2017 U.S. Women's Open

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.

2017 U.S. Women's Open

Tournament information
Dates	July 13–16, 2017
Location	Bedminster, New Jersey
Course(s)	Trump National Golf Club, Old Course
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,732 yards (6,156 m)[1]
Field	156 players, 62 made cut
Cut	146 (+2)
Prize fund	$5.0 million
Winner's share	$900,000
Champion
Park Sung-hyun
277 (−11)
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Bedminster

Location in the United States

Bedminster 

Location in New Jersey

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

• Jang Ha-na (12,13,16,17) did not play.

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

• Ahn Sun-ju (17), Jeon Mi-jeong, Kim Hae-rym (17), and Teresa Lu (17) did not play.

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

Liu Yan

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

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	543	384	406	192	381	407	158	535	419	3,425	411	373	347	402	179	518	162	394	521	3,307	6,732
Par	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	36	4	4	4	4	3	5	3	4	5	36	72

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.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Shanshan Feng	66	−6
2	Amy Yang	67	−5
T3	Lydia Ko	68	−4
	Ryu So-yeon
	Rumi Yoshiba
T6	Choi Hye-jin (a)	69	−3
	Carlota Ciganda
	Cristie Kerr
	Megan Khang
	Kim Sei-young
	Lee Jeong-eun
	Minjee Lee

Source:^[5]

Second round

Friday, July 14, 2017

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Shanshan Feng	66-70=136	−8
T2	Choi Hye-jin (a)	69-69=138	−6
	Lee Jeong-eun	69-69=138
	Amy Yang	67-71=138
5	Bae Seon-woo	70-69=139	−5
T6	Carlota Ciganda	69-71=140	−4
	Chun In-gee	70-70=140
	Haru Nomura	71-69=140
	Ryu So-yeon	68-72=140
T10	Marina Alex	71-70=141	−3
	Brooke Henderson	70-71=141
	Lydia Ko	71-70=141
	Minjee Lee	68-73=141

Source:^[5]

Third round

Saturday, July 15, 2017

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Shanshan Feng	66-70-71=207	−9
T2	Choi Hye-jin (a)	69-69-70=208	−8
	Amy Yang	67-71-70=208
4	Park Sung-hyun	73-70-67=210	−6
T5	Lee Jeong-eun	69-69-73=211	−5
	Mirim Lee	70-74-67=211
	Ryu So-yeon	68-72-71=211
T8	Carlota Ciganda	69-71-72=212	−4
	Cristie Kerr	69-73-70=212
T10	Bae Seon-woo	70-69-74=213	−3
	M. J. Hur	71-72-70=213
	Ji Eun-hee	73-71-69=213
	Haru Nomura	71-69-73=213

Source:^[5]

Final round

Sunday, July 16, 2017

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Park Sung-hyun	73-70-67-67=277	−11	900,000
2	Choi Hye-jin (a)	69-69-70-71=279	−9	0
T3	M. J. Hur	71-72-70-68=281	−7	442,479
	Ryu So-yeon	68-72-71-70=281
T5	Carlota Ciganda	69-71-72-70=282	−6	207,269
	Shanshan Feng	66-70-71-75=282
	Lee Jeong-eun	69-69-73-71=282
T8	Kim Sei-young	69-73-72-69=283	−5	145,234
	Mirim Lee	70-74-67-72=283
	Amy Yang	67-71-70-75=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
Par	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	3	4	5
Park	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−11
Choi	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−8	−8	−9
Feng	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−6
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]