{"id":718704,"date":"2026-06-06T09:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T09:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/718704\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T09:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T09:32:14","slug":"notable-names-to-miss-the-2026-us-womens-open-at-riviera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/718704\/","title":{"rendered":"Notable Names To Miss The 2026 US Women’s Open At Riviera"},"content":{"rendered":"

Riviera Country Club<\/a> is making its US Women’s Open debut this week, but for a bunch of star names it’s been a short stay at the iconic venue in California.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles native Alison Lee and China’s Ruoning Yin share the lead at the halfway stage at four under, a shot clear of six other players and two ahead of World No. 1 Nelly Korda<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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So, who had to pack their bags early?<\/p>\n

LYDIA KO: +5 (74-73)<\/p>\n

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Lydia Ko arrived in California with four top-10 finishes from nine LPGA Tour events this year, but her quest for a first US Women’s title continues.<\/p>\n

The three-time Major winner could have passed Annika Sorenstam\u2019s career earnings record of US$22.58 million with a top-three finish.<\/p>\n

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However, the Kiwi was left to rue three costly bogeys on the bounce from the 12th, as she missed the cut by one stroke.<\/p>\n

LILIA VU: +5 (75-72)<\/p>\n

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Lilia Vu’s record in her national Open doesn’t make for good reading.<\/p>\n

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This is missed cut number four in five showings for the two-time Major champion, with much of the damage being done in the opening round, when she could do no better than four over.<\/p>\n

She was much improved on Friday, trading three bogeys with two birdies, but a 72 wasn’t good enough to make it through to the weekend.<\/p>\n

JEONGEUN LEE6: +6 (72-76)<\/p>\n

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Jeongeun Lee6, who won the title in 2019 at the Country Club of Charleston, carded a 76 on Friday, which saw her slip to six over.<\/p>\n

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Her struggles were largely down to her approach play, as she hit just six of 18 greens in regulation.<\/p>\n

It was hard day at the office for the 30-year-old, who dropped six shots and made just one birdie in the second round to miss the cut by two.<\/p>\n

MICHELLE WIE WEST: +7 (75-74)<\/p>\n

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The American endured a tough return to the Major Championship scene, missing the cut by three strokes.<\/p>\n

This was Michelle Wie West’s first Major appearance for four years, but her latest comeback attempt ended in disappointment.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the 2014 champion, who announced in March that she was returning to golf after a break of more than three years, was in good spirits with her daughter present.<\/p>\n

“As soon as I hugged her, she was like, ‘Can I go to daycare?’ I\u2019m glad I did all this for her,” Wie West said.<\/p>\n

LEONA MAGUIRE: +9 (76-75)<\/p>\n

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Leona Maguire will crack this tournament at some point, but it’s now three missed cuts in a row at the US Women’s Open and her sixth in total.<\/p>\n

Starting on the back nine, the Irish star posted an even-par 36, but followed this with a four-over 39.<\/p>\n

It was an improvement on her opening-round of 76, but still resulted in an early exit.<\/p>\n

JIN YOUNG KO: +12 (75-79)<\/p>\n

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After an opening round of 75, Jin Young Ko, who finished tied second at the US Women’s Open in 2020, had a lot of catching up to do on Friday, but she was out of sorts from the start, posting 40 on the front nine.<\/p>\n

With 15 LPGA wins to her name, Ko has been the most dominant players in the women’s game in recent years, first rising to No. 1 in 2019.<\/p>\n

However, this goes down as a week to forget.<\/p>\n

OTHER NOTABLES TO MISS THE 2026 US WOMEN’S OPEN CUT:Megha Ganne +5Ina Yoon +5Yani Tseng +7Hyo Joo Kim +9Yuka Saso +9Madelene Sagstrom +11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Riviera Country Club is making its US Women’s Open debut this week, but for a bunch of star…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-718704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}