The Women’s Open 2024 has teed off on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland.
The tournament is one of five major championships on the LPGA Tour and will run until Sunday when one player will emerge victorious at the prestigious tournament.
Here is The Women’s Open 2024 preview.
Australians at The Open
Seven Australians are teeing off in round one of the final women’s golfing major of the year. Minjee Lee (world no.13) and Hannah Green (no.5) represent Australia’s best hopes of winning the tournament.
Lee finished runner-up at the U.S. Open earlier this year while Green is coming off a fourth-place finish at the Paris Olympics.
The five other Australians competing are Grace Kim, Steph Kyriacou, Gabriela Ruffels, Hira Naveed and three-time Open winner Karrie Webb, who qualified for the tournament because she has previously won it.
Favourites
Favourites to win the tournament include the world number one and two, Nelly Korda and Lilia Vu.
Korda had a stellar start to the season with six tour wins, including a major at the Chevron Championship, while Vu is the defending champion at the Open.
New Zealand’s Lydia Ko, who won gold in Paris earlier this month, will look to add to her run of form despite not winning a major since 2016.
