The 2019 U.S. Women's Open was the 74th
U.S. Women's Open
The U.S. Women's Open is 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, ...
, played May 30 – June 2 at
Country Club of Charleston in
Charleston, South Carolina
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.
The U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five current
major championships and the second of the
2019 season
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. It has the largest purse in women's golf at
$5.5 million. The tournament was televised by
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and
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.
Qualifying and field
The championship is open to any female professional or amateur golfer with a
USGA
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handicap index not exceeding 2.4. Players 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. Additional players are 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 15 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 (2009–2018)
Choi Na-yeon,
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 ...
(10,12,14,17,18),
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 ...
,
Ji Eun-hee
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 ...
(12,13,14,17,18),
Ariya Jutanugarn
Ariya Jutanugarn (, , ; 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 Thailand to win a major championship. She became the nu ...
(8,11,12,14,17,18),
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 ...
,
Park Sung-hyun (7,12,13,14,17,18),
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 ...
(7,8,11,12,17,18),
Ryu So-yeon
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 ...
(9,12,14,17,18)
*''
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 ...
(11,12,17,18) will not play due to wrist injury.''
2. Winners from the 2018 and 2019
U.S. Senior Women's Open
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 ...
*''
Helen Alfredsson
Helen Christine Alfredsson (born 9 April 1965) is a Swedish professional golfer who played primarily on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a life member of the Ladies European Tour. She won the LPGA major Nabisco Dinah Shore and twice fini ...
did not play.''
3. Winner and runner-up from the 2018
U.S. Women's Amateur
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; winner of the 2018
U.S. Girls' Junior
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and
U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur
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(must be an amateur)
Jeon Ji-won (a),
Shannon Johnson (a)
''
Kristen Gillman and
Yealimi Noh forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.''
4. Winner of the 2018
British Ladies Amateur
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(must be an amateur)
Leonie Harm (a)
5. Winner of the 2018
Mark H. McCormack Medal (Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) (must be an amateur)
''
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 Nation ...
(6) forfeited her exemption by turning professional before the start of the tournament. She chose to forfeit after qualifying for the tournament via regional qualifying on April 29.''
6. Winner of the 2019
Augusta National Women's Amateur
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The tournament is split between the two v ...
(must be an amateur)
''See above.''
7. 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 (2015–2018)
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 ...
(12,14,17,18),
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 ...
(11,12,14,17,18)
8. Winners of the
Ricoh Women's British Open
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for the last five years (2014–2018)
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. She has won one major, the 2018 Women's British Open.
Hall won the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship ...
(12,14,15–LET,17,18)
*''
In-Kyung Kim (12,17,18) and
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 ...
(12) did not play.''
9. 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. Sinc ...
for the last five years (2015–2019)
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 Ope ...
(12,13,14,17,18),
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 ...
(10,12,17,18),
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 ...
(12,17)
*''
Brittany Lincicome
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Lincicome is one of the longest drivers in the history of women's golf. In her rookie ...
(12,17,18) did not play – deferred exemption for maternity leave.''
[
10. Winners of the ]Evian Championship
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for the last five years (2014–2018)
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 ...
(11,12,17,18), Anna Nordqvist
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(12,17,18), 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), ...
(11,12,14,17,18)
11. Ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2018 U.S. Women's Open
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 ...
(12,13,17,18), 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 ...
(12,13,14,17,18), Wei-Ling Hsu (12), 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 ...
(12,17,18), 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 descent to do so.
Khang's parents were refugees from the Vietnam War from Laos and came to the United States wit ...
(12), Kim Ji-hyun, Nelly Korda
Nelly Korda (born July 28, 1998) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour, where she has won 15 times and reached number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings. Korda won the Olympic gold medal at the women's individual g ...
(12,13,14,17,18), Patty Tavatanakit, 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 ...
(12,14,17,18)
*''Sarah Jane Smith
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(12) did not play – deferred exemption for maternity leave.''[
12. Top 75 money leaders from the 2018 final official LPGA money list
Marina Alex (14,17,18), ]Brittany Altomare
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(17), Aditi Ashok
Aditi Ashok (born 29 March 1998) is an Indian professional golfer from Bangalore. She plays on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour. She made her Olympic Games debut at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in ...
, 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 ...
(14), 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 younges ...
, Pei-Yun Chien, 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 ...
, Jacqui Concolino, Lindy Duncan, 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 ...
(17,18), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (17), 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 ...
(17,18), Sandra Gal, Hannah Green, Jaye Marie Green, 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 ...
(17,18), 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 ...
, 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 ...
(17,18), 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 ...
(14,17,18), 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 ...
, 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 ...
(17,18), 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 Octobe ...
(14,18), Lee Jeong-eun, Lee Mi-hyang (13,17,18), 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.- ...
, 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 ...
(13,14,17,18), Yu Liu (17,18), Gaby López (14,18), Caroline Masson (17,18), Ally McDonald, 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 ...
(13,17,18), Su-Hyun Oh, Amy Olson
Amy Olson née Anderson (born July 10, 1992) is an American former professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour from 2013 to 2023. She turned professional in 2013 after her collegiate career at North Dakota State University where she won an N ...
(17,18), Ryann O'Toole, Annie Park (14,18), Jane Park, 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 ( ...
, 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 ...
(17,18), Jenny Shin (17,18), Jennifer Song, Mariah Stackhouse, Thidapa Suwannapura (14), Emma Talley
Emma Ruth Talley (born March 23, 1994) is an American retired professional golfer who played 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 3 ...
, Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras, Ayako Uehara, 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 ...
(13,14,17,18), 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 Women's Amateur Championship as a 12 year old ...
(17,18), 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 ...
13. Top 10 money leaders from the 2019 official LPGA money list, through the close of entries on April 17
''Already qualified''
14. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2018 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2019 U.S. Women's Open
''Already qualified''
15. Top five money leaders from the 2018 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour
The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. Most of the players on the tour are European, with members from more than 40 countries internationally. Despite its name, the tour also has tournaments in A ...
Jenny Haglund
Jenny Haglund (born 26 June 1993) is a Swedish professional golfer who has played on the Ladies European Tour (LET) and the LPGA Tour.
Career
Haglund played college golf at Southern Methodist University before she graduated with a degree in Sp ...
(LET), 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 ...
(LET), Mamiko Higa (JLPGA,17,18), Sarah Kemp (LET), Lee Jeong-eun (KLPGA,17,18), 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 ...
(JLPGA), 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 ...
(JLPGA,17,18), 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 20 times including 7 times in 2019. In November 2019, she won three consecutive tournaments, including the Toto Japan Classi ...
(JLPGA,17,18), Anne Van Dam (LET)
*''Ahn Sun-ju
Ahn Sun-ju, or Sun-ju Ahn (, 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) LPGA Tour wins ...
(JLPGA,17,18), Bae Seon-woo (KLPGA,17,18), Choi Hye-jin
Choi Hye-jin (; 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 event. She help ...
(KLPGA,17,18), Lee So-young (KLPGA), and Oh Ji-hyun (KLPGA,17) did not play.''
16. Top three money leaders from the 2018 China LPGA Tour
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Founded in late 2008, the China LPGA Tour hosted six professional events in 2009, eight events the following year, and 12 ...
Saranporn Langkulgasettrin, Liu Yan, Supamas Sangchan
Supamas Sangchan (; 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 Budsabakorn Sukapan and Benyapa Niphatsophon and a ...
17. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of April 17
''Already qualified''
18. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of May 27
Minami Katsu
19. Special exemptions selected by the USGA
Stacy Lewis
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, Gerina Piller
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(maternity extension), 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 ...
Qualifiers
Additional players qualified through sectional qualifying tournaments which took place April 22 to May 13 at sites in the United States, China, South Korea, England, and Japan.[
Apr 22 at Ohtone Country Club, ]Ibaraki Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,828,086 (1 July 2023) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, ...
, Japan
: Haruka Amamoto
: Hina Arakaki
:Eri Okayama
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* ...
: Nanako Ueno (a)
: Yuri Yoshida (a)
: Hina Arakaki
Apr 23 at Forsgate Country Club (Banks Course), Monroe Township, New Jersey
: Emma Albrecht
: Megha Ganne (a)
Apr 24 at Industry Hills Golf Club
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(Ike Course), City of Industry, California
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: Andrea Lee (a)
: Suzuka Yamaguchi
:Rose Zhang
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(a)
Apr 25 at Dream Park Country Club, Incheon
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, South Korea
: Jiyu Jung
: Dasom Ma (a)
Apr 25 at OGA Golf Course, Woodburn, Oregon
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: Auston Kim (a)
: Naomi Ko
Apr 29 at Contra Costa Country Club, Pleasant Hill, California
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: Ty Akabane (a)
: Sabrina Iqbal (a)
: Albane Valenzuela (a)
Apr 29 at Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club, Rancho Santa Fe, California
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: Jennifer Chang (a)
: Gabriela Ruffels (a)
Apr 29 at Country Club of Ocala, Ocala, Florida
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: María Fassi
: Sierra Brooks (a)
Apr 29 at Starmount Forest Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina
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: Gina Kim (a)
:Jennifer Kupcho
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:Heather Bowie Young
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Apr 30 at Springfield Golf & Country Club, Springfield, Virginia
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: Amanda Hollandsworth
:Karoline Stormo
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(a)
May 2 at Canyon Creek Country Club, Richardson, Texas
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: Brigitte Dunne (a)
:Kaitlyn Papp
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Papp competed for the Texas Longhorns golf team, where she was a two-time First Team All-American.
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(a)
: Amy Ruengmateekhun
May 5 at Hong Kong Golf Club
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, Hong Kong
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, China
: Babe Liu
: Prima Thammaraks
May 6 at Pinnacle Peak Country Club, Scottsdale, Arizona
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: Kang Ji-min
: Stephanie Meadow
:Sarah Schmelzel
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Schmelzel grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. Although she started playing golf when she was five, Schmelzel fir ...
May 6 at Marin Country Club, Novato, California
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:Nanna Koerstz Madsen
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:Morgan Pressel
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: Charlotte Thomas
May 6 at Walnut Creek Golf Preserve, Westminster, Colorado
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: Dottie Ardina
:Ólafía Þórunn Kristinsdóttir
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May 6 at Bradenton Country Club, Bradenton, Florida
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: Megan Osland
: Ingrid Gutierrez Nunez
May 6 at The Wanderers Club, Wellington, Florida
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: Delfina Acosta
: Alexa Pano (a)
May 6 at Druid Hills Golf Club
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, Atlanta, Georgia
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: Fátima Fernández Cano
:Yuka Saso
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(a)
:Leona Maguire
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May 6 at Oahu Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii
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:Tiffany Chan
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May 6 at Elgin Country Club, Elgin, Illinois
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: Wichanee Meechai
: Megan Furtney (a)
May 6 at TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts
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:Celeste Dao
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(a)
May 6 at Chartiers Country Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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:Paris Hilinski
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(a)
: Rachel Rohanna
May 7 at Buckinghamshire Golf Club
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, Buckinghamshire
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, England
: Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso
: Hayley Davis
:Esther Henseleit
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May 7 at Rush Creek Golf Club, Maple Grove, Minnesota
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:Karine Icher
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: Reagan Zibilski
May 13 at The Clubs at Houston Oaks, Hockley, Texas
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''originally May 8 at The Clubs of Kingwood (Island Course), Kingwood, Texas
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: Maria Torres
: Dori Carter
: Marissa Steen
: Jing Yan
(a) denotes amateur
Round summaries
First round
''Thursday, May 30, 2019''
Mamiko Higa, playing in her first U.S. Women's Open, shot a 6-under-par 65 to take a one stroke lead over Esther Henseleit
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Amateur career
Henseleit attended Freie Waldorfschule Ol ...
and amateur Gina Kim. Defending champion Ariya Jutanugarn
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and world number 1 Ko Jin-young
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were seven strokes back after rounds of 72.
Second round
''Friday, May 31, 2019''
''Saturday, June 1, 2019''
A two-hour weather delay meant that the second round could not be completed on Friday. 45 players completed their second rounds on Saturday morning. Mamiko Higa shot an even-par 71 to maintain a one-stroke lead over Céline Boutier
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Amateur career
Boutier won se ...
and Jessica Korda
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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 ...
.[
]
Third round
''Saturday, June 1, 2019''
Céline Boutier
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Amateur career
Boutier won se ...
and Yu Liu, former teammates at Duke University
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, shared the lead after the third round. They were one stroke ahead of first and second round leader Mamiko Higa, Jaye Marie Green, and Lexi Thompson
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.
Final round
''Sunday, June 2, 2019''
Scorecard
''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''
:
Final round ratings
728 thousand on Fox
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Twelve species ...
, in the USA
References
External links
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United States Golf Association website
{{Golf on Fox
U.S. Women's Open
Golf tournaments in South Carolina
Women's sports in South Carolina
Sports competitions in Charleston, South Carolina
U.S. Women's Open
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U.S. Women's Open
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U.S. Women's Open
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U.S. Women's Open
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U.S. Women's Open
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