2017 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJuly 13–16, 2017
LocationBedminster, New Jersey
Course(s)Trump National Golf Club,
Old Course
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,732 yards (6,156 m)[1]
Field156 players, 62 made cut
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fund$5.0 million
Winner's share$900,000
Champion
South Korea Park Sung-hyun
277 (−11)
Bedminster is located in the United States
Bedminster
Bedminster
Location in the United States
Bedminster  is located in New Jersey
Bedminster 
Bedminster 
Location in New Jersey

The 2017 U.S. Women's Open was the 72nd U.S. Women's Open, held July 13–16 at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, west of New York City.

The U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five current major championships and was the third of the 2017 season. With the largest purse in women's golf, increased to $5 million in 2017, it was televised by Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports.

Park Sung-hyun won her first major title, two strokes ahead of amateur Choi Hye-jin. It was her first win on the LPGA Tour, after ten victories on the LPGA of Korea Tour.[2] Seven strokes back at 143 (−1) after 36 holes, Park carded 134 (−10) on the weekend with consecutive rounds of 67.

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 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.[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 14 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 (2007–2016)

Choi Na-yeon, Chun In-gee (8,12,13,14-KLPGA,16,17), Paula Creamer, Ji Eun-hee (10,16), Cristie Kerr (10,12,13,16,17), Brittany Lang (10,16,17), Inbee Park (5,6,7,9,12,13,16,17), Ryu So-yeon (7,12,13,16,17), Michelle Wie (17)

2. Winner and runner-up from the 2016 U.S. Women's Amateur (must be an amateur)

Virginia Elena Carta (a), Seong Eun-jeong (a)

3. Winner of the 2017 British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship (must be an amateur)

Leona Maguire (a,4)

4. Winner of the 2016 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) (must be an amateur)

5. Winners of the Women's PGA Championship for the last five years (2013–2017)

Brooke Henderson (13,16,17), Danielle Kang (11,17)

6. Winners of the Ricoh Women's British Open for the last five years (2012–2016)

Ariya Jutanugarn (12,13,16,17), Stacy Lewis (10,16,17), Mo Martin (16,17), Jiyai Shin (14-JLPGA,16,17)

7. Winners of the ANA Inspiration for the last five years (2013–2017)

Lydia Ko (8,10,13,16,17), Brittany Lincicome (13,16,17), Lexi Thompson (12,13,16,17)

8. Winners of the Evian Championship for the last four years (2013–2016)

Kim Hyo-joo (16,17), Suzann Pettersen (16,17)

9. Winner of the 2016 Olympic Gold Medal

10. Ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2016 U.S. Women's Open

Jodi Ewart Shadoff (16,17), Anna Nordqvist (13,16,17), Park Sung-hyun (14-KLPGA,16,17), Gerina Piller (16,17), Amy Yang (12,13,16,17)

11. Top 75 money leaders from the 2016 final official LPGA money list

Marina Alex, Katie Burnett, Chella Choi (17), Carlota Ciganda (13,16,17), Jacqui Concolino, Austin Ernst (16,17), Shanshan Feng (13,16,17), Sandra Gal, Charley Hull (13,16,17), M. J. Hur (16,17), Karine Icher (16,17), Moriya Jutanugarn (17), Kim Kaufman, Megan Khang, Christina Kim, In-Kyung Kim (13,16,17), Kim Sei-young (12,13,16,17), Jessica Korda (16,17), Candie Kung, Alison Lee (16), Lee Mi-hyang (17), Minjee Lee (13,16,17), Mirim Lee (12,13,16,17), Lin Xiyu, Pernilla Lindberg, Gaby López, Caroline Masson (13), Catriona Matthew, Ai Miyazato, Mika Miyazato, Azahara Muñoz, Haru Nomura (16,17), Su-Hyun Oh, Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace, Park Hee-young, Pornanong Phatlum (16), Morgan Pressel, Beatriz Recari, Paula Reto, Lizette Salas, Alena Sharp, Jenny Shin (16,17), Kelly Shon, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Angela Stanford, Kris Tamulis, Mariajo Uribe, Karrie Webb, Jing Yan, Sakura Yokomine

12. Top 10 money leaders from the 2017 official LPGA money list, through the close of entries on May 17

13. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2016 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2017 U.S. Women's Open

Katherine Kirk

14. Top five money leaders from the 2016 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour

Beth Allen, Aditi Ashok, Bae Seon-woo (16), Isabelle Boineau, Georgia Hall, Jang Su-yeon, Kim Ha-neul (16,17), Ko Jin-young (16,17), Lee Seung-hyun, Florentyna Parker, Ai Suzuki (16,17)

  • Lee Bo-mee (16,17) and Ritsuko Ryu (16) did not play.

15. Top three money leaders from the 2016 China LPGA Tour.

Supamas Sangchan, Zhang Weiwei

  • Shi Yuting did not play.

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

Kim Min-sun (17), Lee Min-young (17), Lee Jeong-eun

17. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of July 9

  • Kim Ji-hyun did not play.

18. Special exemptions selected by the USGA

Qualifiers

Additional players qualified through sectional qualifying tournaments in May and June at sites in the United States, China, South Korea, England, and Japan.[3]

May 22 at The Country Club at DC Ranch, Scottsdale, Arizona

Kyung Kim
Emma Henrikson

May 22 at Hino Golf Club, Hino, Shiga, Japan

Haruka Morita-WanyaoLu
Rumi Yoshiba
Tsai Pei-Ying
Fumika Kawagishi

May 22 at Butler Country Club, Butler, Pennsylvania

Bailey Tardy (a)
Laura Gonzalez Escallon

May 24 at Riverdale Dunes Golf Club, Brighton, Colorado

Jennifer Kupcho (a)
Robyn Choi (a)

May 28 at Poipu Bay Golf Club, Koloa, Hawaii

Kang So-whi (a)

May 30 at Industry Hills Golf Club (Eisenhower course), City of Industry, California

Brianna Do
Cheyenne Woods

May 30 at Diamond Oaks Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas

Dylan Kim (a)
Morgane Métraux (a)

May 31 at Legends Golf Club, Prior Lake, Minnesota

Belén Mozo
Casey Danielson

Jun 2 at BallenIsles Country Club (East course), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Dana Williams (a)
August Kim

Jun 5 at Oak Valley Golf Club, Beaumont, California

Paphangkorn Tavatanakit (a)
Mariel Galdiano (a)

Jun 5 at Lake Merced Golf Club, Daly City, California

Emily Childs
Ty Akabane (a)

Jun 5 at Lan Hai International Golf Club, Shanghai, China

Yan Liu

Jun 5 at Buckinghamshire Golf Club, Buckinghamshire, England

Carly Booth
Caroline Hedwall
Meghan MacLaren
Kelsey MacDonald[4]

Jun 5 at The Legends at Chateau Elan, Braselton, Georgia

Jane Park
Rachel Heck (a)

Jun 5 at Hidden Creek Golf Club, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey

Samantha Wagner
Thidapa Suwannapura
Stephanie Meadow

Jun 6/7 at South Shore Country Club, Hingham, Massachusetts

Nanna Koerstz Madsen

Jun 7 at Bogey Hills Country Club, St Louis, Missouri

Ally McDonald
Pei-Yun Chien

Jun 7 at The Woodlands Country Club (Gary Player course), Spring, Texas

Anne Chen (a)
Marissa Steen

Jun 9 at Sugar Mill Country Club, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

Jessica Welch
Wei-Ling Hsu

Jun 12 at Bradenton Country Club, Bradenton, Florida

Emma Bradley (a)

Jun 12 at Prestwick Country Club, Frankfort, Illinois

Ashleigh Buhai
Elin Arvidsson

Jun 12 at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club, Cheonan, South Korea

Choi Hye-jin (a)

Jun 12 at Muskegon Country Club, Muskegon, Michigan

Tiffany Joh
Lee Jeong-eun

Jun 12 at Governors Course, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Natalie Srinivasan (a)
Lauren Stephenson (a)

Jun 12 at OGA Golf Club, Woodburn, Oregon

Becky Morgan
Brooke Seay (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.

Sara Banke, Valdis Thora Jonsdottir, Nelly Korda, Bronte Law, Madelene Sagström, Maddie Szeryk, Alison Walshe, Ayaka Watanabe, Angel Yin

Course layout

Trump National Golf Club, Old Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards5433844061923814071585354193,4254113733474021795181623945213,3076,732
Par544344354364444353453672

Source:[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday and Friday, July 13–14, 2017

Following over two hours of weather delays, play was suspended due to darkness on Thursday at approximately 8:33 pm EDT; 39 players were on the course and completed their rounds on Friday morning.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1China Shanshan Feng66−6
2South Korea Amy Yang67−5
T3New Zealand Lydia Ko68−4
South Korea Ryu So-yeon
Japan Rumi Yoshiba
T6South Korea Choi Hye-jin (a)69−3
Spain Carlota Ciganda
United States Cristie Kerr
United States Megan Khang
South Korea Kim Sei-young
South Korea Lee Jeong-eun
Australia Minjee Lee

Source:[5]

Second round

Friday, July 14, 2017

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1China Shanshan Feng66-70=136−8
T2South Korea Choi Hye-jin (a)69-69=138−6
South Korea Lee Jeong-eun69-69=138
South Korea Amy Yang67-71=138
5South Korea Bae Seon-woo70-69=139−5
T6Spain Carlota Ciganda69-71=140−4
South Korea Chun In-gee70-70=140
Japan Haru Nomura71-69=140
South Korea Ryu So-yeon68-72=140
T10United States Marina Alex71-70=141−3
Canada Brooke Henderson70-71=141
New Zealand Lydia Ko71-70=141
Australia Minjee Lee68-73=141

Source:[5]

Third round

Saturday, July 15, 2017

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1China Shanshan Feng66-70-71=207−9
T2South Korea Choi Hye-jin (a)69-69-70=208−8
South Korea Amy Yang67-71-70=208
4South Korea Park Sung-hyun73-70-67=210−6
T5South Korea Lee Jeong-eun69-69-73=211−5
South Korea Mirim Lee70-74-67=211
South Korea Ryu So-yeon68-72-71=211
T8Spain Carlota Ciganda69-71-72=212−4
United States Cristie Kerr69-73-70=212
T10South Korea Bae Seon-woo70-69-74=213−3
South Korea M. J. Hur71-72-70=213
South Korea Ji Eun-hee73-71-69=213
Japan Haru Nomura71-69-73=213

Source:[5]

Final round

Sunday, July 16, 2017

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1South Korea Park Sung-hyun73-70-67-67=277−11900,000
2South Korea Choi Hye-jin (a)69-69-70-71=279−90
T3South Korea M. J. Hur71-72-70-68=281−7442,479
South Korea Ryu So-yeon68-72-71-70=281
T5Spain Carlota Ciganda69-71-72-70=282−6207,269
China Shanshan Feng66-70-71-75=282
South Korea Lee Jeong-eun69-69-73-71=282
T8South Korea Kim Sei-young69-73-72-69=283−5145,234
South Korea Mirim Lee70-74-67-72=283
South Korea Amy Yang67-71-70-75=283

Source:[5]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par544344354444435345
South Korea Park−6−7−7−7−8−8−8−9−8−8−8−9−9−9−10−10−11−11
South Korea Choi−8−9−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−9−9−9−9−9−10−8−8−9
China Feng−9−9−9−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−6
South Korea Yang−8−8−7−7−6−6−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "U.S. Women's Open: Course Tour". USGA. 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  2. "Sung Hyun Park wins U.S. Women's Open in front of President Trump". ESPN. Associated Press. July 16, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "72nd U.S. Women's Open Championship – Informational PDF" (PDF). USGA. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  4. "Booth, Hedwall, MacLaren and MacDonald Qualify For US Women's Open". Ladies European Tour. June 5, 2017. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "2017 U.S. Women's Open". LPGA. (Results). July 16, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2018.

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