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<\/p>\nHannah Green<\/p>\n
World ranking: 5
Age: 29
Major wins: 1
LPGA Tour wins: 8
Previous US Women\u2019s Open starts: 7
Best finish at US Women\u2019s Open: T12 (2025)<\/p>\n
The lowdown: A two-week break at home on the back of her first top-10 finish in a major in four years has one of the hottest players in women\u2019s golf primed for a shot at a second major championship. Also aiding Green\u2019s hopes of a fifth win this year is her history of success in Los Angeles, with three of her eight career LPGA wins coming in the JM Eagle LA Championship.<\/p>\n
Sarah Hammett (a)<\/p>\n
World ranking: 1,654
Age: 19
Major wins: 0
LPGA Tour wins: 0
Previous US Women\u2019s Open starts: 0
Best finish at US Women\u2019s Open: First appearance<\/p>\n
The lowdown: The Gold Coast product is nearing the end of her first year at the University of Southern California and was part of the team that lost to Stanford University in the final of the 2026 NCAA Championships match play final last week. Runner-up at the 2025 Australian Amateur, Hammett qualified for her first major championship by earning medallist honours in US Women\u2019s Open qualifying at Arizona Country Club on April 27.<\/p>\n
Grace Kim<\/p>\n
World ranking: 32
Age: 25
Major wins: 1
LPGA Tour wins: 2
Previous US Women\u2019s Open starts: 3
Best finish at US Women\u2019s Open: T13 (2023)<\/p>\n
The lowdown: Like Green, Kim has recently spent time at home in Australia as she builds towards the heart of the LPGA season. The 2025 Amundi Evian champion missed the cut at the first major of the year in Texas but bounced back with a tie for 20th at the Mizuho Americas Open, her best finish on the LPGA Tour this year. Kim\u2019s best US Women\u2019s Open finish came at Pebble Beach in 2023 where she was tied for 13th.<\/p>\n
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Minjee Lee is always a great bet at a major championship. PHOTO: Getty images.<\/p>\n
Lydia Ko (NZ)<\/p>\n
World ranking: 10
Age: 29
Major wins: 3
LPGA Tour wins: 23
Previous US Women\u2019s Open starts: 14
Best finish at US Women\u2019s Open: T3 (2016)<\/p>\n
The lowdown: The Kiwi great can add a career grand slam to her list of achievements with a first US Women\u2019s Open in her 15th appearance. Ko has finished top five at the US Women\u2019s Open just twice in her career but has three top-five finishes already this season on the LPGA Tour.<\/p>\n
Stephanie Kyriacou<\/p>\n
World ranking: 79
Age: 25
Major wins: 0
LPGA Tour wins: 0
Previous US Women\u2019s Open starts: 2
Best finish at US Women\u2019s Open: MC (2024, 2025)<\/p>\n
The lowdown: Broke a run of seven straight missed cuts at last week\u2019s ShopRite LPGA event in New Jersey for a much-needed confidence boost heading into the exacting test of the US Women\u2019s Open. Has not made the cut in two previous appearances, but boasts four top-10 finishes in majors across her career.<\/p>\n
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Major champions Hannah Green and New Zealand’s Lydia Ko. PHOTO: Getty Images.<\/p>\n
Minjee Lee<\/p>\n
World ranking: 9
Age: 30
Major wins: 3
LPGA Tour wins: 11
Previous US Women\u2019s Open starts: 12
Best finish at US Women\u2019s Open: Won (2022)<\/p>\n
The lowdown: Played all four rounds of the Chevron Championship despite battling an illness that forced her withdrawal from the JM Eagle LA Championship the week prior. Celebrated her 30th birthday last week, with Lee top five in two of her first three starts this year and having played just six events entering the busy part of the season.<\/p>\n
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