2011 U.S. Women's Open

The 2011 U.S. Women's Open was the 66th U.S. Women's Open, played July 7–11 at The Broadmoor East Course in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[1] It was one of 13 national championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA).[2] The course is at an elevation of over 6,200 feet (1,890 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 7,000 yards (6,400 m)[3]

2011 U.S. Women's Open

Tournament information
Dates	July 7–11, 2011
Location	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Course(s)	The Broadmoor, East Course
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71 [1]
Length	7,047 yards (6,444 m) [1]
Field	156 players, 72 after cut
Cut	149 (+7)
Prize fund	$3.25 million
Winner's share	$585,000
Champion
So Yeon Ryu
281 (−3), playoff

The Broadmoor

Location in the United States

The Broadmoor

Location in Colorado

Because of repeated weather delays during each of the tournament days, each round spanned multiple days and play was concluded on Monday, July 11.[4]

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 morning. 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.[4] The tournament was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports.

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.[5][6]

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.[7]

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[8] 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

Qualifiers

The following players 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.[9]

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, Belén 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 Alvarez, Garrett Phillips, Mallory Blackwelder

Alternates
Rachel Rohanna, Xi Yu 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.[10]

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.[11]

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Cristie Kerr	United States	2007	71	72	69	71	283	−1	3
Inbee Park	South Korea	2008	71	73	70	72	286	+2	T6
Karrie Webb	Australia	2000, 2001	70	73	72	71	286	+2	T6
Paula Creamer	United States	2010	72	70	73	75	290	+6	T15
Eun-Hee Ji	South Korea	2009	73	69	74	77	293	+9	T27
Se Ri Pak	South Korea	1998	74	70	77	76	297	+13	T45

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Juli Inkster	United States	1999, 2002	74	76	150	+8
Laura Davies	England	1987	78	75	153	+11
Birdie Kim	South Korea	2005	83	74	157	+15
Betsy King	United States	1989, 1990	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	560	142	426	402	426	166	535	3,416	460	440	223	450	413	432	180	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

Lengths of the course for previous U.S. Women's Opens:

• 1995: 6,398 yards (5,850 m), par 70

Round summaries

Weather delays interrupted play throughout the championship and each of the four rounds concluded the following day.[4]

First round

Thursday, July 7, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011[12]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Stacy Lewis	United States	68	−3
T2	Amy Anderson (a)	United States	69	−2
	Lizette Salas	United States	69
	Ryann O'Toole	United States	69
T5	Lindy Duncan (a)	United States	70	−1
	Maria Hjorth	Sweden	70
	In-Kyung Kim	South Korea	70
	Mika Miyazato	Japan	70
	Ai Miyazato	Japan	70
	Karrie Webb	Australia	70

Second round

Friday, July 8, 2011
Saturday, July 9, 2011[13]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Mika Miyazato	Japan	70-67=137	−5
2	Ai Miyazato	Japan	70-68=138	−4
3	In-Kyung Kim	South Korea	70-69=139	−3
T4	Stacy Lewis	United States	68-73=141	−1
	Ryann O'Toole	United States	69-72=141
T6	Paula Creamer	United States	72-70=142	E
	Eun-Hee Ji	South Korea	73-69=142
	Lizette Salas	United States	69-73=142
	Angela Stanford	United States	72-70=142
	Wendy Ward	United States	73-69=142

• Amateurs (a): M. Jutanugarn (+3), Anderson (+4), Tanco (+5), Duncan (+6), Kang (+7), Proteau (+8), Shon (+8), Kono (+10), Talley (+10), Lin (+11), Rohanna (+11), A. Jutanugarn (+12), Kirby (+12), Lee (+12), Kim (+13), Collins (+14), McCloskey (+14), Marchand (+14), Mocio (+17), Chen (+18), Wolf (+19), Stackhouse (+21), Ramos (+22), Then (+23), Galdano (+28).
• 72 players made the 36-hole cut at 149 (+7) or better (67 professionals, 5 amateurs).[4]

Third round

Saturday, July 9, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011[14]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Cristie Kerr	United States	71-72-69=212	−1
	So Yeon Ryu	South Korea	74-69-69=212
	Angela Stanford	United States	72-70-70=212
T4	Mika Miyazato	Japan	70-67-76=213	E
	Hee Kyung Seo	South Korea	72-73-68=213
T6	Ai Miyazato	Japan	70-68-76=214	+1
	Inbee Park	South Korea	71-73-70=214
T8	Paula Creamer	United States	72-70-73=215	+2
	In-Kyung Kim	South Korea	70-69-76=215
	Lizette Salas	United States	69-73-73=215
	Karrie Webb	Australia	70-73-72=215

Final round

Sunday, July 10, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011 [15][16]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	So Yeon Ryu	South Korea	74-69-69-69=281	−3	Playoff
	Hee Kyung Seo	South Korea	72-73-68-68=281
3	Cristie Kerr	United States	71-72-69-71=283	−1	215,493
4	Angela Stanford	United States	72-70-70-72=284	E	150,166
5	Mika Miyazato	Japan	70-67-76-72=285	+1	121,591
T6	Ai Miyazato	Japan	70-68-76-72=286	+2	98,128
	Karrie Webb	Australia	70-73-72-71=286
	Inbee Park	South Korea	71-73-70-72=286
9	Ryann O'Toole	United States	69-72-75-71=287	+3	81,915
T10	In-Kyung Kim	South Korea	70-69-76-73=288	+4	70,996
	Jiyai Shin	South Korea	73-72-73-70=288
	Amy Yang	South Korea	75-69-73-71=288

Amateurs: Jutanugarn (+10), Duncan (+16), Tanco (+16), Anderson (+17), Kang (+19)
Source:[17]

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	4
Ryu	−1	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3
Seo	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−4	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3
Kerr	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−1	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1
Stanford	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−2	−3	−4	−2	−2	−1	E	E	−1	−1	E
M. Miyazato	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1
A. Miyazato	E	E	E	E	+1	+2	+2	+1	E	E	+1	+2	+3	+2	+3	+2	+2	+2
Webb	+2	+1	E	E	E	E	+1	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2
Park	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[17]

Playoff

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	So Yeon Ryu	South Korea	3-4-3=10	−2	585,000
2	Hee Kyung Seo	South Korea	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).[4][18][19]

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External links

• USGA U.S. Women's Open official microsite
• U.S. Women's Open 2011 media guide
• Tournament recap in U.S. Women's Open 2012 media guide