2016 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | July 7–10, 2016 |
| Location | San Martin, California |
| Course(s) | CordeValle Golf Club |
| Organized by | USGA |
| Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,333 yards (6,705 m) |
| Field | 156 players |
| Prize fund | $4.5 million |
| Winner's share | $810,000 |
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The 2016 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship will be the 71st U.S. Women's Open, held July 7–10 at CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, California.
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 in 2016. The tournament will be televised by Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports.
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.
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]
1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last ten years (2006–2015)
Choi Na-yeon (10), Chun In-gee (9,13), Paula Creamer (10), Ji Eun-hee (10), Cristie Kerr (10,12), Inbee Park (5,6,7,9,10,12), Ryu So-yeon (9,10), Michelle Wie (10)
- Exempt but will not enter tournament: Annika Sörenstam
2. Winner and runner-up from the 2015 U.S. Women's Amateur (must be an amateur)
Hannah O'Sullivan, Sierra Brooks
3. Winners of the 2015 and 2016 British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship (must be an amateur)
Céline Boutier, June 25
4. Winner of the 2015 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 (2012–2016)
Shanshan Feng (13-LET, 14), June 12
6. Winners of the Ricoh Women's British Open for the last five years (2011–2015)
Stacy Lewis (9,10), Mo Martin, Jiyai Shin (13-JLPGA), Yani Tseng
7. Winners of the ANA Inspiration for the last five years (2012–2016)
Lydia Ko (8,10,12), Brittany Lincicome, Lexi Thompson (12), Yoo Sun-young (10)
8. Winners of the Evian Championship (2013–2015)
Kim Hyo-joo (12, 13-KLPGA), Suzann Pettersen (10)
9. Ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2015 U.S. Women's Open
Brooke Henderson, Pernilla Lindberg (10), Shiho Oyama, Jane Park (10), Morgan Pressel (10) Amy Yang (10)
10. Top 75 money leaders from the 2015 final official LPGA money list
Marina Alex, Baek Kyu-jung, Chella Choi (12), Carlota Ciganda, Austin Ernst, Sandra Gal, Julieta Granada, Jaye Marie Green, Wei Ling Hsu, Charley Hull, M. J. Hur, Karine Icher, Jang Ha-na (12), Ariya Jutanugarn, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Kim Kaufman, Christina Kim, In-Kyung Kim, Kim Sei-young, Jessica Korda (12), Candie Kung, Brittany Lang, Alison Lee, Ilhee Lee, Lee Mi-hyang, Min Lee, Minjee Lee (12), Mirim Lee, Caroline Masson, Catriona Matthew, Maria McBride, Sydnee Michaels, Mika Miyazato, Azahara Muñoz, Haru Nomura (12), Anna Nordqvist, Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace, Park Hee-young, Pornanong Phatlum, Gerina Piller, Beatriz Recari, Lizette Salas, Alena Sharp, Jenny Shin (12), Kelly Shon, Jennifer Song, Angela Stanford, Kris Tamulis (12), Mariajo Uribe, Karrie Webb, Sakura Yokomine
11. Top 10 money leaders from the 2016 official LPGA money list, through the close of entries on May 4
12. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2015 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2016 U.S. Women's Open
13. Top five money leaders from the 2015 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour
- Japan LPGA Tour: Ahn Sun-ju, Lee Ji-hee, Lee Bo-mee, Teresa Lu
- Korea LPGA Tour: Park Sung-hyun, Jang Su-yeon, Park Gyeol, Ahn Song-yi
- Ladies European Tour: Melissa Reid, Nicole Broch Larsen, Gwladys Nocera, Beth Allen
14. Top three money leaders from the 2015 China LPGA Tour.
Xi Yu Lin, Pan Yan-hong
15. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of May 4
16. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of July 3
17. Special exemptions selected by the USGA
Qualifiers
Additional players qualify through sectional qualifying tournaments taking place in May and June at sites in the United States, China, South Korea, England, and Japan.
Alternates added to field
The following players will be 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.
Past champions expected in the field
References
- ↑ "USGA Entry Forms" (PDF). USGA. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- ↑ "Se Ri Pak receives special exemption for U.S. Women's Open". ESPN. Associated Press. May 4, 2016.
External links
| Preceded by 2016 KPMG Women's PGA Championship |
Major Championships | Succeeded by 2016 Women's British Open |
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Coordinates: 37°04′05″N 121°37′59″W / 37.068°N 121.633°W