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2021 U.S. Women's Open
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.

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.

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). 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.

Venue

Main article: The Olympic Club

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. It was the first time the tournament had been in California since 2016, when it took place at CordeValle Golf Club.

Course layout

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 528 382 209 396 432 420 263 154 380 3,193 392 411 398 171 410 137 563 485 326 3,293 6,486
Par 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 35 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 5 4 36 71

Yardage by round

Round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Par 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 35 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 5 4 36 71
1st Yards 535 381 196 395 431 388 260 148 386 3,120 393 387 372 176 398 136 557 498 325 3,242 6,362
2nd Yards 528 389 188 403 422 379 269 162 381 3,121 394 417 384 134 406 144 565 484 334 3,262 6,383
3rd Yards 527 386 196 388 438 385 229 156 374 3,079 400 375 402 184 415 99 566 490 328 3,259 6,338
Final Yards 534 375 191 402 426 419 271 147 384 3,149 384 415 376 144 412 132 558 441 314 3,176 6,325

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. 156 players will make up the field.

Exemptions

This list details the exemption criteria for the 2021 U.S. Women's Open and the players who qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players are exempt is indicated in parentheses.

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

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

12. The winner of the 2020 Womens Amateur Championship

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

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. The following table details the players who qualified.

Date Location Venue Field Spots Qualifiers
Apr 26 Yokohama, Japan Yokohama Country Club 107 5 Chihiro Kogure (a), Miname Katsu, Hikari Kawamitsu, Momoka Miyake, Natsumi Nakanish
Apr 26 Woodburn, Oregon Oga Golf Course 53 2 Luna Sobrón, Monica Vaughn (a)
Apr 26 Ormond Beach, Florida Oceanside Country Club 56 2 Kim Métraux, Megan Osland
Apr 26 Half Moon Bay, California Half Moon Bay Golf Links 71 3 Lucy Li, Kathleen Scavo, Kelly Tan
Apr 26 Beaumont, California Morongo Golf Resort 76 5 Pajaree Anannarukarn, Alison Lee, Wichanee Meechai, Sarah Jane Smith, Linnea Ström
Apr 27 Alexandria, Virginia Belhaven Country Club 63 3 Sarah Kemp, Emily Mahar (a), Aneka Seumanutafa (a)
Apr 28 St. Peters, Missouri Old Hickory Golf Club 41 2 Maja Stark (a), Emma Talley
Apr 29 Dekalb, Illinois Kishwaukee Country Club 47 2 Abbey Daniel (a), Céline Herbin
May 3 Bradenton, Florida Bradenton Country Club 69 3 Alyssa Lamoureux (a), Elizabeth Szokol, Karoline Tuttle (a)
May 3 Mendota Heights, Minnesota Somerset Country Club 33 2 Sarah Burnham, Isabella McCauley (a)
May 3 Humble, Texas Golf Club of Houston 70 3 Gurleen Kaur (a), Park Boh-yun (a), Tseng Tsai-Ching
May 3 Novato, California Marin Country Club 50 2 Rachel Heck (a), Jaclyn LaHa (a)
May 3 Brentwood, California Brentwood Country Club 77 4 Amari Avery (a), Jenny Coleman, Amelia Garvey (a), Haley Moore
May 3 Atlanta, Georgia Druid Hills Golf Club 54 3 Hung Jo-Hua (a), Alexandra Swayne (a), Ana Peláez Triviño (a)
May 4 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Shannopin Country Club 49 2 Jensen Castle (a), Allie White
May 4 Southern Pines, North Carolina Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club 72 3 Haylee Harford, Gina Kim (a), Lauren Stephenson
May 5 Dedham, Massachusetts Dedham Country & Polo Club 38 2 Christina Kim, Noemie Paré (a)
May 10 Westminster, Colorado The Ranch Country Club 39 2 Matilda Castren, Louise Stahle
May 10 Honolulu, Hawaii Oahu Country Club 40 2 Tiffany Chan, Claire Choi (a)
May 10 Spring Lake, New Jersey Spring Lake Country Club 48 2 Megha Ganne (a), Cheyenne Woods
May 10 Corinth, Texas Oakmont Country Club 67 3 Ingrid Gutiérrez Núñez, Kim Kaufman, Rebecca Lee-Bentham
May 11 West Palm Beach, Florida Banyan Cay Resort & Country Club 61 3 Chloe Kovelesky (a), Azahara Muñoz, María Parra
May 13 Gold Canyon, Arizona Superstition Mountain Golf Club 63 6 Mina Harigae, Amanda Linnér (a), Stephanie Meadow, Giulia Molinaro, Pornanong Phatlum, Sarah Schmelzel

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:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Megha Ganne (a) 67 −4
England Mel Reid
T3 Canada Brooke Henderson 68 −3
United States Megan Khang
United States Angel Yin
T6 China Shanshan Feng 69 −2
Philippines Yuka Saso
United States Lexi Thompson
T9 United States Marina Alex 70 −1
United States Austin Ernst
South Korea Ko Jin-young
United States Jennifer Kupcho
South Korea Lee Jeong-eun
Thailand Wichanee Meechai
United States Lauren Stephenson

Source:

Second round

Friday, June 4, 2021

Place Player Score To par
1 Philippines Yuka Saso 69-67=136 −6
2 South Korea Lee Jeong-eun 70-67=137 −5
T3 United States Megan Khang 68-70=138 −4
United States Megha Ganne (a) 67-71=138
5 China Shanshan Feng 69-70=139 −3
T6 South Korea Inbee Park 71-69=140 −2
United States Lexi Thompson 69-71=140
England Mel Reid 67-73=140
T9 Japan Nasa Hataoka 72-69=141 −1
Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn 71-70=141
Sweden Maja Stark (a) 71-70=141

Source:

Third round

Saturday, June 5, 2021

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Lexi Thompson 69-71-66=206 −7
2 Philippines Yuka Saso 69-67-71=207 −6
T3 United States Megha Ganne (a) 67-71-72=210 −3
South Korea Lee Jeong-eun 70-67-73=210
5 China Shanshan Feng 69-70-72=211 −2
T6 Japan Nasa Hataoka 72-69-71=212 −1
United States Megan Khang 68-70-74=212
8 South Korea Inbee Park 71-69-73=213 E
T9 United States Angel Yin 68-79-67=214 +1
South Korea Kim Hyo-joo 72-70-72=214
Sweden Maja Stark (a) 71-70-73=214

Source:

Final round

Sunday, June 6, 2021

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
T1 Philippines Yuka Saso 69-67-71-73=280 −4 Playoff
Japan Nasa Hataoka 72-69-71-68=280
3 United States Lexi Thompson 69-71-66-75=281 −3 381,974
T4 China Shanshan Feng 69-70-72-71=282 −2 245,394
United States Megan Khang 68-70-74-70=282
6 United States Angel Yin 68-79-67-70=284 E 197,751
T7 Canada Brooke Henderson 68-78-69-70=285 +1 147,265
Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn 71-70-74-70=285
South Korea Ko Jin-young 70-74-72-69=285
China Lin Xiyu 72-74-72-67=285
South Korea Inbee Park 71-69-73-72=285

Source:

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 5 4
Philippines Saso −6 −4 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −4 −4
Japan Hataoka −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 E −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −2 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4
United States Thompson −8 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 -5 −4 −3
China Feng −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2
United States Khang −1 E −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −2 −3 −2
United States Yin E E E E E E −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −1 −1 −1 E E E
Canada Henderson +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 E +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +1 +1
Thailand Jutanugarn +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3 +2 +1 +1 +1
South Korea Ko +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1
China Lin +4 +5 +5 +6 +5 +5 +5 +5 +4 +4 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +1 +1
South Korea Park E +1 +1 +1 +2 +3 +3 +2 +2 +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double Bogey

Source:

Playoff

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Philippines Yuka Saso 4-4-3=11 −1 1,000,000
2 Japan Nasa Hataoka 4-4-4=12 E 536,500
  • Two-hole aggregate playoff on holes 9 and 18 before a sudden-death playoff on hole 9

Scorecard

Hole 9 18 9
Par 4 4 4
Philippines Saso E E −1
Japan Hataoka E E E

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par
Source:

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.

References

  1. ^ "2021 U.S. Women's Open: Fast Facts". United States Golf Association. May 31, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
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  4. ^ "US Women's Open: Yuka Saso creates history with play-off victory". BBC Sport. June 7, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  5. ^ Dethier, Dylan (June 6, 2021). "Lexi Thompson loses 5-shot lead in heartbreaking fashion at U.S. Women's Open". Golf.com. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  6. ^ Kelly, Todd (May 31, 2021). "How to watch the U.S. Women's Open at Olympic Club". Golfweek. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  7. ^ "Currently Exempt Players for 76th U.S. Women's Open". USGA. May 16, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  8. ^ "2021 U.S. Women's Open Qualifying Results". USGA. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  9. ^ "U.S. Women's Open Leaderboard – Round 1". LPGA. June 3, 2021. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  10. ^ "U.S. Women's Open Leaderboard – Round 2". LPGA. June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  11. ^ "U.S. Women's Open Leaderboard – Round 3". LPGA. June 5, 2021. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  12. ^ "U.S. Women's Open Leaderboard – Final". LPGA. June 6, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  13. ^ "Yuka Saso wins US Womens Open on 3rd playoff Hole". LPGA. June 6, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
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