2016 U.S. Women's Open
# 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.

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.

## 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.

### 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.

**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 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

**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

**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

### 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.

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.

* 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:

## Round summaries

### First round

Thursday, July 7, 2016

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

### 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 |
| T6 | Danielle Kang | 71-69=140 | −4 |
| T6 | Jessica Korda | 70-70=140 | −4 |
| T6 | Kelly Tan | 68-72=140 | −4 |
| 10 | Maude-Aimee Leblanc | 72-69=141 | −3 |
| 10 | Mo Martin | 71-70=141 | −3 |
| 10 | Sydnee Michaels | 69-72=141 | −3 |
| 10 | Jodi Ewart Shadoff | 70-71=141 | −3 |
| 10 | Angela Stanford | 71-70=141 | −3 |

### 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 |
| T8 | Cristie Kerr | 67-75-72=214 | −2 |
| T8 | Mirim Lee | 64-74-76=214 | −2 |
| T8 | Stacy Lewis | 71-74-69=214 | −2 |
| T8 | Gaby López | 71-72-71=214 | −2 |
| T8 | Haru Nomura | 70-69-75=214 | −2 |
| T8 | Kris Tamulis | 71-72-71=214 | −2 |

### 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 |
| T3 | Lydia Ko | 73-66-70-75=284 | −4 | 213,638 |
| T3 | Park Sung-hyun | 70-66-74-74=284 | −4 | 213,638 |
| T3 | Amy Yang | 67-71-73-73=284 | −4 | 213,638 |
| 7 | Stacy Lewis | 71-74-69-71=285 | −3 | 140,590 |
| T8 | Cristie Kerr | 67-75-72-72=286 | −2 | 115,705 |
| T8 | Gerina Piller | 70-72-74-70=286 | −2 | 115,705 |
| T8 | Jodi Ewart Shadoff | 70-71-75-70=286 | −2 | 115,705 |

Source:

**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:

### 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.

| 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:

