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.
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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
Choi Na-yeon, Chun In-gee, Paula Creamer, Ji Eun-hee, Cristie Kerr, Ryu So-yeon, Michelle Wie
;2. Winner and runner-up from the 2015 U.S. Women's Amateur
Hannah O'Sullivan, Sierra Brooks
;3. Winner of the 2016 British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship
Julia Engström
;4. Winner of the 2015 Mark H. McCormack Medal
Leona Maguire
;5. Winners of the Women's PGA Championship for the last five years
Shanshan Feng, Brooke Henderson
;6. Winners of the Women's British Open for the last five years
Stacy Lewis, Mo Martin, Yani Tseng
;7. Winners of the ANA Inspiration for the last five years
Lydia Ko, Brittany Lincicome, Lexi Thompson, Yoo Sun-young
;8. Winners of the Evian Championship
Kim Hyo-joo, Suzann Pettersen
;9. Ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2015 U.S. Women's Open
Pernilla Lindberg, Shiho Oyama, Jane Park, Morgan Pressel Amy Yang
;10. Top 75 money leaders from the 2015 final official LPGA money list
Marina Alex, Baek Kyu-jung, Chella Choi, Carlota Ciganda, Austin Ernst, Sandra Gal, Julieta Granada, Jaye Marie Green, Wei Ling Hsu, Charley Hull, M. J. Hur, Karine Icher, Jang Ha-na, Ariya Jutanugarn, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Kim Kaufman, Christina Kim, In-Kyung Kim, Kim Sei-young, Jessica Korda, Candie Kung, Brittany Lang, Alison Lee, Ilhee Lee, Lee Mi-hyang, Min Lee, Minjee Lee, Mirim Lee, Caroline Masson, Catriona Matthew, Maria McBride, Sydnee Michaels, Mika Miyazato, Azahara Muñoz, Haru Nomura, Anna Nordqvist, Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace, Park Hee-young, Pornanong Phatlum, Gerina Piller, Beatriz Recari, Lizette Salas, Alena Sharp, Jenny Shin, Kelly Shon, Jennifer Song, Angela Stanford, Kris Tamulis, Mariajo Uribe, Karrie Webb, 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
;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
;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
May 16 at Cheonan, South Korea
May 16 at Bradenton Country Club, Bradenton, Florida
May 16 at Butler Country Club, Butler, Pennsylvania
May 16 at Pebble Creek Golf Club, Becker, Minnesota
May 16 at Shady Oaks Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas
May 16 at Terravita Golf & Country Club, Scottsdale, Arizona
May 16 at The Heritage Golf Course at Westmoor, Westminster, Colorado
May 16 at Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii
May 17 at TPC at The Woodlands, The Woodlands, Texas
May 23 at Quail Ridge Country Club, Boynton Beach, Florida
May 23 at Dunwoody Country Club, Dunwoody, Georgia
May 23 at Hermitage Country Club, Manakin-Sabot, Virginia
May 23 at Oak Park Country Club, River Grove, Illinois
May 24 at Westwood Country Club, St. Louis, Missouri
May 24 at Canoe Brook Country Club, Summit, New Jersey
May 25 at Buckinghamshire, England
May 25 at Carolina Trace Country Club, Sanford, North Carolina
May 26 at Shanghai, China
May 30 at Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
May 31 at Twin Hills Country Club, Longmeadow, Massachusetts
May 31 at Industry Hills Golf Club, City Of Industry, California
May 31 at Green Valley Country Club, Fairfield, California
June 2 at Goose Creek Golf Club, Mira Loma, California
June 3 at Sugar Mill Country Club, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

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.

Course layout

RoundHole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par445344435364434453453672
1Yards3964265232103523714101835613,4324073601913824294711664185283,3526,784
2Yards4024235251793473744011555533,3594083491833754354711684095373,3556,694
3Yards3814285181603493724051645493,3264073632023894384831774135173,3896,715
4Yards4004214942143603814161475723,4053993581833844354851204265233,3136,718

  • 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
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Second round

Friday, July 8, 2016
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Third round

Saturday, July 9, 2016
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Final round

Sunday, July 10, 2016
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Scorecard

Final round
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Par445344435443445345

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. 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.
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Scorecard

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par
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