2022 U.S. Women’s Open: Preview, how to watch, course details

The 2022 U.S. Women’s Open returns to Pine Needles Resort & Golf Club, located in Southern Pines, N.C., for a record fourth time June 2-5 and features a star-studded field.

Here are a few of the biggest storylines heading into this year’s tournament, including a preview of the field and details on how to watch.

The 156-player field features 78 fully exempt golfers – including 11 past U.S. Women’s Open champions – and 31 amateurs, with players representing 18 U.S. states and 28 countries.

The rest of the field is comprised of qualifiers from 26 sites, which conducted 36-hole qualifying from April 19-May 16 at 23 locations in the U.S. and at three international sites (England, Japan and South Korea). The USGA accepted a record total of 1,874 entries for this year’s championship, breaking the previous record of 1,873, set in 2015 for the USWO at Lancaster Country Club in Pennsylvania. This year marked the eighth consecutive time that more than 1,500 entries were accepted for the tournament, with entries for 2022 accepted from golfers in 46 U.S. states and 57 foreign countries.

News outlets began buzzing early Thursday when the USGA released its pre-tournament press conference schedule and world No. 2 Nelly Korda was listed for 10:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday at Pine Needles. It marks the 23-year-old’s eighth U.S. Women’s Open appearance and just her fourth start this season after having to take time off to deal with her health. Korda, a seven-time LPGA winner and reigning Olympic gold medalist, has made five cuts in seven USWO starts with her best finish being a T-10 in 2018 at Shoal Creek. She missed the cut in 2020 and 2021.

Korda is joined in the field by her sister, Jessica Korda, who are in the event together for the eighth