The second women's Major of the year takes place in California this week, as the world's best players gather at Riviera Country Club for the US Open.
Maja Stark is the defending champion after the Swede's victory at Erin Hills last year when she became the first European to lift the trophy since 2006.
Home favourite Nelly Korda heads the market going into Thursday's opening round, as she looks for back-to-back Major success following her win at April's Chevron Championship.
US Women's Open Tips Summary
Best Bet - Hannah Green each way @ 14/1
Alternative Bet - Angel Yin each way @ 40/1
Alternative Bet - Charley Hull each way @ 40/1
US Women's Open Prediction
Best Bet - Hannah Green each way @ 14/1
Australia have two players inside the world's top-10, with Hannah Green her country's highest-ranked player going into this week's event.
The former Women's PGA Championship winner heads to Riviera having already recorded a top-10 finish in the year's opening Major.
Green finished T7 at the Chevron Championship, carding a final-round 68 to total 282 (-6) over four rounds.
She has an impressive record in this tournament, which is definitely worth considering ahead of the opening round.
Green has racked up three consecutive US Open top-20 finishes, including a T12 spot at Erin Hills last year, to finish six shots behind winner Stark.
The 29-year-old is fourth in the Race to CME Globe standings and ranks inside the top-10 on Tour for both Greens in Regulation (5th) and Putts Per GIR Average (8th).
Alternative Bet - Angel Yin each way @ 40/1
There has been just one American winner in the last nine US Women's Opens, but Angel Yin will feel she can end that run on Sunday.
Understandably, her compatriot Korda is the most likely to break the host country's duck, but Yin has shown enough in the last couple of years to suggest she could win a first Major.
At the age of 27, she has racked up no fewer than 10 top-10 Major finishes, including a T10 spot at April's Chevron Championship.
The Californian also has a good record in this event, finishing T2 in 2019, sixth in 2021 and then T9 in 2025 - sharing the first-round lead after an opening 68.
Yin has made eight cuts from eight tournaments played this year and ranks fourth on Tour for Putts Per GIR Average (1.72).
Alternative Bet - Charley Hull each way @ 40/1
You have to go back to 1997 for the last time an Englishwoman won the US Open, but Charley Hull looks primed for a bold bid at Riviera.
Hull came close to taking top spot in 2023, when she finished in a tie for second - three shots behind winner Allisen Corpuz - at Pebble Beach.
The 30-year-old is still seeking her first Major title but has 11 top-10 finishes and was in a tie for 12th last year after back-to-back rounds of 71 over the weekend.
Hull did miss the cut at last week's event in New Jersey, but that will have given her more time to prepare for this week's challenge.
If she can stay in touch with the leaders over the first three rounds, watch out for her making a final-round charge, as she averages 69.75 in the fourth round this season
Key Tournament Stats
Riviera Country Club measures in at 6,699 yards for the US Women's Open and is Par 71.
The lowest 60 scorers and ties will make the cut and play the final 36 holes.
Riviera has hosted three men's Major Championships - the 1948 US Open and the 1983 and 1995 PGA Championships.
There will be 156 golfers making up the field, with 10 former US Open winners among them.
World number one Nelly Korda is the only American in the top 12 of the rankings.
Only one of the last seven US Opens has seen the winner shoot double-figures under par - Minjee Lee (-13) at Pine Needles in 2022.
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