The 2015 U.S. Women's Open was the 70th

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, held July 9–12 at

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. The U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five current major championships and the third of the

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season. It had the largest purse in women's golf, at $4.5 million in 2015. Additionally, the tournament set an attendance record for the U.S. Women's Open at 135,000 spectators for the week. The tournament was televised by

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Qualifying and field

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

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handicap index not exceeding 2.4. Players qualify 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

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received a record 1,873 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 (2005–2014)

Na Yeon Choi Na Yeon Choi (; ; 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, Choi won the ADT ...

(10,12,15,16),

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 ...

(10,15,16),

Eun-Hee Ji Ji Eun-hee (; born 13 May 1986), 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. She was born in Gapyeong, South Korea. LPGA career Ji joine ...

(10),

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 ...

(10,11,12,15,16),

Birdie Kim Birdie Kim (; born Ju-Yun Kim 26 August 1981) is a South Korean professional golfer. Her career highlight is winning the 2005 U.S. Women's Open at Cherry Hills Country Club. In the last round, she was tied for the lead on the 18th hole with amate ...

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 ...

(5,7,10,11,12,15,16),

So Yeon Ryu Ryu So-yeon (; ; 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 winner having won the 2011 U.S. Women's Open and the 2017 A ...

(9,10,12,15,16),

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 ...

(9,10,15,16) *Exempt but did not enter tournament:

Annika Sörenstam Annika Charlotta Sörenstam (; born 9 October 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer regarded as one of the best female golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she had won 96 international p ...

2. Winner and runner-up from the 2014

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(must be an amateur)

Kristen Gillman Kristen Gillman (born September 22, 1997) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. As an amateur, she won the U.S. Women's Amateur twice, in 2014 and 2018. Early life, college and amateur career Gillman is one of t ...

*''The runner-up,

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 Women's major golf championship ...

, turned professional in December 2014, forfeiting this exemption. She had previously qualified in category 9.'' 3. Winners of the 2014 and 2015

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(must be an amateur)

Céline Boutier Céline Boutier (born 10 November 1993) is a French professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. She has multiple wins on both tours including one major, the 2023 Evian Championship. Amateur career Boutier won se ...

''(2015)'' *''The 2014 winner,

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 2014 ...

, was eligible but did not enter the tournament.'' 4. Winner of the 2014 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) (must be an amateur) *''

Minjee Lee Minjee Lee (born 27 May 1996) is an Australian professional golfer from Perth. She became the number one ranked amateur golfer in February 2014 after winning the Oates Victorian Open, remaining number one until turning professional in Septembe ...

turned professional in December 2014, forfeiting her exemption from qualifying. She later qualified under categories 12 and 16.'' 5. Winners of the

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for the last five years (2011–2015)

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 ...

(10,12,15,16),

Yani Tseng Yani Tseng (; born 23 January 1989) is a Taiwanese professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships and was ranked number 1 in the Women's World Golf Ran ...

(6,10) 6. Winners of the

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for the last five years (2010–2014)

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 ...

(7,9,10,11,12,15,16),

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 fo ...

(10,12,15,16) *''

Jiyai Shin Jiyai Shin (; ; born 28 April 1988) is a former world No. 1 ranked South Korean professional golfer who primarily plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour. She previously played primarily on the LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Korea Tour (KLPGA). She has broke ...

(13-JLPGA,15,16) qualified but did not enter the tournament'' 7. Winners of the

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for the last five years (2011–2015)

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 the history of women's golf. In her rookie ...

(10,11,15,16),

Lexi Thompson Alexis Noel Thompson (born February 10, 1995) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. At age 12 in 2007 U.S. Women's Open, 2007, she was the youngest golfer ever to qualify to play in the U.S. Women's Open, since broken b ...

(9,10,15,16),

Sun-Young Yoo 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 maj ...

(10) 8. Winners of the

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(2013–2014)

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 6 ...

(11,12,13-KLPGA,15,16),

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 positio ...

(10,15,16) 9. Ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the

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Meena Lee Meena Lee (; born 25 December 1981) is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the United States-based LPGA Tour. Lee was born in Jeonju, South Korea. She took up golf at the age of fourteen, which is unusually late for a future professio ...

(10),

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 ...

(10,15,16), Stephanie Meadow,

Pornanong Phatlum Pornanong Phatlum (; born 4 December 1989) is a Thai professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. Professional wins (22) Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (9) ^ ''Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.'' Ladies European Tour wins ( ...

(10,15,16), Jenny Shin (10,15,16),

Amy Yang Amy Yang, also known as Yang Hee-Young (, 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 golf at age 10 ...

(10,11,12,15,16),

Sakura Yokomine is a Japanese professional golfer. She is one of the leading players on the LPGA of Japan Tour and was in the top twenty of the February 2006 debut edition of the Women's World Golf Rankings. She finished T-11 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tourn ...

10. Top 75 money leaders from the 2014 final official LPGA money list
Marina Alex, Dori Carter,

Chella Choi Woon-jung "Chella" Choi (born 25 August 1990) is a South Korean professional golfer. Choi played on the Duramed Futures Tour in 2008 with a best finish of T-2 at the Bright House Networks Open. She earned her 2009 LPGA Tour card at LPGA Final ...

(15,16),

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 ...

(13-LET,15,16),

Laura Davies Dame Laura Jane Davies, (born 5 October 1963) is an English professional golfer. She has achieved the status of her nation's most accomplished female golfer of modern times, being the second non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA mone ...

Laura Diaz Laura Diaz (born April 27, 1975) is an American professional golfer. Diaz was born Laura Philo in Scotia, New York. She won the 1995 North and South Women's Amateur at Pinehurst. In 1996 she won the Eastern Women's Amateur Championship and mad ...

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 individual ...

(12),

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 ...

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(15,16),

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 ...

(15,16),

Mina Harigae Mina Harigae (born November 1, 1989) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. As an amateur golfer, she won the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links. Harigae won the California Women's Amateur Championship for fo ...

Caroline Hedwall Caroline Ingrid Hedwall (born 13 May 1989) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour (LET) and the LPGA Tour. In 2013 she became the first player to win five matches in a single Solheim Cup event. As an amateur she ...

M. J. Hur Mi Jung "M.J." Hur (, born 5 December 1989) is a South Korean female professional golfer. Hur played most of her amateur career in South Korea. In 2006, she received a sponsors exemption to play in the Hana Bank-KOLON Championship and made the m ...

(12),

Karine Icher Karine Icher (born 26 January 1979) is a French professional golfer who formerly played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. Early years Icher was born in Châteauroux, Indre. She started playing golf at the age of 10. She r ...

Tiffany Joh Tiffany Joh (born December 8, 1986) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Symetra Tour. Childhood Joh was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and moved to San Diego, California as a young child. Both ...

Moriya Jutanugarn Moriya Jutanugarn (; ; 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 Rookie of the Year. She has played on the LPGA Tou ...

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 LPGA ...

Haeji Kang Haeji Kang (born 14 November 1990) is a South Korean female professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. Early life and amateur career Kang was born in Seoul, South Korea. As a child, she moved from Korea to New Zealand and then to Australi ...

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 ...

Christina Kim Christina Kim (born March 15, 1984) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour (LET). She is known for her animated style of play, flamboyant dress, and outgoing personality. Kim compe ...

(12),

I.K. 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 ...

(15),

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 a ...

Lydia Ko Dame Lydia Ko (born 24 April 1997) is a New Zealand professional golfer, member of the LPGA Hall of Fame, and the reigning Olympic champion. She first reached number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings on 2 February 2015 at of age, makin ...

(11,12,15,16),

Jessica Korda Jessica Regina Korda (, born February 27, 1993) is a 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. As an amateur, she w ...

(15,16),

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 n ...

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 ...

(16), Ilhee Lee (15,16),

Mi Hyang Lee Lee Mi-hyang (, 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 Symetra Tour in ...

(12,15,16),

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 played on the LPGA of Korea Tour since 2010 and won three events on that tour. She began playing on the U.S.- ...

(11,12,15,16),

Amelia Lewis Amelia Lyn Lewis (born February 23, 1991) is an American professional golfer. In December 2010 at age 19, Lewis became the first Jacksonville, Florida, native to be fully exempt on the LPGA Tour since Colleen Walker in 1982, some 28 years earli ...

Pernilla Lindberg Pernilla Anna 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 ...

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 caree ...

Sydnee Michaels Sydnee Michaels (born June 15, 1988) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour as of 2012. Michaels was a graduate of the 2011 LPGA Futures Tour. Early life Michaels was born in Upland, California, and is the younges ...

, Belen Mozo,

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 ...

(15,16),

Haru Nomura Harukyo Nomura (; ; 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 from . In 2011, she selected Ja ...

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Ji Young Oh Ji-Young Oh (, born 3 July 1988) is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. Amateur career Oh started playing golf at the age of 12 and was named to the Korean National Team in 2005 at the age of 16. In 2006, sh ...

Lee-Anne Pace Lee-Anne Pace (born 15 February 1981) is a South African professional golfer. Career Pace was born in Paarl, Western Cape. She had a successful amateur collegiate career in the United States, where she attended Murray State University and the ...

(12,13-LET,15), Hee Young Park (15),

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, ...

(15,16),

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

(11,15,16),

Beatriz Recari Beatriz Recari Eransus (born 21 April 1987) is a Spanish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. Amateur career Born and raised in Pamplona in northern Spain, Recari began playing golf at age 11 and enjoyed ...

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 ...

(15,16),

Dewi Claire Schreefel Dewi Claire Schreefel (born 12 November 1985) is a Dutch professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and formerly on the Futures Tour. Personal Schreefel was born in Alkmaar, Netherlands on 12 November 1985. She resides in the village ...

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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), ...

(15,16), Thidapa Suwannapura, Kris Tamulis, Ayako Uehara,

Mariajo Uribe María José Uribe Durán (known more commonly as Mariajo Uribe; born 27 February 1990) is a professional golfer from Colombia, currently playing on the LPGA Tour. Amateur career Uribe was born in Girón, Santander. At age 17, she won the 20 ...

, Line Vedel,

Karrie Webb Karrie Anne 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 ...

(15,16) *''

Se Ri Pak Pak Se-ri or Se-ri Pak (, ; born 28 September 1977) is a South Korean former professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour from 1998 to 2016. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2007. Career Born in Taejon, she attended i ...

withdrew from the tournament on June 21 and was replaced by Georgia Hall, the first alternate from the Buckinghamshire qualifier.''

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br>Hall of Famer Pak WDs from U.S. Women's Open
June 22, 2015. *'' Jennifer Johnson withdrew on July 6 citing "medical reasons." She was replaced by

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, the first alternate from the Scottsdale, Arizona qualifier.''

Oyama, Green, Wagner added to U.S. Women’s Open
July 6, 2015. 11. Top 10 money leaders from the 2015 official LPGA money list, through the close of entries on May 6

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 ...

(12,15,16) 12. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2014 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2015 U.S. Women's Open
Q Baek (13-KLPGA,15,16),

(16) 13. Top five money leaders from the 2014 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and

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''Japan LPGA Tour'':

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 201 ...

(15,16),

Misuzu Narita is a Japanese professional golfer with over a dozen wins on the LPGA of Japan Tour. Career Narita was born in Ichihara, Chiba. As an amateur, she won the Kanto Junior Golf and East Japan Women's Public Amateur, and dropped out of Nippon Sport S ...

''Korea LPGA Tour'': Heo Yoon-kyung (15),

Lee Jung-min Lee Jung-min (; born 13 November 1990) is a South Korean Paralympic judoka. Career He represented South Korea at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the silver medal in the men's 81kg event. In 2018, he repre ...

(15,16),

Chun In-gee Chun In-gee (, 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 2016 Evian C ...

(15,16)
''Ladies European Tour'':

Charley Hull Charley Esmee Hull (born 20 March 1996) is an English professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the Ladies European Tour (LET) and the LPGA Tour. Aged 9, Hull won the Ladies Golf Union Championship, playing against adults. She went o ...

(15,16),

Gwladys Nocera Gwladys Nocera (born 22 May 1975) is a French professional golfer who formerly played on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA, LPGA Tour. Amateur career Nocera was born in Moulins, Allier. She is of Portuguese in France, Portuguese descent. S ...

*'' Sun-Ju Ahn (15,16) (JLPGA),

Lee Bo-mee Lee Bo-mee (; born 21 August 1988), also known as Bo-mee Lee, is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA of Japan Tour. Lee played on the LPGA of Korea Tour, winning four events from 2009 to 2010. She has won 19 events o ...

(15,16) (JLPGA) and

Nikki Campbell Nicola Jane "Nikki" Campbell (born 9 September 1980) is an Australian professional golfer. Campbell was born in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. She moved with her family to Australia in 1983. At the age of 12 she began playing golf at the Federal ...

(LET) qualified but did not enter the tournament.'' *'' Heo Yoon-kyung (15) qualified but withdrew from the tournament on July 8 with a knee injury. She was replaced by Ally McDonald, the first alternate from the Atlanta, Georgia qualifier.''Lancaster Country Club provides tough but fair test for U.S. Women’s Open
July 8, 2015. 14. Top three money leaders from the 2014 China LPGA Tour.

Xi Yu Lin 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. She won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Professional career Lin t ...

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, Yanhong Pan 15. Top 50 point leaders from the current

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and anyone tying for 50th place as of May 6, 2015

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 s ...

(16),

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*'' Kim Min-sun (16) and

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(16) qualified but did not enter the tournament.'' 16. Top 50 point leaders from the current

and anyone tying for 50th place as of July 5, 2015

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qualified but did not enter the tournament.'' 17. Special exemptions selected by the USGA *''None offered.''

Qualifiers

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Mariel Galdiano Mariel Lancy Galdiano (born June 25, 1998) is an American professional golfer. At age 13 she was the youngest golfer at the 2011 U.S. Women's Open. Galdiano made the cut at the 2015 U.S. Women's Open. She won her sectional qualifier to earn en ...

(a) May 13 at CGA Nanshan International Training Center (Garden Course),

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, China
: Yuting Shi May 18 at Serrano Country Club,

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, Beth Lillie (a) May 18 at Bradenton Country Club,

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: Daniela Darquea (a), Regina Plasencia (a) May 18 at

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May 18 at Westmoreland Country Club,

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(a), Elizabeth Nagel May 18 at Windsong Farm Golf Club,

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: Sarah Burnham (a) May 18 at Butler Country Club,

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: Lori Adams (a), Nikolette Schroeder (a) May 18 at

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May 18 at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club,

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: So-Young Lee (a), Min Gyeong Youn (a) May 19 at Superstition Mountain Golf & Country Club,

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(a) May 19 at Goose Creek Golf Club,

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, Lilia Khatu Vu (a) May 22 at Fountains Country Club (North Course),

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: Wei-Ling Hsu, Ryann O'Toole May 25 at

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, England :

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, Maria Balikoeva,

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, Lauren Taylor, Kylie Walker May 26 at Industry Hills Golf Club,

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, Angella Then (a) May 27 at Riverdale Golf Course,

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: Bertine Strauss (a), María Fassi (a) May 27 at Governors Club,

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: Lauren Doughtie, Su-Hyun Oh May 29 at Sugar Mill Country Club (White/Red Course),

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: Haley Italia,

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June 1 at Galloway National Golf Club, Galloway, New Jersey :

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, Nontoya Srisawang June 2 at Ferncroft Country Club,

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: Stephanie Connelly,

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(a) June 2 at St. Clair Country Club,

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: Breanna Elliott,

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(a) June 2 at OGA Golf Course,

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is a

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(a) June 4 at Lakewood Country Club,

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: Dylan Kim (a), Jennifer Park (a) June 15 at Arima Royal Golf Club,

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, Japan :

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, Erika Kikuchi,

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, Suzuka Yamaguchi (a),

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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.

, Jaye Marie Green,

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, Nikki Long (a),

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, Samantha Wagner

Course layout

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Round summaries

First round

''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.

Second round

''Friday, July 10, 2015''

Third round

''Saturday, July 11, 2015''

Final round

''Sunday, July 12, 2015''

Scorecard

''Final round'' ''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''
Source:

References

External links

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2015 U.S. Women's Open at LPGA official site
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