The 2020 U.S. Women's Open was the 75th

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, played December 10–14 at

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, having been postponed from its original date of June 4–7, 2020, on April 3, 2020 as a result of the

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. It was played on both the Cypress Creek and Jackrabbit courses. The U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five current major championships and is the fourth of the 2020 season. It has the largest purse in women's golf at $5.5 million.

Kim A-lim Kim A-lim ( 韓語: 김아림, born 4 October 1995) is a South Korean professional golfer who currently plays on the LPGA of Korea Tour. Kim turned professional as a teenager in 2013 and began playing on the KLPGA in 2016. She has two wins on ...

won the tournament by birdieing the last three holes.

Qualifying and field

The championship is open to any female professional or amateur golfer with a USGA or

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index not exceeding 2.4. Players may usually qualify 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. Many players are exempt from qualifying because of past performances in professional or amateur tournaments around the world. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the usual qualifying tournaments were canceled and the championship became "all-exempt" with amended criteria.

Exemption categories

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 16 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 (2010–2019) Lee Jeong-eun (2,9,15), Ariya Jutanugarn (8,9,15), Park Sung-hyun (6,9,10,15),

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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, th ...

(7,15),

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(8,9,10,15),

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(2,5,15),

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;2. Ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2019 U.S. Women's Open

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(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. ...

(9,10,15),

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(15), Jaye Marie Green,

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(9,15), Yu Liu (9,15),

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(15),

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(9,15) ;3. Winner of the 2019 U.S. Women's Amateur Gabriela Ruffels ;4. Winner of the 2019

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and U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur, and finalist from the 2019 U.S. Women's Amateur Lei Ye, Ina Kim-Schaad, ''
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'' ;5. Winners of the

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for the last five years (2016–2020)

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(7,9,10,15), Pernilla Lindberg,

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(7,15) ;6. Winners of the

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for the last five years (2015–2019) Hannah Green (9,10,15),

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(9,10,15),

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for the last five years (2015–2019)

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for the last five years (2015–2019)

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(10,16),

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(15),

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(15) ;9. Top 30 points leaders from the 2019 LPGA Race to the CME Globe final points standings Minjee Lee (15),

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(10,15),

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(10,15),

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(15), M. J. Hur (10,15),

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(15), Nasa Hataoka (15),

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(15), Brittany Altomare (15),

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(10,15),

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(15),

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 ...

(15),

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 ...

(15),

Bronte Law Bronte May Law (born 12 March 1995) is an English professional golfer. Her maiden LPGA Tour victory, her first win as a professional, came in May 2019 at the Pure Silk Championship in Virginia. Her second professional victory occurred in Octob ...

(15),

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(15),

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),

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(15),

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 Champ ...

(10,15) ;10. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2019 U.S. Women's Open to June 1, the originally scheduled start of the 2020 U.S. Women's Open

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(16),

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(15,16),

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(15),

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;11. Winner of the 2019

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Emily Toy ;12. Winner of the 2019 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) ~~'' Andrea Lee''~~ ;13. Top 10 money leaders from the 2020 official LPGA money list, not otherwise exempt, through the close of entries on November 11, 2020

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, Perrine Delacour,

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 inv ...

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, Andrea Lee,

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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 ...

, Thidapa Suwannapura, Kelly Tan,

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;14. Top 5 money leaders from the 2020 official Symetra Tour money list through the close of entries on November 11, 2020 Ana Belac,

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, Janie Jackson, Kim Kaufman,

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;15. Top 75 points leaders and ties from the Rolex Rankings on March 16, 2020 Lim Hee-jeong (16), Charley Hull,

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 ...

(16),

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 ...

(16),

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. ...

, Lee Da-yeon (16), Cho A-yean (16),

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(16), Megan Khang, Kristen Gillman, Lee Min-young (16),

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 ...

Jennifer Kupcho Jennifer Anne Kupcho (born May 14, 1997) is an American professional golfer. Amateur career As a junior at Wake Forest University, she was named the winner of the Honda Sports Award for golf. As a senior, Kupcho won the inaugural Augusta Nationa ...

, Amy Olson,

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, Lee So-mi,

Morgan Pressel Morgan Pressel (born May 23, 1988) is an American professional golfer and golf commentator who played on the LPGA Tour. In 2001, as a 12-year-old, she became the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open. She was the 2005 American Ju ...

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 ...

Mone Inami (born 29 July 1999) is a Japanese professional golfer. She plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has 12 wins. Inami competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. At those games, Inami shot a final round 65 and defeated Lydia Ko Lydia Ko (bor ...

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, Yui Kawamoto,

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, Cho Jeong-min, Lee So-young, Annie Park, Minami Katsu,

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, Kim Ji-yeong, Park Chae-yoon, Chella Choi, Jing Yan ;16. Top 5 money leaders from the 2019 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and

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Esther Henseleit (LET),

Marianne Skarpnord Marianne Skarpnord (born 11 February 1986) is a Norwegian professional golfer playing on the Ladies European Tour. Amateur career As a junior, Skarpnord was considered one of the biggest talents in Norwegian golf. In 2003, she won the Girls Am ...

(LET), Christine Wolf (LET),

Nuria Iturrioz Nuria Iturrioz (born 16 December 1995) is a Spanish professional golfer on the Ladies European Tour (LET) and LPGA Tour. She has four LET career wins, at the 2016 and 2019 Lalla Meryem Cup, 2019 Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic and the 2023 La Sel ...

(LET),

Meghan MacLaren Meghan MacLaren (born 15 May 1994) is an English professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. Early life and amateur career MacLaren starting playing golf at age 4 and attended The Ferrers Specialists Arts College between 2005 and 12, w ...

(LET) ;17. Top 3 money leaders from the 2019

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*'' Zhang Weiwei, Liu Yan and Du Mohan did not play'' ;18. The top 2 players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 and ties of the 2020

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, and the top 3 players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 and ties of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship

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 ...

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, Yealimi Noh,

Bianca Pagdanganan Bianca Isabel Pagdanganan (born 28 October 1997) is a Filipino professional golfer. As an amateur, she was a dual medalist in the 2018 Asian Games, winning a bronze in the women's individual event, and a gold medal in the team event with Yuka S ...

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, Lauren Stephenson ;19. Top 20 points leaders, not otherwise exempt, within the top 100 from the Women's

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on November 4, 2020

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, Emilia Migliaccio,

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, An Ho-yu,

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, Beatrice Wallin, Olivia Mehaffey,

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Round summaries

First round

''Thursday, December 10, 2020'' JR denotes player played her round on the Jackrabbit course.
CC denotes player played her round on the Cypress Creek course.

Second round

''Friday, December 11, 2020'' JR denotes player played her round on the Jackrabbit course.
CC denotes player played her round on the Cypress Creek course.

Third round

''Saturday, December 12, 2020'' ''Note: The third and fourth rounds were played on the Cypress Creek course.''

Final round

''Sunday, December 13 and Monday, December 14, 2020''

References

External links

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United States Golf Association website
{{Golf on NBC U.S. Women's Open Golf in Houston Sports competitions in Houston Women's sports in Texas

U.S.Women's Open