One of the marquee groups of the day had first-time participant Karrie Webb, two-time runner-up Juli Inkster and 2022 champion Jill McGill. There was a total of 10 USGA championships in that threesome: five by Inkster, three by McGill and two by Webb. Inkster drained a 50-foot eagle putt on her first hole, the par-5 10th, to open her pursuit of a sixth USGA title.