2022 U.S. Women's Open Explained

2022 U.S. Women's Open
Dates:June 2–5, 2022
Course:Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club
Org:USGA
Tour:LPGA Tour
Par:71
Yardage:[1] –
Field:156 players, 70 after cut
Cut:146 (+4)[2]
Purse:$10,000,000
Winners Share:$1,800,000
Champion: Minjee Lee
Score:271 (−13)
Previous:2021
Next:2023
Map:USA#USA North Carolina
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Pine Needles
Lodge & GC
Coordinates:35.197°N -79.392°W

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. 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]

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

RoundHole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par543434444355443453443671
1stYards5074241233931744024193503653,1575173663951934415301644314063,4436,600
2ndYards4974201253931944014223653763,1935073824051713995181794294173,4076,600
3rdYards4934131293911873994093573663,1445203654121984385211744194063,4536,597
FinalYards5024271104061914134263483873,2104693743922094395331624344223,4346,644

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; 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

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

12. The winner of the 2021 Womens Amateur Championship

13. The winner of the Mark H. McCormack Medal in 2021

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

20. Special exemptions

Qualifying

Date[8] Location Venue Field Spots Qualifiers
Apr19 Meridian Valley Country Club 45 1 Kylee Choi (a)
Apr22 Dream Park Country Club (Dream Course) 71 2 Alicia Joo (a), Lee Jeonghyun (a)
Apr25 Boso Country Club (East and West Courses) 156 6 Saki Baba (a), Mayu Hamada, Natsumi Hayakawa, Nika Ito (a), Yuri Onishi, Yuna Takagi
Apr26 Gainey Ranch Golf Club 78 3 Alexandra Forsterling (a), Bronte Law, Stephanie Meadow
Apr26 Soule Park Golf Club 75 2 Lauren Gomez (a), Linnea Johansson
Apr28 Canyon Creek Country Club 73 2 Julianne Alvarez, Zhang Yunxuan (a)
May2 Mark Bostick Golf Course 67 2 Annabell Fuller (a), Mariel Galdiano
May3 Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club 73 3 Anna Morgan (a), Pauline Roussin-Bouchard, Bethany Wu
May3 Shannopin Country Club 55 3 Laney Frye (a), Auston Kim (a), Marissa Steen
May3 The Clubs at Houston Oaks 74 4 Karen Kim, Cheyenne Knight, Annie Park, Robynn Ree
May4 Fox Run Golf Club 67 4 Amanda Doherty, Isi Gabsa, Sofia Garcia, Lauren Miller (a)
May4 The Forest Country Club (Bear Course) 63 5
May4 Ohio State University Golf Club (Scarlett Course) 68 3 Daniela Darquea, Lauren Hartlage, Emma McMyler (a)
May9 Willoughby Golf Club 63 2 Alexa Pano (a), Bailey Shoemaker (a)
May9 Pauma Valley Country Club 68 2 Alyaa Abdul, Catherine Park (a)
May9 Oahu Country Club 44 1 Tiffany Chan
May9 El Macero Country Club 46 2 Lucy Li, Kathleen Scavo
May9 Dunwoody Country Club 78 2 Gemma Dryburgh, Sara Im (a)
May9 Chaska Town Course 37 1 Gabby Lemieux
May9 Stonebridge Country Club 46 1 Ingrid Gutierrez
May10 Walnut Creek Golf Preserve 35 1 Malak Bouraeda (a)
May10 Morris County Golf Club 132 4 Grace Kim, Lauren Kim, Frida Kinhult, Maude-Aimée LeBlanc
May10 Dragonfly Golf Club 45 2 Lee Il-hee, Gabriela Ruffels
May11 Belle Haven Country Club 62 2 Bailey Davis (a), Sarah Kemp
May12 Worcester Country Club 32 1 Ami Gianchandani (a)
May16 Buckinghamshire Golf Club 49 3 Nicole 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:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 2, 2022

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 64 −7
2 Ingrid Lindblad (a) 65 −6
T3 67 −4
Ryann O'Toole
T6 68 −3
T8 69 −2
Allisen Corpuz
Bronte Law
Annie Park
Park Sung-hyun
Madelene Sagström

Second round

Friday, June 3, 2022

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 64-69=133 −9
67-66=133
T3 71-64=135 −7
67-68=135
T5 69-67=136 −6
Ingrid Lindblad (a) 65-71=136
T7 69-68=137 −5
69-67=137
T9 71-67=138 −4
69-69=138
70-68=138
67-71=138
69-69=138

Source:[9]

Third round

Saturday, June 4, 2022

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 67-66-67=200 −13
2 64-69-70=203 −10
3 69-69-68=206 −7
T4 71-64-72=207 −6
69-67-71=207
72-69-66=207
71-69-67=207
Ingrid Lindblad (a) 65-71-71=207
67-68-72=207
T10 70-69-69=208 −7
69-68-71=208
71-67-70=208
70-70-68=208

Source:[10]

Fourth round

Sunday, June 5, 2022

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 67-66-67-71=271 −13 1,800,000
2 64-69-70-72=275 −9 1,080,000
3 64-69-70-72=277 −7 685,043
4 69-67-71-71=278 −6 480,225
5 72-69-66-72=279 −5 399,982
T6 69-69-68-74=280 −4 337,198
67-68-72-73=280
T8 71-67-70-74=282 −2 261,195
70-69-70-73=282
70-70-68-74=282

Source:[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 77th U.S. Women's Open Championship – Course Statistics – All Rounds . USGA . June 7, 2022 . June 7, 2022.
  2. Web site: 2022 U.S. Women's Open: final leaderboard . USGA . June 7, 2022 . June 7, 2022.
  3. Web site: U.S. Women's Open: 10 Stats to Know: Round 4 . USGA . 13 June 2022.
  4. Web site: 2022 U.S. Women's Open presented by ProMedica Fast Facts . USGA.
  5. Web site: 2022 US Women's Open field: Players, rankings . 2022-07-21 . thegolfnewsnet.com.
  6. Web site: 2022 U.S. Women's Open: Players . USGA . July 21, 2022.
  7. Web site: 2022-05-23 . Two-time U.S. Women's Open winner Inbee Park withdraws from Pine Needles; Andrea Lee replaces her in field . 2022-07-21 . Golfweek . en-US.
  8. Web site: 2022 U.S. Women's Open Qualifying Results . USGA.
  9. Web site: Minjee Lee and Mina Harigae head into the weekend at U.S. Women's Open tied for the lead . Sports Max . June 3, 2022 . June 7, 2022.
  10. News: US Women's Open: Minjee Lee moves three shots clear after third round at Pine Needles . BBC Sports . June 4, 2022 . June 7, 2022.
  11. News: U.S. Women's Open presented by ProMedica . Golf Channel . June 5, 2022 . June 7, 2022.

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