Who is leading the 2024 US Women's Open after day 1? Leaderboard explored

The first round of the 2024 US Women's Open was played on Thursday, May 30, at Lancaster Golf Club in Pennsylvania. The course was one of the main protagonists of the day with only four players achieving scores under par.

2021 US Women's Open champion Yuka Saso leads the 2024 edition of the event with a score of 2 under. Despite the demanding course, the competition was fierce, with 20 players within three strokes or less of the leader.

2024 US Women's Openday 1 leaderboard

Below is the 2024 US Women's Open leaderboard after the first round (only members of the Top 50 are included):

• 1 Yuka Saso -2
• T2 Andrea Lee -1
• T2 Wichanee Meechai -1
• T2 Adela Cernousek (a) -1
• T5 Alexandra Forsterling E
• T5 Sei Young Kim E
• T5 Megan Schofill (a) E
• T5 Chisato Iwai E
• T5 Asterisk Talley (a) E
• T5 Yuri Yoshida E
• T5 Jenny Shin E
• T5 Minjee Lee E
• T5 Catherine Park (a) E
• T5 Pia Babnik E
• T15 Yui Kawamoto +1
• T15 Maude-Aimée Leblanc +1
• T15 Casandra Alexander +1
• T15 Hinako Shibuno +1
• T15 Ayaka Furue +1
• T15 Mariel Galdiano +1
• T15 Soo Bin Joo +1
• T22 Sophia Popov +2
• T22 Min Byeol Kim +2
• T22 Miyu Yamashita +2
• T22 Linn Grant +2
• T22 Albane Valenzuela +2
• T22 Sakura Koiwai +2
• T22 Xiyu Janet Lin +2
• T22 Jodi Ewart Shadoff +2
• T22 Wei-Ling Hsu +2
• T22 Celine Boutier +2
• T22 Carlota Ciganda +2
• T22 Ai Suzuki +2
• T22 Arpichaya Yubol +2
• T22 Yan Liu +2
• T36 Isi Gabsa +3
• T36 Elizabeth Szokol +3
• T36 Katie Li (a) +3
• T36 Ruoning Yin +3
• T36 Jiyai Shin +3
• T36 Leona Maguire +3
• T36 Madelene Sagstrom +3
• T36 Nasa Hataoka +3
• T36 Aditi Ashok +3
• T36 Marissa Steen +3
• T36 Kristen Gillman +3
• T36 Yuna Nishimura +3
• T36 Jin Hee Im +3
• T36 Su Ji Kim +3
• T36 Chanettee Wannasaen +3

Yuka Saso's performance in the first round of the 2024 US Women's Open included five birdies and three bogeys. While one of the amateurs (Adela Cernousek) surprised by finishing second, two others (Megan Schofill and Asterisk Talley) finished the round in the Top 5.

Among the highlights of the first round was Nelly Korda scoring 10 on the 12th hole to finish tied for 137th on the day at the US Women's Open. Korda sent three balls into the water, before reaching the green with her eighth shot, and then two-putted to finish the hole.

Sophia Popov carded the 33rd ace in U.S. Women's Open history on the 8th hole at Lancaster Golf Club. Popov finished the round tied for 22nd with a score of 2 over par. In eight previous starts in 2024, she has made just two cuts, one on the Ladies European Tour and the other on the LPGA Tour.