Winners of the Ricoh Women's British Open for the last five years (2010–2014) Stacy Lewis (7,9,10,11,12,15,16), Mo Martin (10,12,15,16) 7.
Ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2014 U.S. Women's Open Brooke Henderson, Meena Lee (10), Catriona Matthew (10,15,16), Stephanie Meadow, Pornanong Phatlum (10,15,16), Jenny Shin (10,15,16), Amy Yang (10,11,12,15,16), Sakura Yokomine 10.
Top 75 money leaders from the 2014 final official LPGA money list Marina Alex, Dori Carter, Chella Choi (15,16), Carlota Ciganda (13-LET,15,16), Laura Davies, Laura Diaz, Austin Ernst (12), Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Sandra Gal (15,16), Julieta Granada (15,16), Mina Harigae, Caroline Hedwall, M. J. Hur (12), Karine Icher, Tiffany Joh, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Haeji Kang, Kim Kaufman, Christina Kim (12), I.K.
Kim (15), Katherine Kirk, Lydia Ko (11,12,15,16), Jessica Korda (15,16), Candie Kung, Brittany Lang (16), Ilhee Lee (15,16), Mi Hyang Lee (12,15,16), Mirim Lee (11,12,15,16), Amelia Lewis, Pernilla Lindberg, Caroline Masson, Sydnee Michaels, Belen Mozo, Azahara Muñoz (15,16), Haru Nomura, Anna Nordqvist (12,15,16), Ji Young Oh, Lee-Anne Pace (12,13-LET,15), Hee Young Park (15), Gerina Piller (15,16), Morgan Pressel (11,15,16), Beatriz Recari, Lizette Salas (15,16), Dewi Claire Schreefel, Sarah Jane Smith, Angela Stanford (15,16), Thidapa Suwannapura, Kris Tamulis, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Line Vedel, Karrie Webb (15,16) 11.
Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of May 6, 2015 Jang Ha-na (16), Ariya Jutanugarn 16.
Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of July 5, 2015 Shiho Oyama 17.
[6] Mallory Blackwelder, Jaye Marie Green, Georgia Hall, Min Lee, Nikki Long (a), Ally McDonald, Samantha Wagner Source:[1] Thursday and Friday, July 9–10, 2015 The first round was incomplete Thursday due to weather; play was completed on Friday morning before the beginning of the second round.