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The Latest from the 2025 U.S. Women's Open

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Rob Hernandez

7:58

MAYA STARK FILE

Age: 25
Home: Abbekås Sweden
College: Oklahoma State
Turned professional: 2021
Professional victories: 8 (including the 2022 ISPS Hana World Invitational by 5 strokes over Allisen Corpuz)
Major championship starts: 17th
Best finishes in majors: 2nd at 2024 Chevron Championship (behind Nelly Korda); T-9 at 2023 U.S. Women's Open.

7:45

Here is your leaderboard going into the final round of the U.S. Women's Open:

5:30

Mao Saigo couldn't hold the green on her approach to No. 17 and makes a scrambling bogey to fall to 6-under. Maya Stark is going to tap in for a par to take a one-shot lead as she finishes her third round. Saigo has one hole to play.

5:06

Two golfers in the top 10 (Gaby Lopez an Ruoning Yin) started their round on the back nine. A 1-under 71 goes a long way on a day like today.

5:05

Nelly Korda birdied Nos. 14 and 15 and parred No. 16. She has battled bat to 3-under, just four back.

4:50

Maya Stark birdies No. 16 to get to 7-under and join Mao Saigo in the lead here at Erin Hills.

4:33

We got the chance to talk to Julia Lopez Ramirez, whose round stands out in a big way this afternoon. She had one bogey (on No. 3) and avoided the rollercoaster ride most have gone on today to shoot a 4-under-par 68. She is T-2 with Maya Stark at 6-under.

3:43

Mao Saigo birdies No. 12 to move into sole possession of the lead at 7-under. She is one shot clear of Lopez Ramirez, who is playing the par-5 18th; Takeda and stark. Sarah Schmelzel is at 5-under alone in 5th place.

2:51

A birdie at No. 10 moves Maya Stark to 6-under and into a share of the lead with Takea and Saigo

2:46

Gary D'Amato reports it took 3 hours, 5 minutes for the last group to play the front nine. They head to No. 10 with Mao Saigo and RIo Takeda of Japan tied for the lead at 6-under

2:32

Just as we post that, Rio Takeda of Japan birdies No. 13 to get to 6-under. It's an all-Japan top of the leaderboard at Erin Hills for a country that has made its mark in majors in the last 12 months.

2:30

We still have Shibuno and Saigo tied for the lead at 6-under. Saigo is the only one to get past that number this week, but has struggled after her second birdie in three holes on No. 3

There are 21 golfers within five shots of the lead as the last group plays No. 9.

1:46

Birdie-bogey-birdie-bogey-bogey-bogey for Mao Saigo, who is now 2-over and tied with playing partner and fellow Japanese golfer Hinako Shibuno at 6-under. There are four golfers one shot back and two golfers three off the pace. Nelly Korda, still looking for her first birdie, is three back at 3-under.

1:10

Another approach shot sucks back off the green for Mao Saigo and our leader returns to 8-under and two shots ahead of Shibuno and Linn Grant

12:48

Mao Saigo with a birdie putt of 17 feet, 8 inches and suddenly the Chevron Championship winner is back to 9-under, three ahead of her countrywoman Hinako Shibuno and four clear of the rest of the field.

12:30

Nelly Korda, meanwhile, found the green from the fairway, but her first putt rolled 8 feet, 2 inches past the cup and she missed the come-backer to drop to 4-under. She is the only golfer at that number in ninth place.

12:29

Mao Saigo birdied the first hole to get to 9-under and take a 3-shot lead on the field. However, her approach shot didn't carry all the way onto the green and rolled back to the collection area in front of it. She made a 5-footer for bogey to fall back to 8-under.

11:12

Here is a screenshot of the third-round pairings.

11:11

Rio Takeda eagles No. 1 and nearly drives the green on the 305-yard second hole. That eagle boosted her into the group at 5-under with six others including Nelly Korda

10:27

Here is the official start/stop information:

Round 2 resumed at 8:19 a.m. this morning.

The cut line was 1-over-par 145, and 60 players advanced to the third round, which will be played in threesomes off of the No. 1 and No. 10 tees.

Here is information on Round 3, which began about 25 minutes ago off the first and 10th tees:

Weather
Broadcast Schedule
Tee Times
Hole Locations

9:41

World No. 1 Nelly Korda will play in the final group with Hinako Shibuno and Mao Saigo. They are scheduled to go off in two hours at 11:40 a.m. The first tee time is now 10:01 a.m.

9:38

We are about 10 minutes from the scheduled start of the third round of the U.S. Women's Open. We will post tee times to our live updates page just as soon as we get them.

9:24

Good morning and welcome to Day 3 of the 80th U.S. Women's Open. As we just arrive on property here at Erin Hills, we can tell you it is cool and sunny and the rain-delayed second round has been finished.

The low 60 and ties are the 60 golfers on the head who finished 1-over or better for 36 holes. That means defending champion Yuka Saso, five-time major champion Yani Tseng, former Stanford phenom Rose Zhang missed by one shot and fan favorite Lexi Thompson missed by two.

*** Saturday, May 31 ***

Rob Hernandez

8:28

Here is your leaderboard as we end a weather shortened second round of the 80th U.S. Women’s Open.

8:26

They have blown the horn to suspend play at 8:25 PM CT. Still a handful of players on the course and even more wondering whether the cut will stay at 1-over or drop to 2-over

8:00

A Lim Kim bogeys No. 18 to drop to 5-under. There is Mao Saigo at 8-uncer and then six golfers tied for second place including world No. 1 Nelly Korda.

7:28

Play has officially resumed at 7:26 CT

7:09

Players will be returning to the course at 7:15 p.m. CT according to a USGA announcement here in the media center.

6:58

The wind is now starting to blow, too. The last group off No. 10 still has seven holes to play; the last group off No. 1 has six

6:57

The rain has started to fall here at Erin Hills. No word on how long they expect it to last, but I'm told they were planning to keep golfers in position but in shelter.

6:37

Indeed, we are in a weather delay at the 80th U.S. Women's Open.

6:35

A Lim Kim is the last golfer standing at 6-under. She has two holes to go, but they are flashing the weather warning sign and it appears play has been suspended.

4:52

We are going on an hour of a static leaderboard with Mao Saigo (8-under) leading by two shots over HInako Shibuno, Sarah Schmelzel and Jinhee Im. Nelly Korda continues to hold down the fifth spot at 5-under

3:57

Hinako Shibuno rolls in a third consecutive birdie, this one a 51-footer at No. 12 to join Sarah Schmelzel and Jinhee Im at 6-under in a tie for second place.

3:47

Sarah Schmelzel saves par on No. 18 to maek the turn in 5-under 31 for the day. She is now 6-under for the week and T-2 with Jinhee Im of Korez, who is playing three groups behind Schmelzel and is 2-under on her round and 6-under for the week.

3:11

A little band of rain moving through Washington County. A cool rain. Not too heavy yet.

2:57

Sarah Schmelzel is pouring in birdies faster than we can update them. Another one at the par-3 16th from about 10-12 feet and she's alone in second place at 6-under.

2:55

Allisen Corpuz birdied her first three to get to 3-under. She's five back in a large contingent at T-10

2:51

Sarah Schmelzel adds a birdie at the par-4 15th! That's four in her first six holes to get to 5-under and T-2 ... three back of Mao Saigo

2:36

American Sarah Schmelzel has birdied three of the first five holes to get to 4-under. That's the biggest move, so far, of anyone in the afternoon.

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