Course layout

Yardage by round

Exemptions

This list details the exemption criteria for the 2021 U.S. Women's Open and the players who qualified under them;^{[lower-alpha 1]} any additional criteria under which players are exempt is indicated in parentheses.^[7]

1. Recent winners of the U.S. Women's Open (2011–2020)

2. The leading ten players, and those tying for tenth place, in the 2020 U.S. Women's Open

3. The winner of the 2020 U.S. Women's Amateur

4. The runner-up in the 2020 U.S. Women's Amateur^{[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]}

5. Recent winners of the ANA Inspiration (2017–2021)

6. Recent winners of the Women's PGA Championship (2017–2020)

7. Recent winners of Evian Championship (2016–2019)

8. Recent winners of Women’s British Open (2016–2020)

9. The leading 30 players from the 2020 LPGA Race to the CME Globe final points standings

10. Winners of official LPGA Tour events from the originally scheduled date of the 2020 U.S. Women's Open to the start of the 2021 tournament

11. The winner of the 2021 Augusta National Women's Amateur^{[lower-alpha 3]}

12. The winner of the 2020 Womens Amateur Championship^{[lower-alpha 3]}

13. The winner of the Mark H. McCormack Medal in 2020^{[lower-alpha 3]}

14. The leading 10 players on the 2021 Race to CME Globe points standings as of April 14, 2021

15. The leading 75 players on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of April 14, 2021

• Choi Hye-jin and Ryu Hae-ran did not play.

16. The leading 75 players on the Women's World Golf Rankings not otherwise exempt as of May 17, 2021

• Yuna Nishimura and Miyū Yamashita did not play.

17. The leading player from the 2020 China LPGA Tour order of merit not otherwise exempt as of April 14, 2021

18. The top four finishers in the 2020 South African Women's Open

19. The leading two players from the 2020 LPGA of Korea Tour order of merit not otherwise exempt as of April 14, 2021

20. Special exemptions

Qualifying

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 qualify by competing in tournaments of over 36 holes held between April 21 and May 13, 2021, at 22 designated sites.^[3] The following table details the players who qualified.^[8]

First round

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Megha Ganne (a)	67	−4
	Mel Reid
T3	Brooke Henderson	68	−3
	Megan Khang
	Angel Yin
T6	Shanshan Feng	69	−2
	Yuka Saso
	Lexi Thompson
T9	Marina Alex	70	−1
	Austin Ernst
	Ko Jin-young
	Jennifer Kupcho
	Lee Jeong-eun
	Wichanee Meechai
	Lauren Stephenson

Source:^[9]

Second round

Friday, June 4, 2021

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Yuka Saso	69-67=136	−6
2	Lee Jeong-eun	70-67=137	−5
T3	Megan Khang	68-70=138	−4
	Megha Ganne (a)	67-71=138
5	Shanshan Feng	69-70=139	−3
T6	Inbee Park	71-69=140	−2
	Lexi Thompson	69-71=140
	Mel Reid	67-73=140
T9	Nasa Hataoka	72-69=141	−1
	Ariya Jutanugarn	71-70=141
	Maja Stark (a)	71-70=141

Source:^[10]

Third round

Saturday, June 5, 2021

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Lexi Thompson	69-71-66=206	−7
2	Yuka Saso	69-67-71=207	−6
T3	Megha Ganne (a)	67-71-72=210	−3
	Lee Jeong-eun	70-67-73=210
5	Shanshan Feng	69-70-72=211	−2
T6	Nasa Hataoka	72-69-71=212	−1
	Megan Khang	68-70-74=212
8	Inbee Park	71-69-73=213	E
T9	Angel Yin	68-79-67=214	+1
	Kim Hyo-joo	72-70-72=214
	Maja Stark (a)	71-70-73=214

Source:^[11]

Final round

Sunday, June 6, 2021

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Yuka Saso	69-67-71-73=280	−4	Playoff
	Nasa Hataoka	72-69-71-68=280
3	Lexi Thompson	69-71-66-75=281	−3	381,974
T4	Shanshan Feng	69-70-72-71=282	−2	245,394
	Megan Khang	68-70-74-70=282
6	Angel Yin	68-79-67-70=284	E	197,751
T7	Brooke Henderson	68-78-69-70=285	+1	147,265
	Ariya Jutanugarn	71-70-74-70=285
	Ko Jin-young	70-74-72-69=285
	Lin Xiyu	72-74-72-67=285
	Inbee Park	71-69-73-72=285

Source:^[12]

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	5	5	4
Saso	−6	−4	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4
Hataoka	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	E	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4
Thompson	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	-5	−4	−3
Feng	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2
Khang	−1	E	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−2	−3	−2
Yin	E	E	E	E	E	E	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E
Henderson	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	E	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+1	+1
Jutanugarn	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1
Ko	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
Lin	+4	+5	+5	+6	+5	+5	+5	+5	+4	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1
Park	E	+1	+1	+1	+2	+3	+3	+2	+2	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double Bogey

Source:^[12]

Playoff

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Yuka Saso	4-4-3=11	−1	1,000,000
2	Nasa Hataoka	4-4-4=12	E	536,500

• Two-hole aggregate playoff on holes 9 and 18 before a sudden-death playoff on hole 9

Scorecard

Hole	9	18	9
Par	4	4	4
Saso	E	E	−1
Hataoka	E	E	E

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par
Source:^[13]