2022 U.S. Women's Open

The 2022 U.S. Women's Open Presented by ProMedica was the 77th U.S. Women's Open, held June 2 to June 5 at the Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina. Minjee Lee won the second of her two major titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Mina Harigae.[2] Ingrid Lindblad finished leading amateur at tied 11th. She beat the amateur scoring records over 18, 36 and 54 holes and tied the 72-hole amateur record in the tournament.[3]

2022 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 2–5, 2022
LocationSouthern Pines, North Carolina
35.197°N 79.392°W / 35.197; -79.392
Course(s)Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length6,597 yards (6,032 m)[1] –
6,644 yards (6,075 m)[1]
Field156 players, 70 after cut
Cut146 (+4)[2]
Prize fund$10,000,000
Winner's share$1,800,000
Champion
Australia Minjee Lee
271 (−13)
Location Map
Pine NeedlesLodge & GC is located in the United States
Pine NeedlesLodge & GC
Pine Needles
Lodge & GC
Location in the United States
Pine NeedlesLodge & GC is located in North Carolina
Pine NeedlesLodge & GC
Pine Needles
Lodge & GC
Location in North Carolina

Pine Needles previously hosted the championship in 1996, 2001, and 2007, becoming the first course to host the tournament four times.

Venue

Course layout
Hole[4]123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards5024191313931884044173513753,1805133683992044405241714264133,4586,638
Par543434444355443453443671

Yardage by round
Round[1]Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par543434444355443453443671
1stYards5074241233931744024193503653,1575173663951934415301644314063,4436,600
2ndYards4974201253931944014223653763,1935073824051713995181794294173,4076,600
3rdYards4934131293911873994093573663,1445203654121984385211744194063,4536,597
FinalYards5024271104061914134263483873,21046937439220943953316243344223,4346,644

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.[5]

Exemptions

This list details the exemption criteria for the 2022 U.S. Women's Open and the players who qualified under them;[lower-alpha 1] any additional criteria under which players are exempt is indicated in parentheses.[6]

1. Recent winners of the U.S. Women's Open (2012–2021)

2. The leading ten players, and those tying for tenth place, in the 2021 U.S. Women's Open

3. The winner of the 2021 U.S. Women's Amateur

  • Jenson Castle (a)

4. The winner of the 2021 U.S. Girls' Junior and 2021 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur, and finalist from the 2021 U.S. Women's Amateur [lower-alpha 2]

5. Recent winners of the Chevron Championship (2018–2022)

6. Recent winners of the Women's PGA Championship (2018–2021)

7. Recent winners of Evian Championship (2017–2019, 2021)

8. Recent winners of Women’s British Open (2017–2021)

9. The leading 30 players from the 2021 LPGA Race to the CME Globe final points standings

10. Winners of LPGA Tour sanctioned event between 2021 U.S. Women's Open and start of 2022 championship

11. The winner of the 2022 Augusta National Women's Amateur[lower-alpha 2]

12. The winner of the 2021 Womens Amateur Championship[lower-alpha 2]

13. The winner of the Mark H. McCormack Medal in 2021[lower-alpha 2]

14. The leading 10 players on the 2022 Race to CME Globe points standings as of April 6, 2022

15. The leading 75 players on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of April 6, 2022

16. The leading 75 players on the Women's World Golf Rankings not otherwise exempt as of May 16, 2022

17. The winner of the 2020 Olympic Gold Medal

18. The winner of the 2021 U.S. Senior Women's Open

19. The leading player from the China LPGA Tour order of merit not otherwise exempt as of April 6, 2022

  • Liu Wenbo

20. Special exemptions

Qualifying
Date[8]LocationVenueFieldSpotsQualifiers[lower-alpha 1]
Apr 19Kent, WashingtonMeridian Valley Country Club451Kylee Choi (a)
Apr 22Incheon, South KoreaDream Park Country Club (Dream Course)712Alicia Joo (a), Lee Jeonghyun (a)
Apr 25Mutsuzawa, JapanBoso Country Club (East and West Courses)1566Saki Baba (a), Mayu Hamada, Natsumi Hayakawa, Nika Ito (a), Yuri Onishi, Yuna Takagi
Apr 26Scottsdale, ArizonaGainey Ranch Golf Club783Alexandra Forsterling (a), Bronte Law, Stephanie Meadow
Apr 26Ojai, CaliforniaSoule Park Golf Club752Lauren Gomez (a), Linnea Johansson
Apr 28Richardson, TexasCanyon Creek Country Club732Julianne Alvarez, Zhang Yunxuan (a)
May 2Gainesville, FloridaMark Bostick Golf Course672Annabell Fuller (a), Mariel Galdiano
May 3Southern Pines, North CarolinaMid Pines Inn & Golf Club733Anna Morgan (a), Pauline Roussin-Bouchard, Bethany Wu
May 3Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaShannopin Country Club553Laney Frye (a), Auston Kim (a), Marissa Steen
May 3Hockley, TexasThe Clubs at Houston Oaks744Karen Kim, Cheyenne Knight, Annie Park, Robynn Ree
May 4St. Louis, MissouriFox Run Golf Club674Amanda Doherty, Isi Gabsa, Sofia Garcia, Lauren Miller (a)
May 4Fort Myers, FloridaThe Forest Country Club (Bear Course)635Jaye Marie Green, Melanie Green, Muni He, Bianca Pagdanganan, Paula Reto
May 4Columbus, OhioOhio State University Golf Club (Scarlett Course)683Daniela Darquea, Lauren Hartlage, Emma McMyler (a)
May 9Stuart, FloridaWilloughby Golf Club632Alexa Pano (a), Bailey Shoemaker (a)
May 9Pauma Valley, CaliforniaPauma Valley Country Club682Alyaa Abdul, Catherine Park (a)
May 9Honolulu, HawaiiOahu Country Club441Tiffany Chan
May 9El Macero, CaliforniaEl Macero Country Club462Lucy Li, Kathleen Scavo
May 9Dunwoody, GeorgiaDunwoody Country Club782Gemma Dryburgh, Sara Im (a)
May 9Chaska, MinnesotaChaska Town Course371Gabby Lemieux
May 9Aurora, IllinoisStonebridge Country Club461Ingrid Gutierrez
May 10Westminster, ColoradoWalnut Creek Golf Preserve351Malak Bouraeda (a)
May 10Morristown, New JerseyMorris County Golf Club1324Grace Kim, Lauren Kim, Frida Kinhult, Maude Leblanc
May 10Madera, CaliforniaDragonfly Golf Club452Lee Il-hee, Gabriela Ruffels
May 11Alexandria, VirginiaBelle Haven Country Club622Bailey Davis (a), Sarah Kemp
May 12Worcester, MassachusettsWorcester Country Club321Ami Gianchandani (a)
May 16Buckinghamshire, EnglandBuckinghamshire Golf Club493Nicole Garcia, Lydia Hall, Smilla Sonderby

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:[lower-alpha 1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 2, 2022

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Mina Harigae64−7
2Sweden Ingrid Lindblad (a)65−6
T3Australia Minjee Lee67−4
Sweden Anna Nordqvist
United States Ryann O'Toole
T6United States Ally Ewing68−3
United States Lexi Thompson
T8Finland Matilda Castren69−2
United States Allisen Corpuz
Thailand Moriya Jutanugarn
South Korea Kim Sei-young
South Korea Ko Jin-young
England Bronte Law
United States Amy Olson
United States Annie Park
South Korea Park Sung-hyun
Sweden Madelene Sagström

Second round

Friday, June 3, 2022

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Mina Harigae64-69=133−9
Australia Minjee Lee67-66=133
T3South Korea Choi Hye-jin71-64=135−7
Sweden Anna Nordqvist67-68=135
T5South Korea Ko Jin-young69-67=136−6
Sweden Ingrid Lindblad (a)65-71=136
T7Thailand Moriya Jutanugarn69-68=137−5
South Korea Kim Sei-young69-67=137
T9United States Megan Khang71-67=138−4
England Bronte Law69-69=138
United States Andrea Lee70-68=138
United States Ryann O'Toole67-71=138
South Korea Park Sung-hyun69-69=138

Source:[9]

Third round

Saturday, June 4, 2022

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Australia Minjee Lee67-66-67=200−13
2United States Mina Harigae64-69-70=203−10
3England Bronte Law69-69-68=206−7
T4South Korea Choi Hye-jin71-64-72=207−6
South Korea Ko Jin-young69-67-71=207
New Zealand Lydia Ko72-69-66=207
China Lin Xiyu71-69-67=207
Sweden Ingrid Lindblad (a)65-71-71=207
Sweden Anna Nordqvist67-68-72=207
T10South Korea Ji Eun-hee70-69-69=208−7
Thailand Moriya Jutanugarn69-68-71=208
United States Megan Khang71-67-70=208
Republic of Ireland Leona Maguire70-70-68=208

Source:[10]

Fourth round

Sunday, June 5, 2022

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Australia Minjee Lee67-66-67-71=271−131,800,000
2United States Mina Harigae64-69-70-72=275−91,080,000
3South Korea Choi Hye-jin64-69-70-72=277−7685,043
4South Korea Ko Jin-young69-67-71-71=278−6480,225
5New Zealand Lydia Ko72-69-66-72=279−5399,982
T6England Bronte Law69-69-68-74=280−4337,198
Sweden Anna Nordqvist67-68-72-73=280
T8United States Megan Khang71-67-70-74=282−2261,195
United States Nelly Korda70-69-70-73=282
Republic of Ireland Leona Maguire70-70-68-74=282

Source:[11]

Notes
  1. (a) – denotes amateur
  2. Players qualifying in these categories must remain an amateur through the conclusion of the U.S. Open.
  3. Hou forfeited her exemption by turning professional.

References
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  2. "2022 U.S. Women's Open: final leaderboard". USGA. June 7, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  3. "U.S. Women's Open: 10 Stats to Know: Round 4". USGA. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  4. "2022 U.S. Women's Open presented by ProMedica Fast Facts". USGA.
  5. "2022 US Women's Open field: Players, rankings". thegolfnewsnet.com. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  6. "2022 U.S. Women's Open: Players". USGA. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  7. "Two-time U.S. Women's Open winner Inbee Park withdraws from Pine Needles; Andrea Lee replaces her in field". Golfweek. May 23, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  8. "2022 U.S. Women's Open Qualifying Results". USGA.
  9. "Minjee Lee and Mina Harigae head into the weekend at U.S. Women's Open tied for the lead". Sports Max. June 3, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
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