashita
- Ina Yoon
- Hwang You-min, Lee Ye-won, Lexi Thompson, Yoo Hyun-jo did not play
- Bang Shin-sil
- Shiho Kuwaki
- Ma Da-som
- Sora Kamiya
- Shuri Sakuma
- Sakura Koiwai did not play
- Hong Jung-min
- Lee Dong-eun
11. Winner of the 2024 JLPGA Money List.
12. Winners of the 2024 KLPGA Money List.
13. Winners of the last five editions of the Chevron Championship.
14. Winners of the last five editions of the Women's PGA Championship.
15. Winners of the last five editions of the U.S. Women's Open.
16. Winners of the last five editions of The Evian Championship.
17. The leading two in the 2025 Suntory Ladies Open.
- Eri Okayama
- Sayaka Takahashi
- Mary Liu
- Julia Lopez Ramirez
- Paula Reto
- Rianne Malixi did not play
21. Winner of the 2024 and 2025 Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific
- Jeneath Wong
- Clarisa Temelo did not play
24. Winner of the 2025 Women's Amateur Championship.
25. Winner of the 2025 European Ladies Amateur Championship.
26. Women's Amateur Series winner.
27. Any player who did not compete in the previous year's Women's British Open due to maternity, who subsequently received an extension of membership for the maternity from the player's home tour in the previous year, provided she was otherwise qualified to compete in the previous year's Women's British Open.
Final Qualifying
Final Qualifying was played over 18 holes on 28 July at Pyle & Kenfig Golf Club with 17 qualifying places available.- Pei-Yun Chien
- Olivia Cowan
- Brianna Do
- Alessandra Fanali
- Anna Foster
- Laura Fünfstück
- Lydia Hall
- Anna Huang
- Joo Soo-bin
- Momoka Kobori
- Aline Krauter
- Marta Martín
- Morgane Métraux
- Hira Naveed
- Meja Örtengren
- Linnea Ström
- Arpichaya Yubol
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, 31 July 2025Eri Okayama and Rio Takeda shot opening rounds of 5-under-par 67 to tie for the lead. Miyū Yamashita was one stroke behind. They were among a group of six Japanese players in the top 13. World number 1 Nelly Korda was in tied-14 place with a 70. Defending champion Lydia Ko shot a 73.
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| T1 |  ill|Eri Okayama|ja|岡山絵里Second roundFriday, 1 August 2025Miyū Yamashita shot a round of 65, the low score of the day by three strokes, to take a three shot lead over first round co-leader Rio Takeda. A group of four players was tied for third place, seven strokes off the lead.
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