Corpuz wins U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach

Allisen Corpuz closed with a flourish, with birdies on two of her last five holes to capture the 78th U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links Sunday.

The 25-year-old Hawaiian, shot a final round 69 to hold off late-charging Charley Hull and Jiyai Shin, who tied for second. Corpuz earned $2 million for her first career major championship, an increase of $200,000 from 2022 purse. The total purse this year was $11 million.

Corpuz was in second place coming into the final round at 6-under, a stroke behind Nasa Hataoka of Japan, who finished in a tie for fourth.

Corpuz shot a 1-under 35 over the first nine to move into a tie with Hataoka. Hull, meanwhile, was on a run. Starting out at even, she shot 32 over the first nine with three birdies, an eagle and a bogey. She was nearly as hot on the back nine with three birdies and a bogey for a final round of 66.

But Corpuz seemed to seal the deal with a birdie at 14 to take her to 9-under. A few minutes earlier Hull looked like she might be poised to make a run at the lead after making birdie on 16 with a 30-foot putt to pull to 6-under, two behind Corpuz.

Corpuz kept rolling with another birdie on 15.

Monterey’s Mina Harigae had a disappointing finish to the tournament, shooting 4-over 76 after making birdie on two of the first five holes. Harigae had four bogeys and had a double bogey on 18. On that final hole, Harigae put her tee shot out of bounds.

Harigae, who finished second in last year’s U.S. Open, finished tied for 33rd.