Nearly 20 percent of the field at the U.S. Women’s Open is amateurs.
It’s no surprise to see the top amateurs in the game teeing it up at major championships, but a large chunk of the field at Pebble Beach hasn’t turned professional.
There are 28 amateurs who will try to conquer Pebble Beach. Of those, four colleges have two players each: Alabama, Stanford, Texas and UCLA. Eleven countries are represented among the amateur competitors.
Ingrid Lindblad, No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, is not in the field, but second-ranked Saki Baba, who won the 2022 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Chambers Bay, is.
Here’s a look at the amateurs in the field at the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open.