2022 U.S. Women's Open

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2022 U.S. Women's Open
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Tournament information
DatesJune 2–5, 2022
Location Southern Pines, North Carolina
35°11′49″N79°23′31″W / 35.197°N 79.392°W / 35.197; -79.392
Course(s) Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length6,597 yards (6,032 m) [1] –
6,644 yards (6,075 m) [1]
Field156 players, 70 after cut
Cut146 (+4) [2]
Prize fund$10,000,000
Winner's share$1,800,000
Champion
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Minjee Lee
271 (−13)
Location map
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Pine Needles
Lodge & GC
Location in the United States
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Pine Needles
Lodge & GC
Location in North Carolina
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The 2022 U.S. Women's Open Presented by ProMedica was the 77th U.S. Women's Open, held June 2 to June 5 at the Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina. Minjee Lee won the second of her two major titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Mina Harigae. [2] Ingrid Lindblad finished leading amateur at tied 11th. She beat the amateur scoring records over 18, 36 and 54 holes and tied the 72-hole amateur record in the tournament. [3]

Contents

Pine Needles previously hosted the championship in 1996, 2001, and 2007, becoming the first course to host the tournament four times.

Venue

Course layout

Hole [4] 123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards5024191313931884044173513753,1805133683992044405241714264133,4586,638
Par543434444355443453443671

Yardage by round

Round [1] Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par543434444355443453443671
1stYards5074241233931744024193503653,1575173663951934415301644314063,4436,600
2ndYards4974201253931944014223653763,1935073824051713995181794294173,4076,600
3rdYards4934131293911873994093573663,1445203654121984385211744194063,4536,597
FinalYards5024271104061914134263483873,2104693743922094395331624344223,4346,644

Field

The field for the U.S. Women's Open is made up of players who gain entry through qualifying events and those who are exempt from qualifying. The exemption criteria include provision for recent major champions, winners of major amateur events, and leading players in the Women's World Golf Rankings. [5]

Exemptions

This list details the exemption criteria for the 2022 U.S. Women's Open and the players who qualified under them; [a] any additional criteria under which players are exempt is indicated in parentheses. [6]

1. Recent winners of the U.S. Women's Open (2012–2021)

2. The leading ten players, and those tying for tenth place, in the 2021 U.S. Women's Open

3. The winner of the 2021 U.S. Women's Amateur

4. The winner of the 2021 U.S. Girls' Junior and 2021 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur, and finalist from the 2021 U.S. Women's Amateur [b]

5. Recent winners of the Chevron Championship (2018–2022)

6. Recent winners of the Women's PGA Championship (2018–2021)

7. Recent winners of Evian Championship (2017–2019, 2021)

8. Recent winners of Women’s British Open (2017–2021)

9. The leading 30 players from the 2021 LPGA Race to the CME Globe final points standings

10. Winners of LPGA Tour sanctioned event between 2021 U.S. Women's Open and start of 2022 championship

11. The winner of the 2022 Augusta National Women's Amateur [b]

12. The winner of the 2021 Womens Amateur Championship [b]

13. The winner of the Mark H. McCormack Medal in 2021 [b]

14. The leading 10 players on the 2022 Race to CME Globe points standings as of April 6, 2022

15. The leading 75 players on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of April 6, 2022

16. The leading 75 players on the Women's World Golf Rankings not otherwise exempt as of May 16, 2022

17. The winner of the 2020 Olympic Gold Medal

18. The winner of the 2021 U.S. Senior Women's Open

19. The leading player from the China LPGA Tour order of merit not otherwise exempt as of April 6, 2022

20. Special exemptions

Qualifying

Date [8] LocationVenueFieldSpotsQualifiers [a]
Apr 19 Kent, Washington Meridian Valley Country Club451 Kylee Choi (a)
Apr 22 Incheon, South Korea Dream Park Country Club (Dream Course)712 Alicia Joo (a), Lee Jeonghyun (a)
Apr 25 Mutsuzawa, Japan Boso Country Club (East and West Courses)1566 Saki Baba (a), Mayu Hamada, Natsumi Hayakawa, Nika Ito (a), Yuri Onishi, Yuna Takagi
Apr 26 Scottsdale, Arizona Gainey Ranch Golf Club783 Alexandra Forsterling (a), Bronte Law, Stephanie Meadow
Apr 26 Ojai, California Soule Park Golf Club752 Lauren Gomez (a), Linnea Johansson
Apr 28 Richardson, Texas Canyon Creek Country Club732 Julianne Alvarez, Zhang Yunxuan (a)
May 2 Gainesville, Florida Mark Bostick Golf Course672 Annabell Fuller (a), Mariel Galdiano
May 3 Southern Pines, North Carolina Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club733 Anna Morgan (a), Pauline Roussin-Bouchard, Bethany Wu
May 3 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Shannopin Country Club553 Laney Frye (a), Auston Kim (a), Marissa Steen
May 3 Hockley, Texas The Clubs at Houston Oaks744 Karen Kim, Cheyenne Knight, Annie Park, Robynn Ree
May 4 St. Louis, Missouri Fox Run Golf Club674 Amanda Doherty, Isi Gabsa, Sofia Garcia, Lauren Miller (a)
May 4 Fort Myers, Florida The Forest Country Club (Bear Course)635 Jaye Marie Green, Melanie Green, Muni He, Bianca Pagdanganan, Paula Reto
May 4 Columbus, Ohio Ohio State University Golf Club (Scarlett Course)683 Daniela Darquea, Lauren Hartlage, Emma McMyler (a)
May 9 Stuart, Florida Willoughby Golf Club632 Alexa Pano (a), Bailey Shoemaker (a)
May 9 Pauma Valley, California Pauma Valley Country Club682 Alyaa Abdul, Catherine Park (a)
May 9 Honolulu, Hawaii Oahu Country Club441 Tiffany Chan
May 9 El Macero, California El Macero Country Club462 Lucy Li, Kathleen Scavo
May 9 Dunwoody, Georgia Dunwoody Country Club782 Gemma Dryburgh, Sara Im (a)
May 9 Chaska, Minnesota Chaska Town Course371 Gabby Lemieux
May 9 Aurora, Illinois Stonebridge Country Club461 Ingrid Gutierrez
May 10 Westminster, Colorado Walnut Creek Golf Preserve351 Malak Bouraeda (a)
May 10 Morristown, New Jersey Morris County Golf Club1324 Grace Kim, Lauren Kim, Frida Kinhult, Maude-Aimée LeBlanc
May 10 Madera, California Dragonfly Golf Club452 Lee Il-hee, Gabriela Ruffels
May 11 Alexandria, Virginia Belle Haven Country Club622 Bailey Davis (a), Sarah Kemp
May 12 Worcester, Massachusetts Worcester Country Club321 Ami Gianchandani (a)
May 16 Buckinghamshire, England Buckinghamshire Golf Club493 Nicole Garcia, Lydia Hall, Smilla Sonderby

Alternates who gained entry

The following players gained a place in the field having finished as the leading alternates in the specified final qualifying events: [a]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 2, 2022

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Flag of the United States.svg Mina Harigae 64−7
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Ingrid Lindblad (a)65−6
T3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Minjee Lee 67−4
Flag of Sweden.svg Anna Nordqvist
Flag of the United States.svg Ryann O'Toole
T6 Flag of the United States.svg Ally Ewing 68−3
Flag of the United States.svg Lexi Thompson
T8 Flag of Finland.svg Matilda Castren 69−2
Flag of the United States.svg Allisen Corpuz
Flag of Thailand.svg Moriya Jutanugarn
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Sei-young
Flag of South Korea.svg Ko Jin-young
Flag of England.svg Bronte Law
Flag of the United States.svg Amy Olson
Flag of the United States.svg Annie Park
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sung-hyun
Flag of Sweden.svg Madelene Sagström

Second round

Friday, June 3, 2022

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Flag of the United States.svg Mina Harigae 64-69=133−9
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Minjee Lee 67-66=133
T3 Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Hye-jin 71-64=135−7
Flag of Sweden.svg Anna Nordqvist 67-68=135
T5 Flag of South Korea.svg Ko Jin-young 69-67=136−6
Flag of Sweden.svg Ingrid Lindblad (a)65-71=136
T7 Flag of Thailand.svg Moriya Jutanugarn 69-68=137−5
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Sei-young 69-67=137
T9 Flag of the United States.svg Megan Khang 71-67=138−4
Flag of England.svg Bronte Law 69-69=138
Flag of the United States.svg Andrea Lee 70-68=138
Flag of the United States.svg Ryann O'Toole 67-71=138
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sung-hyun 69-69=138

Source: [9]

Third round

Saturday, June 4, 2022

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Minjee Lee 67-66-67=200−13
2 Flag of the United States.svg Mina Harigae 64-69-70=203−10
3 Flag of England.svg Bronte Law 69-69-68=206−7
T4 Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Hye-jin 71-64-72=207−6
Flag of South Korea.svg Ko Jin-young 69-67-71=207
Flag of New Zealand.svg Lydia Ko 72-69-66=207
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Xiyu 71-69-67=207
Flag of Sweden.svg Ingrid Lindblad (a)65-71-71=207
Flag of Sweden.svg Anna Nordqvist 67-68-72=207
T10 Flag of South Korea.svg Ji Eun-hee 70-69-69=208−5
Flag of Thailand.svg Moriya Jutanugarn 69-68-71=208
Flag of the United States.svg Megan Khang 71-67-70=208
Flag of Ireland.svg Leona Maguire 70-70-68=208

Source: [10]

Fourth round

Sunday, June 5, 2022

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Minjee Lee 67-66-67-71=271−131,800,000
2 Flag of the United States.svg Mina Harigae 64-69-70-72=275−91,080,000
3 Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Hye-jin 64-69-70-72=277−7685,043
4 Flag of South Korea.svg Ko Jin-young 69-67-71-71=278−6480,225
5 Flag of New Zealand.svg Lydia Ko 72-69-66-72=279−5399,982
T6 Flag of England.svg Bronte Law 69-69-68-74=280−4337,198
Flag of Sweden.svg Anna Nordqvist 67-68-72-73=280
T8 Flag of the United States.svg Megan Khang 71-67-70-74=282−2261,195
Flag of the United States.svg Nelly Korda 70-69-70-73=282
Flag of Ireland.svg Leona Maguire 70-70-68-74=282

Source: [11]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 (a) – denotes amateur
  2. 1 2 3 4 Players qualifying in these categories must remain an amateur through the conclusion of the U.S. Open.
  3. ↑ Hou forfeited her exemption by turning professional.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "77th U.S. Women's Open Championship – Course Statistics – All Rounds". USGA. June 7, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "2022 U.S. Women's Open: final leaderboard". USGA. June 7, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Women's Open: 10 Stats to Know: Round 4". USGA. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  4. ↑ "2022 U.S. Women's Open presented by ProMedica Fast Facts". USGA.
  5. ↑ "2022 US Women's Open field: Players, rankings". thegolfnewsnet.com. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  6. ↑ "2022 U.S. Women's Open: Players". USGA. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Two-time U.S. Women's Open winner Inbee Park withdraws from Pine Needles; Andrea Lee replaces her in field". Golfweek. May 23, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  8. ↑ "2022 U.S. Women's Open Qualifying Results". USGA.
  9. ↑ "Minjee Lee and Mina Harigae head into the weekend at U.S. Women's Open tied for the lead". Sports Max. June 3, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  10. ↑ "US Women's Open: Minjee Lee moves three shots clear after third round at Pine Needles". BBC Sports. June 4, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  11. ↑ "U.S. Women's Open presented by ProMedica". Golf Channel. June 5, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
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