2018 U.S. Senior Women's Open

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2018 U.S. Senior Women's Open
2018 U.S. Senior Women's Open golf tournament logo.jpg
Tournament information
DatesJuly 12–15, 2018
Location Wheaton, Illinois, U.S.
41°50′56″N88°06′58″W / 41.849°N 88.116°W / 41.849; -88.116
Course(s) Chicago Golf Club
Organized by USGA
Statistics
Par73
LengthRound 1:
6,279 yards (5,742 m)
Round 2:
6,277 yards (5,740 m)
Round 3:
6,196 yards (5,666 m)
Round 4:
6,178 yards (5,649 m)
Field120 players, 55 after cut
Cut158 (+12)
Prize fund $1.0 million
Winner's share$180,000
Champion
Flag of England.svg Laura Davies
276 (−16)
Location Map
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Chicago GC
Location in the United States
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Chicago GC
Location in Illinois
2019  

The 2018 U.S. Senior Women's Open was the inaugural U.S. Senior Women's Open. It was a professional golf tournament organized by the United States Golf Association, open to women over 50 years of age. The championship was played at the Chicago Golf Club, Wheaton, Illinois, from July 12 to 15 and was won by Laura Davies, England. [1] [2]

Contents

Venue

The 2018 U.S. Senior Women's Open was the 12th USGA Championship contested at Chicago Golf Club. The last previous championship contested here was the 2005 Walker Cup, when the U.S. team defeated Great Britain and Ireland by a single point. The club was one of the five founding members of the USGA. It was built in 1892, making it the oldest 18-hole course in the western hemisphere.

Course layout

Preliminary length is shown. The final length came to differ between each round.

HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Valley374410Short1363
2Road445511Dogleg3544
3Biarittz167312Punchbowl4645
4Long478513Eden1483
5Leven325414Cape3474
6Pope's Nose320415Ginger Beer3214
7Redan153316Raynor's Prize5175
8Narrows346417Double Plateau3734
9Pond389418Home4255
Out2,99736In3,08537
Total6,08273

[3]

Format

The walking-only tournament was played over 72 holes of stroke play, with the top 50 and ties making the 36-hole cut.

Field

The championship was open to any professional or amateur golfer who was age 50 years or over as of July 12 and had a handicap index not exceeding 7.4. The final field of 120 players included 57 players exempt through one of the exemption categories listed below, while 63 players earned their spots in the field via sectional qualifying at sites nationwide in the spring of 2018.

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. [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2] [4]

1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open (ten year exemption [lower-alpha 3] ).

2. From the 2018 U.S. Women's Open, any player returning a 72-hole score.

3. Winners of the U.S. Women's Amateur who later turned professional (three year exemption [lower-alpha 3] ).

4. Winners of the U.S. Women's Amateur who did not turn professional (five year exemption [lower-alpha 3] ) and the 2017 runner-up.

5. Winners of the other LPGA majors (ten year exemption [lower-alpha 3] ). This includes Canadian Women's Open champions prior to 2000.

6. The top 150 money leaders from the 2017 LPGA Tour all-time money list.

7. Winners of the LPGA Teaching & Club Professionals Championship (last five years) and the top five finishers from the most recent Championship.

8. Winners of official LPGA Tour events from the last five years and the current year.

9. Top five leaders of the 2017 Ladies European Tour and 2017 LPGA of Japan Tour career money lists.

10. Playing members of the last five Solheim Cup teams.

11. Low ten and ties from the 2017 Senior LPGA Championship.

12. Top 30 points leaders from the 2016 and 2017 Legends Tour Performance Points list.

13. Winners of Legends Tour events from the last two years and the current year (36-hole minimum).

14. Winners of U.S. Senior Women's Amateur from the last two years and the 2017 runner-up.

15. Winners of the 2016 and 2017 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur.

16. Playing members of the two most current Curtis Cup and U.S. Espirito Santo Trophy teams.

17. Winner of the 2017 Ladies' Senior British Open Amateur and Canadian Women's Senior Amateur.

18. Special exemptions granted by the USGA.

Qualifiers

Additional players qualified through sectional qualifying tournaments which took place Jun 4–20 at sites across the United States. [4]

DateLocationVenueQualifiers [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2]
Jun 4 Mesa, Arizona Alta Mesa Golf Club Lori Atsedes, Anne Marie Palli, Yuko Saito, Liz Waynick (a)
Jun 4 Newport Beach, California Newport Beach Country Club Akemi Nakata Khaiat (a), Kathy Kurata (a), Cindy McConnell (a), Evelyn Orley (a), MK Thanos-Zordani (a)
Jun 5 Marietta, Georgia Atlanta Country Club Margaret Leef (a), Brenda Pictor (a)
Jun 6 Southern Pines, North Carolina Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club Sally Austin, Suzy Green-Roebuck, Luanne Cherney
Jun 6 Springfield, Virginia Springfield Golf & Country Club Joy Bonhurst, Sofia Grönberg-Whitmore, Amy Ellertson (a)
Jun 12 San Francisco, California Olympic Club (Ocean Course) Tina Barker (a), Dana Dormann, Kathryn Imrie, Suzy Whaley, Julie Wirth (a)
Jun 12 Aurora, Colorado Commonground Golf Course Sherry Andonian-Smith, Patricia Beliard, Marilyn Hardy (a), Janet Moore (a)
Jun 12 Eden Prairie, Minnesota Bent Creek Golf Club Leigh Klasse (a), Susan West (a)
Jun 12 Armonk, New York Whippoorwill Club Angela Aulenti, Dana Bates, CJ Reeves , Maggie Will
Jun 14 Middleton, Massachusetts Ferncroft Country Club Helene Chartrand (a), Catherine Panton-Lewis, Laura Shanahan Rowe
Jun 14 Renton, Washington Fairwood Golf & Country Club Patricia Ehrhart (a), Debby King, Lara Tennant (a)
Jun 18 Daytona Beach, Florida LPGA International (Jones Course) Barb Bunkowsky, Laura Carson (a), Laurel Kean, Therese Quinn (a), Nancy Taylor
Jun 18 Lake Forest, Illinois Conway Farms Golf Club Elaine Crosby, Annette Deluca, Jamie Fischer, Eriko Gejo, Maureen Sheehan (a), Kaori Shimura
Jun 18 Columbus, Ohio Scioto Country Club Missie Berteotti, Marlene Davis, Cheryl Fox, Martha Leach (a)
Jun 18 Easton, Pennsylvania Northampton Country Club Debby Murphy, Janie Sirmons, Marie-Therese Torti (a), Holly Vaughn
Jun 18 Austin, Texas Onion Creek Club Laurie Brower, Lisa DePaulo, Susie Kirk, Kelley Nittoli (a), Loretta Young
Jun 20 Nashville, Tennessee Richland Country Club Sue Ginter, Suzanne Strudwick

Results

The championship was won by 54-year-old Laura Davies, England, with a 16 under par score of 276, 10 strokes ahead of runner-up Juli Inkster, United States.

Marta Leach, United States, finished law amateur tied 10th with a 6 over par score of 298. [2]

Davies won both of the two senior ladies major championships in 2018, the U.S. Senior Women's Open and, three months later, the Senior LPGA Championship, completing the "senior slam".

Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 15, 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1 Flag of England.svg Laura Davies 71-71-66-68=276−16180,000
2 Flag of the United States.svg Juli Inkster 73-72-68-73=286−6108,000
3 Flag of England.svg Trish Johnson 71-71-73-73=288−468,650
4 Flag of the United States.svg Danielle Ammaccapane 75-71-71-74=291−148,110
5 Flag of Japan.svg Yuko Saito 76-71-73-74=294+240,071
T6 Flag of Sweden.svg Helen Alfredsson 72-79-73-71=295+333,782
Flag of Sweden.svg Liselotte Neumann 71-76-76-72=295
T8 Flag of the United States.svg Tammie Green Parker 76-75-79-67=297+526,192
Flag of the United States.svg Rosie Jones 77-73-71-76=297
T10 Flag of the United States.svg Suzy Green-Roebuck 75-75-74-74=298+622,806
Flag of the United States.svg Martha Leach (a)78-75-72-73=298

Sources: [6] [7]

Notes

  1. 1 2 (a) – denotes amateur
  2. 1 2 Players in italics did not play.
  3. 1 2 3 4 For the first three editions of the championship (2018–2021), players eligible in categories that required them to be 50 to 52, 54 or 59, were eligible regardless of age provided they were 50 or older.

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