13 Big Names To Miss The AIG Women's Open Cut
Haeran Ryu leads a strong cast of contenders heading into the weekend at Royal Lytham and St Annes, but a number of big names are heading home early...
Haeran Ryu takes a one-stroke lead into the weekend at the AIG Women's Open, where the World No.3 will seek to win her third consecutive Major.
The Korean star followed up her opening 66 with a 70 on Friday to lead Japan's Shiho Kuwaki by one with 36 holes to play at Royal Lytham and St Annes.
A number of big names are in the chasing pack, including home favorites Lottie Woad and Charley Hull just five back in T6th.
However, plenty of notables fell by the wayside, with the cut coming in at four-over-par.
Here's a look at a number of big names, Major champions and Solheim Cup stalwarts who won't be around to contest for the title this weekend...
Big names to miss the 2026 AIG Women's Open cut
Andrea Lee: +5 (71-76)
Andrea Lee got off to a solid start courtesy of a level-par 71 on Thursday but a five-over-par 76 saw her agonizingly miss the cut by a single stroke. It's her first ever missed cut in the event in her seventh start.
The former Stanford star, who won the LPGA's Portland Classic in 2022, carded a disappointing five-over 76 in round two.
She made five bogeys and a double on Friday, with her birdie on the 18th ultimately too little, too late.
Leona Maguire: +5 (73-74)
Solheim Cup star Leona Maguire was another big name to miss out by a single stroke after 36-holes at Royal Lytham and St Annes.
The Irishwoman will rue back-to-back bogeys on 13 and 14 in round two, which ultimately sealed her fate following a 73 on Thursday and a bogey-bogey start in round two.
Maguire has now missed four cuts in the five Majors this season.
Gaby Lopez: +5 (73-74)
Lopez was two-under after six holes of the championship but she missed the cut mark by a single stroke after a 74 on Friday to follow up her first-round 73.
The Mexican made an eagle and just two birdies in her first 36-holes along with nine bogeys, including two in a row to finish on Friday.
She would have hoped for better after finishing T2nd at the US Women's Open last month, which was her best Major finish to date.
Hinako Shibuno: +5 (74-73)
The 2019 champion at Woburn misses the cut at the AIG Women's Open for the fourth consecutive year.
The Japanese star finished bogey-bogey in round one for a lacklustre birdie-free 74 and a 73 featuring three birdies and five dropped shots sends her home early.
Lilia Vu: +5 (75-72)
Lilia Vu's difficult stretch continues after two bogeys in her final three holes saw her miss another Major cut.
The former World No.1, who won the Chevron Championship and AIG Women's Open in 2023 to become World No.1, has now missed nine consecutive cuts in the Majors.
The Californian is now ranked 171st in the world and looks set to miss out on the USA's Solheim Cup team.
Jennifer Kupcho: +6 (70-78)
Jennifer Kupcho continues her poor AIG Women's Open record, making it four consecutive missed cuts for six MCs in nine starts.
The 2022 ANA Inspiration (now Chevron Championship) winner started strong with a one-under-par 70 but made three doubles in a costly 78 on Friday.
Georgia Hall: +6 (76-72)
The 2018 Lytham champion is another big name going home early.
The damage was done on Thursday for Hall, where she failed to make a birdie in a five-over-par 76. She fared much better in round two with a two-under-par front nine but a double-bogey on the 18th left her at six-over for the tournament.
Hall only returned to the professional game in May after becoming a mother for the first time, so it was a good effort from the Englishwoman who is still adapting to balancing motherhood and elite-level sport.
Megan Khang: +7 (74-75)
Khang found herself needing a strong round two after a three-over-par 74 on Thursday but she failed to make a birdie on Friday to shoot 74-75 over the first two rounds.
The US Solheim Cup star bogeyed three of the first four holes on day two and parred her way in to comfortably miss the cut.
It means she misses three of the five Major cuts this year.
Minjee Lee: +7 (75-74)
Minjee Lee was two-under-par for her first six holes of the championship but it all unravelled from there.
The Australian went on to make two doubles and post a 75 before falling further back on Friday, although a one-under-par closing nine will hopefully give her some positive momentum for the rest of the season.
The three-time Major winner has now very uncharacteristically missed three consecutive Major cuts.
Miyu Yamashita: +7 (72-77)
It was not a dream return to the AIG Women's Open for the defending champion.
Yamashita was only one-over after round one and was set to just about make the weekend before a quadruple-bogey 8 on the 18th put her outside of the cut line.
It's her first Major missed cut in two years and a big surprise considering she was T4th at the Evian Championship just last month.
Allisen Corpuz: +10 (73-79)
Corpuz misses her third consecutive AIG Women's Open cut and second Major weekend in a row after also missing the cut at the Evian.
The 2023 US Open champion finished at 10-over-par for two days after making six bogeys in her opening eight holes of round two.
Grace Kim: +10 (75-77)
The 2025 Evian Championship winner managed just one birdie in 36 holes following nine bogeys and a double in two rounds at Lytham.
The Australian comfortably misses her first AIG Women's Open cut, which is the second Major weekend in a row where she won't have a tee time.
Ruoning Yin: +10 (73-79)
Yin misses her second successive AIG Women's Open cut to make it a third consecutive season without a Major victory. The World No.8 is the highest-ranked player in the field to miss the cut.
The former World No.1, who captured the 2023 KPMG Women's PGA Championship, was out of sorts at Lytham - especially in round two.
The Chinese star made seven bogeys and a triple in her 79, which left her near the bottom of the leaderboard after 36 holes for an early exit.
Other notables to miss the 2026 AIG Women's Open cut:
- +5 Jiyai Shin
- +5 Aditi Ashok
- +5 Diksha Dagar
- +5 Pajaree Anannarukarn
- +5 Nanna Koerstz Madsen
- +6 Linn Grant
- +6 Jodi Ewart Shadoff
- +7 A Lim Kim
- +8 Perrine Delacour
- +8 Kiara Romero (a)
- +9 In Gee Chun
- +9 Carlota Ciganda
- +10 Maria Jose Marin (a)
- +10 Helen Briem
- +11 Yani Tseng
- +12 Steph Kyriacou
- +19 Ryann O'Toole
- +20 Sophia Popov
