2016 U.S. Women's Open

The 2016 U.S. Women's Open was the 71st U.S. Women's Open, held July 7–10 at CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, California, southeast of San Jose.

2016 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJuly 7–10, 2016
LocationSan Martin, California
Course(s)CordeValle Golf Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,784 yards (6,203 m)[1]
Field156 players, 72 after cut
Cut148 (+4)
Prize fund$4.5 million
Winner's share$810,000
Champion
Brittany Lang
282 (−6), playoff
San Martin
Location in the United States
San Martin
Location in California

The U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five current major championships and the third of the 2016 season. It has the largest purse in women's golf at $4.5 million, and was televised by Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports.

Brittany Lang won her first major title in a playoff over Anna Nordqvist.[2]

Qualifying and field

The championship was open to any female professional or amateur golfer with a USGA handicap index not exceeding 2.4. Players qualified 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. The USGA received a record 1,855 entries for the championship.[3]

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 13 who qualified in other categories are denoted with the tour by which they qualified.[4]

1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last ten years (2006–2015)

Choi Na-yeon (10,15,16), Chun In-gee (9,11,13-KLPGA,15,16), Paula Creamer (10,15), Ji Eun-hee (10,15,16), Cristie Kerr (10,12,15,16), Ryu So-yeon (9,10,15,16), Michelle Wie (10)

2. Winner and runner-up from the 2015 U.S. Women's Amateur (must be an amateur)

Hannah O'Sullivan (a), Sierra Brooks (a)

3. Winner of the 2016 British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship (must be an amateur)

Julia Engström (a)

4. Winner of the 2015 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) (must be an amateur)

Leona Maguire (a)

5. Winners of the Women's PGA Championship for the last five years (2012–2016)

Shanshan Feng (13-LET,14,15,16), Brooke Henderson (9,11,12,15,16)

6. Winners of the Women's British Open for the last five years (2011–2015)

Stacy Lewis (9,10,15,16), Mo Martin (16), Yani Tseng

  • Jiyai Shin (13-JLPGA,15,16) did not enter the tournament
7. Winners of the ANA Inspiration for the last five years (2012–2016)

Lydia Ko (8,10,11,12,15,16), Brittany Lincicome (15,16), Lexi Thompson (11,12,15,16), Yoo Sun-young (10)

8. Winners of the Evian Championship (2013–2015)

Kim Hyo-joo (12, 13-KLPGA,15,16), Suzann Pettersen (10,15,16)

9. Ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2015 U.S. Women's Open

Pernilla Lindberg (10), Shiho Oyama (15,16), Jane Park (10), Morgan Pressel (10,15,16) Amy Yang (10,15,16)

10. Top 75 money leaders from the 2015 final official LPGA money list

Marina Alex, Baek Kyu-jung, Chella Choi (12,15,16), Carlota Ciganda (15,16), Austin Ernst, Sandra Gal, Julieta Granada, Jaye Marie Green, Wei Ling Hsu, Charley Hull (15,16), M. J. Hur, Karine Icher, Jang Ha-na (11,12,15,16), Ariya Jutanugarn (12,15,16), Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Kim Kaufman, Christina Kim, In-Kyung Kim, Kim Sei-young (11,15,16), Jessica Korda (12,15,16), Candie Kung (15,16), Brittany Lang (15,16), Alison Lee (15,16), Ilhee Lee (15), Lee Mi-hyang (15), Min Lee, Minjee Lee (11,12,15,16), Mirim Lee (15,16), Caroline Masson, Catriona Matthew, Maria McBride, Sydnee Michaels, Mika Miyazato (15,16), Azahara Muñoz (15,16), Haru Nomura (11,12,15,16), Anna Nordqvist (15,16), Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace (15,16), Park Hee-young (16), Pornanong Phatlum (15,16), Gerina Piller (11,15,16), Beatriz Recari, Lizette Salas (15), Alena Sharp, Jenny Shin (11,12,15,16), Kelly Shon, Jennifer Song, Angela Stanford, Kris Tamulis (12), Mariajo Uribe, Karrie Webb (15), Sakura Yokomine

11. Top 10 money leaders from the 2016 official LPGA money list, through the close of entries on May 4
12. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2015 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2016 U.S. Women's Open
13. Top five money leaders from the 2015 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour
14. Top three money leaders from the 2015 China LPGA Tour

Ssu-Chia Cheng, Xi Yu Lin

  • Pan Yan-hong did not play
15. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of May 4
16. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of July 3

Su-Hyun Oh, Ayaka Watanabe

17. Special exemptions selected by the USGA

Se Ri Pak[6]

Qualifiers

Additional players qualified through sectional qualifying tournaments taking place in May and June at sites in the United States, China, South Korea, England, and Japan.[7]

May 9 at The Home Course, DuPont, Washington

Naomi Eun Young Ko (a)

May 16 at Cheonan, South Korea

Ryu Hae-ran (a)
Choi Hye-jin (a)

May 16 at Bradenton Country Club, Bradenton, Florida

Nelly Korda
Jodi Ewart Shadoff

May 16 at Butler Country Club, Butler, Pennsylvania

Bailey Tardy (a)
Nannette Hill

May 16 at Pebble Creek Golf Club, Becker, Minnesota

Jing Yan

May 16 at Shady Oaks Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas

Su-Hyun Oh (later qualified in category 16)
Hannah Wood (a)

May 16 at Terravita Golf & Country Club, Scottsdale, Arizona

Marissa Chow (a)
Spencer Heller

May 16 at The Heritage Golf Course at Westmoor, Westminster, Colorado

Jennifer Kupcho (a)
Yu Sang Hou (a)

May 16 at Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii

Allisen Corpuz (a)

May 17 at TPC at The Woodlands (Player Course), The Woodlands, Texas

Gaby López
Liv Cheng

May 23 at Quail Ridge Country Club (South Course), Boynton Beach, Florida

Sandra Angulo Minarro
Mika Liu (a)

May 23 at Dunwoody Country Club, Dunwoody, Georgia

Madelene Sagström
Jackie Stoelting

May 23 at Hermitage Country Club, Manakin-Sabot, Virginia

Maude-Aimee Leblanc
Lee Lopez
Christine Song

May 23 at Oak Park Country Club, River Grove, Illinois

Erica Shepherd (a)
Ashleigh Simon

May 24 at Westwood Country Club, St. Louis, Missouri

Kasey Petty
Anna Hack (a)

May 24 at Canoe Brook Country Club (North Course), Summit, New Jersey

Pei-Yun Chien
Sophia Popov

May 25 at Buckinghamshire, England

Jade Schaeffer
Olivia Cowan
Valentine Derrey
Camilla Lennarth
Pamela Pretswell

May 25 at Carolina Trace Country Club (Lake Course), Sanford, North Carolina

Paula Hurtado
Lauren Stephenson (a)

May 26 at Shanghai, China

Yan Liu (a)

May 30 at Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Erina Hara
Emi Sato
Ayaka Matsumori
Chika Sawada (a)

May 31 at Twin Hills Country Club, Longmeadow, Massachusetts

Megan Khang
Sue Kim
Miriam Nagl
Kelly Tan
Albane Valenzuela (a)

May 31 at Industry Hills Golf Club (Eisenhower Course), City Of Industry, California

Alexandra Kaui (a)
Angel Yin

May 31 at Green Valley Country Club, Fairfield, California

Taylor Kim
Julie Yang

June 2 at Goose Creek Golf Club, Mira Loma, California

Robynn Ree (a)
Karah Sanford (a)

June 3 at Sugar Mill Country Club, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

Rinko Mitsunaga (a)
Sandra Changkija

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.

Nationalities in the field
North America (64)South America (4)Europe (27)Oceana (5)Asia (54)Africa (2)
 Canada (6) Brazil (1) England (4) Australia (3) China (5) South Africa (2)
 Mexico (2) Colombia (2) Scotland (2) New Zealand (2) Japan (10)
 United States (56) Paraguay (1) Ireland (1) Malaysia (1)
 Denmark (1) South Korea (26)
 France (4) Taiwan (9)
 Germany (4) Thailand (3)
 Norway (1)
 Spain (3)
 Sweden (6)
  Switzerland (1)

Made the cut
Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Ji Eun-hee South Korea200969717074284−4T3
Cristie Kerr United States200767757272286−2T8
Ryu So-yeon South Korea201171767169287−1T11
Karrie Webb Australia2000, 200173737374293+5T46
Paula Creamer United States201074747476298+10T59

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Michelle Wie United States20147574149+5
Chun In-gee South Korea20157377150+6
Choi Na-yeon South Korea20127477151+7
Pak Se-ri South Korea19987380153+9

Course layout
Main article: CordeValle Golf Club
RoundHole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par445344435364434453453672
1Yards3964265232103523714101835613,4324073601913824294711664185283,3526,784
2Yards4024235251793473744011555533,3594083491833754354711684095373,3556,694
3Yards3814285181603493724051645493,3264073632023894384831774135173,3896,715
4Yards4004214942143603814161475723,4053993581833844354851204265233,3136,718
  • Scoring average: 74.49
    • by round: 74.37, 75.22, 72.69, 73.93
  • Most difficult holes in relation to par: 14, 2, 9, 1, 8

Source:[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 7, 2016

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Mirim Lee South Korea64−8
T2Cristie Kerr United States67−5
Minjee Lee Australia
Amy Yang South Korea
T5Brittany Lang United States68−4
Anna Nordqvist Sweden
Kelly Tan Malaysia
T8Ji Eun-hee South Korea69−3
Moriya Jutanugarn Thailand
Sydnee Michaels United States

Second round

Friday, July 8, 2016

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Park Sung-hyun South Korea70-66=136−8
T2Mirim Lee South Korea64-74=138−6
Amy Yang South Korea67-71=138
T4Lydia Ko New Zealand73-66=139−5
Haru Nomura Japan70-69=139
T6Ji Eun-hee South Korea69-71=140−4
Danielle Kang United States71-69=140
Jessica Korda United States70-70=140
Kelly Tan Malaysia68-72=140
10Maude-Aimee Leblanc Canada72-69=141−3
Mo Martin United States71-70=141
Sydnee Michaels United States69-72=141
Jodi Ewart Shadoff England70-71=141
Angela Stanford United States71-70=141

Third round

Saturday, July 9, 2016

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lydia Ko New Zealand73-66-70=209−7
T2Ji Eun-hee South Korea69-71-70=210−6
Park Sung-hyun South Korea70-66-74=210
T4Brittany Lang United States68-75-68=211−5
Amy Yang South Korea67-71-73=211
6Angela Stanford United States71-70-71=212−4
7Danielle Kang United States71-69-73=213−3
T8Ariya Jutanugarn Thailand70-75-69=214−2
Cristie Kerr United States67-75-72=214
Mirim Lee South Korea64-74-76=214
Stacy Lewis United States71-74-69=214
Gaby López Mexico71-72-71=214
Haru Nomura Japan70-69-75=214
Kris Tamulis United States71-72-71=214

Final round

Sunday, July 10, 2016

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1Brittany Lang United States68-75-68-71=282−6Playoff
Anna Nordqvist Sweden68-74-73-67=282
T3Ji Eun-hee South Korea69-71-70-74=284−4213,638
Lydia Ko New Zealand73-66-70-75=284
Park Sung-hyun South Korea70-66-74-74=284
Amy Yang South Korea67-71-73-73=284
7Stacy Lewis United States71-74-69-71=285−3140,590
T8Cristie Kerr United States67-75-72-72=286−2115,705
Gerina Piller United States70-72-74-70=286
Jodi Ewart Shadoff England70-71-75-70=286

Source:[8]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par445344435443445345
Lang−6−5−5−5−6−6−6−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−7−6−6
Nordqvist−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−6−6−6−6
Ji−6−5−5−4−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−4−4−3−3−3−3−4
Ko−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−7−5−5−5−4−4−3−4−4−4−4
S. Park−6−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−5−5−4−5−5−5−4
Yang−6−5−5−5−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−3−4
Lewis−2−2−2−1−1−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−3−3
Kerr−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−1−1E−1−1−1−2
PillerE−1−1−1−2−2−2−3−2−1−2−2−1−1−2−2−2−2
ShadoffEE−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−2−2−2−2
M. Lee−2−3−3−3−4−5−5−4−4−4−3−3−2−1−1−1−1−1
Stanford−4−4−3−3−3−3−3−3−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−1−1
Jutanugarn−2−2EEEEE−1+1+1+1+1+1+1EEEE
Kang−1EEEEEEE+1+1+1+1+1+1E+1+1E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[8]

Playoff

The three-hole aggregate playoff was held on the final three holes, and any additional play in sudden-death was to occur on the final hole. Both players made pars on the first two holes, but it was soon determined that Nordqvist had slightly moved sand prior to her approach shot from the fairway bunker on 17, a two-stroke penalty (rule 13-4b). The players were told of the penalty by a rules official midway through the par-5 final hole, after Nordqvist's third shot but before Lang's.[2]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Brittany Lang United States3-4-5=12E810,000
2Anna Nordqvist Sweden3-6-6=15+3486,000
  • Playoff held on holes 16, 17, and 18.

Scorecard
Hole 16  17  18 
Par345
LangEEE
NordqvistE+2+3

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par
Source:[8]

References
  1. "U.S. Women's Open: Course Statistics". USGA. 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  2. Fields, Bill (July 10, 2016). "Brittany Lang prevails as penalty again plays role in U.S. Open". ESPNW. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  3. "USGA Accepts 1,855 Entries for 2016 U.S. Women's Open". USGA. May 5, 2016.
  4. "USGA Entry Forms" (PDF). USGA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 31, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  5. "Inbee Park Withdraws From US Women's Open". The New York Times. Associated Press. June 22, 2016.
  6. "Se Ri Pak receives special exemption for U.S. Women's Open". ESPN. Associated Press. May 4, 2016.
  7. "2016 U.S. Women's Open Qualifying Results". USGA. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  8. "U.S. Women's Open: Scoring". USGA. July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
Preceded by
2016 KPMG Women's PGA Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
2016 Women's British Open

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