The 2025 U.S. Women’s Open brings the best in the world to a familiar venue for golf fans as they will take on the challenge of Erin Hills, the host of the 2017 U.S. Open won by Brooks Koepka.
One of the biggest challenges at Erin Hills this week will be the length of the course, as it will play around 6,900 yards for the women. That figures to provide a bit of an advantage for long hitters off the tee like world No. 1 Nelly Korda (10-1), while managing approach shots from long distances and players leaving themselves in the right spots will be paramount.
Korda is the second-favorite this week and will be looking to avenge last year’s disaster at Lancaster Country Club when she shot an 80 in her opening round, with most of the damage coming at the par-3 12th when she made a 10 after going in the water three times. She will be trying to make that a distant memory by winning her first U.S. Women’s Open and third career major title this week.
Ahead of Korda on the odds sheet is world No. 2 Jeeno Thitikul (15/2), who has established herself as one of the dominant stars of the game with five LPGA Tour wins at just 22 years old, but is still seeking her first major championship. Lydia Ko (20-1) could…
