Final Qualifying for the AIG Women’s Open took place at Crail Golfing Society on Monday, with 12 players out of 92 entrants making it through to tee it up at St Andrews on Thursday as the last Major of the year takes place.
Five-time China LPGA Tour winner Weiwei Zhang topped the leaderboard on five-under to land a maiden Major appearance, while big names such as Lauren Hartlage and Jodi Ewart Shadoff also did enough after 18 holes.
Shadoff was one of the three golfers to make it into the AIG Women’s Open field via a playoff against 11 others, with Northern Ireland’s Stephanie Meadow and Finland’s Ursula Wikstrom joining her.
Otherwise, a handful of star faces have either been left waiting to discover their fate on the reserve list or confirmed as missing out on St Andrews. A handful of others may well have succumbed to untimely injuries.
Below are seven big names who missed out on a place at the 2024 AIG Women’s Open.
Caroline Hedwall (-1) Reserve
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The Swede is a seven-time LET winner and featured for Team Europe in the 2023 Solheim Cup – as well as four others before that – but she will have a nervous wait to find out if there will be a tee time at St Andrews with her name next to it this week.
Hedwall is the first reserve after falling short in the playoff so may well feel hopeful of a start, regardless.
Pia Babnik (E)
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Babnik competed at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and finished 22nd, continuing her rise towards the top of the game, but the 20-year-old won’t feature at the AIG Women’s Open.
The Slovenian golfer carded an even-par round of 72 in Final Qualifying and will return to focus on the Ladies European Tour season, where she is a two-time winner.
Caroline Masson (+3)
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Masson is a four-time Solheim Cup player with a victory apiece on both the LPGA Tour and LET, but she missed out on qualifying for the AIG Women’s Open after shooting three-over at Crail Golfing Society on Monday.
The German – who turned pro in 2009 – is now ranked World No.338 and missed the cut in three of the four Majors this season.
Bianca Pagdanganan (+5)
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Pagdanganan is another Paris Olympian who fell short in her quest to play in the latest big-time championship. She has a best result of T9 at a…
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