2016 U.S. Women's Open

2016 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
Dates	July 7–10, 2016
Location	San Martin, California
Course(s)	CordeValle Golf Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,784 yards (6,203 m)
Field	156 players, 72 after cut
Cut	148 (+4)
Prize fund	$4.5 million
Winner's share	$810,000
Champion
	Brittany Lang
	282 (−6), playoff
	← 2015 2017 →

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.

San Martin

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Location in the United States

San Martin

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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)

Inbee Park (5,6,7,9,10,12,15,16) – thumb injury^[5] and Annika Sörenstam did not enter the tournament

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

Japan LPGA Tour: Ahn Sun-ju (15,16), Lee Bo-mee (15,16), Teresa Lu (15,16)
Korea LPGA Tour: Cho Yoon-ji, Lee Jung-min (15, 16), Park Sung-hyun (15,16)
Ladies European Tour: Melissa Reid, Nicole Broch Larsen, Gwladys Nocera, Beth Allen
Jang Su-yeon (KLPGA,16), Ko Jin-young (KLPGA,15,16), Lee Ji-hee (JLPGA,15), did not play

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

Kim Ha-neul did not play

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

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

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.

Amy Anderson, Hannah Burke, Chih-Min Chen (a), Cydney Clanton, Kotone Hori, Caroline Inglis, Yunjie Zhang (a)

Course layout

Round	Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
	Par	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	3	5	36	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	5	36	72
1	Yards	396	426	523	210	352	371	410	183	561	3,432	407	360	191	382	429	471	166	418	528	3,352	6,784
2	Yards	402	423	525	179	347	374	401	155	553	3,359	408	349	183	375	435	471	168	409	537	3,355	6,694
3	Yards	381	428	518	160	349	372	405	164	549	3,326	407	363	202	389	438	483	177	413	517	3,389	6,715
4	Yards	400	421	494	214	360	381	416	147	572	3,405	399	358	183	384	435	485	120	426	523	3,313	6,718

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

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Mirim Lee	64	−8
T2	Cristie Kerr	67	−5
	Minjee Lee
	Amy Yang
T5	Brittany Lang	68	−4
	Anna Nordqvist
	Kelly Tan
T8	Ji Eun-hee	69	−3
	Moriya Jutanugarn
	Sydnee Michaels

Second round

Friday, July 8, 2016

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Park Sung-hyun	70-66=136	−8
T2	Mirim Lee	64-74=138	−6
T2	Amy Yang	67-71=138	−6
T4	Lydia Ko	73-66=139	−5
T4	Haru Nomura	70-69=139	−5
T6	Ji Eun-hee	69-71=140	−4
	Danielle Kang	71-69=140
	Jessica Korda	70-70=140
	Kelly Tan	68-72=140
10	Maude-Aimee Leblanc	72-69=141	−3
	Mo Martin	71-70=141
	Sydnee Michaels	69-72=141
	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	70-71=141
	Angela Stanford	71-70=141

Third round

Saturday, July 9, 2016

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Lydia Ko	73-66-70=209	−7
T2	Ji Eun-hee	69-71-70=210	−6
T2	Park Sung-hyun	70-66-74=210	−6
T4	Brittany Lang	68-75-68=211	−5
T4	Amy Yang	67-71-73=211	−5
6	Angela Stanford	71-70-71=212	−4
7	Danielle Kang	71-69-73=213	−3
T8	Ariya Jutanugarn	70-75-69=214	−2
	Cristie Kerr	67-75-72=214
	Mirim Lee	64-74-76=214
	Stacy Lewis	71-74-69=214
	Gaby López	71-72-71=214
	Haru Nomura	70-69-75=214
	Kris Tamulis	71-72-71=214

Final round

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Brittany Lang	68-75-68-71=282	−6	Playoff
T1	Anna Nordqvist	68-74-73-67=282	−6	Playoff
T3	Ji Eun-hee	69-71-70-74=284	−4	213,638
	Lydia Ko	73-66-70-75=284
	Park Sung-hyun	70-66-74-74=284
	Amy Yang	67-71-73-73=284
7	Stacy Lewis	71-74-69-71=285	−3	140,590
T8	Cristie Kerr	67-75-72-72=286	−2	115,705
	Gerina Piller	70-72-74-70=286
	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	70-71-75-70=286

Source:^[8]

Scorecard

Final round

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	5	3	4	5
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	−1	E	−1	−1	−1	−2
Piller	E	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−3	−2	−1	−2	−2	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2
Shadoff	E	E	−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	−2	E	E	E	E	E	−1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	E
Kang	−1	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	+1	+1	E

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]

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Brittany Lang	3-4-5=12	E	810,000
2	Anna Nordqvist	3-6-6=15	+3	486,000

Playoff held on holes 16, 17, and 18.

Scorecard

Hole	16	17	18
Par	3	4	5
Lang	E	E	E
Nordqvist	E	+2	+3

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

References

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

External links

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[usgacstat-1] "U.S. Women's Open: Course Statistics". USGA. 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.

[blpapagpl-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.

[usga-application-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.

[uswoscrg-8] "U.S. Women's Open: Scoring". USGA. July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2016.

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