7 August 2023, Surrey, England: A truly international field will gather at Walton Heath this week to contest the AIG Women’s Open, one of the five major championships in women’s golf.
Some 144 of the world’s finest players will come from far and wide to tee it up at the Surrey venue, which is hosting the prestigious championship for the first time since it was established in 1976.
Australia, China, Japan, Korea, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand and the USA are among the many regions that will bring a strong global flavor to the season’s final major.
In the last ten years, the championship has produced winners from eight different countries, including South Africa’s Ashleigh Buhai, who beat South Korea’s In Gee Chun in a memorable four-hole play-off at Muirfield 12 months ago.
Buhai, defending her title, will be among a number of former winners at Walton Heath,…
