'US Women's Open Champ' Kim Arim "Next Year's Title Defense at San Francisco Olympic Golf Course"
USGA Confirms US Women's Open Venues Through 2025, Kim Arim Secures 10-Year Exemption as Champion
A view of the 18th hole at Olympic Golf Course, the battleground for the US Women's Open next year where Kim A-rim will defend her title.
View original image[Asia Economy Golf Specialist Reporter Kim Hyun-jun] "The Devil's Course."
Arim Kim (25) will defend her title next year at the US Women's Open, a major on the LPGA Tour, held at the notoriously challenging Olympic Golf Course in San Francisco, California. The United States Golf Association (USGA), which organizes the US Women's Open, has already confirmed the venues for the next five years through 2025. The Olympic Golf Course is especially famous for hosting the US Open five times. It is interesting that the US Women's Open will be held there for the first time.
Arim Kim made big news by winning the US Women's Open on the 15th as a non-member. She secured not only a 'direct ticket to the LPGA Tour' but also an automatic entry for the next 10 years in this tournament. It is important to note that the Olympic Golf Course is known as a course where winners often finish over par. Although the course is not long, the 'ant-waist' fairways and the dense 30,000 trees surrounding it, along with large, thick roughs, pose significant threats. The greens are also protected by deep bunkers.
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In 2022, the tournament continued at Pine Needles in Southern Pines, North Carolina. This course is a regular venue for the US Women's Open, where champions like Annika Sorenstam (Sweden) in 1996, Karrie Webb (Australia) in 2001, and Cristie Kerr (USA) in 2007 have triumphed. The sequence continues with Pebble Beach Golf Links in California in 2023, Lancaster Golf Club in Pennsylvania in 2024. Lancaster is especially familiar to domestic fans as Jeon In-ji (26, KB Financial Group) achieved a surprise victory there in 2015. In 2025, the venue will be Erin Hills in Wisconsin.
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