U.S. Women's Open
The U.S. Women's Open, one of 15 national golf championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour's five major championships, which includes the Chevron Championship, Women's PGA Championship, W ...
, played May 31 – June 3 at
Shoal Creek Club
Shoal Creek Club is an invitation-only private golf club in the southeastern United States, located in Shelby County, Alabama, southeast of Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham. Opened in 1977, the course was designed by Jack Nicklaus and is rated a ...
in
Shoal Creek, Alabama
Shoal Creek is a private, gated/guarded residential community in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. Its population was 274 as of the 2010 census. The population is constantly fluctuating. The community has many features to provide its reside ...
, a suburb southeast of
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...
.
The U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five current major championships and the second of the 2018 season. It has the largest purse in women's golf at $5 million. The tournament was televised by
Fox Sports 1
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and
Fox Sports
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The ''Fox Sports'' name has since been used for other sports media assets. These assets are held mainly by the Fo ...
.
The championship was moved up in the schedule this year; it had been played in July for decades, with a few exceptions. Also, the playoff format was modified as part of USGA changes for the four U.S. Open championships in golf (Open, Women's Open, Senior Open, Senior Women's) in 2018, reduced from three to two aggregate holes, followed by sudden death.
Ariya Jutanugarn
Ariya Jutanugarn ( th, เอรียา จุฑานุกาล, , ; born 23 November 1995) is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the American-based LPGA Tour. She was born in Bangkok. She is the first golfer, male or female, from Tha ...
won the championship in a playoff over
Kim Hyo-joo
Kim Hyo-joo (; ; born 14 July 1995), also known as Hyo Joo Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA of Korea Tour. She won the 2014 Evian Championship while setting the record for lowest 18-hole score at a major with a ...
, which ended on the fourth extra hole.
Qualifying and field
The championship was open to any female professional or amateur golfer with a
USGA
The United States Golf Association (USGA) is the United States national association of golf courses, clubs and facilities and the governing body of golf for the U.S. and Mexico. Together with The R&A, the USGA produces and interprets the rules ...
handicap index not exceeding 2.4. Players qualified by competing in one of 24 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.
Exempt from qualifying
Many players were 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 12 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 (2008–2017)
Chun In-gee
Chun In-gee ( ko, 전인지, born 10 August 1994), also known as In Gee Chun, is a South Korean professional golfer. She was born in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province. She is a three-time major champion, having won the 2015 U.S. Women's Open, the ...
(7,9,14,15),
Paula Creamer
Paula Creamer (born August 5, 1986)''Current Biography Yearbook 2011''p. 128 is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 12 tournaments, including 10 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high a ...
,
Ji Eun-hee
Ji Eun-hee (; ; born 13 May 1986 in Gapyeong, South Korea), also known as Eun-Hee Ji, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is also a member of the South Korean KLPGA.
LPGA career
Ji joined the LPGA To ...
(9,10,11,14,15),
Brittany Lang
Brittany Lang (born August 22, 1985) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She has won one major championship, the 2016 U.S. Women's Open.
Amateur career
Born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in McKinney, Texas, Lang ...
(9),
Inbee Park
Inbee Park (, or ; born 12 July 1988) is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour. She has been the number one ranked player in the Women's World Golf Rankings for four separate runs: April 201 ...
Ryu So-yeon
Ryu So-yeon ( Korean 유소연, RR ''Ryu So-yeon'', MR ''Ryu Soyŏn'', ; born 29 June 1990), also known as So Yeon Ryu, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and on the LPGA of Korea Tour.
She is a two-time major w ...
(6,8,9,14,15),
Michelle Wie
Michelle Sung Wie West (; born October 11, 1989) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. At age 10, she became the youngest player to qualify for a USGA amateur championship. Wie also became the youngest winner of the U.S ...
(9,10,11,14,15)
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Choi Na-yeon
Na Yeon Choi ( ko, 최나연 ; born 28 October 1987) is a South Korean professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. In July 2012, she won the U.S. Women's Open for her first major championship.
Amateur career
At age 17 in 2004, Ch ...
did not play''
2. Winner and runner-up from the 2017
U.S. Women's Amateur
The U.S. Women's Amateur is the leading golf tournament in the United States for female amateur golfers. It is played annually and is one of the 13 United States national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association (USGA). F ...
; winner of the 2017
U.S. Girls' Junior The United States Girls' Junior Championship is one of the thirteen U.S. national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association. It is open to amateur girls who are under 19 on the last day of the competition and have a USGA ha ...
Kelsey Chugg __NOTOC__
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Places Canada
* Kelsey, Alberta
* Kelsey, Manitoba
* Rural Municipality of Kelsey, Manitoba (unconnected with Kelsey, Manitoba)
* Kelsey Airport, Manitoba
* SIAST Kelsey Campus, one of four campuses of the Saskatche ...
(a),
Sophia Schubert
Sophia Marie Schubert (born January 31, 1996) is an American professional golfer.
Education
Schubert majored in Sport management at the University of Texas.
Amateur career
Schubert won the 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur, defeating the number-3 ...
(a),
Erica Shepherd
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* Eric ...
(a),
Albane Valenzuela
Albane Valenzuela (born 17 December 1997) is a Swiss professional golfer and a two-time Olympian. She was born in New York City to a Mexican father and French mother. She became a Swiss citizen at age 14.
Amateur career
Valenzuela took low ama ...
(a)
3. Winner of the 2017
Mark H. McCormack Medal
The Mark H. McCormack Medal is presented annually by The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews to the leading player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking after the last 'elite' event of the season. The award is named after World Golf Hall of Famer ...
(Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) (must be an amateur)
*''
Leona Maguire
Leona Maguire (born 30 November 1994) is an Irish professional golfer.
She was ranked 1st in the world on the women's World Amateur Golf Ranking from May 2015 until May 2016 and then from August 2016 until February 2018. Maguire's 135 weeks a ...
(a) did not play''
4. Winners of the
Women's PGA Championship
The Women's PGA Championship (branded as the KPMG Women's PGA Championship for sponsorship reasons) is a women's professional golf tournament. First held in 1955, it is one of five majors on the LPGA Tour. It is not recognized as a major by the ...
for the last five years (2013–2017)
Brooke Henderson
Brooke Mackenzie Henderson (born 10 September 1997) is a Canadian professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.
Henderson was named the Canadian Press female athlete of the year for 2015, 2017 and 2018. She won her first major at age 18 in 2016 at the ...
(9,10,11,14,15),
Danielle Kang
Danielle Grace Kang (born October 20, 1992) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. As an amateur, she won the U.S. Women's Amateur twice, in 2010 and 2011. She won the 2017 KPMG Women's PGA Championship, an LPG ...
(9,14,15)
5. Winners of the
Ricoh Women's British Open
The Women's Open (originally known as the Women's British Open, and still widely referred to by that name outside the UK) is a major championship in women's professional golf. It is recognised by both the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour ...
for the last five years (2013–2017)
Ariya Jutanugarn
Ariya Jutanugarn ( th, เอรียา จุฑานุกาล, , ; born 23 November 1995) is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the American-based LPGA Tour. She was born in Bangkok. She is the first golfer, male or female, from Tha ...
(9,10,11,14,15),
In-Kyung Kim
Kim In-Kyung, also called In-Kyung Kim and I. K. Kim (born 13 June 1988), is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Kim was a member of the Korean National Team in 2003 and 2004 and won three tou ...
(9,11,14,15),
Stacy Lewis
Stacy Lewis (born February 16, 1985) is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has won two major championships: the Kraft Nabisco Championship in 2011 and the Women's British Open in 2013. She was ranked number one in ...
(9,11,14,15),
Mo Martin
Melissa Linda "Mo" Martin (born October 8, 1982) is an American professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. Her sole win on the tour was a major championship, the Women's British Open in 2014.
College career
Martin played college golf all four ...
(9)
6. Winners of the
ANA Inspiration
The Chevron Championship is a professional women's golf tournament. An event on the LPGA Tour, it is one of the tour's five major championships, and has traditionally been the first of the season since its elevation to major status in 1983. Fou ...
for the last five years (2014–2018)
Lydia Ko
Lydia Ko (born 24 April 1997) is a New Zealand professional golfer and the No. 1-ranked woman professional golfer. She first achieved the top ranking on 2 February 2015 at of age, making her the youngest player of either gender to be ranked ...
(7,9,11,14,15),
Brittany Lincicome
Brittany Grace Lincicome (born September 19, 1985) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She currently resides in Gulfport, Florida.
Lincicome is one of the longest drivers in women's golf. In her rookie year, 2005, she ...
(9,11,14,15),
Pernilla Lindberg
Pernilla Lindberg (born 13 July 1986) is a Swedish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. Her only professional win to date came at the ANA Inspiration, a major championship,
Early life
Lindberg was born ...
(9,10,11,14,15),
Lexi Thompson
Alexis Noel Thompson (born February 10, 1995) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. At age 12, she was the youngest golfer ever to qualify to play in the U.S. Women's Open. She turned professional in June 2010 at age 15. ...
(9,11,14,15)
7. Winners of the
Evian Championship
The Evian Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as The Amundi Evian Championship, is a women's professional golf tournament in France, played at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains. It was originally held in June, mov ...
for the last five years (2013–2017)
Kim Hyo-joo
Kim Hyo-joo (; ; born 14 July 1995), also known as Hyo Joo Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA of Korea Tour. She won the 2014 Evian Championship while setting the record for lowest 18-hole score at a major with a ...
(9),
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Suzann Pettersen
Suzann Pettersen (born 7 April 1981) is a retired Norwegian professional golfer. She played mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and was also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking was second and she held that position ...
(9,14,15) did not play''
8. Ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2017 U.S. Women's Open
Choi Hye-jin
Choi Hye-jin ( ko, 최혜진; born 23 August 1999) is a South Korean professional golfer.
Amateur career
Choi represented South Korea at the 2014 Asian Games where she helped the team to a silver medal and finished fifth in the individual ev ...
(14,15),
Carlota Ciganda
Carlota Ciganda Machiñena (born 1 June 1990) is a professional golfer from Spain who plays on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. She won the LET's Order of Merit (money title) in her debut season in 2012, and was also named Player of t ...
(9,12-LET,14,15),
Shanshan Feng
Shanshan Feng (, ; born 5 August 1989) is a Chinese former professional golfer who previously played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She was the first player from China to become a member of the LPGA Tour, which she joined in 2008. Feng had 10 vic ...
Kim Sei-young
Kim Sei-young (born 21 January 1993), also known as Sei Young Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer.
Kim plays on the LPGA of Korea Tour and the LPGA Tour. She has won five times on the LPGA of Korea Tour and twelve times on the LPGA Tour ...
Mirim Lee
Mirim Lee (born 25 October 1990), also known as Lee Mi-rim, is a South Korean professional golfer.
Lee turned professional in 2009. She has played on the LPGA of Korea Tour since 2010 and has won three events on that tour. She began playing on th ...
(9,14,15),
Amy Yang
Amy Yang, also known as Yang Hee-Young ( ko, 양희영, born 28 July 1989) is a South Korean professional golfer, currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour (LET).
Amateur career
Yang began playing go ...
(9,14,15)
9. Top 75 money leaders from the 2017 final official LPGA money list
Marina Alex
Marina Alex (born August 2, 1990) is an American professional golfer.
Early life and education
Raised in Wayne, New Jersey, Alex played interscholastic golf at Wayne Hills High School, where she won individual state titles in 2007 and 2008. ...
Nicole Broch Larsen
Nicole Broch Estrup () (born 14 May 1993) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour (LET).
Broch Estrup won her first LET event at the 2015 Helsingborg Open.
Broch Estrup was the 2015 LET Player of the Year.
She g ...
,
Ashleigh Buhai
Ashleigh Ann Buhai ( née Simon, born 11 May 1989) is a South African professional golfer, who won the 2022 Women's Open, one of the major championships in women's golf.
Amateur career
Buhai had a successful amateur career. She was the youn ...
,
Peiyun Chien
Pei-Yun Chien (born 22 October 1990) is a Taiwanese professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.
Early life and amateur career
Chien started playing golf at the age of 12.
Professional career
Chien played on the Symetra Tour in 2012 before ...
Cydney Clanton
Cydney Clanton (born July 18, 1989) is an American professional golfer who has played on the LPGA Tour and the Symetra Tour. She has won twice on the Symetra Tour and once on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Clanton played college golf at Auburn U ...
Austin Ernst
Austin Ernst (born January 31, 1992) is an American professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Ernst was born in Greenville, South Carolina. She played two years for the LSU Tigers, where she won three events including the individua ...
,
Jodi Ewart Shadoff
Jodi Ewart Shadoff (born 7 January 1988) is an English professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour.
Early life
Ewart was born at Northallerton in North Yorkshire. Her family now lives in Middleham and is invol ...
(14,15),
Sandra Gal
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Charley Hull
Charley Esmee Hull (born 20 March 1996) is an English professional golfer who has achieved success both on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour, winning honours as Rookie of the Year, becoming the youngest competitor to participate in th ...
(14,15),
Karine Icher
Karine Icher (born 26 January 1979) is a French professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.
Amateur career
Icher was born in Châteauroux, Indre. She had a successful amateur ...
,
Moriya Jutanugarn
Moriya Jutanugarn ( th, โมรียา จุฑานุกาล; ; born 28 July 1994) is a Thai professional golfer.
In 2009, Jutanugarn became the first female to win the Duke of York Young Champions Trophy. In 2013, she was named LPGA ...
(10,11,14,15),
Kim Kaufman
Kim Kaufman (born August 16, 1991) is an American professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. She was runner-up at the 2015 Blue Bay LPGA.
Early life, amateur and college career
Kaufman was born in Huron, South Dakota, and grew up in Clark, South ...
,
Cristie Kerr
Cristie Kerr (born October 12, 1977) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She has 20 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $19 million in career earnings. Kerr was the number one-ranked go ...
(11,14,15),
Megan Khang
Megan Khang (born October 23, 1997) is an American professional golfer. She plays on the LPGA Tour and is the first player of Hmong and Laotian descent to do so.
Khang's parents were refugees from the Vietnam War from Laos and came to the Unite ...
,
Katherine Kirk
Katherine Kirk (born 26 February 1982) is a professional golfer from Australia, currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the ALPG Tour. She played under her maiden name, Katherine Hull, until her marriage to Tom Kirk on 2 August 2012 an ...
,
Jessica Korda
Jessica Regina Korda ( cs, Jessica Kordová) (born February 27, 1993) is an Czech-American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Korda was a member of the 2009 U.S. Junior Solheim Cup and the 2010 U.S. Curtis Cup teams. ...
(10,11,14,15),
Nelly Korda
Nelly Korda (born July 28, 1998) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour, where she has won seven times and reached number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings. Korda won the Olympic gold medal at the women's individual ...
Candie Kung
Candie Kung (; born 8 August 1981) is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Kung was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She was a three-time American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) All-American and was nam ...
Lee Mi-hyang
Lee Mi-hyang ( ko, 이미향, born 30 March 1993), also known as Mi Hyang Lee is a South Korean professional golfer.
Lee turned professional in 2011. She earned her LPGA Tour card through qualifying school and played on both the LPGA Tour and ...
Gaby López
Maria Gabriela López Butron (9 November 1993) is a Mexican professional golfer.
Amateur career
López played college golf at the University of Arkansas where she won three events and was individual runner-up at the 2015 NCAA Division I Champi ...
,
Caroline Masson
Caroline Masson (born 14 May 1989) is a German professional golfer, currently playing on the Ladies European Tour (LET).
Amateur and college career
Born and raised in Gladbeck in North Rhine-Westphalia, Masson had a decorated amateur golf car ...
(15),
Ally McDonald
Ally Leigh Ewing (née McDonald; born October 25, 1992) is an American professional golfer and plays on the LPGA Tour.
McDonald was born in Tupelo, Mississippi and grew up in Fulton, Mississippi. She played college golf at Mississippi State Univ ...
,
Azahara Muñoz
Azahara Muñoz Guijarro (born 19 November 1987) is a Spanish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour.
Amateur career
Muñoz was born in Málaga, Andalusia in southern Spain and had a successful amateur career in ...
(12-LET,14),
Haru Nomura
Harukyo Nomura ( ja, 野村敏京; ko, 문민경; born 25 November 1992) is a Japanese female professional golfer.
Having a Korean mother and Japanese father, Nomura moved to South Korea at the age of five and lived in Seoul until she graduated ...
,
Su-Hyun Oh
Su-Hyun Oh (born 23 May 1996) is a South Korea-born Australian professional golfer. She became the number one ranked amateur in the world in October 2013.
Born in Busan, South Korea, Oh moved to Australia at the age of eight and has played go ...
,
Ryann O'Toole
Ryann Ashley O'Toole (born February 11, 1987) is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
O'Toole was born in Agoura Hills, California, and graduated from San Clemente High School in 2005. She pl ...
Pornanong Phatlum
Pornanong Phatlum ( th, พรอนงค์ เพชรล้ำ; born 4 December 1989) is a Thai professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.
Professional wins (21) Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (9)
^ ''Co-sanctioned by the La ...
,
Madelene Sagström
Madelene Maria Sagström (born 13 November 1992) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She won the 2020 Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio and was runner-up at the 2021 Women's British Open.
Early life
At 9, Sagstr ...
,
Lizette Salas
Lizette Salas (born July 17, 1989) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Early life and education
Born and raised in Azusa, California, Salas graduated from Azusa High School in 2007 and went on to play college ...
(14,15),
Alena Sharp
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,
Jenny Shin
Jenny Shin (born 7 October 1992) is a South Korean professional golfer.
Shin was born in Seoul, South Korea, and moved to the United States aged 9. She won the U.S. Girls' Junior in 2006.
Shin turned professional in 2010. She played on the Fu ...
(14,15),
Sarah Jane Smith
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,
Jennifer Song
Jennifer Song (born December 20, 1989) is a professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. In 2009, she won both the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the U.S. Women's Amateur. She was only the fourth player in history to win bot ...
(14,15),
Angela Stanford
Angela Gwen Stanford (born November 28, 1977) is an American professional golfer who currently competes on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Born and raised in Saginaw, Texas, Stanford won the Fort Worth Girls Championship four times (1993–1996), ...
Jing Yan __NOTOC__
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Concepts
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* Jing ( ...
,
Angel Yin
Angel Yin (born October 3, 1998) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Yin won the 7–8 year old Junior World Golf Championships, won the California State Women's Amateur as a 12 year old and agai ...
(15),
Yoo Sun-young
Yoo Sun-young (Korean 유선영 ''Yu Seon-Yeong'' ; born 13 December 1986), also known as Sun Young Yoo, is a South Korean female professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She won the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship, which was her first ma ...
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Laura Gonzalez Escallon
Laura Gonzalez Escallon (born 6 October 1990) is a professional golfer from Belgium who has played on the LPGA Tour and the Symetra Tour.
Amateur career
Gonzalez was a member of the Belgium National Team and won the 2008 Girls Amateur Champ ...
,
Jang Ha-na
Jang Ha-na (born 2 May 1992), also known as Ha Na Jang, is a South Korean professional golfer.
Jang plays on the LPGA of Korea Tour where she has 15 wins and led the money list in 2013. From 2015 through 2017, she played on the LPGA Tour where ...
(14,15) and
Gerina Piller
Gerina Michelle Mendoza Piller (born March 29, 1985) is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She turned pro in 2007 following a decorated career as a collegiate golfer at the University of Texas El Paso. In 2009, M ...
did not play''
10. Top 10 money leaders from the 2018 official LPGA money list, through the close of entries on April 25
Ko Jin-young
Ko Jin-young (;, born 7 July 1995), also known as Jin Young Ko, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. By age 22 years, she had won 10 times on the LPGA of Korea Tour, was second at the 2015 Ricoh Women’s British O ...
(11,12-KLPGA,14,15)
11. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2017 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2018 U.S. Women's Open
12. Top five money leaders from the 2017
Japan LPGA Tour
The LPGA of Japan Tour is a professional golf tour for women organised by the Japan Ladies Professional Golfers' Association. It is the second richest women's golf tour in the world. The U.S.-based LPGA Tour is the most important women's tour, but ...
Ladies European Tour
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Georgia Hall
Georgia Kelly Hall (born 12 April 1996) is an English professional golfer. She plays on the Ladies European Tour, and the LPGA Tour. In 2018 she won the Women's British Open at Royal Lytham; it was her first victory in a major championship.
...
Teresa Lu
Teresa Lu (born 13 October 1987) is a Taiwanese professional golfer.
Lu played on the Ladies Asian Golf Tour in 2006 and 2007, on the LPGA Tour from 2006 to 2010 and on the LPGA of Japan Tour (JLPGA) since 2010. She won the Mizuno Classic in 20 ...
Ai Suzuki
Ai Suzuki (born 9 May 1994) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Suzuki plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has won 17 times including 7 times in 2019. In November 2019, she won three consecutive tournaments, including the Toto Japan Classic ...
(14,15),
Anne van Dam
Anne van Dam (born 2 October 1995) is a Dutch professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour, where she has five wins. She played in the 2019 Solheim Cup and the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Career
Van Dam turned professiona ...
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Kim Hae-rym
Kim Hae-rym (born 8 September 1989), also known as Hae Rym Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA of Korea Tour, with seven career KLPGA wins. In 2017, she claimed titles in China, Korea, and Japan, and climbed to numbe ...
(14,15),
Kim Ha-neul
Kim Ha-neul (; born February 21, 1978) is a South Korean actress. After starting her career as a model, she rose to fame by starring in romantic-comedy films ''My Tutor Friend'' (2003) and ''Too Beautiful to Lie'' (2004) and the action-comedy f ...
Jiyai Shin
Jiyai Shin (Korean: 신지애 ''Shin Ji-ae'', ; born 28 April 1988) is a former world No. 1 ranked South Korean professional golfer who primarily plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour as of the 2020 golf season. She previously played primarily on the ...
(14,15) did not play''
13. Top three money leaders from the 2017
China LPGA Tour
The China LPGA Tour is a professional golf tour for women organized by the China Ladies Professional Golfers' Association.
Founded in late 2008, the China LPGA Tour hosted six professional events in 2009, eight events the following year, and 12 e ...
Supamas Sangchan
Supamas Sangchan ( th, สุภมาส แสงจันทร์; born 2 April 1996) is a Thai professional golfer playing on the China LPGA Tour. As an amateur, she won a gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games in the women's team event with Bu ...
14. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of April 25
Nasa Hataoka
is a Japanese professional golfer. She has won six times on the LPGA Tour and six times on the LPGA of Japan Tour.
Amateur career
Hataoka was born on 13 January 1999, named after the United States space program, NASA. As an amateur, she won the ...
(15)
15. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of May 28
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Ahn Sun-ju
Ahn Sun-ju, or Sun-ju Ahn ( ko, 안선주, born 31 August 1987) is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA of Japan Tour. She led the LPGA of Japan Tour money list in 2010, 2011, 2014, and 2018.
Professional wins (35) ...
did not play''
16. Special exemptions selected by the USGA
Karrie Webb
Karrie Ann Webb (born 21 December 1974) is an Australian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of ...
Qualifiers
Additional players qualified through sectional qualifying tournaments which took place May 2–17 at sites in the United States, China, South Korea, England, and Japan.
May 2 at
Canoe Brook Country Club
Canoe Brook Country Club is a private, member-owned 36-hole country club founded in 1901 and located in the New Jersey towns of Summit and Short Hills. Both of Canoe Brook's courses have been extensively renovated by Rees Jones, whom the club cred ...
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Summit, New Jersey
Summit is a city in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The city is located on a ridge in northern- central New Jersey, within the Raritan Valley and Rahway Valley regions in the New York metropolitan area. At the 2010 United Sta ...
Indiana, Pennsylvania
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: Olivia Cason (a)
May 3 at Industry Hills Golf Club,
City of Industry, California
City of Industry is a city in the San Gabriel Valley, in eastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is almost entirely industrial, containing over 3,000 businesses employing 67,000 people, with only 264 residents as of th ...
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Patty Tavatanakit
Paphangkorn "Patty" Tavatanakit (; born 11 October 1999) is a Thai professional golfer who began competing on the LPGA Tour in January 2020. On 4 April 2021, Tavatanakit accomplished her first win on the LPGA Tour the 2021 ANA Inspiration, a ma ...
(a)
: Elizabeth Wang (a)
May 4 at Sugar Mill Country Club,
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
New Smyrna Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States, located on the central east coast of the state, with the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Its population is 30,142 in 2020 by the United States Census Bureau.
The downtown section of ...
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Kris Tamulis
Kris Tamulis (born December 29, 1980) is an American professional golfer.
Tamulis was born in Lapeer, Michigan. She played college golf at Florida State University where she won two events. She turned professional in 2003.
Tamulis played on the ...
Lahaina, Hawaii
Lahaina ( haw, Lāhainā) is the largest census-designated place (CDP) in West Maui, Maui County, Hawaii, United States and includes the Kaanapali and Kapalua beach resorts. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a resident population of 12,702. Laha ...
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Tiffany Chan
Tiffany Chan (born 12 September 1993) is a professional golfer from Hong Kong.
Chan attended Daytona State College where she was a two-time NJCAA champion. She played for the University of Southern California in 2016 and 2017.
Chan played on the ...
May 7 at Dunwoody Country Club,
Dunwoody, Georgia
Dunwoody is a city located in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. As a northern suburb of Atlanta, Dunwoody is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. It was incorporated as a city on December 1, 2008 but its area establishment dates back to t ...
Ssu-Chia Cheng
Ssu-Chia Cheng ( zh, c=程思嘉; born 27 October 1997) is a Taiwanese professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.
Early life and amateur career
Cheng started playing golf at the age of 8 and as an amateur won four events on the Taiwan LPG ...
:
Katelyn Dambaugh
Caitlin () is a female given name of Irish origin. Historically, the Irish name Caitlín was anglicized as Cathleen or Kathleen. In the 1970s, however, non-Irish speakers began pronouncing the name according to English spelling rules as , which ...
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Emma Talley
Emma Ruth Talley (born March 23, 1994) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. While playing as an amateur at the University of Alabama, she won the 2013 U.S. Women's Amateur by defeating Yueer Cindy Feng in the 36-hole f ...
May 7 at Elgin Country Club,
Elgin, Illinois
Elgin ( ) is a city in Cook and Kane counties in the northern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. Elgin is located northwest of Chicago, along the Fox River. As of the 2020 Census, the city had a population of 114,797, the seventh-large ...
Lompoc, California
Lompoc ( ; Chumash: ''Lum Poc'') is a city in Santa Barbara County, California. Located on the Central Coast, Lompoc has a population of 43,834 as of July 2021.
Lompoc has been inhabited for thousands of years by the Chumash people, who called ...
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Emily Kristine Pedersen
Emily Kristine Pedersen (born 7 March 1996) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour. She had a successful amateur career winning the 2013 International European Ladies Amateur Championship and the 20 ...
Ibaraki Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,871,199 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, ...
, Japan
:
Fumika Kawagishi
Fumika (written: 史華, 史佳, 史加, 文香, 富美加 or ふみか in hiragana) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese actress and model
*, Japanese volleyball player
*, Japanese ice hockey player ...
Kotono Kozuma
Kotono (written 琴乃) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese voice actress and narrator
*, Japanese actress and singer
*, Japanese rhythmic gymnast
Fictional characters
* Kotono Hayama in '' Saint O ...
May 14 at Arizona Country Club,
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix ( ; nv, Hoozdo; es, Fénix or , yuf-x-wal, Banyà:nyuwá) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities and towns in Arizona#List of cities and towns, most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1 ...
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Giulia Molinaro
Giulia Molinaro (born 23 July 1990) is an Italian professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. She tied for third at the 2021 Women's PGA Championship and represented Italy at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Early life and ...
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Cheyenne Woods
Cheyenne Nicole Woods (born July 25, 1990) is an American professional golfer.
Early life
Woods was born in Phoenix, Arizona. She is a daughter of Susan Woods and Earl Dennison Woods Jr., who is golfer Tiger Woods' half-brother, making Cheyenne ...
May 14 at Contra Costa Country Club,
Pleasant Hill, California
Pleasant Hill is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States, in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 34,613 at the 2020 census. It was incorporated in 1961. Pleasant Hill is the home of College Park H ...
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Allisen Corpuz
Allisen Corpuz (born March 20, 1998) is an American professional golfer and member of the LPGA Tour. She won the 2023 U.S. Women's Open at Pebble Beach.
Early life, college and amateur career
Corpuz, born to a Filipino father from the Ilocos R ...
(a)
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Lucy Li
Lucy Li (born October 1, 2002) is an American professional golfer. She currently holds records as the youngest qualifier for the U.S. Women's Amateur and the U.S. Women's Open. She is the second-youngest qualifier for the U.S. Women's Amateu ...
(a)
May 14 at The Ranch Country Club,
Westminster, Colorado
The City of Westminster is a home rule municipality located in Adams and Jefferson counties, Colorado, United States. The city population was 116,317 at the 2020 United States Census with 71,240 residing in Adams County and 45,077 residing in J ...
Jillian Hollis
Jillian is both a feminine given name and a surname. A spelling variant of Gillian, it originates as a feminine form of the given name Julian, Julio, Julius, and Julien.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Jillian Armenante (b ...
May 14 at
Buckinghamshire Golf Club
Buckinghamshire Golf Club, containing the Denham Court Mansion, is a golf club near Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom.
It is accessed via Denham Country Drive off the M40 motorway near the junction with the M25 motorway. The go ...
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Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-ea ...
, England
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Linn Grant
Linn Maria Grant (born 20 June 1999) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour. As an amateur, she won the 2017 Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship and was in contention at the 2018 and ...
(a)
:
Catriona Matthew
Catriona Isobel Matthew (née Lambert; born 25 August 1969) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the US-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.
Amateur career
Catriona Lambert was born in Edinburgh, a ...
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Mel Reid
Melissa Rose Reid (born 19 September 1987) is an English professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour.Sarah Schober
May 14 at TPC Prestancia,
Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota () is a city in Sarasota County on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The area is renowned for its cultural and environmental amenities, beaches, resorts, and the Sarasota School of Architecture. The city is located in the sout ...
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Daniela Darquea
Daniela Darquea (born 26 July 1995) is a professional golfer from Ecuador, currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Darquea attended the University of Miami and played golf with the Miami Hurricanes where she was WGCA All-American, A ...
Incheon
Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...
, South Korea
:
Park Hyun-kyung
A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are green spaces set aside for recreation inside towns and cities. N ...
:'' Kim Hani did not play''
May 14 at Stillwater Country Club,
Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Washington County. It is in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, on the west bank of the St. Croix River (Wisconsin-Minnesota), St. Croix River, across from H ...
Celia Barquín Arozamena
Celia Barquín Arozamena (6 July 1996 – 17 September 2018) was a Spanish amateur golfer. She won the 2018 European Ladies Amateur Championship.
Career
Barquín was born in Puente San Miguel and educated in Torrelavega and then in Madrid. Sh ...
(a)
May 14 at Las Colinas Country Club,
Irving, Texas
Irving is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Located in Dallas County, it is also an inner ring suburb of Dallas. The city of Irving is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. According to a 2019 estimate from the United States Census Bureau, ...
Dylan Kim
Dylan may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Bob Dylan (born 1941), American singer and songwriter
** ''Dylan'' (1973 album), a 1973 album by Bob Dylan
** ''Dylan'' (2007 album), a 2007 compilation album by Bob Dylan
* Dylan (musician), profess ...
(a)
May 14 at Deerwood Golf Club,
Kingwood, Texas
Kingwood is a 14,000 acre (57 km²) master-planned community located in northeast Houston, Texas, United States. The majority of the community is located in Harris County with a small portion in Montgomery County. Known as the "Livable F ...
María Fassi
María Fassi (born 25 March 1998) is a Mexican professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Fassi represented Mexico at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and won the Mexican Women's Amateur in 2015, 2016 and 2018. In 20 ...
Manakin-Sabot, Virginia
Manakin-Sabot, consisting of the villages of Manakin and Sabot, is an unincorporated community in Goochland County, Virginia, United States. It is located northwest of Richmond in the Piedmont and is part of the Greater Richmond region.
History
...
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Paula Reto
Paula Reto (born 3 May 1990) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Reto played field hockey and ran track in her youth and did not start playing golf until 2005. She played with the Purdue Boilermakers ...
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Lin Xiyu
Lin Xiyu zh, 林希妤; born 25 February 1996), also known as Xi Yu Lin and by her English name Janet, is a Chinese professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.
Professional career
Lin turned professional in 2011 and began playing on the Ch ...
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Julieta Granada
Julieta Granada (born 17 November 1986) is a Paraguayan professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.
Amateur career
Born in Asunción, Paraguay, Granada moved to the United States with her mother at the age of 1 ...
:
Gina Kim Gina Kim may refer to:
* Gina Kim (filmmaker)
* Gina Kim (golfer)
Gina Kim (born May 4, 2000) is an American professional golfer.
Background
Kim was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to parents of Korean origin. They moved to Chapel Hill, Nort ...
(a)
May 14 at Rainier Golf & Country Club,
Seattle, Washington
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Becky Morgan
Becky Morgan (born 5 September 1974) is a Welsh professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour but is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.
Amateur career
Morgan was born in Abergavenny. She was introduced to the game ...
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...
, China
: Yiyi Liu
May 16 at Cape Cod National Golf Club,
Brewster, Massachusetts
Brewster is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Barnstable County being coextensive with Cape Cod. The population of Brewster was 10,318 at the 2020 census.
Brewster is twinned with the town of Budleigh Salterton in the Un ...
Céline Herbin
Céline Herbin (born 30 October 1982) is a French professional golfer. She has won twice on the Ladies European Tour.
Early life and education
Herbin started playing golf in 1997, at the age of 15, after she relocated to Mignaloux-Beauvoir with ...
May 17 at Seagate Country Club,
Delray Beach, Florida
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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.
Jennifer Chang (a), Hailee Cooper (a), Lindy Duncan, Andrea Lee (a),
Lee Lopez
Lee may refer to:
Name
Given name
* Lee (given name), a given name in English
Surname
* Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee:
** Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname
** Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese s ...
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Wichanee Meechai
Wichanee Meechai ( th, วิชาณี มีชัย; born: 5 January 1993) is a Thai professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.
Early life
Meechai was born on 5 January 1993 in Bangkok, Thailand. Her father, Wanchai, is the ...
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Olivia Mehaffey
Olivia Mehaffey (born 1998) is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland.
Amateur career
Mehaffey enjoyed a very successful amateur career and reached a rank of No. 5 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings and No. 2 in the European Amateur Golf Ra ...
Sophie Walker
Sophie Walker (born 27 May 1971) is a British political activist who was the founding leader of the Women's Equality Party (WE) in the United Kingdom.
She led the party from 2015 until 2019, first appointed unanimously by the steering committee ...
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Rumi Yoshiba
Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī ( fa, جلالالدین محمد رومی), also known as Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī (), Mevlânâ/Mawlānā ( fa, مولانا, lit= our master) and Mevlevî/Mawlawī ( fa, مولوی, lit= my ma ...
Nationalities in the field
Past champions in the field
Made the cut
Missed the cut
Course layout
2018 yardages by round
*Scoring average: 74.682
** by round: 74.705, 75.123, 73.921, 74.318
*Most difficult holes in relation to par: 12, 4, 18, 16
Source:
Round summaries
First round
''Thursday, May 31, 2018''
Second round
''Friday, June 1, 2018''
''Saturday June 2, 2018''
Weather delayed the conclusion of the second round until Saturday.
Third round
''Saturday, June 2, 2018''
Final round
''Sunday, June 3, 2018''
Scorecard
''Final round''
''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''
:
Playoff
In the first year of the new USGA two-hole aggregate playoff format, the playoff was held on holes 14 and 18, both par fours. Jutanugarn parred both while Kim went birdie-bogey to stay tied and it moved to sudden-death, using the same holes only. Both parred the 14th hole, but Kim again made bogey at the 18th hole while Jutanugarn made another par and won the championship.
U.S. Women's Open
The U.S. Women's Open, one of 15 national golf championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour's five major championships, which includes the Chevron Championship, Women's PGA Championship, W ...
U.S. Women's Open
The U.S. Women's Open, one of 15 national golf championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour's five major championships, which includes the Chevron Championship, Women's PGA Championship, W ...
U.S. Women's Open
The U.S. Women's Open, one of 15 national golf championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour's five major championships, which includes the Chevron Championship, Women's PGA Championship, W ...
U.S. Women's Open
The U.S. Women's Open, one of 15 national golf championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour's five major championships, which includes the Chevron Championship, Women's PGA Championship, W ...
U.S. Women's Open
The U.S. Women's Open, one of 15 national golf championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour's five major championships, which includes the Chevron Championship, Women's PGA Championship, W ...