2019 U.S. Women's Open

2019 U.S. Women's Open

Tournament information
Dates	May 30 – June 2, 2019
Location	Charleston, South Carolina 32°45′54″N 79°57′50″W / 32.765°N 79.964°W / 32.765; -79.964Coordinates: 32°45′54″N 79°57′50″W / 32.765°N 79.964°W / 32.765; -79.964
Course(s)
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Field	156 players, 70 after cut
Cut	145 (+3)
Prize fund	$5.5 million[1]
Winner's share	$1,000,000
Champion
Lee Jeong-eun
278 (−6)
Location Map
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The 2019 U.S. Women's Open was the 74th U.S. Women's Open, played May 30 – June 2 at in Charleston, South Carolina.

The U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five current major championships and the second of the 2019 season. It has the largest purse in women's golf at $5.5 million. The tournament was televised by Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports.

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 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 are 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.^[2][3] Golfers qualifying in Category 15 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 (2009–2018)

Choi Na-yeon, Chun In-gee (10,12,14,17,18), Paula Creamer, Ji Eun-hee (12,13,14,17,18), Ariya Jutanugarn (8,11,12,14,17,18), Brittany Lang, Park Sung-hyun (7,12,13,14,17,18), Inbee Park (7,8,11,12,17,18), Ryu So-yeon (9,12,14,17,18)

• Michelle Wie (11,12,17,18) will not play due to wrist injury.^[4]

2. Winners from the 2018 and 2019 U.S. Senior Women's Open

Laura Davies

• Helen Alfredsson did not play.

3. Winner and runner-up from the 2018 U.S. Women's Amateur; winner of the 2018 U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur (must be an amateur)

(a), (a)

Kristen Gillman and Yealimi Noh forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.

4. Winner of the 2018 British Ladies Amateur (must be an amateur)

Leonie Harm (a)

5. Winner of the 2018 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) (must be an amateur)

Jennifer Kupcho (6) forfeited her exemption by turning professional before the start of the tournament. She chose to forfeit after qualifying for the tournament via regional qualifying on April 29.

6. Winner of the 2019 Augusta National Women's Amateur (must be an amateur)

See above.

7. Winners of the Women's PGA Championship for the last five years (2015–2018)

Brooke Henderson (12,14,17,18), Danielle Kang (11,12,14,17,18)

8. Winners of the Ricoh Women's British Open for the last five years (2014–2018)

Georgia Hall (12,14,15–LET,17,18)

• In-Kyung Kim (12,17,18) and Mo Martin (12) did not play.

9. Winners of the ANA Inspiration for the last five years (2015–2019)

Ko Jin-young (12,13,14,17,18), Lydia Ko (10,12,17,18), Pernilla Lindberg (12,17)

• Brittany Lincicome (12,17,18) did not play – deferred exemption for maternity leave.^[5]

10. Winners of the Evian Championship for the last five years (2014–2018)

Kim Hyo-joo (11,12,17,18), Anna Nordqvist (12,17,18), Angela Stanford (11,12,14,17,18)

11. Ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2018 U.S. Women's Open

Carlota Ciganda (12,13,17,18), Nasa Hataoka (12,13,14,17,18), Wei-Ling Hsu (12), Charley Hull (12,17,18), Megan Khang (12), , Nelly Korda (12,13,14,17,18), Patty Tavatanakit, Lexi Thompson (12,14,17,18)

• (12) did not play – deferred exemption for maternity leave.^[5]

12. Top 75 money leaders from the 2018 final official LPGA money list

Marina Alex (14,17,18), Brittany Altomare (17), Aditi Ashok, Céline Boutier (14), Ashleigh Buhai, , Chella Choi, , , Austin Ernst (17,18), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (17), Shanshan Feng (17,18), Sandra Gal, Hannah Green, , Moriya Jutanugarn (17,18), Haeji Kang, Cristie Kerr (17,18), Kim Sei-young (14,17,18), Katherine Kirk, Jessica Korda (17,18), Bronte Law (14,18), Lee Jeong-eun, Lee Mi-hyang (13,17,18), Mirim Lee, Minjee Lee (13,14,17,18), (17,18), Gaby López (14,18), Caroline Masson (17,18), Ally McDonald, Azahara Muñoz (13,17,18), Su-Hyun Oh, Amy Olson (17,18), Ryann O'Toole, Annie Park (14,18), Jane Park, Pornanong Phatlum, Lizette Salas (17,18), Jenny Shin (17,18), Jennifer Song, Mariah Stackhouse, Thidapa Suwannapura (14), Emma Talley, Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras, Ayako Uehara, Amy Yang (13,14,17,18), Angel Yin (17,18), Sakura Yokomine

13. Top 10 money leaders from the 2019 official LPGA money list, through the close of entries on April 17

Already qualified

14. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2018 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2019 U.S. Women's Open

Already qualified

15. Top five money leaders from the 2018 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour

Jenny Haglund (LET), Caroline Hedwall (LET), Mamiko Higa (JLPGA,17,18), Sarah Kemp (LET), Lee Jeong-eun (KLPGA,17,18), Misuzu Narita (JLPGA), Jiyai Shin (JLPGA,17,18), Ai Suzuki (JLPGA,17,18), Anne Van Dam (LET)

• Ahn Sun-ju (JLPGA,17,18), (KLPGA,17,18), Choi Hye-jin (KLPGA,17,18), (KLPGA), and (KLPGA,17) did not play.

16. Top three money leaders from the 2018 China LPGA Tour

Saranporn Langkulgasettrin, , Supamas Sangchan

17. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of April 17

Already qualified

18. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of May 27

Minami Katsu

19. Special exemptions selected by the USGA

Stacy Lewis,^[6] Gerina Piller (maternity extension), Karrie Webb^[5]

Qualifiers[]

Additional players qualified through sectional qualifying tournaments which took place April 22 to May 13 at sites in the United States, China, South Korea, England, and Japan.^[2][7]

(a) denotes amateur

Nationalities in the field[]

North America (62)	South America (1)	Europe (28)	Oceana (8)	Asia (56)	Africa (1)
Canada (4)	Argentina (1)	England (7)	Australia (7)	China (4)	South Africa (1)
Mexico (3)		Northern Ireland (1)	New Zealand (1)	Hong Kong (1)
Puerto Rico (1)		Ireland (1)		India (1)
United States (54)		Denmark (1)		Japan (13)
		France (2)		South Korea (22)
		Germany (4)		Philippines (2)
		Iceland (1)		Taiwan (3)
		Italy (1)		Thailand (10)
		Netherlands (1)
		Norway (1)
		Spain (3)
		Sweden (4)
		Switzerland (1)

Past champions in the field[]

Made the cut[]

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Ryu So-yeon	South Korea	2011	71	68	71	70	280	−4	T2
Park Sung-hyun	South Korea	2017	71	69	71	72	283	−1	T12
Inbee Park	South Korea	, 2013	70	70	75	69	284	E	T16
Ariya Jutanugarn	Thailand	2018	72	73	69	72	286	+2	T26
Ji Eun-hee	South Korea	2009	72	72	71	74	289	+5	T39
Brittany Lang	United States	2016	76	69	74	75	294	+10	T68

Missed the cut[]

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Paula Creamer	United States	2010	73	73	146	+4
Cristie Kerr	United States	2007	76	74	150	+8
Karrie Webb	Australia	2000, 2001	77	73	150	+8
Chun In-gee	South Korea	2015	74	79	153	+11
Choi Na-yeon	South Korea	2012	74	80	154	+12

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, May 30, 2019

Mamiko Higa, playing in her first U.S. Women's Open, shot a 6-under-par 65 to take a one stroke lead over Esther Henseleit and amateur Gina Kim. Defending champion Ariya Jutanugarn and world number 1 Ko Jin-young were seven strokes back after rounds of 72.^[10]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Mamiko Higa	Japan	65	−6
T2	Esther Henseleit	Germany	66	−5
	Gina Kim (a)	United States
4	Céline Boutier	France	67	−4
T5	Kim Sei-young	South Korea	68	−3
	Azahara Muñoz	Spain
T7	Carlota Ciganda	Spain	69	−2
	Jessica Korda	United States
	Nelly Korda	United States
	(a)	United States
		China
	Misuzu Narita	Japan
	Jenny Shin	South Korea

Second round[]

Friday, May 31, 2019
Saturday, June 1, 2019

A two-hour weather delay meant that the second round could not be completed on Friday. 45 players completed their second rounds on Saturday morning.^[11] Mamiko Higa shot an even-par 71 to maintain a one-stroke lead over Céline Boutier and Jessica Korda.^[12]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Mamiko Higa	Japan	65-71=136	−6
T2	Céline Boutier	France	67-70=137	−5
	Jessica Korda	United States	69-68=137
4	Gina Kim (a)	United States	66-72=138	−4
T5		United States	71-68=139	−3
	Kim Sei-young	South Korea	68-71=139
	Lee Jeong-eun	South Korea	70-69=139
	Ryu So-yeon	South Korea	71-68=139
	Lexi Thompson	United States	70-69=139
T10	Nelly Korda	United States	69-71=140	−2
		China	69-71=140
	Minjee Lee	Australia	71-69=140
	Azahara Muñoz	Spain	68-72=140
	Inbee Park	South Korea	70-70=140
	Park Sung-hyun	South Korea	71-69=140
	Gerina Piller	United States	70-70=140
	Angel Yin	United States	72-68=140

Third round[]

Saturday, June 1, 2019

Céline Boutier and , former teammates at Duke University, shared the lead after the third round. They were one stroke ahead of first and second round leader Mamiko Higa, , and Lexi Thompson.^[12]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Céline Boutier	France	67-70-69=206	−7
		China	69-71-66=206
T3		United States	71-68-68=207	−6
	Mamiko Higa	Japan	65-71-71=207
	Lexi Thompson	United States	70-69-68=207
6	Lee Jeong-eun	South Korea	70-69-69=208	−5
T7	Jessica Korda	United States	69-68-72=209	−4
	Gaby López	Mexico	72-70-67=209
T9	Minjee Lee	Australia	71-69-70=210	−3
	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	Denmark	73-71-66=210
	Ryu So-yeon	South Korea	71-68-71=210

Final round[]

Sunday, June 2, 2019

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Lee Jeong-eun	South Korea	70-69-69-70=278	−6	1,000,000
T2	Ryu So-yeon	South Korea	71-68-71-70=280	−4	412,168
	Lexi Thompson	United States	70-69-68-73=280
	Angel Yin	United States	72-68-72-68=280
T5	Céline Boutier	France	67-70-69-75=281	−3	178,633
		United States	71-68-68-74=281
	Mamiko Higa	Japan	65-71-71-74=281
		China	69-71-66-75=281
	Gerina Piller	United States	70-70-73-68=281
T10	Jessica Korda	United States	69-68-72-73=282	−2	125,518
	Ally McDonald	United States	72-72-67-71=282

Scorecard[]

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	3	4
Lee	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−7	−7	−6
Ryu	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4
Thompson	−5	−5	−4	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4
Yin	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−4
Boutier	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−3
Green	−6	−6	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3
Higa	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3
Liu	−6	−5	−5	−4	−5	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3
Piller	E	E	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−4	−5	−5	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Source:^[13]

Final round ratings[]

728 thousand on Fox, in the USA^[14]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• United States Golf Association website

Preceded by 2019 ANA Inspiration

Major Championships

Succeeded by 2019 KPMG Women's PGA Championship