Dundonald Links in Ayrshire, Scotland is the venue for the Freed Group Women’s Scottish Open, an event co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour and LET. Not surprisingly, there is a strong field as players take the chance to play in the UK before the final women’s Major of the year, the AIG Women’s Open at Walton Heath.
In 2022, Japanese player Ayaka Furue finished ahead of Celine Boutier by three shots to claim her maiden LPGA Tour title, thanks to a course record 62 on the Sunday, and she defends her trophy this week. The player she beat is also in this week’s field fresh from her maiden Major title in the Amundi Evian Championship in her homeland of France.
That victory was also enough to propel Boutier to a career-high of fourth in the world rankings, and she’ll be hoping to keep that momentum going here before next week’s Major.
While none of the top three in the world rankings are in action, there are plenty of other high-profile players taking part this week. As well as Furue, two other former winners of the tournament are participating this week – 2018 champion Ariya Jutanugarn and Mi Hyang Lee, who claimed the title a year earlier.
Lilia Vu, who claimed her maiden Major title with The Chevron Championship in April, also participates. She will be hoping to get back on track after a dip in form that has led to four missed cuts in the six tournaments she has played since that victory.
Meanwhile, another hoping to put a recent disappointment behind will be Ruoning Yin. After winning the KPMG PGA Championship, Yin produced another encouraging display in the US Women’s Open at Pebble Beach, where she finished tied for 20th. However, she couldn’t keep her good form in Majors going in France last week, where she missed the cut.
The winner of the US Women’s Open was Allisen Corpuz, and she followed that up with a runner-up finish in the Dana Open before a T54 last week. Given her strong recent form, she will be confident of another impressive performance.
Atthaya Thitikul also plays. It’s only nine months since the Thai star became the second youngest player to reach the top of the world rankings. A winless run since then has seen her slip to 10th,…
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