2010 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
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The 2010 United States Women's Open Golf Championship was the 65th U.S. Women's Open, played from July 8 to July 11, 2010 at Oakmont Country Club
Oakmont Country Club
Oakmont Country Club is a country club and the "oldest top-ranked golf course in the U. S.", in the Pittsburgh suburbs of Plum and Oakmont, Pennsylvania, USA. The Pennsylvania Turnpike separates the eastern seven holes from the rest of the course....

. It was the second time in the history of the U.S. Women's Open that the tournament was held at Oakmont; it was previously played there in 1992
1992 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
The 1992 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was contested from July 23 to July 27 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. It was the 47th edition of the U.S. Women's Open....

. Paula Creamer
Paula Creamer
Paula Creamer is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 11 tournaments, including 9 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high as number 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She was the 2010 U.S...

, in her fourth tournament after surgery to her left thumb, shot 281 (-3) to win her first major championship
Women's major golf championships
Women's golf has a set of major championships which parallels that in men's golf, but the women's system is younger and has been less stable than the men's. Many professional stroke play events for women are played over three rounds , but the majors are played over four rounds , which is the...

, four shots ahead of the field.

Qualifying and field

For the first time since 2001, qualifying for the U.S. Women's Open took place in a single sectional qualifying tournament stage, rather than in a two-stage process of local and sectional qualifying tournaments. Twenty separate sectional qualifying tournaments took place from May 2 through June 3 in 16 states across the United States.

Exempt from qualifying

Players in eleven categories were exempt from qualifying. Players are listed only once in the first category in which they qualify, with additional categories in parentheses next to their names. Golfers qualifying in Category 10 who qualify by more than one method are also denoted with the tour by which they qualified.

1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last ten years (2000–2009)

Juli Inkster
Juli Inkster
Juli Inkster is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. With a professional career spanning 27 years to date, Inkster's 31 wins rank her second in wins among all active players on the LPGA Tour; she has over $11 million in career earnings...

, Eun-Hee Ji
Eun-Hee Ji
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....

 (6,7), Cristie Kerr
Cristie Kerr
Cristie Kerr is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has 14 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $13 million in career earnings...

 (3,6,7,8,9), Birdie Kim
Birdie Kim
Birdie Kim is a South Korean 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. Her second shot found a green-side bunker...

, Hilary Lunke
Hilary Lunke
Hilary Lunke is an American professional golfer.Homeyer was born in Edina, Minnesota. She attended Stanford University and became a member of the LPGA Tour in 2002. On July 7, 2003, Lunke defeated Kelly Robbins and Angela Stanford in an 18-hole playoff to win the U.S. Women's Open for her first,...

, Meg Mallon3, Inbee Park
Inbee Park
Inbee Park, also known as In-Bee Park, is a South Korean professional golfer.-Early life and amateur career:Park was born in Seoul. She began playing golf at the age of 10. After moving to the United States, she won nine events on the American Junior Golf Association circuit and was a five-time...

 (7,8), Karrie Webb
Karrie Webb
Karrie Ann Webb AM is Australia's most successful female professional golfer, and one of the top players in the history of global women's golf. She currently 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...

 (5,7)

(Eligible but not playing: Annika Sörenstam
Annika Sörenstam
Annika Sörenstam is a Swedish-American professional golfer whose achievements rank her as one of the most successful golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she won 90 international tournaments as a professional, making her the female golfer...

1)

2. Winner and runner-up from the 2009 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship (must be an amateur)

Jennifer Johnson

(The winner, Jennifer Song
Jennifer Song
Jennifer Song 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...

, turned professional on June 17, 2010 and lost her exemption in this category. She remains exempt in Category 6 below.)

3. Winners of the LPGA Championship
LPGA Championship
The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour...

 for the last five years

Anna Nordqvist
Anna Nordqvist
Anna Maria Nordqvist is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...

 (7,9), Se Ri Pak
Se Ri Pak
Pak Se Ri is a South Korean professional golfer, playing on the LPGA Tour. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in November 2007.-Career overview:...

 (7,9), Suzann Pettersen
Suzann Pettersen
Suzann Pettersen is a Norwegian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking is second. She has held that position at several times, most recently beginning 22 August 2011.-Amateur...

 (6,7,8,9), Yani Tseng
Yani Tseng
Yani Tseng is a Taiwanese professional golfer currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships and is currently ranked number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings....

 (5,7,8,9)

4. Winners of the Ricoh Women's British Open
Women's British Open
The Women's British Open is a leading event in women's professional golf and the only tournament which is classified as a major championship by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. Since 2007, it has been called the Ricoh Women's British Open, for sponsorship reasons...

 for the last five years

Jeong Jang, Catriona Matthew
Catriona Matthew
Catriona Isobel Matthew MBE is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...

 (7,9,10–LET), Jiyai Shin (6,7,8,9), Sherri Steinhauer
Sherri Steinhauer
Sherri Steinhauer is an American golfer who currently plays on the LPGA Tour and on the Legends Tour. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin and attended The University of Texas at Austin. Her rookie season on the LPGA Tour was 1986. She has won eight tournaments on the Tour, including two major...



(Eligible but not playing: Lorena Ochoa
Lorena Ochoa
Lorena Ochoa Reyes is a Mexican professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour from 2003 to 2010, and was the top-ranked female golfer in the world for over three years, from April 2007 to her retirement in May 2010...

1 (5,7,8,9))

5. Winners of the Kraft Nabisco Championship
Kraft Nabisco Championship
The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four major championships on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983...

 for the last five years

Brittany Lincicome
Brittany Lincicome
Brittany Grace Lincicome is an American professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. She currently resides in Seminole, Florida....

 (6,7), Morgan Pressel
Morgan Pressel
Morgan Pressel is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She turned pro at age 17 and is the youngest-ever winner of a modern LPGA major championship. Pressel has reached as high as fourth in the world rankings....

 (6,7)

6. From the 2009 U.S. Women's Open Championship, the 15 lowest scores and anyone tying for 15th place

Sun Ju Ahn
Sun Ju Ahn
Sun-Ju Ahn 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 and 2011.-LPGA of Korea Tour wins :-LPGA of Japan Tour :-External links:*...

 (10–Korea), Kyeong Bae (7), Na Yeon Choi
Na Yeon Choi
Na Yeon Choi is a South Korean female professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:At age 17 in 2004, Choi won the ADT CAPS Invitational on the LPGA of Korea Tour , beating future Hall-of-Famer Se Ri Pak by four strokes. Choi turned professional shortly thereafter, in...

 (7,9), Paula Creamer
Paula Creamer
Paula Creamer is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 11 tournaments, including 9 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high as number 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She was the 2010 U.S...

 (7), In-Kyung Kim (7), Song-Hee Kim
Song-Hee Kim
Song-Hee Kim is a Korean female professional golfer currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour.-Futures Tour :*2006 Louisiana Pelican Classic, IOS Golf Classic, Aurora Health Care Championship, CIGNA Chip in For A Cure FUTURES Golf Classic, The Gettysburg Championship-Results in LPGA...

 (7,8), Candie Kung
Candie Kung
Candie Kung is an American professional golfer of Taiwanese descent who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:...

 (7), Ai Miyazato
Ai Miyazato
is a Japanese professional golfer who currently competes on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Japan LPGA Tour . She was the top-ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings for three periods of time in 2010.-Early life and amateur career:...

 (7,8,9), Hee Young Park
Hee Young Park
Hee Young Park , also known as Park Hee-Young, is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Early golf career:...

 (7), Morgan Pressel
Morgan Pressel
Morgan Pressel is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She turned pro at age 17 and is the youngest-ever winner of a modern LPGA major championship. Pressel has reached as high as fourth in the world rankings....

 (7), Jennifer Song
Jennifer Song
Jennifer Song 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...



7. From the 2009 final official LPGA money list, the top 50 money leaders

Helen Alfredsson
Helen Alfredsson
Helen Christine Alfredsson is a Swedish professional golfer who plays primarily on the U.S. based LPGA Tour and is also a life member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...

, Meaghan Francella
Meaghan Francella
Meaghan Francella is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Early life and amateur career:Francella was born in Port Chester, New York and was twice the New York State Junior Champion. She attended high school at the School of the Holy Child in Rye, New York...

, Sandra Gal
Sandra Gal
Sandra Gal is a German professional golfer who currently plays on the United States–based LPGA Tour.-Childhood, college and amateur career:...

, Natalie Gulbis
Natalie Gulbis
Natalie Anne Gulbis is an American professional golfer of Latvian descent who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Golf career:...

, Sophie Gustafson
Sophie Gustafson
Sophie Gustafson is a Swedish professional golfer. She is a member of U.S. based LPGA Tour and a life member of the Ladies European Tour. She has five LPGA and 21 international wins in her career...

 (9,10–LET), Hee-Won Han
Hee-Won Han
Hee-Won Han is a South Korean golfer. She attended Ryukoku University and turned professional in 1998. Han currently plays on the United States LPGA Tour. Her caddie is Jeffrey Snow....

, Maria Hjorth
Maria Hjorth
Maria Anna "Mimmi" Hjorth is a Swedish professional golfer. She attended the University of Stirling in Scotland. She won more than twenty amateur titles including the 1995 European Ladies Amateur Championship. She turned professional in 1996 and played mainly on the Ladies European Tour that year...

, Katherine Hull
Katherine Hull
Katherine Hull is an Australian professional golfer currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour and on the ALPG Tour.-Amateur career:...

, M. J. Hur (9), Pat Hurst
Pat Hurst
Pat Hurst is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.Hurst's father is American and her mother is originally from Japan. She was born in San Leandro, California and raised in California.-Amateur career:...

, Vicky Hurst
Vicky Hurst
Vicky Hurst is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.She turned professional as a 17-year-old in 2008, while still in high school. Playing on the Futures Tour that year, she won five times and set a Tour record for single season earnings with $93,107.-Childhood and...

, Christina Kim
Christina Kim
Christina Kim is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour . From San Jose, California, she is known for her animated style of play, flamboyant dress, and outgoing personaliity.Not long after her 18th birthday, Kim turned pro...

, Brittany Lang
Brittany Lang
Brittany Lang is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in McKinney, Texas, Lang had a decorated amateur career. She won eight American Junior Golf Association events and was a two-time First-Team Polo Golf Junior...

, Jee Young Lee
Jee Young Lee
Jee Young Lee is a South Korean professional golfer now playing on the United States LPGA Tour.Born in Seoul, South Korea, Lee began playing golf at age 14 and turned professional in 2004, playing on the LPGA of Korea Tour. In 2005, as a member of the KLPGA, she won the CJ Nine Bridges Classic,...

, Meena Lee
Meena Lee
Meena Lee 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 professional golfer, but just a few years later, in 2000, she became the Korean Amateur...

, Seon Hwa Lee
Seon Hwa Lee
Seon-Hwa Lee is a South Korean professional golfer now playing on the United States LPGA Tour.Born in Cheonan, South Korea, Lee began playing golf at age 4 and turned professional at age 14, the youngest female to ever turn professional in Korea. She recorded three wins on the LPGA of Korea Tour...

, Stacy Lewis
Stacy Lewis
Stacy Lewis is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Early years:Born in Ohio, Lewis grew up in Texas at The Woodlands outside of Houston, and graduated from The Woodlands High School in 2003...

 (8), Mika Miyazato
Mika Miyazato
Mika Miyazato is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour.As an amateur, Miyazato won the 2004 Japan Amateur Women's Championship at the age of 14, and was the youngest player to win the event. In the Asian Games, she won silver medals in the...

, Ji Young Oh
Ji Young Oh
Ji-Young Oh 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....

, Michele Redman, Angela Stanford
Angela Stanford
Angela Stanford is an American professional golfer who currently competes on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Stanford was born in Fort Worth, Texas. As a junior golfer, she won the Fort Worth Girls Championship four times , the 1996 Texas State 4A High School Championship and the 1996 PING Texas...

, Momoko Ueda
Momoko Ueda
is a female professional golfer who in 2007 at the age of 21 became the youngest player in the history of the Japan LPGA Tour to finish first on the money list. She is currently playing on the United State-based LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:...

, Wendy Ward
Wendy Ward
Wendy Ward is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.-Early life, education and amateur career:Ward was born in San Antonio, Texas....

, Michelle Wie
Michelle Wie
Michelle Sung Wie 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 would also become the youngest winner of the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the youngest to qualify for a LPGA Tour event...

 (8,9), Lindsey Wright
Lindsey Wright
Lindsey Elizabeth Wright is an Australian professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. She earned exempt status for the 2004 LPGA season in 2005, and has been competing full time on the Tour since.-Personal life:...

, Amy Yang
Amy Yang
Amy Yang, also known as Yang Hee-Young is a Korean professional golfer, currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour .-Amateur career:...

, Eunjung Yi, Sun Young Yoo
Sun Young Yoo
Sun-Young Yoo is a South Korean female professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Yoo had a distinguished amateur career. In 2001 she won the Korean Junior Golf Championship. She played on the Korean National Golf team in both 2002 and 2004. In 2004 Yoo won the Korean Amateur...



8. From the 2010 official LPGA money list, the top 10 money leaders through the close of entries on May 5


9. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2009 U.S. Women's Open Championship to the initiation of the 2010 U.S. Women's Open Championship

Bo Bae Song
Bo Bae Song
Bo-Bae Song is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour and LPGA of Korea Tour.Song has won several times on the LPGA of Korea Tour and LPGA of Japan Tour including the 2005 Samsung Ladies Masters co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour and the 2009 Mizuno Classic...

2

10. Top five money leaders from the 2009 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour, and Ladies European Tour

Japan LPGA Tour: Sakura Yokomine
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...

, Shinobu Moromizato, Chie Arimura, Mi-Jeong Jeon, Yuko Mitsuka, Korea LPGA Tour: Hee Kyung Seo
Seo Hee-kyung
Hee Kyung Seo , also known as Seo Hee-kyung, is a South Korean female professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour and on LPGA of Korea Tour.-LPGA Tour :-KLPGA Tour :Tournaments in bold denotes major championships on KLPGA Tour....

, So Yeon Ryu, Bo-Mee Lee, Jeong-Eun Lee Ladies Europen Tour: Becky Brewerton
Becky Brewerton
Rebecca Dawn Brewerton is a Welsh professional golfer and a member of the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:...

, Tania Elosegui
Tania Elosegui
Tania Elósegui is a professional golfer from Spain.Elósegui was born in San Sebastian, Spain. She started playing golf at age 9, and had a successful amateur career before turning professional....

, Marianne Skarpnord
Marianne Skarpnord
Marianne Skarpnord is a Norwegian professional golfer playing on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:...



11. Special exemptions selected by the USGA

none offered

1Both Sörenstam and Ochoa have announced their retirement, but are officially listed by the LPGA as "inactive".

2Bo Bae Song was not an LPGA Tour member when she won the Mizuno Classic in 2009. This means that her victory and prize money are not included in LPGA career statistics. However, since the Mizuno Classic is sanctioned by the LPGA as an official money event, Song's victory is considered "official" for purposes of U.S. Women's Open entry.

3Mallon announced her retirement from competitive golf on July 7, 2010 and withdrew from the tournament. She was replaced by alternate Nicole Vandermade.


Successful qualifiers

The following players successfully qualified for the 2010 U.S. Women's Open through one of the sectional qualifying tournaments. At sites with multiple qualifiers, players are listed in order of qualifying scores, from lowest score to highest.

May 17 at White Bear Yacht Club, White Bear Lake, Minnesota

Martha Nause
Martha Nause
Martha Nause is an American golfer. She attended St. Olaf College and her rookie year on the LPGA Tour was 1978. She won three times on the Tour, including one major championship, the 1994 du Maurier Ltd. Classic. Her best money list finish was 19th in 1988...



May 17 at Shady Oaks Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas

Maria Hernandez, Taylor Leon
Taylor Leon
Taylor Leon is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Duramed FUTURES Tour.-Amateur career:...

, Heather Young

May 19 at Plantation Bay Country Club, Ormond Beach, Florida

Alexis Thompson, Yueer Feng, Jaye Marie Green, Shasta Averyhardt, Sarah Kemp, Veronica Felibert

May 24 at Pinnacle Peak Country Club, Scottsdale, Arizona

Aiko Ueno, Shi Hyun Ahn
Shi Hyun Ahn
Shi-Hyun Ahn is a South Korean professional golfer.-Pro golf career:Ahn turned professional in 2002 and that year she topped the order of merit on the Apache Dream Tour after winning three times. In 2003 she won the CJ Nine Bridges Classic, an LPGA Tour sanctioned event in her home country...

, Paige Mackenzie
Paige Mackenzie
Paige Mackenzie is a professional golfer currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Early years:Born and raised in Yakima, Washington, Mackenzie is a 2001 graduate of Eisenhower High School, where she was selected as a first-team All-Big-9 selection all four seasons...

, Nicole Zhang, Juliana Murcia Ortiz, Esther Choe

May 24 at Corral de Tierra Country Club, Corral de Tierra, California

Mina Harigae
Mina Harigae
Mina Harigae 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....

, Tiffany Lim, Sofie Andersson Sally Watson

May 24 at Mission Viejo Country Club, Mission Viejo, California

Tiffany Joh
Tiffany Joh
Tiffany Joh is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Futures Tour.-Childhood:...

, Alison Lee, Jenny Shin, Gabriella Then

May 24 at The Oaks Club, Osprey, Florida

Jessica Korda, Samantha Richdale, Jennifer Gleason, Victoria Tanco, Sandra Changkija

May 24 at Twin Orchard Country Club, Long Grove, Florida

Libby Smith, Nicole Jeray, Laura Kueny, Ashli Bunch

May 24 at Woodmont Country Club, Rockville, Maryland

Chella Choi, Karine Icher
Karine Icher
Karine Icher 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:...

, Pornanong Phatlum
Pornanong Phatlum
Pornanong Phatlum is a Thai female professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins :*2006 Hong Kong Ladies Masters *2008 Thailand Ladies Open, DLF Women's Indian Open...

, Hye Jung Choi,
Laura Diaz,
Meredith Duncan
Meredith Duncan
Meredith Duncan is an American professional golfer.Duncan was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. She won the Women's Western Amateur in 2000 and 2001. She won the 2001 North and South Women's Amateur at Pinehurst. She followed this up by capturing that year's U.S...

,
Alison Walshe,
Julieta Granada
Julieta Granada
Julieta Granada is a Paraguayan professional golfer who plays on the United States based LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...

, Alena Sharp
Alena Sharp
Alena Sharp is a professional golfer from Canada, currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour...

,
Shanshan Feng,
Jung Yeon Lee,
Louise Friberg
Louise Friberg (golfer)
Louise Friberg is a Swedish professional golfer, currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour .-Amateur career:Friberg was a member of the Swedish National Team from 1996 to 1998...



May 24 at Persimmon Woods Golf Club, St. Louis, Missouri

Kelli Shean
Kelli Shean
Kelli Shean is a golfer from South Africa. She is currently a senior at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.- History and family :Shean was born in Cape Town, South Africa to Stephen and Dianne Shean...

, Lucy Nunn

May 24 at Shadow Hawk Golf Club, Richmond, Texas

Lisa McCloskey,
Christi Cano,
Janine Fellows

May 25 at Hawk Pointe Golf Club, Washington, New Jersey

Amanda Blumenherst
Amanda Blumenherst
Amanda Blumenherst is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She was a three-time National Player of the Year at Duke University and won the U.S. Women's Amateur title in 2008....

, Azahara Muñoz
Azahara Muñoz
Azahara Muñoz Guijarro is a Spanish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...

, Na On Min
Na On Min
Na-On Min is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.Min won the Sun City Nedbank Challenge as an amateur in 2002 and turned professional after earning non-exempt status on the LPGA Tour at the 2006 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament...

, Jennifer Rosales
Jennifer Rosales
Jennifer Rosales is a Filipino professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Rosales was born in Manila, Philippines. She won the Philippine Ladies Amateur Golf Championship five times in a row from 1994 to 1998...



May 26 at White Columns Country Club, Milton, Georgia

Allison Fouch, Karen Stupples
Karen Stupples
Karen Louise Stupples is an English professional golfer who plays primarily on the U.S. based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...

,
Irene Cho, Stacy Prammanasudh
Stacy Prammanasudh
Stacy Prammanasudh is a Thai American golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Stacy was born in Enid, Oklahoma to an American mother and a native Thai father who immigrated to the United States from Thailand...

,
Sarah Lynn Sargent

May 26 at Tumble Creek Club, Roslyn, Washington

Christine Wong

May 30 at Hoakalei Country Club, Ewa Beach, Hawaii

Sakurako Mori

May 31 at Broadmoor Golf Club, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Kimberly Kim
Kimberly Kim
Kimberly Kim is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Kim was born in Hilo, Hawaii. She attended the University of Denver in 2009-10, leading the team with a 73.67 scoring average and winning the 2009-10 SBC Golf Tournament.At age 14, she became the youngest...

, Jill McGill
Jill McGill
Jill McGill is an American professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.McGill was born in Denver, Colorado. She played college golf at the University of Southern California and won the U.S. Women's Amateur title in 1993 and the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links in 1994. She played on the 1994 Curtis Cup...

, Mhairi McKay
Mhairi McKay
Mhairi McKay is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...



June 1 at Industry Hills Golf Club, City of Industry, California

Giulia Sergas,
Kaitlin Drolson,
Belen Mozo,
Stephanie Kono,
Sun Gyoung Park,
Ariya Jutanugarn,
Charlotte Mayorkas,
Tamie Durdin,
Danielle Kang
Danielle Kang
Danielle Kang is an American professional golfer. As an amateur, she won the U.S. Women's Amateur twice, in 2010 and 2011.-Personal:Kang was born in San Francisco, California to K.S. Kang and Grace Lee...

,
Lizette Salas,
Anna Rawson
Anna Rawson
Anna Rawson is an Australian professional golfer and model. She currently plays on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur and modeling career:...



June 1 at Twin Hills Country Club, Longmeadow, Massachusetts

Brittany Altomare, Liz Janangelo
Liz Janangelo
Elizabeth Janangelo is an American professional golfer currently playing on the Futures Tour.-Early life and amateur career:Born and raised in West Hartford, Connecticut, Janangelo began playing golf at age two....



June 2 at Fox Chapel Golf Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Janice Moodie
Janice Moodie
Janice C. Moodie is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour but is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.- Amateur career :...

, Jennifer Kirby, Becky Morgan
Becky Morgan
Becky Morgan 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:...



June 3 at Carolina Trace (Lakes Course), Sanford, North Carolina

Hsiao-Ching Lu, Gwladys Nocera
Gwladys Nocera
Gwladys Nocera is a French professional golfer. She currently resides in Biarritz, France.- Amateur career :Nocera was born in Moulins, Allier. She had a successful amateur career...

, Joomi Kim

Alternates
  1. Courtney Ellenbogen – the first alternate from the Sanford, North Carolina qualifier with a score of 77–68=145 was added to the field when the last three winners on the LPGA Tour—Meaghan Francella, Ai Miyazato and Cristie Kerr—already had qualified for the tournament, opening up additional spots.
  2. Nicole Vandermade – replaced Meg Mallon who announced her retirement from golf and withdrew from the tournament on July 7. Vandermade was the first alternate from the Richmond, Texas qualifier with a score of 74–71=145.
  3. Sara-Maude Juneau – replaced Chie Arimura. Juneau was the first alternate from the St. Louis qualifier with a score of 75–71=146.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yardage 437 325
(250)
400 559 360 170 392 252
(225)
447 3,372 440 340 602 153 350 442 209 245 445 3,226 6,598
Par 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 5 36 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 35 71

First round

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1 Brittany Lang
Brittany Lang
Brittany Lang is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in McKinney, Texas, Lang had a decorated amateur career. She won eight American Junior Golf Association events and was a two-time First-Team Polo Golf Junior...

69 -2
T2 M. J. Hur 70 -1
Inbee Park
Inbee Park
Inbee Park, also known as In-Bee Park, is a South Korean professional golfer.-Early life and amateur career:Park was born in Seoul. She began playing golf at the age of 10. After moving to the United States, she won nine events on the American Junior Golf Association circuit and was a five-time...

70
Kelli Shean
Kelli Shean
Kelli Shean is a golfer from South Africa. She is currently a senior at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.- History and family :Shean was born in Cape Town, South Africa to Stephen and Dianne Shean...

 (a)
Amateur
An amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without pay and often without formal training....

70
Amy Yang
Amy Yang
Amy Yang, also known as Yang Hee-Young is a Korean professional golfer, currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour .-Amateur career:...

70
T6 Mhairi McKay
Mhairi McKay
Mhairi McKay is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...

71 E
Sakura Yokomine
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...

71
T8 Shi Hyun Ahn
Shi Hyun Ahn
Shi-Hyun Ahn is a South Korean professional golfer.-Pro golf career:Ahn turned professional in 2002 and that year she topped the order of merit on the Apache Dream Tour after winning three times. In 2003 she won the CJ Nine Bridges Classic, an LPGA Tour sanctioned event in her home country...

72 +1
Paula Creamer
Paula Creamer
Paula Creamer is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 11 tournaments, including 9 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high as number 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She was the 2010 U.S...

72
Sophie Gustafson
Sophie Gustafson
Sophie Gustafson is a Swedish professional golfer. She is a member of U.S. based LPGA Tour and a life member of the Ladies European Tour. She has five LPGA and 21 international wins in her career...

72
Vicky Hurst
Vicky Hurst
Vicky Hurst is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.She turned professional as a 17-year-old in 2008, while still in high school. Playing on the Futures Tour that year, she won five times and set a Tour record for single season earnings with $93,107.-Childhood and...

72
Cristie Kerr
Cristie Kerr
Cristie Kerr is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has 14 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $13 million in career earnings...

72
Christina Kim
Christina Kim
Christina Kim is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour . From San Jose, California, she is known for her animated style of play, flamboyant dress, and outgoing personaliity.Not long after her 18th birthday, Kim turned pro...

72
Song-Hee Kim
Song-Hee Kim
Song-Hee Kim is a Korean female professional golfer currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour.-Futures Tour :*2006 Louisiana Pelican Classic, IOS Golf Classic, Aurora Health Care Championship, CIGNA Chip in For A Cure FUTURES Golf Classic, The Gettysburg Championship-Results in LPGA...

72
Jeong Eun Lee 72
Jee Young Lee
Jee Young Lee
Jee Young Lee is a South Korean professional golfer now playing on the United States LPGA Tour.Born in Seoul, South Korea, Lee began playing golf at age 14 and turned professional in 2004, playing on the LPGA of Korea Tour. In 2005, as a member of the KLPGA, she won the CJ Nine Bridges Classic,...

72
Kristy McPherson
Kristy McPherson
Kristy McPherson is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Early life and amateur career:A native of South Carolina, McPherson was diagnosed at age 11 with Still's disease, a form of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis...

72
Shinobu Moromizato 72
Hee-Kyung Seo
Seo Hee-kyung
Hee Kyung Seo , also known as Seo Hee-kyung, is a South Korean female professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour and on LPGA of Korea Tour.-LPGA Tour :-KLPGA Tour :Tournaments in bold denotes major championships on KLPGA Tour....

72
Alena Sharp
Alena Sharp
Alena Sharp is a professional golfer from Canada, currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour...

72
Wendy Ward
Wendy Ward
Wendy Ward is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.-Early life, education and amateur career:Ward was born in San Antonio, Texas....

72

Second round

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1 Paula Creamer
Paula Creamer
Paula Creamer is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 11 tournaments, including 9 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high as number 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She was the 2010 U.S...

72–70=142 E
Sakura Yokomine
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...

71–71=142
T3 Cristie Kerr
Cristie Kerr
Cristie Kerr is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has 14 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $13 million in career earnings...

72–71=143 +1
Brittany Lang
Brittany Lang
Brittany Lang is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in McKinney, Texas, Lang had a decorated amateur career. She won eight American Junior Golf Association events and was a two-time First-Team Polo Golf Junior...

69–74=143
T5 Sophie Gustafson
Sophie Gustafson
Sophie Gustafson is a Swedish professional golfer. She is a member of U.S. based LPGA Tour and a life member of the Ladies European Tour. She has five LPGA and 21 international wins in her career...

72–72=144 +2
Christina Kim
Christina Kim
Christina Kim is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour . From San Jose, California, she is known for her animated style of play, flamboyant dress, and outgoing personaliity.Not long after her 18th birthday, Kim turned pro...

72–72=144
Suzann Pettersen
Suzann Pettersen
Suzann Pettersen is a Norwegian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking is second. She has held that position at several times, most recently beginning 22 August 2011.-Amateur...

73–71=144
T8 Maria Hjorth
Maria Hjorth
Maria Anna "Mimmi" Hjorth is a Swedish professional golfer. She attended the University of Stirling in Scotland. She won more than twenty amateur titles including the 1995 European Ladies Amateur Championship. She turned professional in 1996 and played mainly on the Ladies European Tour that year...

73–72=145 +3
Jeong Jang
Jeong Jang
Jeong Jang is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is also a member of the LPGA of Korea Tour.Jang was born in Daejeon, South Korea. She started playing golf at the age of thirteen. As a teenager she won the 1997 Korea Women's Open and the 1998 Korea...

73–72=145
In-Kyung Kim 74–71=145
Stacy Lewis
Stacy Lewis
Stacy Lewis is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Early years:Born in Ohio, Lewis grew up in Texas at The Woodlands outside of Houston, and graduated from The Woodlands High School in 2003...

75–70=145
Angela Stanford
Angela Stanford
Angela Stanford is an American professional golfer who currently competes on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Stanford was born in Fort Worth, Texas. As a junior golfer, she won the Fort Worth Girls Championship four times , the 1996 Texas State 4A High School Championship and the 1996 PING Texas...

73–72=145
Wendy Ward
Wendy Ward
Wendy Ward is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.-Early life, education and amateur career:Ward was born in San Antonio, Texas....

72–73=145
Amy Yang
Amy Yang
Amy Yang, also known as Yang Hee-Young is a Korean professional golfer, currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour .-Amateur career:...

70–75=145

  • The 36-hole cut was at 152 (+10) or better; 68 of the 156 players advanced to the third and fourth rounds, including six amateurs.

Amateur
Amateur
An amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without pay and often without formal training....

s (a): Shean (+7), McCloskey (+8), Johnson (+9), Kang (+10), Lim (+10), Wong (+10), Watson (+11), Kono (+12), Changkija (+14), Gulyanamitta (+14), Salas (+14), Zhang (+14), Ellenbogen (+15), Korda (+15), Tanco (+16), Fellows (+17), Jutanugarn (+17), Kirby (+17), Park (+17), Juneau (+18), Murcia Ortiz (+18), Altomare (+19), Lee-Bentham (+20), Drolson (+22), Feng (+22), Then (+23), Lee (+24), Vandermade (+24), Green (+29).

Third round

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1 Paula Creamer
Paula Creamer
Paula Creamer is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 11 tournaments, including 9 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high as number 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She was the 2010 U.S...

72–70–70=212 -1
2 Wendy Ward
Wendy Ward
Wendy Ward is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.-Early life, education and amateur career:Ward was born in San Antonio, Texas....

72–73–70=215 +2
T3 Christina Kim
Christina Kim
Christina Kim is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour . From San Jose, California, she is known for her animated style of play, flamboyant dress, and outgoing personaliity.Not long after her 18th birthday, Kim turned pro...

72–72–72=216 +3
Suzann Pettersen
Suzann Pettersen
Suzann Pettersen is a Norwegian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking is second. She has held that position at several times, most recently beginning 22 August 2011.-Amateur...

73–71–72=216
Amy Yang
Amy Yang
Amy Yang, also known as Yang Hee-Young is a Korean professional golfer, currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour .-Amateur career:...

70–75–71=216
6 Alexis Thompson 73–74–70=217 +4
T7 Natalie Gulbis
Natalie Gulbis
Natalie Anne Gulbis is an American professional golfer of Latvian descent who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Golf career:...

73–73–72=218 +5
Sophie Gustafson
Sophie Gustafson
Sophie Gustafson is a Swedish professional golfer. She is a member of U.S. based LPGA Tour and a life member of the Ladies European Tour. She has five LPGA and 21 international wins in her career...

72–72–74=218
Cristie Kerr
Cristie Kerr
Cristie Kerr is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has 14 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $13 million in career earnings...

72–71–75=218
In-Kyung Kim 74–71–73=218
Brittany Lang
Brittany Lang
Brittany Lang is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in McKinney, Texas, Lang had a decorated amateur career. She won eight American Junior Golf Association events and was a two-time First-Team Polo Golf Junior...

69–74–75=218
Sakura Yokomine
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...

71–71–76=218

Final round

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parPrize money
1 Paula Creamer
Paula Creamer
Paula Creamer is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 11 tournaments, including 9 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high as number 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She was the 2010 U.S...

72–70–70–69=281 -3 $585,000
T2 Na Yeon Choi
Na Yeon Choi
Na Yeon Choi is a South Korean female professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:At age 17 in 2004, Choi won the ADT CAPS Invitational on the LPGA of Korea Tour , beating future Hall-of-Famer Se Ri Pak by four strokes. Choi turned professional shortly thereafter, in...

75–72–72–66=285 +1 $248,468
Suzann Pettersen
Suzann Pettersen
Suzann Pettersen is a Norwegian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking is second. She has held that position at several times, most recently beginning 22 August 2011.-Amateur...

73–71–72–69=285
4 In-Kyung Kim 74–71–73–68=286 +2 $152,565
T5 Brittany Lang
Brittany Lang
Brittany Lang is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in McKinney, Texas, Lang had a decorated amateur career. She won eight American Junior Golf Association events and was a two-time First-Team Polo Golf Junior...

69–74–75–69=287 +3 $110,481
Jiyai Shin 76–71–72–68=287
Amy Yang
Amy Yang
Amy Yang, also known as Yang Hee-Young is a Korean professional golfer, currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour .-Amateur career:...

70–75–71–71=287
T8 Christina Kim
Christina Kim
Christina Kim is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour . From San Jose, California, she is known for her animated style of play, flamboyant dress, and outgoing personaliity.Not long after her 18th birthday, Kim turned pro...

72–72–72–73=289 +5 $87,202
Inbee Park
Inbee Park
Inbee Park, also known as In-Bee Park, is a South Korean professional golfer.-Early life and amateur career:Park was born in Seoul. She began playing golf at the age of 10. After moving to the United States, she won nine events on the American Junior Golf Association circuit and was a five-time...

70–78–73–68=289
T10 Alexis Thompson 73–74–70–73=290 +6 $72,131
Yani Tseng
Yani Tseng
Yani Tseng is a Taiwanese professional golfer currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships and is currently ranked number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings....

73–76–73–68=290
Sakura Yokomine
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...

71–71–76–72=290

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