2019 U.S. Women's Open


The 2019 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 74th U.S. Women's Open, played May 30 – June 2 at Country Club of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina.
The U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five current major championships and the second of the 2019 season. It has the largest purse in women's golf at $5.5 million. The tournament will be televised by Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports.

Qualifying and field

The championship is open to any female professional or amateur golfer with a USGA handicap index not exceeding 2.4. Players qualify by competing in one of 24 36-hole qualifying tournaments held at sites across the United States and at international sites in China, England, Japan, and South Korea. Additional players are exempt from qualifying because of past performances in professional or amateur tournaments around the world.

Exempt from qualifying

Many players were exempt in multiple categories. Players are listed only once, in the first category in which they became exempt, with additional categories in parentheses next to their names. Golfers qualifying in Category 15 who qualified in other categories are denoted with the tour by which they qualified.
1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last ten years
Choi Na-yeon, Chun In-gee, Paula Creamer, Ji Eun-hee, Ariya Jutanugarn, Brittany Lang, Park Sung-hyun, Inbee Park, Ryu So-yeon
2. Winners from the 2018 and 2019 U.S. Senior Women's Open
Laura Davies
3. Winner and runner-up from the 2018 U.S. Women's Amateur; winner of the 2018 U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur
Jeon Ji-won, Shannon Johnson
Kristen Gillman and Yealimi Noh forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.
4. Winner of the 2018 British Ladies Amateur
Leonie Harm
5. Winner of the 2018 Mark H. McCormack Medal
Jennifer Kupcho forfeited her exemption by turning professional before the start of the tournament. She chose to forfeit after qualifying for the tournament via regional qualifying on April 29.
6. Winner of the 2019 Augusta National Women's Amateur
See above.
7. Winners of the Women's PGA Championship for the last five years
Brooke Henderson, Danielle Kang
8. Winners of the Ricoh Women's British Open for the last five years
Georgia Hall
9. Winners of the ANA Inspiration for the last five years
Ko Jin-young , Lydia Ko, Pernilla Lindberg
10. Winners of the Evian Championship for the last five years
Kim Hyo-joo, Anna Nordqvist, Angela Stanford
11. Ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2018 U.S. Women's Open
Carlota Ciganda, Nasa Hataoka, Wei-Ling Hsu, Charley Hull, Megan Khang, Kim Ji-hyun, Nelly Korda, Patty Tavatanakit, Lexi Thompson
12. Top 75 money leaders from the 2018 final official LPGA money list
Marina Alex, Brittany Altomare, Aditi Ashok, Céline Boutier, Ashleigh Buhai, Pei-Yun Chien, Chella Choi, Jacqui Concolino, Lindy Duncan, Austin Ernst, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Shanshan Feng, Sandra Gal, Hannah Green, Jaye Marie Green, Moriya Jutanugarn, Haeji Kang, Cristie Kerr, Kim Sei-young, Katherine Kirk, Jessica Korda, Bronte Law, Lee Jeong-eun, Lee Mi-hyang, Mirim Lee, Minjee Lee, Yu Liu, Gaby López, Caroline Masson, Ally McDonald, Azahara Muñoz, Su-Hyun Oh, Amy Olson, Ryann O'Toole, Annie Park, Jane Park, Pornanong Phatlum, Lizette Salas, Jenny Shin, Jennifer Song, Mariah Stackhouse, Thidapa Suwannapura, Emma Talley, Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras, Ayako Uehara, Amy Yang, Angel Yin, Sakura Yokomine
13. Top 10 money leaders from the 2019 official LPGA money list, through the close of entries on April 17
Already qualified
14. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2018 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2019 U.S. Women's Open
Already qualified
15. Top five money leaders from the 2018 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour
Jenny Haglund, Caroline Hedwall, Mamiko Higa, Sarah Kemp, Lee Jeong-eun, Misuzu Narita, Jiyai Shin, Ai Suzuki, Anne Van Dam
16. Top three money leaders from the 2018 China LPGA Tour
Saranporn Langkulgasettrin, Liu Yan, Supamas Sangchan
17. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of April 17
Already qualified
18. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of May 27
Minami Katsu
19. Special exemptions selected by the USGA
Stacy Lewis, Gerina Piller, Karrie Webb

Qualifiers

Additional players qualified through sectional qualifying tournaments which took place April 22 to May 13 at sites in the United States, China, South Korea, England, and Japan.
Apr 22 at Ohtone Country Club, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Apr 23 at Forsgate Country Club, Monroe Township, New Jersey
Apr 24 at Industry Hills Golf Club, City of Industry, California
Apr 25 at Dream Park Country Club, Incheon, South Korea
Apr 25 at OGA Golf Course, Woodburn, Oregon
Apr 29 at Contra Costa Country Club, Pleasant Hill, California
Apr 29 at Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club, Rancho Santa Fe, California
Apr 29 at Country Club of Ocala, Ocala, Florida
Apr 29 at Starmount Forest Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina
Apr 30 at Springfield Golf & Country Club, Springfield, Virginia
May 2 at Canyon Creek Country Club, Richardson, Texas
May 5 at Hong Kong Golf Club, Hong Kong, China
May 6 at Pinnacle Peak Country Club, Scottsdale, Arizona
May 6 at Marin Country Club, Novato, California
May 6 at Walnut Creek Golf Preserve, Westminster, Colorado
May 6 at Bradenton Country Club, Bradenton, Florida
May 6 at The Wanderers Club, Wellington, Florida
May 6 at Druid Hills Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia
May 6 at Oahu Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii
May 6 at Elgin Country Club, Elgin, Illinois
May 6 at TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts
May 6 at Chartiers Country Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
May 7 at Buckinghamshire Golf Club, Buckinghamshire, England
May 7 at Rush Creek Golf Club, Maple Grove, Minnesota
May 13 at The Clubs at Houston Oaks, Hockley, Texas
originally May 8 at The Clubs of Kingwood, Kingwood, Texas
denotes amateur

Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 30, 2019
Mamiko Higa, playing in her first U.S. Women's Open, shot a 6-under-par 65 to take a one stroke lead over Esther Henseleit and amateur Gina Kim. Defending champion Ariya Jutanugarn and world number 1 Ko Jin-young were seven strokes back after rounds of 72.

Second round

Friday, May 31, 2019
Saturday, June 1, 2019
A two-hour weather delay meant that the second round could not be completed on Friday. 45 players completed their second rounds on Saturday morning. Mamiko Higa shot an even-par 71 to maintain a one-stroke lead over Céline Boutier and Jessica Korda.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Mamiko Higa65-71=136−6
T2Céline Boutier67-70=137−5
T2Jessica Korda69-68=137−5
4Gina Kim 66-72=138−4
T5Jaye Marie Green71-68=139−3
T5Kim Sei-young68-71=139−3
T5Lee Jeong-eun70-69=139−3
T5Ryu So-yeon71-68=139−3
T5Lexi Thompson70-69=139−3
T10Nelly Korda69-71=140−2
T10Yu Liu69-71=140−2
T10Minjee Lee71-69=140−2
T10Azahara Muñoz68-72=140−2
T10Inbee Park70-70=140−2
T10Park Sung-hyun71-69=140−2
T10Gerina Piller70-70=140−2
T10Angel Yin72-68=140−2

Third round

Saturday, June 1, 2019
Céline Boutier and Yu Liu, former teammates at Duke University, shared the lead after the third round. They were one stroke ahead of first and second round leader Mamiko Higa, Jaye Marie Green, and Lexi Thompson.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Céline Boutier67-70-69=206−7
T1Yu Liu69-71-66=206−7
T3Jaye Marie Green71-68-68=207−6
T3Mamiko Higa65-71-71=207−6
T3Lexi Thompson70-69-68=207−6
6Lee Jeong-eun70-69-69=208−5
T7Jessica Korda69-68-72=209−4
T7Gaby López72-70-67=209−4
T9Minjee Lee71-69-70=210−3
T9Nanna Koerstz Madsen73-71-66=210−3
T9Ryu So-yeon71-68-71=210−3

Final round

Sunday, June 2, 2019
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Lee Jeong-eun70-69-69-70=278−61,000,000
T2Ryu So-yeon71-68-71-70=280−4412,168
T2Lexi Thompson70-69-68-73=280−4412,168
T2Angel Yin72-68-72-68=280−4412,168
T5Céline Boutier67-70-69-75=281−3178,633
T5Jaye Marie Green71-68-68-74=281−3178,633
T5Mamiko Higa65-71-71-74=281−3178,633
T5Yu Liu69-71-66-75=281−3178,633
T5Gerina Piller70-70-73-68=281−3178,633
T10Jessica Korda69-68-72-73=282−2125,518
T10Ally McDonald72-72-67-71=282−2125,518

Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Final round ratings

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