2017 U.S. Women's Open


The 2017 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 72nd U.S. Women's Open, held at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, west of New York City.
The U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five current major championships and was the third of the 2017 season. With the largest purse in women's golf, increased to $5 million in 2017, it was televised by Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports.
Park Sung-hyun won her first major title, two strokes ahead of amateur Choi Hye-jin. It was her first win on the LPGA Tour, after ten victories on the LPGA of Korea Tour. Seven strokes back at after 36 holes, Park carded on the weekend with consecutive rounds

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 twenty 36-hole qualifying tournaments held at sites across the United States and at international sites in China, England, Japan, and South Korea. Additional players were exempt from qualifying because of past performances in professional or amateur tournaments around the world.

Exempt from qualifying

Many players are exempt in multiple categories. Players are listed only once, in the first category in which they became exempt, with additional categories in parentheses next to their names. Golfers qualifying in Category 14 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, Cristie Kerr, Brittany Lang, Inbee Park, Ryu So-yeon, Michelle Wie
2. Winner and runner-up from the 2016 U.S. Women's Amateur
Virginia Elena Carta, Seong Eun-jeong
3. Winner of the 2017 British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship
Leona Maguire
4. Winner of the 2016 Mark H. McCormack Medal
5. Winners of the Women's PGA Championship for the last five years
Brooke Henderson, Danielle Kang
6. Winners of the Ricoh Women's British Open for the last five years
Ariya Jutanugarn, Stacy Lewis, Mo Martin, Jiyai Shin
7. Winners of the ANA Inspiration for the last five years
Lydia Ko, Brittany Lincicome, Lexi Thompson
8. Winners of the Evian Championship for the last four years
Kim Hyo-joo, Suzann Pettersen
9. Winner of the 2016 Olympic Gold Medal
10. Ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2016 U.S. Women's Open
Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Anna Nordqvist, Park Sung-hyun, Gerina Piller, Amy Yang
11. Top 75 money leaders from the 2016 final official LPGA money list
Marina Alex, Katie Burnett, Chella Choi, Carlota Ciganda, Jacqui Concolino, Austin Ernst, Shanshan Feng, Sandra Gal, Charley Hull, M. J. Hur, Karine Icher, Moriya Jutanugarn, Kim Kaufman, Megan Khang, Christina Kim, In-Kyung Kim, Kim Sei-young, Jessica Korda, Candie Kung, Alison Lee, Lee Mi-hyang, Minjee Lee, Mirim Lee, Lin Xiyu, Pernilla Lindberg, Gaby López, Caroline Masson, Catriona Matthew, Ai Miyazato, Mika Miyazato, Azahara Muñoz, Haru Nomura, Su-Hyun Oh, Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace, Park Hee-young, Pornanong Phatlum, Morgan Pressel, Beatriz Recari, Paula Reto, Lizette Salas, Alena Sharp, Jenny Shin, Kelly Shon, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Angela Stanford, Kris Tamulis, Mariajo Uribe, Karrie Webb, Jing Yan, Sakura Yokomine
12. Top 10 money leaders from the 2017 official LPGA money list, through the close of entries on May 17
13. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2016 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2017 U.S. Women's Open
Katherine Kirk
14. Top five money leaders from the 2016 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour
Beth Allen, Aditi Ashok, Bae Seon-woo, Isabelle Boineau, Georgia Hall, Jang Su-yeon, Kim Ha-neul, Ko Jin-young, Lee Seung-hyun, Florentyna Parker, Ai Suzuki
15. Top three money leaders from the 2016 China LPGA Tour.
Supamas Sangchan, Zhang Weiwei
16. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of May 17
Kim Min-sun, Lee Min-young, Lee Jeong-eun
17. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of July 9
18. Special exemptions selected by the USGA

Qualifiers

Additional players qualified through sectional qualifying tournaments in May and June at sites in the United States, China, South Korea, England, and Japan.
May 22 at The Country Club at DC Ranch, Scottsdale, Arizona
May 22 at Hino Golf Club, Hino, Shiga, Japan
May 22 at Butler Country Club, Butler, Pennsylvania
May 24 at Riverdale Dunes Golf Club, Brighton, Colorado
May 28 at Poipu Bay Golf Club, Koloa, Hawaii
May 30 at Industry Hills Golf Club, City of Industry, California
May 30 at Diamond Oaks Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas
May 31 at Legends Golf Club, Prior Lake, Minnesota
Jun 2 at BallenIsles Country Club, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Jun 5 at Oak Valley Golf Club, Beaumont, California
Jun 5 at Lake Merced Golf Club, Daly City, California
Jun 5 at Lan Hai International Golf Club, Shanghai, China
Jun 5 at Buckinghamshire Golf Club, Buckinghamshire, England
Jun 5 at The Legends at Chateau Elan, Braselton, Georgia
Jun 5 at Hidden Creek Golf Club, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey
Jun 6/7 at South Shore Country Club, Hingham, Massachusetts
Jun 7 at Bogey Hills Country Club, St Louis, Missouri
Jun 7 at The Woodlands Country Club, Spring, Texas
Jun 9 at Sugar Mill Country Club, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Jun 12 at Bradenton Country Club, Bradenton, Florida
Jun 12 at Prestwick Country Club, Frankfort, Illinois
Jun 12 at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club, Cheonan, South Korea
Jun 12 at Muskegon Country Club, Muskegon, Michigan
Jun 12 at Governors Course, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jun 12 at OGA Golf Club, Woodburn, Oregon

Alternates added to field

The following players were added to the field before the start of the tournament when spots reserved for exemptions in various categories were not used and to replace players who withdrew from the tournament.
Sara Banke, Valdis Thora Jonsdottir, Nelly Korda, Bronte Law, Madelene Sagström, Maddie Szeryk, Alison Walshe, Ayaka Watanabe, Angel Yin

Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Course layout

, Old Course
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards5433844061923814071585354193,4254113733474021795181623945213,3076,732
Par544344354364444353453672

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday and Friday, July 13–14, 2017
Following over two hours of weather delays, play was suspended due to darkness on Thursday at approximately 8:33 pm EDT; 39 players were on the course and completed their rounds on Friday morning.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Shanshan Feng66−6
2Amy Yang67−5
T3Lydia Ko68−4
T3Ryu So-yeon68−4
T3Rumi Yoshiba68−4
T6Choi Hye-jin 69−3
T6Carlota Ciganda69−3
T6Cristie Kerr69−3
T6Megan Khang69−3
T6Kim Sei-young69−3
T6Lee Jeong-eun69−3
T6Minjee Lee69−3

Second round

Friday, July 14, 2017
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Shanshan Feng66-70=136−8
T2Choi Hye-jin 69-69=138−6
T2Lee Jeong-eun69-69=138−6
T2Amy Yang67-71=138−6
5Bae Seon-woo70-69=139−5
T6Carlota Ciganda69-71=140−4
T6Chun In-gee70-70=140−4
T6Haru Nomura71-69=140−4
T6Ryu So-yeon68-72=140−4
T10Marina Alex71-70=141−3
T10Brooke Henderson70-71=141−3
T10Lydia Ko71-70=141−3
T10Minjee Lee68-73=141−3

Third round

Saturday, July 15, 2017
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Shanshan Feng66-70-71=207−9
T2Choi Hye-jin 69-69-70=208−8
T2Amy Yang67-71-70=208−8
4Park Sung-hyun73-70-67=210−6
T5Lee Jeong-eun69-69-73=211−5
T5Mirim Lee70-74-67=211−5
T5Ryu So-yeon68-72-71=211−5
T8Carlota Ciganda69-71-72=212−4
T8Cristie Kerr69-73-70=212−4
T10Bae Seon-woo70-69-74=213−3
T10M. J. Hur71-72-70=213−3
T10Ji Eun-hee73-71-69=213−3
T10Haru Nomura71-69-73=213−3

Final round

Sunday, July 16, 2017
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Park Sung-hyun73-70-67-67=277−11900,000
2Choi Hye-jin 69-69-70-71=279−90
T3M. J. Hur71-72-70-68=281−7442,479
T3Ryu So-yeon68-72-71-70=281−7442,479
T5Carlota Ciganda69-71-72-70=282−6207,269
T5Shanshan Feng66-70-71-75=282−6207,269
T5Lee Jeong-eun69-69-73-71=282−6207,269
T8Kim Sei-young69-73-72-69=283−5145,234
T8Mirim Lee70-74-67-72=283−5145,234
T8Amy Yang67-71-70-75=283−5145,234

Scorecard

Final round
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par544344354444435345
Park−6−7−7−7−8−8−8−9−8−8−8−9−9−9−10−10−11−11
Choi−8−9−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−9−9−9−9−9−10−8−8−9
Feng−9−9−9−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−6
Yang−8−8−7−7−6−6−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par