The 2022 AIG Women's Open was played from 4 to 7 August in Scotland at Muirfield. It was the 46th Women's British Open, the 22nd as a major championship on the LPGA Tour, and the third championship held under a sponsorship agreement with AIG. It was the first Women's British Open to be hosted at Muirfield.

The field was made up of 144 players. As with previous tournaments, most players earned exemptions based on past performance on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA Tour, previous major championships, or with a high ranking in the Women's World Golf Rankings. The rest of the field earned entry by successfully competing in qualifying tournaments open to any female golfer, professional or amateur, with a low handicap.

Players who qualified for the event are listed below. Players are listed under the first category in which they qualified.

1. Winners of the Women's British Open, aged 60 or younger at the scheduled end of the championship, provided they are still active members of a recognised tour.

• Helen Alfredsson, Sophie Gustafson, Jang Jeong, Emilee Klein, Karen Lunn, Liselotte Neumann, Lorena Ochoa, Pak Se-ri, Jiyai Shin, Annika Sörenstam, Sherri Steinhauer, Karen Stupples, Yani Tseng, and Karrie Webb did not play

2. The top 10 finishers and ties from the 2021 Women's British Open.

• Marissa Steen did not play

3. The top 15 on the final 2021 LET Order of Merit.

4. The top 5 on the 2022 LET Order of Merit not already exempt as of 11 July.

5. The top 35 on the final 2021 Race to the CME Globe points list.

6. The top 25 on the 2021 Race to the CME Globe points list not already exempt as of 11 July.

7. The top 50 in the Women's World Golf Rankings as of 27 June.

8. The top 3 on the JLPGA Money List not already exempt as of the Suntory Ladies Open (12 June)

9. The top 2 on the KLPGA Money List not already exempt as of 27 June

10. Winners of any recognised LET or LPGA Tour events in the 2022 calendar year.

11. Winners of the 2021 JLPGA Money List and KLPGA Money List.

12. Winners of the last five editions of the U.S. Women's Open

13. Winners of the last five editions of the Chevron Championship

14. Winners of the last five editions of the Women's PGA Championship

15. Winners of the last five editions of The Evian Championship

16. The leading two (not otherwise exempt) in the 2022 Suntory Ladies Open

17. The 2021 Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific champion, 2021 Women's Amateur Latin America champion, 2022 Womens Amateur Championship champions, 2022 European Ladies Amateur Championship champion, the 2022 Augusta National Women's Amateur champion, the 2021 Mark H. McCormack Medal winner, and the highest ranked women in the World Amateur Golf Ranking from Great Britain and Ireland as of week 25, and provided they are still amateurs at the time of the championship.

18. Any player who did not compete in the previous year's Women's British Open due to maternity, who subsequently received an extension of membership for the maternity from the player's home tour in the previous year, provided she was otherwise qualified to compete in the previous year's Women's British Open.

19. The leading three players (not otherwise exempt) in the 2022 Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open

Final Qualifying event was played over 18 holes on 1 August at North Berwick. 12 qualifying places were available for the championship.

Thursday, 4 August 2022

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Hinako Shibuno	65	−6
2	Jessica Korda	66	−5
T3	Louise Duncan	67	−4
	Gaby López
T5	Céline Boutier	68	−3
	Chun In-gee
	Jodi Ewart Shadoff
	Minjee Lee
	Maja Stark
T10	Choi Hye-jin	69	−2
	Inbee Park
	Miyū Yamashita

Friday, 5 August 2022

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Chun In-gee	68-66=134	−8
T2	Ashleigh Buhai	70-65=135	−7
	Madelene Sagström	70-65=135
4	Inbee Park	69-67=136	−6
T5	Hannah Green	71-66=137	−5
	Miyū Yamashita	69-68=137
T7	Céline Boutier	68-70=138	−4
	Stephanie Kyriacou	70-68=138
	Minjee Lee	68-70=138
	Hinako Shibuno	65-73=138

Saturday, 6 August 2022

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Ashleigh Buhai	70-65-64=199	−14
T2	Chun In-gee	68-66-70=204	−9
	Hinako Shibuno	65-73-66=204
T4	Inbee Park	69-67-70=206	−7
	Madelene Sagström	70-65-71=206
T6	Stephanie Kyriacou	70-68-70=208	−5
	Minjee Lee	68-70-70=208
	Miyū Yamashita	69-68-71=208
T9	Choi Hye-jin	69-70-70=209	−4
	Brooke Henderson	70-70-69=209
	Kim Hyo-joo	73-66-70=209
	Park Sung-hyun	72-69-68=209
	Maja Stark	68-71-70=209
	Atthaya Thitikul	71-69-69=209

Sunday, 7 August 2022

Place	Player	Score	To par	Prize money (US$)
T1	Ashleigh Buhai	70-65-64-75=274	−10	Playoff
	Chun In-gee	68-66-70-70=274
3	Hinako Shibuno	65-73-66-71=275	−9	488,285
T4	Minjee Lee	68-70-70-69=277	−7	309,546
	Leona Maguire	71-69-71-66=277
	Madelene Sagström	70-65-71-71=277
T7	Céline Boutier	68-70-74-67=279	−5	160,700
	Nasa Hataoka	71-69-71-68=279
	Brooke Henderson	70-70-69-70=279
	Lydia Ko	71-70-70-68=279
	Stephanie Kyriacou	70-68-70-71=279
	Atthaya Thitikul	71-69-69-70=279

The sudden-death playoff was held over the 18th hole until there was a winner.

Place	Player	Scores	Prize money (US$)
1	Ashleigh Buhai	4-5-4-4=17	1,095,000
2	Chun In-gee	4-5-4-5=18	673,743

• Official website
• Coverage on the LPGA Tour site
• Coverage on the Ladies European Tour