2016 U.S. Women's Open

The 2016 U.S. Women's Open was the 71st U.S. Women's Open, held July 7–10 at CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, California, southeast of San Jose.

The U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five current major championships and the third of the 2016 season. It has the largest purse in women's golf at $4.5 million, and was televised by Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports.

Brittany Lang won her first major title in a playoff over Anna Nordqvist.

Qualifying and field The championship was open to any female professional or amateur golfer with a USGA handicap index not exceeding 2.4. Players qualified by competing in one of twenty 36-hole qualifying tournaments held at sites across the United States and at international sites in China, England, Japan, and South Korea. Additional players were exempt from qualifying because of past performances in professional or amateur tournaments around the world. The USGA received a record 1,855 entries for the championship.

Exempt from qualifying Many players are exempt in multiple categories. Players are listed only once, in the first category in which they became exempt, with additional categories in parentheses ( ) next to their names. Golfers qualifying in Category 13 who qualified in other categories are denoted with the tour by which they qualified.

1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last ten years (2006–2015) Choi Na-yeon (10,15,16), Chun In-gee (9,11,13-KLPGA,15,16), Paula Creamer (10,15), Ji Eun-hee (10,15,16), Cristie Kerr (10,12,15,16), Ryu So-yeon (9,10,15,16), Michelle Wie (10) Inbee Park (5,6,7,9,10,12,15,16) – thumb injury and Annika Sörenstam did not enter the tournament

2. Winner and runner-up from the 2015 U.S. Women's Amateur (must be an amateur) Hannah O'Sullivan (a), Sierra Brooks (a)

3. Winner of the 2016 British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship (must be an amateur) Julia Engström (a)

4. Winner of the 2015 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) (must be an amateur) Leona Maguire (a)

5. Winners of the Women's PGA Championship for the last five years (2012–2016) Shanshan Feng (13-LET,14,15,16), Brooke Henderson (9,11,12,15,16)

6. Winners of the Women's British Open for the last five years (2011–2015) Stacy Lewis (9,10,15,16), Mo Martin (16), Yani Tseng Jiyai Shin (13-JLPGA,15,16) did not enter the tournament

7. Winners of the ANA Inspiration for the last five years (2012–2016) Lydia Ko (8,10,11,12,15,16), Brittany Lincicome (15,16), Lexi Thompson (11,12,15,16), Yoo Sun-young (10)

8. Winners of the Evian Championship (2013–2015) Kim Hyo-joo (12, 13-KLPGA,15,16), Suzann Pettersen (10,15,16)

9. Ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2015 U.S. Women's Open Pernilla Lindberg (10), Shiho Oyama (15,16), Jane Park (10), Morgan Pressel (10,15,16) Amy Yang (10,15,16)

10. Top 75 money leaders from the 2015 final official LPGA money list Marina Alex, Baek Kyu-jung, Chella Choi (12,15,16), Carlota Ciganda (15,16), Austin Ernst, Sandra Gal, Julieta Granada, Jaye Marie Green, Wei Ling Hsu, Charley Hull (15,16), M. J. Hur, Karine Icher, Jang Ha-na (11,12,15,16), Ariya Jutanugarn (12,15,16), Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Kim Kaufman, Christina Kim, In-Kyung Kim, Kim Sei-young (11,15,16), Jessica Korda (12,15,16), Candie Kung (15,16), Brittany Lang (15,16), Alison Lee (15,16), Ilhee Lee (15), Lee Mi-hyang (15), Min Lee, Minjee Lee (11,12,15,16), Mirim Lee (15,16), Caroline Masson, Catriona Matthew, Maria McBride, Sydnee Michaels, Mika Miyazato (15,16), Azahara Muñoz (15,16), Haru Nomura (11,12,15,16), Anna Nordqvist (15,16), Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace (15,16), Park Hee-young (16), Pornanong Phatlum (15,16), Gerina Piller (11,15,16), Beatriz Recari, Lizette Salas (15), Alena Sharp, Jenny Shin (11,12,15,16), Kelly Shon, Jennifer Song, Angela Stanford, Kris Tamulis (12), Mariajo Uribe, Karrie Webb (15), Sakura Yokomine

11. Top 10 money leaders from the 2016 official LPGA money list, through the close of entries on May 4

12. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2015 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2016 U.S. Women's Open

13. Top five money leaders from the 2015 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour Japan LPGA Tour: Ahn Sun-ju (15,16), Lee Bo-mee (15,16), Teresa Lu (15,16) Korea LPGA Tour: Cho Yoon-ji, Lee Jung-min (15, 16), Park Sung-hyun (15,16) Ladies European Tour: Melissa Reid, Nicole Broch Larsen, Gwladys Nocera, Beth Allen Jang Su-yeon (KLPGA,16), Ko Jin-young (KLPGA,15,16), Lee Ji-hee (JLPGA,15), did not play

14. Top three money leaders from the 2015 China LPGA Tour Ssu-Chia Cheng, Xi Yu Lin Pan Yan-hong did not play

15. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of May 4

16. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of July 3 Su-Hyun Oh, Ayaka Watanabe Kim Ha-neul did not play

17. Special exemptions selected by the USGA Se Ri Pak

Qualifiers Additional players qualified through sectional qualifying tournaments taking place in May and June at sites in the United States, China, South Korea, England, and Japan.

May 9 at The Home Course, DuPont, Washington Naomi Eun Young Ko (a)

May 16 at Cheonan, South Korea Ryu Hae-ran (a) Choi Hye-jin (a)

May 16 at Bradenton Country Club, Bradenton, Florida Nelly Korda Jodi Ewart Shadoff

May 16 at Butler Country Club, Butler, Pennsylvania Bailey Tardy (a) Nannette Hill

May 16 at Pebble Creek Golf Club, Becker, Minnesota Jing Yan

May 16 at Shady Oaks Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas Su-Hyun Oh (later qualified in category 16) Hannah Wood (a)

May 16 at Terravita Golf & Country Club, Scottsdale, Arizona Marissa Chow (a) Spencer Heller

May 16 at The Heritage Golf Course at Westmoor, Westminster, Colorado Jennifer Kupcho (a) Yu Sang Hou (a)

May 16 at Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii Allisen Corpuz (a)

May 17 at TPC at The Woodlands (Player Course), The Woodlands, Texas Gaby López Liv Cheng

May 23 at Quail Ridge Country Club (South Course), Boynton Beach, Florida Sandra Angulo Minarro Mika Liu (a)

May 23 at Dunwoody Country Club, Dunwoody, Georgia Madelene Sagström Jackie Stoelting

May 23 at Hermitage Country Club, Manakin-Sabot, Virginia Maude-Aimee Leblanc Lee Lopez Christine Song

May 23 at Oak Park Country Club, River Grove, Illinois Erica Shepherd (a) Ashleigh Simon

May 24 at Westwood Country Club, St. Louis, Missouri Kasey Petty Anna Hack (a)

May 24 at Canoe Brook Country Club (North Course), Summit, New Jersey Pei-Yun Chien Sophia Popov

May 25 at Buckinghamshire, England Jade Schaeffer Olivia Cowan Valentine Derrey Camilla Lennarth Pamela Pretswell

May 25 at Carolina Trace Country Club (Lake Course), Sanford, North Carolina Paula Hurtado Lauren Stephenson (a)

May 26 at Shanghai, China Liu Yan (a)

May 30 at Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan Erina Hara Emi Sato Ayaka Matsumori Chika Sawada (a)

May 31 at Twin Hills Country Club, Longmeadow, Massachusetts Megan Khang Sue Kim Miriam Nagl Kelly Tan Albane Valenzuela (a)

May 31 at Industry Hills Golf Club (Eisenhower Course), City Of Industry, California Alexandra Kaui (a) Angel Yin

May 31 at Green Valley Country Club, Fairfield, California Taylor Kim Julie Yang

June 2 at Goose Creek Golf Club, Mira Loma, California Robynn Ree (a) Karah Sanford (a)

June 3 at Sugar Mill Country Club, New Smyrna Beach, Florida Rinko Mitsunaga (a) Sandra Changkija

Alternates added to field The following players were added to the field before the start of the tournament when spots reserved for exemptions in various categories were not used, and to replace players who withdrew from the tournament. Amy Anderson, Hannah Burke, Chih-Min Chen (a), Cydney Clanton, Kotone Hori, Caroline Inglis, Yunjie Zhang (a)

Course layout

RoundHole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Par4453444353644344534536721Yards3964265232103523714101835613,4324073601913824294711664185283,3526,7842Yards4024235251793473744011555533,3594083491833754354711684095373,3556,6943Yards3814285181603493724051645493,3264073632023894384831774135173,3896,7154Yards4004214942143603814161475723,4053993581833844354851204265233,3136,718 Scoring average: 74.49 by round: 74.37, 75.22, 72.69, 73.93 Most difficult holes in relation to par: 14, 2, 9, 1, 8

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Round summaries

First round Thursday, July 7, 2016 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Mirim Lee 64 −8T2 Cristie Kerr 67 −5 Minjee Lee Amy YangT5 Brittany Lang 68 −4 Anna Nordqvist Kelly TanT8 Ji Eun-hee 69 −3 Moriya Jutanugarn Sydnee Michaels

Second round Friday, July 8, 2016 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Park Sung-hyun 70-66=136 −8T2 Mirim Lee 64-74=138 −6 Amy Yang 67-71=138 T4 Lydia Ko 73-66=139 −5 Haru Nomura 70-69=139 T6 Ji Eun-hee 69-71=140 −4 Danielle Kang 71-69=140 Jessica Korda 70-70=140 Kelly Tan 68-72=140 10 Maude-Aimee Leblanc 72-69=141 −3 Mo Martin 71-70=141 Sydnee Michaels 69-72=141 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 70-71=141 Angela Stanford 71-70=141

Third round Saturday, July 9, 2016 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Lydia Ko 73-66-70=209 −7 T2 Ji Eun-hee 69-71-70=210 −6 Park Sung-hyun 70-66-74=210T4 Brittany Lang 68-75-68=211 −5 Amy Yang 67-71-73=2116 Angela Stanford 71-70-71=212 −47 Danielle Kang 71-69-73=213 −3T8 Ariya Jutanugarn 70-75-69=214 −2 Cristie Kerr 67-75-72=214 Mirim Lee 64-74-76=214 Stacy Lewis 71-74-69=214 Gaby López 71-72-71=214 Haru Nomura 70-69-75=214 Kris Tamulis 71-72-71=214

Final round Sunday, July 10, 2016 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T1 Brittany Lang 68-75-68-71=282 −6 Playoff Anna Nordqvist 68-74-73-67=282T3 Ji Eun-hee 69-71-70-74=284 −4 213,638 Lydia Ko 73-66-70-75=284 Park Sung-hyun 70-66-74-74=284 Amy Yang 67-71-73-73=284 7 Stacy Lewis 71-74-69-71=285 −3 140,590T8 Cristie Kerr 67-75-72-72=286 −2 115,705 Gerina Piller 70-72-74-70=286 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 70-71-75-70=286 Source:

Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 5 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 5 Lang −6−5−5−5−6−6−6−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−7−6−6 Nordqvist −2−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−6−6−6−6 Ji −6−5−5−4−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−4−4−3−3−3−3−4 Ko −7−7−7−7−7−8−8−7−5−5−5−4−4−3−4−4−4−4 S. Park −6−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−5−5−4−5−5−5−4 Yang −6−5−5−5−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−3−4 Lewis −2−2−2−1−1−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−3−3 Kerr −1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−1−1E−1−1−1−2 Piller E−1−1−1−2−2−2−3−2−1−2−2−1−1−2−2−2−2 Shadoff EE−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−2−2−2−2 M. Lee −2−3−3−3−4−5−5−4−4−4−3−3−2−1−1−1−1−1 Stanford −4−4−3−3−3−3−3−3−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−1−1 Jutanugarn −2−2EEEEE−1+1+1+1+1+1+1EEEE Kang −1EEEEEEE+1+1+1+1+1+1E+1+1E Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Double Eagle -->EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey Source:

Playoff The three-hole aggregate playoff was held on the final three holes, and any additional play in sudden-death was to occur on the final hole. Both players made pars on the first two holes, but it was soon determined that Nordqvist had slightly moved sand prior to her approach shot from the fairway bunker on 17, a two-stroke penalty (rule 13-4b). The players were told of the penalty by a rules official midway through the par-5 final hole, after Nordqvist's third shot but before Lang's. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Brittany Lang 3-4-5=12 E 810,0002 Anna Nordqvist 3-6-6=15 +3 486,000 Playoff held on holes 16, 17, and 18.

Scorecard Hole 16  17  18 Par345 LangEEE Nordqvist E+2+3 Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par Source:

References

External links

2016 U.S. Women's Open at LPGA official site