2020 U.S. Women's Open

The 2020 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship will be the 75th U.S. Women's Open, to be played December 10–13 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 will be played on both the Cypress Creek and Jackrabbit courses.[1]

2020 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesDecember 10–13, 2020
LocationHouston, Texas
29.983°N 95.531°W / 29.983; -95.531
Course(s)Champions Golf Club
Cypress Creek and Jackrabbit Courses
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length7,301 yards (6,676 m) (Cypress Creek)7,021 yards (6,420 m) (Jackrabbit)
FieldField size TBA
Prize fund$5.5 million
Winner's share$1,000,000
Location Map
Champions Golf Club
Location in the United States
Champions Golf Club
Location in Texas

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

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 at sites 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.[2][3]

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. Golfers qualifying in Category 16 who qualified in other categories are denoted with the tour by which 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[lower-alpha 1]

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[lower-alpha 2]

Lei Ye, Ina Kim-Schaad, Albane Valenzuela[lower-alpha 3]

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[lower-alpha 2]

Emily Toy

12. Winner of the 2019 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking)[lower-alpha 2]

Andrea Lee [lower-alpha 4]

13. Top-10 money leaders from the 2020 official LPGA money list, not otherwise exempt, through the close of entries on November 11, 2020
14. Top-5 money leaders from the 2020 official Symetra Tour money list through the close of entries on November 11, 2020
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, Du Mohan

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
19. Top-20 points leaders, not otherwise exempt, within the top-100 from the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking on November 4, 2020[lower-alpha 2]
20. Special exemptions selected by the USGA

Brittany Lincicome[lower-alpha 5], Sarah Jane Smith[lower-alpha 5]

21. Remaining spots filled in order using the Rolex Rankings as of November 9, 2020
Notes
  1. May turn professional at any time following the Amateur until the start of the Open.[4]
  2. Must remain an amateur through to completion of the championship.
  3. Albane Valenzuela forfeited her exemption as runner-up in the 2019 U.S. Women's Amateur when she turned professional in November 2019.
  4. Andrea Lee forfeited her exemption as winner of the Mark H. McCormack Medal when she turned professional in November 2019.
  5. Maternity extension.

Past champions in the field
Player Country Year(s) won
Lee Jeong-eun South Korea2019
Ariya Jutanugarn Thailand2018
Park Sung-hyun South Korea2017
Brittany Lang United States2016
Chun In-gee South Korea2015
Inbee Park South Korea2008, 2013
Choi Na-yeon South Korea2012
Ryu So-yeon South Korea2011
Paula Creamer United States2010
Ji Eun-hee South Korea2009
Cristie Kerr United States2007
Karrie Webb Australia2000, 2001

References
  1. Pine, Julia (April 3, 2020). "2020 U.S. Women's Open Postponed to December". United States Golf Association. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  2. Mell, Randall (July 1, 2020). "USGA reveals U.S. Women's Open exemption categories; 100 currently in". Golf Channel. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  3. "2020 U.S. Women's Open at Champions Golf Club: Who's Exempt". USGA. July 1, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  4. "New Exemption Changes for U.S. Women's and U.S. Amateur" (Press release). USGA. August 5, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
Preceded by
2020 Women's PGA Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
2021 ANA Inspiration
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