The AIG Ladies’s Open at St. Andrews is the ultimate main occasion of the LPGA season. It’s additionally the ultimate alternative for gamers to qualify for the Solheim Cup.
The U.S. crew can have seven gamers mechanically qualify through factors earned because the begin of the 2023 season. The highest two within the Rolex Rankings, not in any other case certified, may also make the crew. That leaves Captain Stacy Lewis with three wildcard picks.
With factors doubled for this week’s main, listed here are the gamers at the moment on the within (daring equals already certified):
Factors
- 1. Nelly Korda
- 2. Lilia Vu
- 3. Lauren Coughlin
- 4. Ally Ewing
- 5. Allisen Corpuz
- 6. Megan Khang (1,391.50)
- 7. Andrea Lee (1,197.50)
First place on the AIG will obtain 450 factors with second place getting 240, third 225 and fourth 210.
Mathematically, Nos. 8-12 can play their method into the highest 7. Listed below are these gamers and the minimal end they should have an opportunity to mechanically qualify through factors.
| PLAYER | POINTS | MIN. WORST FINISH |
| 8. Rose Zhang | 1,092.50 | Solo sixteenth |
| 9. Alison Lee | 1,034 | 3-way tie for seventh |
| 10. Sarah Schmelzel | 1,024 | 2-way tie for sixth |
| 11. Jennifer Kupcho | 1,013 | 2-way tie for fifth |
| 12. Angel Yin | 1,010.50 | 2-way tie for fifth |
Zhang (No. 9) and Alison Lee (No. 25) are the present high two qualifiers through the Rolex Rankings.
Khang (No. 21) is ranked forward of Alison Lee and will nonetheless safe a spot through the rankings, if she is bounced off the factors lists. These trailing Alison Lee embrace: Yin (No. 34) and Lexi Thompson (No. 43).
On the European facet of issues, two gamers will qualify through the Girls European Tour factors listing and 6 from the Rolex Rankings. Captain Suzann Pettersen can have 4 picks.
These are the present gamers who’re in place to qualify:
| PLAYER | QUALIFICATION |
| Charley Hull | LET factors |
| Esther Henseleit | LET factors |
| Celine Boutier (No. 8) | Rolex Rankings |
| Maja Stark (No. 24) | Rolex Rankings |
| Linn Grant (No. 26) | Rolex Rankings |
| Leona Maguire (No. 32) | Rolex Rankings |
| Carlota Ciganda (No. 33) | Rolex Rankings |
| Madelene Sagstrom (No. 35) | Rolex Rankings |
Among the gamers on the skin trying to play their method in, embrace: Georgia Corridor (No. 40), Anna Nordqvist (No. 66), Albane Valenzuela (No. 68) and Alexandra Forsterling (No. 74).
When do Solheim Cup captains make their picks?
Pettersen will announce hers at 11 a.m. ET on Monday, which will likely be televised reside on Golf Channel. Lewis will reveal hers at 10 a.m. ET on Tuesday and can talk about the picks on “Golf Right now,” starting at 2 p.m. ET.
When is the 2024 Solheim Cup?
The Solheim Cup will happen Sept. 13-15 at Robert Trent Jones Golf Membership in Gainesville, Virginia. This would be the second straight yr it has been contested as officers get the biennial occasion on an even-year schedule.
Europe retained the cup final yr in Spain, having gained it on the earlier two events.
