AIG Women’s Open cut rules: How the cut line is determined

Making the weekend is the first part of the job – so what are the AIG Women’s Open cut rules?

It’s vital to get off to a good start in any golf tournament, let alone a major championship and players will want to be in contention early.

Only three times has the AIG Women’s Open been decided by a play-off, though, so it is unlikely that extra holes will be needed.

Meanwhile, it’s never happened in the event when hosted at the Old Course in St Andrews.

So, as 156 players battle it out for the final major of the women’s season, here are the cut rules…

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AIG Women’s Open cut rules

Through 1993, the AIG Women’s Open was only an official tournament on the Ladies European Tour (LET).

So, starting in 1994, the championship became a permanent fixture on the LPGA Tour and has been recognised as a major since 2001.

As it has grown, however, the field size has increased and in 2005, the starting number of players was raised to 150.

From that year onwards, only the low 65 (plus ties) survive the cut at the halfway stage – after the second round.

That means that the number of golfers who compete on the weekend each year differs.

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Only 65 progressed in 2022 before Ashleigh Buhai prevailed at Muirfield, while as many as 74 made the cut at Royal Troon in 2020, when Sophia Popov won the title.

Despite both coming after 36 holes, the AIG Women’s Open cut rules are not the same as those at The Open.

Currently, the cut at The Open sees the top 70 players and ties go on to face two more rounds of golf.

The US Women’s Open, meanwhile, reduces a field of 160 players to the low 60 scores and ties.