2018 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information | |
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Dates | May 31 – June 3, 2018 |
Location | Shoal Creek, Alabama 33°26′17���N 86°36′43″W / 33.438°N 86.612°WCoordinates: 33°26′17″N 86°36′43″W / 33.438°N 86.612°W |
Course(s) | Shoal Creek Club |
Organized by | USGA |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,732 yards (6,156 m)[1] |
Field | 156 players, 63 after cut |
Cut | 148 (+4) |
Prize fund | $5.0 million |
Winner's share | $900,000 |
Champion | |
Ariya Jutanugarn | |
277 (−11) | |
Location Map | |
Shoal Creek Location in the United States | |
The 2018 U.S. Women's Open was the 73rd U.S. Women's Open, played May 31 – June 3 at Shoal Creek Club in Shoal Creek, Alabama, a suburb southeast of Birmingham.
The U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five current major championships and the second of the 2018 season. It has the largest purse in women's golf at $5 million. The tournament was televised by Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports.
The championship was moved up in the schedule this year; it had been played in July for decades, with a few exceptions. Also, the playoff format was modified as part of USGA changes for the four U.S. Open championships in golf (Open, Women's Open, Senior Open, Senior Women's) in 2018, reduced from three to two aggregate holes, followed by sudden death.[2]
Ariya Jutanugarn won the championship in a playoff over Kim Hyo-joo, which ended on the fourth extra hole.[3]
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 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 were 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.[4] Golfers qualifying in Category 12 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 (2008–2017)
Chun In-gee (7,9,14,15), Paula Creamer, Ji Eun-hee (9,10,11,14,15), Brittany Lang (9), Inbee Park (4,5,9,10,11,14,15), Park Sung-hyun (8,9,11,14,15), Ryu So-yeon (6,8,9,14,15), Michelle Wie (9,10,11,14,15)
- Choi Na-yeon did not play
2. Winner and runner-up from the 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur; winner of the 2017 U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur (must be an amateur)
(a), Sophia Schubert (a), (a), Albane Valenzuela (a)
3. Winner of the 2017 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) (must be an amateur)
- Leona Maguire (a) did not play
4. Winners of the Women's PGA Championship for the last five years (2013–2017)
Brooke Henderson (9,10,11,14,15), Danielle Kang (9,14,15)
5. Winners of the Ricoh Women's British Open for the last five years (2013–2017)
Ariya Jutanugarn (9,10,11,14,15), In-Kyung Kim (9,11,14,15), Stacy Lewis (9,11,14,15), Mo Martin (9)
6. Winners of the ANA Inspiration for the last five years (2014–2018)
Lydia Ko (7,9,11,14,15), Brittany Lincicome (9,11,14,15), Pernilla Lindberg (9,10,11,14,15), Lexi Thompson (9,11,14,15)
7. Winners of the Evian Championship for the last five years (2013–2017)
Kim Hyo-joo (9), Anna Nordqvist (9,11,14,15)
- Suzann Pettersen (9,14,15) did not play
8. Ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2017 U.S. Women's Open
Choi Hye-jin (14,15), Carlota Ciganda (9,12-LET,14,15), Shanshan Feng (9,10,11,14,15), M. J. Hur (9,14,15), Kim Sei-young (9,14,15), Lee Jeong-eun (12-KLPGA,14,15), Mirim Lee (9,14,15), Amy Yang (9,14,15)
9. Top 75 money leaders from the 2017 final official LPGA money list
Marina Alex (14,15), Brittany Altomare (14,15), Nicole Broch Larsen, Ashleigh Buhai, , Chella Choi (14), Cydney Clanton, , Austin Ernst, Jodi Ewart Shadoff (14,15), Sandra Gal, Hsu Wei-ling, Charley Hull (14,15), Karine Icher, Moriya Jutanugarn (10,11,14,15), , Cristie Kerr (11,14,15), Megan Khang, Katherine Kirk, Jessica Korda (10,11,14,15), Nelly Korda (14,15), Olafia Kristinsdottir, Candie Kung, Lee Jeong-eun, Lee Mi-hyang (11,14,15), Minjee Lee (11,14,15), Gaby López, Caroline Masson (15), Ally McDonald, Azahara Muñoz (12-LET,14), Haru Nomura, Su-Hyun Oh, Ryann O'Toole, Jane Park, Pornanong Phatlum, Madelene Sagström, Lizette Salas (14,15), Alena Sharp, Jenny Shin (14,15), , Jennifer Song (14,15), Angela Stanford, Ayako Uehara, , Angel Yin (15), Yoo Sun-young
- Laura Gonzalez Escallon, Jang Ha-na (14,15) and Gerina Piller did not play
10. Top 10 money leaders from the 2018 official LPGA money list, through the close of entries on April 25
Ko Jin-young (11,12-KLPGA,14,15)
11. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2017 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2018 U.S. Women's Open
12. Top five money leaders from the 2017 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour
Georgia Hall (14,15), , (14,15), Teresa Lu (14,15), Klára Spilková, Ai Suzuki (14,15), Anne van Dam
- Kim Hae-rym (14,15), Kim Ha-neul (14), , and Jiyai Shin (14,15) did not play
13. Top three money leaders from the 2017 China LPGA Tour
Saranporn Langkulgasettrin, , Supamas Sangchan
14. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of April 25
Nasa Hataoka (15)
15. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of May 28
- Ahn Sun-ju did not play
16. Special exemptions selected by the USGA
Karrie Webb[5]
Qualifiers[]
Additional players qualified through sectional qualifying tournaments which took place May 2–17 at sites in the United States, China, South Korea, England, and Japan.[4]
May 2 at Canoe Brook Country Club, Summit, New Jersey
- (a)
May 2 at Indiana Country Club, Indiana, Pennsylvania
- (a)
May 3 at Industry Hills Golf Club, City of Industry, California
- Patty Tavatanakit (a)
- (a)
May 4 at Sugar Mill Country Club, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
May 6 at Ka'anapali Golf Club, Lahaina, Hawaii
May 7 at Dunwoody Country Club, Dunwoody, Georgia
May 7 at Elgin Country Club, Elgin, Illinois
- (a)
May 8 at La Purisima Golf Club, Lompoc, California
May 8 at Ohtone Country Club, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
May 14 at Arizona Country Club, Phoenix, Arizona
May 14 at Contra Costa Country Club, Pleasant Hill, California
- (a)
- Lucy Li (a)
May 14 at The Ranch Country Club, Westminster, Colorado
- (a)
May 14 at Buckinghamshire Golf Club, Buckinghamshire, England
- Linn Grant (a)
- Catriona Matthew
- Mel Reid
May 14 at TPC Prestancia, Sarasota, Florida
May 14 at Dream Park Country Club, Incheon, South Korea
- did not play
May 14 at Stillwater Country Club, Stillwater, Minnesota
May 14 at Las Colinas Country Club, Irving, Texas
- (a)
- (a)
May 14 at Deerwood Golf Club, Kingwood, Texas
- Kristen Gillman (a)
- María Fassi (a)
May 14 at Hermitage Country Club, Manakin-Sabot, Virginia
May 14 at Rainier Golf & Country Club, Seattle, Washington
- Becky Morgan
- (a)
May 15 at Bermuda Run Country Club, Advance, North Carolina
May 16 at Shanghai Qizhong Garden Golf Club, Shanghai, China
May 16 at Cape Cod National Golf Club, Brewster, Massachusetts
- (a)
- Céline Herbin
May 17 at Seagate Country Club, Delray Beach, Florida
- (a)
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.
(a), (a), , (a), , Wichanee Meechai, Olivia Mehaffey (a), Emilia Migliaccio (a), (a), Luna Sobrón Galmés, ,
Nationalities in the field[]
North America (61) | South America (2) | Europe (32) | Oceana (8) | Asia (51) | Africa (2) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canada (3) | Ecuador (1) | England (5) | Australia (7) | China (5) | South Africa (2) |
Mexico (3) | Paraguay (1) | Northern Ireland (1) | New Zealand (1) | Hong Kong (1) | |
United States (55) | Scotland (1) | Japan (9) | |||
Wales (1) | South Korea (24) | ||||
Austria (1) | Taiwan (5) | ||||
Czech Republic (1) | Thailand (7) | ||||
Denmark (2) | |||||
France (2) | |||||
Germany (3) | |||||
Iceland (1) | |||||
Italy (1) | |||||
Netherlands (1) | |||||
Spain (5) | |||||
Sweden (6) | |||||
Switzerland (1) |
Past champions in the field[]
Made the cut[]
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inbee Park | South Korea | 2008, 2013 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 75 | 287 | −1 | 9 |
Michelle Wie | United States | 2014 | 69 | 72 | 76 | 71 | 288 | E | T10 |
Ji Eun-hee | South Korea | 2009 | 73 | 72 | 70 | 74 | 289 | +1 | T17 |
Ryu So-yeon | South Korea | 2011 | 73 | 70 | 72 | 75 | 290 | +2 | 23 |
Chun In-gee | South Korea | 2015 | 74 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 296 | +8 | T41 |
Cristie Kerr | United States | 2007 | 73 | 75 | 70 | 80 | 298 | +10 | T52 |
Missed the cut[]
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brittany Lang | United States | 2016 | 77 | 73 | 150 | +6 |
Karrie Webb | Australia | 2000, 2001 | 75 | 75 | 150 | +6 |
Paula Creamer | United States | 2010 | 77 | 76 | 153 | +9 |
Park Sung-hyun | South Korea | 2017 | 76 | 77 | 153 | +9 |
Course layout[]
2018 yardages by round
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 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 | |
1 | Yards | 374 | 389 | 505 | 421 | 166 | 475 | 422 | 151 | 383 | 3,286 | 399 | 522 | 429 | 171 | 370 | 376 | 199 | 533 | 404 | 3,403 | 6,689 |
2 | Yards | 366 | 387 | 513 | 421 | 154 | 488 | 415 | 140 | 392 | 3,276 | 386 | 526 | 405 | 183 | 363 | 374 | 170 | 532 | 408 | 3,347 | 6,623 |
3 | Yards | 380 | 384 | 514 | 413 | 177 | 471 | 422 | 156 | 384 | 3,301 | 407 | 460 | 402 | 139 | 379 | 366 | 210 | 545 | 394 | 3,302 | 6,603 |
4 | Yards | 379 | 396 | 492 | 430 | 161 | 489 | 409 | 149 | 385 | 3,290 | 401 | 508 | 431 | 172 | 361 | 389 | 197 | 531 | 416 | 3,406 | 6,696 |
- Scoring average: 74.682
- by round: 74.705, 75.123, 73.921, 74.318
- Most difficult holes in relation to par: 12, 4, 18, 16
Source:[6]
Round summaries[]
First round[]
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Ariya Jutanugarn | Thailand | 67 | −5 |
Lee Jeong-eun | South Korea | |||
Australia | ||||
T4 | Linn Grant (a) | Sweden | 69 | −3 |
Danielle Kang | United States | |||
Michelle Wie | United States | |||
T7 | Luna Sobrón Galmés | Spain | 70 | −2 |
Kristen Gillman (a) | United States | |||
Kim Hyo-joo | South Korea | |||
South Korea | ||||
Kim Sei-young | South Korea | |||
Nelly Korda | United States | |||
Su-Hyun Oh | Australia | |||
Inbee Park | South Korea | |||
Emily Kristine Pedersen | Denmark | |||
Mel Reid | England | |||
Madelene Sagström | Sweden | |||
Patty Tavatanakit (a) | Thailand |
Second round[]
Friday, June 1, 2018
Saturday June 2, 2018
Weather delayed the conclusion of the second round until Saturday.
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Australia | 67-67=134 | −10 | |
2 | Ariya Jutanugarn | Thailand | 67-70=137 | −7 |
3 | Su-Hyun Oh | Australia | 70-68=138 | −6 |
T4 | Chella Choi | South Korea | 71-70=141 | −3 |
Carlota Ciganda | Spain | 73-68=141 | ||
Linn Grant (a) | Sweden | 69-72=141 | ||
South Korea | 70-71=141 | |||
Kim Sei-young | South Korea | 70-71=141 | ||
Inbee Park | South Korea | 70-71=141 | ||
Jenny Shin | South Korea | 72-69=141 | ||
Michelle Wie | United States | 69-72=141 |
Third round[]
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ariya Jutanugarn | Thailand | 67-70-67=204 | −12 |
2 | Australia | 67-67-74=208 | −8 | |
3 | Kim Hyo-joo | South Korea | 70-72-68=210 | −6 |
4 | South Korea | 70-71-70=211 | −5 | |
T5 | Carlota Ciganda | Spain | 73-68-71=212 | −4 |
Inbee Park | South Korea | 70-71-71=212 | ||
Madelene Sagström | Sweden | 70-72-70=212 | ||
8 | Wei-Ling Hsu | Taiwan | 71-73-70=214 | −2 |
T9 | Ji Eun-hee | South Korea | 73-72-70=215 | −1 |
Megan Khang | United States | 72-74-69=215 | ||
Nelly Korda | United States | 70-74-71=215 | ||
Ryu So-yeon | South Korea | 73-70-72=215 | ||
Patty Tavatanakit (a) | Thailand | 70-73-72=215 |
Final round[]
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Ariya Jutanugarn | Thailand | 67-70-67-73=277 | −11 | Playoff |
Kim Hyo-joo | South Korea | 70-72-68-67=277 | |||
3 | Carlota Ciganda | Spain | 73-68-71-69=281 | −7 | 349,790 |
4 | Danielle Kang | United States | 69-77-70-69=285 | −3 | 244,704 |
T5 | Wei-Ling Hsu | Taiwan | 71-73-70-72=286 | −2 | 182,487 |
Australia | 67-67-74-78=286 | ||||
Lexi Thompson | United States | 71-75-70-70=286 | |||
Patty Tavatanakit (a) | Thailand | 70-73-72-71=286 | 0 | ||
9 | Inbee Park | South Korea | 70-71-71-75=287 | −1 | 145,919 |
T10 | Nasa Hataoka | Japan | 74-70-72-72=288 | E | 104,505 |
Charley Hull | England | 74-73-70-71=288 | |||
Megan Khang | United States | 72-74-69-73=288 | |||
South Korea | 70-71-70-77=288 | ||||
Nelly Korda | United States | 70-74-71-73=288 | |||
Angela Stanford | United States | 73-72-71-72=288 | |||
Michelle Wie | United States | 69-72-76-71=288 |
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 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
Jutanugarn | −13 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −16 | −13 | −13 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −12 | −11 |
Kim | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 |
Ciganda | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −7 |
Kang | −1 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −3 |
Smith | −8 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −3 | −2 | −2 | −2 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+
Source:[7]
Playoff[]
In the first year of the new USGA two-hole aggregate playoff format, the playoff was held on holes 14 and 18, both par fours. Jutanugarn parred both while Kim went birdie-bogey to stay tied and it moved to sudden-death, using the same holes only. Both parred the 14th hole, but Kim again made bogey at the 18th hole while Jutanugarn made another par and won the championship.
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ariya Jutanugarn | Thailand | 4-4-4-4=16 | E | 900,000 |
2 | Kim Hyo-joo | South Korea | 3-5-4-5=17 | +1 | 540,000 |
References[]
- ^ "U.S. Women's Open: Course Info". LPGA. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ^ "U.S. Open abandons 18 holes for 2-hole playoff". ESPN. Associated Press. February 26, 2018. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ^ "Ariya Jutanugarn wins U.S. Women's Open on fourth playoff hole". ESPN. Associated Press. June 3, 2018.
- ^ a b "73rd U.S. Women's Open Championship – Entry Form" (PDF). USGA. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- ^ "Karrie Webb gets special exemption to U.S. Women's Open". ESPN. Associated Press. March 20, 2018.
- ^ "73rd U.S. Women's Open Championship – Course Stats". USGA.
- ^ "U.S. Women's Open". USGA. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
External links[]
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