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2021 U.S. Women's Open

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2021 U.S. Women's Open
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The 2021 U.S. Women's Open was the 76th U.S. Women's Open, played June 3–6, 2021 at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, California.[1][2]

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The U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five current major championships and was the second of the 2021 season. It has the largest purse in women's golf at $5.5 million.[3]

The winner was the Philippines' Yuka Saso, who defeated Japan's Nasa Hataoka on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff after both players had tied at 280 (4 under par).[4] In third place was American Lexi Thompson, who had held a five stroke lead just before the midway point of the final round but dropped five strokes on the back-nine, including bogeys on each of the last two holes, to miss the playoff by one stroke.[5]

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Venue

The 2021 U.S. Women's Open was played on The Olympic Club's Lake course, which had previously hosted the men's U.S. Open five times.[1] It was the first time the tournament had been in California since 2016, when it took place at CordeValle Golf Club.[6]

Course layout

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Yardage by round

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Field

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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.[1] 156 players will make up the field.[3]

Exemptions

This list details the exemption criteria for the 2021 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.[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[b][c]

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[c]

  • Tsubasa Kajitani (a)

12. The winner of the 2020 Womens Amateur Championship[c]

13. The winner of the Mark H. McCormack Medal in 2020[c]

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

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

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]

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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]

  • Addie Baggarly (a, Ormond Beach)
  • Cheng Ssu-Chia (Half Moon Bay)
  • Daniela Darquea (St. Peters)
  • Leigha Devine (a, Spring Lake)
  • Muni He (Woodburn)
  • Minori Nagano (a, Bradenton)
  • Natalie Srinivasan (Southern Pines)
  • Ayako Uehara (Beaumont)
  • Britney Yada (Westminster)
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Round summaries

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First round

Thursday, June 3, 2021

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Second round

Friday, June 4, 2021

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Third round

Saturday, June 5, 2021

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Final round

Sunday, June 6, 2021

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Scorecard

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Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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Playoff

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

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Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par
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Notes

  1. (a) – denotes amateur
  2. Normally, this category includes winners of the U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur, but neither was held in 2020.
  3. Players qualifying in these categories must remain an amateur through the conclusion of the U.S. Open.
  4. Ruffels forfeited her exemption by turning professional.

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