2020 U.S. Women's Open

2020 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
Dates	December 10–14, 2020
Location	Houston, Texas; 29°58′59″N 95°31′52″W / 29.983°N 95.531°W
Course(s)	Champions Golf Club; Cypress Creek and Jackrabbit Courses
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	7,301 yards (6,676 m) (Cypress Creek)7,021 yards (6,420 m) (Jackrabbit)
Field	156 players, 66 after cut
Cut	145 (+3)
Prize fund	$5.5 million
Winner's share	$1,000,000
Champion
	Kim A-lim
	281 (−3)
Location map
	Champions Golf Club Location in the United States Champions Golf Club Location in Texas
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The 2020 U.S. Women's Open was the 75th U.S. Women's Open, played December 10–14 at Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas, having been postponed from its original date of June 4–7, 2020, on April 3, 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was played on both the Cypress Creek and Jackrabbit courses.^[1]

The U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five major championships and is the fourth of the 2020 season. It has the largest purse in women's golf at $5.5 million.

Kim A-lim won the tournament by birdieing the last three holes.^[2]

Qualifying and field

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 usually qualify by competing in one of 24 36-hole qualifying tournaments held across the United States and at international sites in China, England, Japan, and South Korea. Many players are exempt from qualifying because of past performances in professional or amateur tournaments around the world.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the usual qualifying tournaments were canceled and the championship became "all-exempt" with amended criteria.^[3]^[4]

Exemption categories

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.^[5] Golfers qualifying in Category 16 who qualified in other categories are denoted by the tour they qualified.

1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last ten years (2010–2019)

Lee Jeong-eun (2,9,15), Ariya Jutanugarn (8,9,15), Park Sung-hyun (6,9,10,15), Brittany Lang, Chun In-gee (7,15), Michelle Wie, Inbee Park (8,9,10,15), Choi Na-yeon, Ryu So-yeon (2,5,15), Paula Creamer

2. Ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2019 U.S. Women's Open

Angel Yin (15), Lexi Thompson (9,10,15), Gerina Piller, Mamiko Higa (15), Jaye Marie Green, Céline Boutier (9,15), Yu Liu (9,15), Ally McDonald (15), Jessica Korda (9,15)

3. Winner of the 2019 U.S. Women's Amateur^[a]

Gabriela Ruffels

4. Winner of the 2019 U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur, and finalist from the 2019 U.S. Women's Amateur^[b]

Lei Ye, Ina Kim-Schaad, ~~Albane Valenzuela~~^[c]

5. Winners of the ANA Inspiration for the last five years (2016–2020)

Ko Jin-young (7,9,10,15), Pernilla Lindberg, Lydia Ko (7,15)

6. Winners of the Women's PGA Championship for the last five years (2015–2019)

Hannah Green (9,10,15), Danielle Kang (9,10,15), Brooke Henderson (9,10,15)

7. Winners of the Evian Championship for the last five years (2015–2019)

Angela Stanford, Anna Nordqvist

8. Winners of the Women's British Open for the last five years (2015–2019)

Hinako Shibuno (10,16), Georgia Hall (15), In-Kyung Kim (15)

9. Top 30 points leaders from the 2019 LPGA Race to the CME Globe final points standings

Minjee Lee (15), Nelly Korda (10,15), Kim Sei-young (10,15), Kim Hyo-joo (15), M. J. Hur (10,15), Amy Yang (15), Nasa Hataoka (15), Carlota Ciganda (15), Brittany Altomare (15), Shanshan Feng (10,15), Ji Eun-hee (15), Azahara Muñoz (15), Moriya Jutanugarn (15), Bronte Law (15), Lizette Salas (15), Caroline Masson (15), Su-Hyun Oh (15), Gaby López (10,15)

10. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2019 U.S. Women's Open to June 1, the originally scheduled start of the 2020 U.S. Women's Open

Cheyenne Knight, Jang Ha-na (16), Ai Suzuki (15,16), Madelene Sagström (15), Park Hee-young

11. Winner of the 2019 British Ladies Amateur^[b]

Emily Toy

12. Winner of the 2019 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)^[b]

~~Andrea Lee~~ ^[d]

13. Top 10 money leaders from the 2020 official LPGA money list, not otherwise exempt, through the close of entries on November 11, 2020

Cydney Clanton, Perrine Delacour, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Mina Harigae, Andrea Lee, Stacy Lewis, Lin Xiyu, Thidapa Suwannapura, Kelly Tan, Lindsey Weaver

14. Top 5 money leaders from the 2020 official Symetra Tour money list through the close of entries on November 11, 2020

Ana Belac, Fátima Fernández Cano, Janie Jackson, Kim Kaufman, Frida Kinhult

15. Top 75 points leaders and ties from the Rolex Rankings on March 16, 2020

Lim Hee-jeong (16), Charley Hull, Jiyai Shin (16), Choi Hye-jin (16), Marina Alex, Lee Da-yeon (16), Cho A-yean (16), Bae Seon-woo (16), Megan Khang, Kristen Gillman, Lee Min-young (16), Lee Mi-hyang, Jennifer Kupcho, Amy Olson, Park Min-ji, Lee So-mi, Morgan Pressel, Ahn Sun-ju, Mone Inami, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Yui Kawamoto, Momoko Ueda, Cho Jeong-min, Lee So-young, Annie Park, Minami Katsu, Nicole Broch Larsen, Austin Ernst, Kim A-lim, Kim Ji-yeong, Park Chae-yoon, Chella Choi, Jing Yan

16. Top 5 money leaders from the 2019 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour

Esther Henseleit (LET), Marianne Skarpnord (LET), Christine Wolf (LET), Nuria Iturrioz (LET), Meghan MacLaren (LET)

17. Top 3 money leaders from the 2019 China LPGA Tour

Zhang Weiwei, Liu Yan and Du Mohan did not play

18. The top 2 players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 and ties of the 2020 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, Cambia Portland Classic, ShopRite LPGA Classic, and the top 3 players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 and ties of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship

Ashleigh Buhai, Katherine Kirk, Yealimi Noh, Bianca Pagdanganan, Mel Reid, Jenny Shin, Jennifer Song, Lauren Stephenson

19. Top 20 points leaders, not otherwise exempt, within the top 100 from the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking on November 4, 2020^[b]

Rose Zhang, Ingrid Lindblad, Pauline Roussin-Bouchard, Linn Grant, Emilia Migliaccio, Alessia Nobilio, An Ho-yu, Benedetta Moresco, Agathe Laisné, Maja Stark, Lucie Malchirand, Beatrice Wallin, Olivia Mehaffey, Lily May Humphreys, Kaitlyn Papp, Emma Spitz, Caterina Don, Amelia Garvey, Auston Kim, Allisen Corpuz

20. Remaining spots filled in order using the Rolex Rankings as of November 9, 2020

An Na-rin, Lala Anai, Pajaree Anannarukarn, Saki Asai, Maria Fassi, Ayaka Furue, Erika Hara, Caroline Hedwall, Jeon Mi-jeong, Asuka Kashiwabara, Cristie Kerr, Christina Kim, Sakura Koiwai, Lee Jeong-eun, Lee Seung-yeon, Teresa Lu, Kana Mikashima, Yuna Nishimura, Eri Okayama, Ryann O'Toole, Emily Kristine Pedersen, Pornanong Phatlum, Sophia Popov, Ryu Hae-ran, Yuka Saso, Sarah Schmelzel, Alena Sharp, Linnea Ström, Sung Yu-jin, Sayaka Takahashi, Patty Tavatanakit, Maria Fernanda Torres, Anne van Dam

21. Special exemptions selected by the USGA

Brittany Lincicome,^[e] Sarah Jane Smith^[e]

Notes

^ May turn professional at any time following the Amateur until the start of the Open.^[6]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Must remain an amateur through to completion of the championship.
^ Albane Valenzuela forfeited her exemption as runner-up in the 2019 U.S. Women's Amateur when she turned professional in November 2019.
^ Andrea Lee forfeited her exemption as winner of the Mark H. McCormack Medal when she turned professional in November 2019 but subsequently earned entry through category 13.
^ ^a ^b Maternity extension.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, December 10, 2020

Place	Player	Course	Score	To par
1	Amy Olson	CC	67	−4
T2	Kim A-lim	JR	68	−3
	Moriya Jutanugarn	JR
	Hinako Shibuno	CC
T5	Linn Grant (a)	CC	69	−2
	Charley Hull	JR
	Gerina Piller	JR
	Sophia Popov	CC
	Yuka Saso	CC
	Linnea Ström	JR
	Patty Tavatanakit	JR

JR denotes player played her round on the Jackrabbit course.
CC denotes player played her round on the Cypress Creek course.

Second round

Friday, December 11, 2020

Place	Player	Course	Score	To par
1	Hinako Shibuno	JR	68-67=135	−7
2	Linn Grant (a)	JR	69-69=138	−4
T3	Kaitlyn Papp (a)	CC	71-68=139	−3
	Megan Khang	CC	70-69=139
	Amy Olson	JR	67-72=139
T6	Ashleigh Buhai	JR	71-69=140	−2
	Ariya Jutanugarn	CC	70-70=140
	Moriya Jutanugarn	CC	68-72=140
	Cristie Kerr	CC	71-69=140
	Stacy Lewis	JR	72-68=140
	Yuka Saso	JR	69-71=140
	Sarah Schmelzel	JR	71-69=140
	Lindsey Weaver	CC	70-70=140

JR denotes player played her round on the Jackrabbit course.
CC denotes player played her round on the Cypress Creek course.

Third round

Saturday, December 12, 2020

Note: The third and fourth rounds were played on the Cypress Creek course.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Hinako Shibuno	68-67-74=209	−4
2	Amy Olson	67-72-71=210	−3
T3	Moriya Jutanugarn	68-72-72=212	−1
T3	Kim Ji-yeong	68-72-72=212	−1
T5	Megan Khang	70-69-74=213	E
	Lydia Ko	71-71-72=213
	Yealimi Noh	72-69-72=213
	Kaitlyn Papp (a)	71-68-74=213
T9	Ariya Jutanugarn	70-70-74=214	+1
	Cristie Kerr	71-69-74=214
	Kim Sei-young	72-69-73=214
	Kim A-lim	68-74-72=214
	Ko Jin-young	72-72-70=214
	Ryu Hae-ran	73-70-71=214

Final round

Sunday, December 13 and Monday, December 14, 2020

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Kim A-lim	68-74-72-67=281	−3	1,000,000
T2	Ko Jin-young	72-72-70-68=282	−2	487,286
T2	Amy Olson	67-72-71-72=282	−2	487,286
4	Hinako Shibuno	68-67-74-74=283	−1	266,779
5	Megan Khang	70-69-74-72=285	+1	222,201
T6	Moriya Jutanugarn	68-72-72-74=286	+2	177,909
	Lee Jeong-eun	73-69-73-71=286
	Inbee Park	71-72-75-68=286
T9	Ariya Jutanugarn	70-70-74-73=287	+3	143,976
T9	Kaitlyn Papp (a)	71-68-74-74=287	+3	0

References

^ Pine, Julia (April 3, 2020). "2020 U.S. Women's Open Postponed to December". United States Golf Association. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
^ "A Lim Kim mounts major comeback, wins U.S. Women's Open in debut". ESPN. Associated Press. December 14, 2020.
^ Mell, Randall (July 1, 2020). "USGA reveals U.S. Women's Open exemption categories; 100 currently in". Golf Channel. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
^ "2020 U.S. Women's Open at Champions Golf Club: Who's Exempt". USGA. July 1, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
^ "2020 U.S. Women's Open Field List". USGA. November 29, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
^ "New Exemption Changes for U.S. Women's and U.S. Amateur" (Press release). USGA. August 5, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2019.

External links

[7] May turn professional at any time following the Amateur until the start of the Open.^[6]

[amateur-8] Must remain an amateur through to completion of the championship.

[9] Albane Valenzuela forfeited her exemption as runner-up in the 2019 U.S. Women's Amateur when she turned professional in November 2019.

[10] Andrea Lee forfeited her exemption as winner of the Mark H. McCormack Medal when she turned professional in November 2019 but subsequently earned entry through category 13.

[mat-11] Maternity extension.

[1] Pine, Julia (April 3, 2020). "2020 U.S. Women's Open Postponed to December". United States Golf Association. Retrieved April 3, 2020.

[2] "A Lim Kim mounts major comeback, wins U.S. Women's Open in debut". ESPN. Associated Press. December 14, 2020.

[3] Mell, Randall (July 1, 2020). "USGA reveals U.S. Women's Open exemption categories; 100 currently in". Golf Channel. Retrieved July 1, 2020.

[4] "2020 U.S. Women's Open at Champions Golf Club: Who's Exempt". USGA. July 1, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.

[5] "2020 U.S. Women's Open Field List". USGA. November 29, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020.

[2019_changes-6] "New Exemption Changes for U.S. Women's and U.S. Amateur" (Press release). USGA. August 5, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2019.

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