Two weeks after the men’s Major season concluded with Scottie Scheffler’s win at The Open, the fifth and final women’s Major of the year, the AIG Women’s Open, comes from Royal Porthcawl in Wales, the first time it has ever hosted the tournament.
As usual, some of the world’s biggest names will be involved, including defending champion Lydia Ko, World No.1 Nelly Korda and the players who won the previous four women’s Majors this season; Mao Saigo, Minjee Lee, Maja Stark and Grace Kim.
New World No.24 Lottie Woad is the favorite in the AIG Women’s Open betting odds after winning the Irish and Scottish Opens this month, sandwiching her T3 at the Evian Championship.
A host of former AIG Women’s Open champions will also appear, including Lilia Vu, who won in 2023, 2022 winner Ashleigh Buhai and Anna Nordqvist, who lifted the trophy four years ago.
While there will be no shortage of the game’s superstars teeing it up in the tournament, some notable names will not be taking their place in the field.
Here are some of the big names and notables missing this week’s championship:
Lexi Thompson
Lexi Thompson misses her second consecutive Major after playing in the first three this year
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Despite announcing her retirement from full-time professional golf over a year ago, Thompson has played in her fair share of tournaments in 2025, including three of the previous four Majors.
The one she didn’t play in was the Amundi Evian Championship, which she skipped for the fifth year running. Despite being eligible for the AIG Women’s Open courtesy of her world ranking, she won’t be heading to Wales either.
After losing in a playoff at the Dow Championship in June, Thompson as good has confirmed she wouldn’t be appearing.
She said: “I’m not playing for about five weeks. I will be taking personal time off at home and kind of playing once we get back to the states, kind of taking it tournament by tournament.”
That means it will be the first time in seven years Thompson will not tee it up at the Major.
Alison Lee
Team USA star Alison Lee is currently on maternity leave
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Lee, who has two LET wins and has represented the US twice in the Solheim Cup, has appeared in the AIG Women’s Open for the last five years….
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