2011 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
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The 2011 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 66th U.S. Women's Open, and was played from July 7 to July 11, 2011
at The Broadmoor East Course
in Colorado Springs
, Colorado
. It was one of 13 national championships conducted by the United States Golf Association
(USGA). The course is at an elevation
of over 6200 feet (1,889.8 m) above sea level and previously hosted the U.S. Women's Open in 1995
, the first major championship
won by Annika Sörenstam
. Broadmoor East was the first course in the history of the tournament to play longer than 7000 yards (6,400.8 m)
The tournament was scheduled from July 7 to July 10. Because of repeated weather delays during each of the tournament days, each round spanned multiple days and play was continued on Monday, July 11.
The champion was So Yeon Ryu of South Korea
, who defeated compatriot Hee Kyung Seo in a three-hole aggregate playoff. Both players finished the regulation 72 holes at 281 (-3), two strokes ahead of Cristie Kerr
. Seo completed her final round on Sunday and Ryu on Monday. Ryu won the playoff by three strokes, with birdies on the last two holes.
This was the first U.S. Women's Open to use the three-hole aggregate playoff. The playoff was formerly 18-holes, last played in 2006
; the format was changed for 2007
.
1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last ten years (2001–2010)
Juli Inkster
(7), Paula Creamer
(6,7,9) Eun-Hee Ji
(7), Cristie Kerr
(3,7,9), Birdie Kim
, Inbee Park
(6,7,10-JLPGA), Karrie Webb
(5,7,8,9)
Exempt but did not enter tournament: Hilary Lunke
, Meg Mallon, Annika Sörenstam
2. Winner and runner-up from the 2010 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship (must be an amateur)
Danielle Kang
(The runner-up, Jessica Korda, turned professional in December 2010 and lost her exemption in this category. She qualified at May 16 sectional qualifying in Osprey, Florida.)
3. Winners of the LPGA Championship
for the last five years (2007–2011)
Anna Nordqvist
(7), Suzann Pettersen
(6,7,9), Yani Tseng
(4,5,6,7,8,9)
4. Winners of the Ricoh Women's British Open
for the last five years (2006–2010)
Catriona Matthew
(7), Jiyai Shin (6,7,8,9), Sherri Steinhauer
(7)
Exempt but did not enter tournament: Lorena Ochoa
(7)
5. Winners of the Kraft Nabisco Championship
for the last five years (2007–2011)
Stacy Lewis
(7,8,9), Brittany Lincicome
(7,9), Morgan Pressel
(7,8)
6. 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2010 U.S. Women's Open Championship
Na Yeon Choi
(7,8,9) I.K. Kim (7,8,9,10–LET), Brittany Lang
(7), Amy Yang
(7), Christina Kim
(7), Lexi Thompson, Sakura Yokomine
(10-JLPGA)
7. Top 70 money leaders from the 2010 final official LPGA money list
Shi Hyun Ahn
, Kyeong Bae, Amanda Blumenherst
, Laura Diaz, Shanshan Feng, Meaghan Francella
, Katie Futcher, Sandra Gal
(8,9), Natalie Gulbis
, Sophie Gustafson
, Hee-Won Han
, Maria Hjorth
(8,9), Katherine Hull
(9), Amy Hung
, M.J. Hur, Pat Hurst
, Vicky Hurst
, Haeji Kang, Jeong Jang
, Jimin Kang
(9), Song-Hee Kim
, Candie Kung
, Jee Young Lee
, Meena Lee
, Seon Hwa Lee
, Teresa Lu, Kristy McPherson
, Na On Min
, Azahara Muñoz
, Ai Miyazato
(9), Mika Miyazato
, Gwladys Nocera
, Se Ri Pak
, Hee Young Park
, Stacy Prammanasudh
, Beatriz Recari
(9), Michele Redman, Alena Sharp
, Sarah Jane Smith
, Angela Stanford
, Karen Stupples
, Momoko Ueda
, Mariajo Uribe
, Wendy Ward
, Michelle Wie
(8,9), Lindsey Wright
, Sun Young Yoo
, Heather Bowie Young
Exempt but did not enter tournament: Karine Icher
8. Top 10 money leaders from the 2011 official LPGA money list, through the close of entries on May 4 (must have filed an entry by May 4)
All players in this category already qualified in at least one other category
9. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2010 U.S. Women's Open Championship to the initiation of the 2011 U.S. Women's Open Championship
All players in this category already qualified in at least one other category
10. Top five money leaders from the 2010 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour
Japan LPGA Tour: Sun-Ju Ahn, Mi-Jeong Jeon, Yukari Baba
Korea LPGA Tour: Bo Mee Lee, Soo Jin Yang, Shin Ae Ahn, So Yeon Ryu, Hye Youn Kim
Ladies European Tour: Lee-Anne Pace
, Laura Davies
, Melissa Reid
Exempt but did not enter tournament: Iben Tinning (LET)
11. Special exemptions selected by the USGA
none
May 16 at Oak Valley Golf Club, Beaumont, California
Ariya Jutanugarn, Gabriella Then, Moriya Jutanugarn
May 16 at The Oaks Club, Osprey, Florida
Jessica Korda, Victoria Tanco, Doris Chen, Jane Park
May 16 at Druid Hills Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia
Reilley Rankin
, Whitney Wade, Mariah Stackhouse
May 16 at Paradise Pointe Club (The Outlaw and The Posse Courses), Kansas City, Missouri
Yoo Kyeong Kim
May 17 at Carolina Trace Country Club (Lake Course), Sanford, North Carolina)
Jean Chua, Lauren Doughtie
May 17 at Indiana Country Club, Indiana, Pennsylvania
Whitney Neuhauser, Jennifer Johnson
May 22 at Poipu Bay Golf Club, Koloa, Hawaii
Mariel Galdiano
May 23 at Lake Merced Golf Club, Daly City, California
Ryann O'Toole
, Mina Harigae
, Sofie Andersson, Shinobu Moromizato
May 23 at Deerwood Country Club, Jacksonwille, Florida
Mi Hyun Kim
, Aree Song
, Silvia Cavalleri
, Lindy Duncan, Christine Wolf, Nicole Hage, Paola Morena
May 23 at Westmoreland Country Club, Wilmette, Illinois
Junthima Gulyanamitta, Brittany Johnson, Ashley Prange
, Karin Sjödin
May 23 at Woodmont Country Club, Rockville, Maryland
Leta Lindley
, Julieta Granada
, Cindy Lacrosse
, Young-A Yang, Chella Choi, Saehee Son, Danah Bordner, Joanna Coe
May 23 at Medina Golf and Country Club, Medina, Minnesota
Amy Anderson, Kelly Shon
May 23 at Fiddler's Elbow Country Club, Bedminster, New Jersey
Hee Kyung Seo, Belen Mozo, Jin Young Pak
May 23 at Royal Oakes Country Club, Vancouver, Washington
Jessi Gebhardt, Christina Proteau, Sue Kim
May 25 at Crestview Country Club, Agawam, Massachusetts
Alison Walshe, Dewi Claire Schreefel
, Anna Grzebien, Jennifer Kirby, Harukyo Nomura, Brittany Marchand, Jaclyn Sweeney
May 31 at Industry Hills Golf Club (Eisenhower Course), City of Industry, California
Jennifer Rosales
, Stephanie Kono, Erynne Lee, Lizette Salas
May 31 at Pine Forest Country Club, Houston, Texas
Katy Harris, Lisa McCloskey, Becky Morgan
May 31 at Prestonwood Country Club (Hills Course), Plano, Texas
Sarah Kemp, Emily Collins, Chelsea Mocio
June 2 at Alta Mesa Golf Club, Mesa, Arizona
Kyung Kim, Betsy King
, Margarita Ramos
June 5 at Broadmoor Golf Club (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colorado
Anya Sarai Alvarez, Garrett Phillips, Mallory Blackwelder
Alternates
Rachel Rohanna, Xiyu Lin, and Jennifer Song
– the first alternates from the Colorado Springs, Beaumont, CA, and the New Jersey qualifiers, respectively, were added to the field because all the winners of regular LPGA events from the close of entries on May 4 through the start of the U.S. Women's Open (Suzann Pettersen at the Sybase Match Play Championship
, Brittany Lincicome at the ShopRite LPGA Classic
, and Yani Tseng at the LPGA State Farm Classic), had already qualified for the 2011 U.S. Women's Open.
Emma Talley, the first alternate from the Wilmette, Illinois qualifier was added to the field on June 27 because the winner of the LPGA Championship, Yani Tseng, had already qualified for the Championship.
The 3-hole aggregate playoff was contested on holes 16, 17 and 18 (par 3-5-4=12).
2011 LPGA Tour
The 2011 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Thailand on February 17, 2011 and had its last official event end on November 20, 2011 in Florida...
at The Broadmoor East Course
Broadmoor Golf Club
The Broadmoor Golf Club is a golf resort located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, consisting of three 18-hole courses; East, West, and Mountain. The East Course, a Donald Ross design opened in 1918, has hosted several USGA championships since 1959, most recently the 2011 U.S. Women's Open, won by So...
in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in South-Central Colorado, in the southern portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located south of the Colorado...
, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
. It was one of 13 national championships conducted by the United States Golf Association
United States Golf Association
The United States Golf Association is the United States' national association of golf courses, clubs and facilities and the governing body of golf for the U.S. and Mexico. Together with The R&A, the USGA produces and interprets the Rules of Golf. The USGA also provides a national handicap system...
(USGA). The course is at an elevation
Elevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of over 6200 feet (1,889.8 m) above sea level and previously hosted the U.S. Women's Open in 1995
1995 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
The 1995 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was contested from July 13 to July 16 at Broadmoor Golf Club, East Course. It was the 50th edition of the U.S. Women's Open.This event was won by Annika Sörenstam.-Final leaderboard:-External links:**...
, the 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...
won by 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...
. Broadmoor East was the first course in the history of the tournament to play longer than 7000 yards (6,400.8 m)
The tournament was scheduled from July 7 to July 10. Because of repeated weather delays during each of the tournament days, each round spanned multiple days and play was continued on Monday, July 11.
The champion was So Yeon Ryu of South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
, who defeated compatriot Hee Kyung Seo in a three-hole aggregate playoff. Both players finished the regulation 72 holes at 281 (-3), two strokes ahead of 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...
. Seo completed her final round on Sunday and Ryu on Monday. Ryu won the playoff by three strokes, with birdies on the last two holes.
This was the first U.S. Women's Open to use the three-hole aggregate playoff. The playoff was formerly 18-holes, last played in 2006
2006 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
The 2006 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was contested from June 30 to July 4 at Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island. It was the 61st edition of the U.S. Women's Open....
; the format was changed for 2007
2007 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
The 2007 U.S. Women's Open was played from June 28 to July 1 in 2007. It was won by Cristie Kerr by one stroke over Angela Park and Lorena Ochoa. The victory was the first major championship won by Kerr....
.
Qualifying and field
The championship was open to any female professional or amateur golfer with a USGA handicap index not exceeding 4.4. Players qualified by competing in one of twenty 36-hole qualifying tournaments that took place between May 16 and June 5 at sites across the United States. Additional players were exempt from qualifying because of past performances in professional or amateur tournaments around the world.Exempt from qualifying
Many players were exempt in multiple categories. Players are listed only once, in the first category in which they became exempt, with additional categories in parentheses next to their names. Golfers qualifying in Category 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 (2001–2010)
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...
(7), 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...
(6,7,9) 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....
(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...
(3,7,9), 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...
, 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...
(6,7,10-JLPGA), 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...
(5,7,8,9)
Exempt but did not enter tournament: 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 Mallon, 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...
2. Winner and runner-up from the 2010 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship (must be an amateur)
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...
(The runner-up, Jessica Korda, turned professional in December 2010 and lost her exemption in this category. She qualified at May 16 sectional qualifying in Osprey, Florida.)
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 (2007–2011)
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), 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...
(6,7,9), 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....
(4,5,6,7,8,9)
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 (2006–2010)
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), 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...
(7)
Exempt but did not enter tournament: 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...
(7)
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 (2007–2011)
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...
(7,8,9), Brittany Lincicome
Brittany Lincicome
Brittany Grace Lincicome is an American professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. She currently resides in Seminole, Florida....
(7,9), 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....
(7,8)
6. 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2010 U.S. Women's Open Championship
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...
(7,8,9) I.K. Kim (7,8,9,10–LET), 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...
(7), 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:...
(7), 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...
(7), Lexi Thompson, 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...
(10-JLPGA)
7. Top 70 money leaders from the 2010 final official LPGA money list
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...
, Kyeong Bae, 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....
, Laura Diaz, Shanshan Feng, 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...
, Katie Futcher, 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:...
(8,9), 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...
, 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...
(8,9), 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:...
(9), Amy Hung
Amy Hung
Amy Hung is a professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur wins:*1992 Junior World Golf Championships *1993 Greg Norman Junior Masters...
, M.J. Hur, 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...
, Haeji Kang, 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...
, Jimin Kang
Jimin Kang
Jimin Kang is a South Korean professional golfer who plays primarily on the LPGA Tour.Kang had a distinguished amateur career including finishing runner-up in 1999 U.S. Women's Amateur. She attended Arizona State University. She turned professional in 2002....
(9), 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...
, 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:...
, 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...
, Teresa Lu, 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...
, 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...
, 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:...
, 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:...
(9), 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...
, 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...
, 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:...
, 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:...
, 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...
, Beatriz Recari
Beatriz Recari
Beatriz Recari Eransus is a Spanish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...
(9), Michele Redman, Alena Sharp
Alena Sharp
Alena Sharp is a professional golfer from Canada, currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour...
, Sarah Jane Smith
Sarah Jane Smith
Sarah Jane Smith is a fictional character played by Elisabeth Sladen in the long-running British BBC Television science-fiction series Doctor Who and its spin-offs K-9 and Company and The Sarah Jane Adventures....
, 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...
, 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:...
, 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:...
, Mariajo Uribe
Maria José Uribe
María José Uribe Durán is a professional golfer from Colombia, currently playing on the 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:...
, 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...
, Heather Bowie Young
Heather Bowie Young
Heather Bowie Young is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She played under her maiden name, Heather Bowie, until her marriage in 2006, and is also referred to as Heather Young....
Exempt but did not enter tournament: 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:...
8. Top 10 money leaders from the 2011 official LPGA money list, through the close of entries on May 4 (must have filed an entry by May 4)
All players in this category already qualified in at least one other category
9. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2010 U.S. Women's Open Championship to the initiation of the 2011 U.S. Women's Open Championship
All players in this category already qualified in at least one other category
10. Top five money leaders from the 2010 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour
Japan LPGA Tour: Sun-Ju Ahn, Mi-Jeong Jeon, Yukari Baba
Korea LPGA Tour: Bo Mee Lee, Soo Jin Yang, Shin Ae Ahn, So Yeon Ryu, Hye Youn Kim
Ladies European Tour: Lee-Anne Pace
Lee-Anne Pace
Lee-Anne Pace is a South African professional golfer.Pace was born in Mossel Bay, Western Cape. She had a successful amateur collegiate career in the United States, where she attended Murray State University and the University of Tulsa, graduating with a degree in psychology.Having turned...
, Laura Davies
Laura Davies
Laura Jane Davies CBE is an English professional golfer.She is considered the most accomplished English female golfer of modern times being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list...
, Melissa Reid
Melissa Reid
Melissa Rose Reid is an English professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour.Reid was born in Derby, England. As an amateur she won several events including the 2004 and 2005 English Girls' Championship, the 2006 and 2007 Helen Holm Trophy, the 2007 St Rule Trophy, and the 2007...
Exempt but did not enter tournament: Iben Tinning (LET)
11. Special exemptions selected by the USGA
none
Successful qualifiers
The following players successfully qualified for the 2011 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 16 at Oak Valley Golf Club, Beaumont, California
Ariya Jutanugarn, Gabriella Then, Moriya Jutanugarn
May 16 at The Oaks Club, Osprey, Florida
Jessica Korda, Victoria Tanco, Doris Chen, Jane Park
Jane Park
Jane Park is an American professional golfer who plays on the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour. Before turning professional, Park reached the finals of the 2003 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship and 2004 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship, and won the 2004 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship....
May 16 at Druid Hills Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia
Reilley Rankin
Reilley Rankin
Reilley Rankin is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Rankin was a three-time American Junior Golf Association Rolex All-American from 1995 to 1997...
, Whitney Wade, Mariah Stackhouse
May 16 at Paradise Pointe Club (The Outlaw and The Posse Courses), Kansas City, Missouri
Yoo Kyeong Kim
May 17 at Carolina Trace Country Club (Lake Course), Sanford, North Carolina)
Jean Chua, Lauren Doughtie
May 17 at Indiana Country Club, Indiana, Pennsylvania
Whitney Neuhauser, Jennifer Johnson
May 22 at Poipu Bay Golf Club, Koloa, Hawaii
Mariel Galdiano
May 23 at Lake Merced Golf Club, Daly City, California
Ryann O'Toole
Ryann O'Toole
Ryann Ashley O'Toole is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and the Futures Tour.-Amateur career:...
, 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....
, Sofie Andersson, Shinobu Moromizato
May 23 at Deerwood Country Club, Jacksonwille, Florida
Mi Hyun Kim
Mi Hyun Kim
Mi-Hyun Kim is a professional golfer from South Korea. She turned professional in 1996 and won 11 events on the LPGA of Korea Tour between 1996 and 1999. In 1999, she joined the LPGA Tour and was named was Rookie of the Year that year...
, Aree Song
Aree Song
Aree Song is a Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. Her father is South Korean and her mother is Thai. She was born in Bangkok, Thailand...
, Silvia Cavalleri
Silvia Cavalleri
Silvia Cavalleri is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour. She was the first Italian to win a tournament on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career and education:...
, Lindy Duncan, Christine Wolf, Nicole Hage, Paola Morena
May 23 at Westmoreland Country Club, Wilmette, Illinois
Junthima Gulyanamitta, Brittany Johnson, Ashley Prange
Ashley Prange
Ashley Prange is a professional golfer and winner of the reality television program The Big Break V: Hawaii.-College and amateur career:...
, Karin Sjödin
Karin Sjödin
Karin Sjödin is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Sjödin was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. She was the Swedish Junior Champion and European Team Champion in 2000. She won the 2000 Oijared Ladies Open on the Telia Tour and was a member of the Swedish...
May 23 at Woodmont Country Club, Rockville, Maryland
Leta Lindley
Leta Lindley
Leta Lindley is an American professional golfer who captured her first LPGA Tour title after 15 years on tour at the 2008 LPGA Corning Classic....
, 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:...
, Cindy Lacrosse
Cindy LaCrosse
Cindy LaCrosse is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and formerly on the Futures Tour.-Personal:...
, Young-A Yang, Chella Choi, Saehee Son, Danah Bordner, Joanna Coe
May 23 at Medina Golf and Country Club, Medina, Minnesota
Amy Anderson, Kelly Shon
May 23 at Fiddler's Elbow Country Club, Bedminster, New Jersey
Hee Kyung Seo, Belen Mozo, Jin Young Pak
May 23 at Royal Oakes Country Club, Vancouver, Washington
Jessi Gebhardt, Christina Proteau, Sue Kim
May 25 at Crestview Country Club, Agawam, Massachusetts
Alison Walshe, Dewi Claire Schreefel
Dewi Claire Schreefel
Dewi Claire Schreefel is a Dutch female 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...
, Anna Grzebien, Jennifer Kirby, Harukyo Nomura, Brittany Marchand, Jaclyn Sweeney
May 31 at Industry Hills Golf Club (Eisenhower Course), City of Industry, California
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...
, Stephanie Kono, Erynne Lee, Lizette Salas
May 31 at Pine Forest Country Club, Houston, Texas
Katy Harris, Lisa McCloskey, 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:...
May 31 at Prestonwood Country Club (Hills Course), Plano, Texas
Sarah Kemp, Emily Collins, Chelsea Mocio
June 2 at Alta Mesa Golf Club, Mesa, Arizona
Kyung Kim, Betsy King
Betsy King
Betsy King is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won six major championships and 34 LPGA Tour victories in all.-Career:...
, Margarita Ramos
June 5 at Broadmoor Golf Club (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colorado
Anya Sarai Alvarez, Garrett Phillips, Mallory Blackwelder
Alternates
Rachel Rohanna, Xiyu Lin, and 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...
– the first alternates from the Colorado Springs, Beaumont, CA, and the New Jersey qualifiers, respectively, were added to the field because all the winners of regular LPGA events from the close of entries on May 4 through the start of the U.S. Women's Open (Suzann Pettersen at the Sybase Match Play Championship
Sybase Match Play Championship
The Sybase Match Play Championship is professional golf tournament played on the LPGA Tour since 2010. The tournament takes place at Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone, New Jersey...
, Brittany Lincicome at the ShopRite LPGA Classic
ShopRite LPGA Classic
The ShopRite LPGA Classic is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, held near Atlantic City, New Jersey. It took place annually from 1986 through 2006 and returned to the tour schedule in 2010 at a new venue, the Bay Course at the Dolce Seaview Resort, with a prize fund of $1.5...
, and Yani Tseng at the LPGA State Farm Classic), had already qualified for the 2011 U.S. Women's Open.
Emma Talley, the first alternate from the Wilmette, Illinois qualifier was added to the field on June 27 because the winner of the LPGA Championship, Yani Tseng, had already qualified for the Championship.
Made the cut
| Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |
2007 2007 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship The 2007 U.S. Women's Open was played from June 28 to July 1 in 2007. It was won by Cristie Kerr by one stroke over Angela Park and Lorena Ochoa. The victory was the first major championship won by Kerr.... |
71 | 72 | 69 | 71 | 283 | −1 | 3 | |
| 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... |
2008 2008 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship The 2008 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship took place in Edina, Minnesota at Interlachen Country Club from June 26 to June 29. The winner was 19-year old Inbee Park, edging out Swedish golfer and winner of the 1993 Kraft Nabisco Championship Helen Alfredsson.... |
71 | 73 | 70 | 72 | 286 | +2 | T6 | |
| 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... |
2000 2000 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship The 2000 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was contested from July 20 to July 23 at The Merit Club. It was the 55th edition of the U.S. Women's Open.This event was won by Karrie Webb.-Final leaderboard:-External links:**... , 2001 2001 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship The 2001 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was contested from May 31 to June 3 at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina. It was the 56th edition of the U.S. Women's Open.This event was won by Karrie Webb by eight strokes.... |
70 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 286 | +2 | T6 | |
| 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... |
2010 2010 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship 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. 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... |
72 | 70 | 73 | 75 | 290 | +6 | T15 | |
| 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.... |
2009 2009 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship The 2009 United States Women's Open Golf Championship was the 64th U.S. Women's Open, and was played from July 9–12, 2009. It was the first U.S. Open to be played at Saucon Valley Country Club.... |
73 | 69 | 74 | 77 | 293 | +9 | T27 | |
| 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:... |
1998 1998 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship The 1998 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was contested from July 2 to July 6 at Blackwolf Run in Kohler, Wisconsin. It was the 53rd edition of the U.S. Women's Open.... |
74 | 70 | 77 | 76 | 297 | +13 | T45 |
Missed the cut
| Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |
1999 1999 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship The 1999 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was contested from June 3 to June 6 at Old Waverly Golf Club. It was the 54th edition of the U.S. Women's Open.This event was won by Juli Inkster.-Final leaderboard:-External links:**... , 2002 2002 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship The 2002 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was contested from July 4 to July 7 at Prairie Dunes Golf Club. It was the 57th edition of the U.S. Women's Open.This event was won by Juli Inkster.-Final leaderboard:-External links:*... |
74 | 76 | 150 | +8 | |
| Laura Davies Laura Davies Laura Jane Davies CBE is an English professional golfer.She is considered the most accomplished English female golfer of modern times being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list... |
1987 1987 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship The 1987 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was contested from July 23 to July 26 at Plainfield Country Club. It was the 42nd edition of the U.S. Women's Open.This event was won by Laura Davies in a playoff over Ayako Okamoto and JoAnne Carner, 71-73-74.... |
78 | 75 | 153 | +11 | |
| 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... |
2005 2005 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship The 2005 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was contested from June 23 to June 26 at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, a suburb of Denver. It was the 60th edition of the U.S. Women's Open.... |
83 | 74 | 157 | +15 | |
| Betsy King Betsy King Betsy King is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won six major championships and 34 LPGA Tour victories in all.-Career:... |
1989 1989 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship The 1989 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was contested from July 13 to July 16 at Indianwood Golf and Country Club, Old Course, Five Farms, East Course. It was the 44th edition of the U.S. Women's Open.This event was won by Betsy King.-Final leaderboard:... , 1990 1990 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship The 1990 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was contested from July 12 to July 15 at the Riverside Course of the Atlanta Athletic Club, in Johns Creek, Georgia. It was the 45th edition of the U.S. Women's Open.... |
83 | 77 | 160 | +18 |
Course layout
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yardage | 420 | 339 (265) |
560 | 142 (140) |
426 | 402 | 426 | 166 | 535 | 3,416 | 460 | 440 | 223 (200) (168) |
450 | 413 | 432 | 180 (170) |
600 | 443 | 3,631 | 7,047 |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
First round
Played on Thursday, July 7, and Friday, July 8.| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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... |
68 | -3 | |
| T2 | Amy Anderson (a Amateur An amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without pay and often without formal training.... ) |
69 | -2 | |
| Lizette Salas | 69 | |||
| Ryann O'Toole Ryann O'Toole Ryann Ashley O'Toole is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and the Futures Tour.-Amateur career:... |
69 | |||
| T5 | Lindy Duncan (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 | -1 | |
| 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... |
70 | |||
| In-Kyung Kim | 70 | |||
| 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... |
70 | |||
| 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:... |
70 | |||
| 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... |
70 |
Second round
Played on Friday, July 8, and Saturday, July 9.| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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... |
70–67=137 | -5 | |
| 2 | 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:... |
70–68=138 | -4 | |
| 3 | In-Kyung Kim | 70–69=139 | -3 | |
| T4 | 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... |
68–73=141 | -1 | |
| Ryann O'Toole Ryann O'Toole Ryann Ashley O'Toole is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and the Futures Tour.-Amateur career:... |
69–72=141 | |||
| T6 | 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 | |
| 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.... |
73–69=142 | |||
| Lizette Salas | 69–73=142 | |||
| 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... |
72–70=142 | |||
| 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.... |
73–69=142 |
- AmateurAmateurAn amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without pay and often without formal training....
s (a): Jutanugarn (+6), Duncan (+7), Kang (+7), Anderson (+9), Tanco (+9) - 72 players made the 36-hole cut at 149 (+7) or better
Third round
Played on Saturday, July 9, and Sunday, July 10.| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | 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... |
71–72–69=212 | -1 | |
| So Yeon Ryu | 74–69–69=212 | |||
| 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... |
72–70–70=212 | |||
| T4 | 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... |
70–67–76=213 | E | |
| Hee Kyung Seo | 72–73–68=213 | |||
| T6 | 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:... |
70–68–76=214 | +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... |
71–73–70=214 | |||
| T8 | 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... |
72–70–73=215 | +2 | |
| In-Kyung Kim | 70–69–76=215 | |||
| Lizette Salas | 69–73–73=215 | |||
| 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... |
70–73–72=215 |
Final round
Played on Sunday, July 10, and Monday, July 11.| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Hee Kyung Seo | 72–73–68–68=281 | -3 | Playoff | |
| So Yeon Ryu | 74–69–69–69=281 | ||||
| 3 | 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... |
71–72–69–71=283 | -1 | 215,493 | |
| 4 | 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... |
72–70–70–72=284 | E | 150,166 | |
| 5 | 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... |
70–67–76–72=285 | +1 | 121,591 | |
| T6 | 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:... |
70–68–76–72=286 | +2 | 98,128 | |
| 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... |
70–73–72–71=286 | ||||
| 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... |
71–73–70–72=286 | ||||
| 9 | Ryann O'Toole Ryann O'Toole Ryann Ashley O'Toole is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and the Futures Tour.-Amateur career:... |
69–72–75–71=287 | +3 | 81,915 | |
| T10 | In-Kyung Kim | 70–69–76–73=288 | +4 | 70,996 | |
| Jiyai Shin | 73–72–73–70=288 | ||||
| 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:... |
75–69–73–71=288 |
Playoff
Played on Monday, July 11.| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So Yeon Ryu | 3-4-3=10 | -2 | 585,000 | |
| 2 | Hee Kyung Seo | 3-6-4=13 | +1 | 350,000 |
The 3-hole aggregate playoff was contested on holes 16, 17 and 18 (par 3-5-4=12).