2020 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information | |
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Dates | December 10–14, 2020 |
Location | Houston, Texas 29°58′59″N 95°31′52″W / 29.983°N 95.531°WCoordinates: 29°58′59″N 95°31′52″W / 29.983°N 95.531°W |
Course(s) | Champions Golf Club Cypress Creek and Jackrabbit Courses |
Organized by | USGA |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 71 |
Length | 7,301 yards (6,676 m) (Cypress Creek)7,021 yards (6,420 m) (Jackrabbit) |
Field | 156 players, 66 after cut |
Cut | 145 (+3) |
Prize fund | $5.5 million |
Winner's share | $1,000,000 |
Champion | |
Kim A-lim | |
281 (−3) | |
Location Map | |
Champions Golf Club Location in the United States | |
The 2020 U.S. Women's Open was the 75th U.S. Women's Open, played December 10–14 at Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas, having been postponed from its original date of June 4–7, 2020, on April 3, 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was played on both the Cypress Creek and Jackrabbit courses.[1]
The U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five current major championships and is the fourth of the 2020 season. It has the largest purse in women's golf at $5.5 million.
Kim A-lim won the tournament by birdieing the last three holes.[2]
Qualifying and field[]
The championship is open to any female professional or amateur golfer with a USGA or World Handicap System index not exceeding 2.4. Players may usually 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. Many players are exempt from qualifying because of past performances in professional or amateur tournaments around the world.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the usual qualifying tournaments were canceled and the championship became "all-exempt" with amended criteria.[3][4]
Exemption categories[]
This section needs to be updated. The reason given is: Final field may be incorrect, and in need of updating for missing players and withdrawals.(December 2020) |
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.[5] Golfers qualifying in Category 16 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 (2010–2019)
Lee Jeong-eun (2,9,15), Ariya Jutanugarn (8,9,15), Park Sung-hyun (6,9,10,15), Brittany Lang, Chun In-gee (7,15), Michelle Wie, Inbee Park (8,9,10,15), Choi Na-yeon, Ryu So-yeon (2,5,15), Paula Creamer
- 2. Ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2019 U.S. Women's Open
Angel Yin (15), Lexi Thompson (9,10,15), Gerina Piller, Mamiko Higa (15), , Céline Boutier (9,15), (9,15), Ally McDonald (15), Jessica Korda (9,15)
- 3. Winner of the 2019 U.S. Women's Amateur[a]
- 4. Winner of the 2019 U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur, and finalist from the 2019 U.S. Women's Amateur[b]
, , Albane Valenzuela[c]
- 5. Winners of the ANA Inspiration for the last five years (2016–2020)
Ko Jin-young (7,9,10,15), Pernilla Lindberg, Lydia Ko (7,15)
- 6. Winners of the Women's PGA Championship for the last five years (2015–2019)
Hannah Green (9,10,15), Danielle Kang (9,10,15), Brooke Henderson (9,10,15)
- 7. Winners of the Evian Championship for the last five years (2015–2019)
Angela Stanford, Anna Nordqvist
- 8. Winners of the Women's British Open for the last five years (2015–2019)
Hinako Shibuno (10,16), Georgia Hall (15), In-Kyung Kim (15)
- 9. Top 30 points leaders from the 2019 LPGA Race to the CME Globe final points standings
Minjee Lee (15), Nelly Korda (10,15), Kim Sei-young (10,15), Kim Hyo-joo (15), M. J. Hur (10,15), Amy Yang (15), Nasa Hataoka (15), Carlota Ciganda (15), Brittany Altomare (15), Shanshan Feng (10,15), Ji Eun-hee (15), Azahara Muñoz (15), Moriya Jutanugarn (15), Bronte Law (15), Lizette Salas (15), Caroline Masson (15), Su-Hyun Oh (15), Gaby López (10,15)
- 10. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2019 U.S. Women's Open to June 1, the originally scheduled start of the 2020 U.S. Women's Open
Cheyenne Knight, Jang Ha-na (16), Ai Suzuki (15,16), Madelene Sagström (15), Park Hee-young
- 11. Winner of the 2019 British Ladies Amateur[b]
Emily Toy
- 12. Winner of the 2019 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)[b]
- 13. Top 10 money leaders from the 2020 official LPGA money list, not otherwise exempt, through the close of entries on November 11, 2020
Cydney Clanton, Perrine Delacour, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Mina Harigae, , Stacy Lewis, Lin Xiyu, Thidapa Suwannapura, Kelly Tan,
- 14. Top 5 money leaders from the 2020 official Symetra Tour money list through the close of entries on November 11, 2020
Ana Belac, Fátima Fernández Cano, , , Frida Kinhult
- 15. Top 75 points leaders and ties from the Rolex Rankings on March 16, 2020
(16), Charley Hull, Jiyai Shin (16), Choi Hye-jin (16), Marina Alex, (16), (16), (16), Megan Khang, Kristen Gillman, (16), Lee Mi-hyang, Jennifer Kupcho, Amy Olson, , , Morgan Pressel, Ahn Sun-ju, Mone Inami, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, , Momoko Ueda, , , Annie Park, Minami Katsu, Nicole Broch Larsen, Austin Ernst, Kim A-lim, , , Chella Choi,
- 16. Top 5 money leaders from the 2019 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour
Esther Henseleit (LET), Marianne Skarpnord (LET), Christine Wolf (LET), Nuria Iturrioz (LET), Meghan MacLaren (LET)
- 17. Top 3 money leaders from the 2019 China LPGA Tour
- , and did not play
- 18. The top 2 players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 and ties of the 2020 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, Cambia Portland Classic, ShopRite LPGA Classic, and the top 3 players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 and ties of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Ashleigh Buhai, Katherine Kirk, Yealimi Noh, Bianca Pagdanganan, Mel Reid, Jenny Shin, Jennifer Song, Lauren Stephenson
- 19. Top 20 points leaders, not otherwise exempt, within the top 100 from the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking on November 4, 2020[b]
Rose Zhang, Ingrid Lindblad, Pauline Roussin-Bouchard, Linn Grant, Emilia Migliaccio, Alessia Nobilio, , , Agathe Laisné, Maja Stark, Lucie Malchirand, Beatrice Wallin, Olivia Mehaffey, Lily May Humphreys, Kaitlyn Papp, Emma Spitz, Caterina Don, , ,
- 20. Remaining spots filled in order using the Rolex Rankings as of November 9, 2020
, , Pajaree Anannarukarn, , Maria Fassi, Ayaka Furue, , Caroline Hedwall, , , Cristie Kerr, Christina Kim, , Lee Jeong-eun, , Teresa Lu, , , , , Emily Kristine Pedersen, Pornanong Phatlum, Sophia Popov, , Yuka Saso, , Alena Sharp, Linnea Ström, , , Patty Tavatanakit, Maria Fernanda Torres, Anne van Dam
- 21. Special exemptions selected by the USGA
- Notes
- ^ May turn professional at any time following the Amateur until the start of the Open.[6]
- ^ a b c d Must remain an amateur through to completion of the championship.
- ^ Albane Valenzuela forfeited her exemption as runner-up in the 2019 U.S. Women's Amateur when she turned professional in November 2019.
- ^ forfeited her exemption as winner of the Mark H. McCormack Medal when she turned professional in November 2019 but subsequently earned entry through category 13.
- ^ a b Maternity extension.
Round summaries[]
First round[]
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Amy Olson | United States | 67 | −4 |
T2 | Kim A-lim | South Korea | 68 | −3 |
Moriya Jutanugarn | Thailand | |||
Hinako Shibuno | Japan | |||
T5 | Linn Grant (a) | Sweden | 69 | −2 |
Charley Hull | England | |||
Gerina Piller | United States | |||
Sophia Popov | Germany | |||
Yuka Saso | Philippines | |||
Linnea Ström | Sweden | |||
Patty Tavatanakit | Thailand |
Second round[]
Friday, December 11, 2020
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Hinako Shibuno | Japan | 68-67=135 | −7 |
2 | Linn Grant (a) | Sweden | 69-69=138 | −4 |
T3 | Kaitlyn Papp (a) | United States | 71-68=139 | −3 |
Megan Khang | United States | 70-69=139 | ||
Amy Olson | United States | 67-72=139 | ||
T6 | Ashleigh Buhai | South Africa | 71-69=140 | −2 |
Ariya Jutanugarn | Thailand | 70-70=140 | ||
Moriya Jutanugarn | Thailand | 68-72=140 | ||
Cristie Kerr | United States | 71-69=140 | ||
Stacy Lewis | United States | 72-68=140 | ||
Yuka Saso | Philippines | 69-71=140 | ||
United States | 71-69=140 | |||
United States | 70-70=140 |
Third round[]
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Hinako Shibuno | Japan | 68-67-74=209 | −4 |
2 | Amy Olson | United States | 67-72-71=210 | −3 |
T3 | Moriya Jutanugarn | Thailand | 68-72-72=212 | −1 |
South Korea | 68-72-72=212 | |||
T5 | Megan Khang | United States | 70-69-74=213 | E |
Lydia Ko | New Zealand | 71-71-72=213 | ||
Yealimi Noh | United States | 72-69-72=213 | ||
Kaitlyn Papp (a) | United States | 71-68-74=213 | ||
T9 | Ariya Jutanugarn | Thailand | 70-70-74=214 | +1 |
Cristie Kerr | United States | 71-69-74=214 | ||
Kim Sei-young | South Korea | 72-69-73=214 | ||
Kim A-lim | South Korea | 68-74-72=214 | ||
Ko Jin-young | South Korea | 72-72-70=214 | ||
South Korea | 73-70-71=214 |
Final round[]
Sunday, December 13 and Monday, December 14, 2020
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Kim A-lim | South Korea | 68-74-72-67=281 | −3 | 1,000,000 |
T2 | Ko Jin-young | South Korea | 72-72-70-68=282 | −2 | 487,286 |
Amy Olson | United States | 67-72-71-72=282 | |||
4 | Hinako Shibuno | Japan | 68-67-74-74=283 | −1 | 266,779 |
5 | Megan Khang | United States | 70-69-74-72=285 | +1 | 222,201 |
T6 | Moriya Jutanugarn | Thailand | 68-72-72-74=286 | +2 | 177,909 |
Lee Jeong-eun | South Korea | 73-69-73-71=286 | |||
Inbee Park | South Korea | 71-72-75-68=286 | |||
T9 | Ariya Jutanugarn | Thailand | 70-70-74-73=287 | +3 | 143,976 |
Kaitlyn Papp (a) | United States | 71-68-74-74=287 | 0 |
References[]
- ^ Pine, Julia (April 3, 2020). "2020 U.S. Women's Open Postponed to December". United States Golf Association. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
- ^ "A Lim Kim mounts major comeback, wins U.S. Women's Open in debut". ESPN. Associated Press. December 14, 2020.
- ^ Mell, Randall (July 1, 2020). "USGA reveals U.S. Women's Open exemption categories; 100 currently in". Golf Channel. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Women's Open at Champions Golf Club: Who's Exempt". USGA. July 1, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Women's Open Field List". USGA. November 29, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
- ^ "New Exemption Changes for U.S. Women's and U.S. Amateur" (Press release). USGA. August 5, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
External links[]
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