2017 U.S. Women's Open
The 2017 U.S. Women's Open was the 72nd U.S. Women's Open, held at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, west of New York City. The U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five current major championships and was the third of the 2017 season. With the largest purse in women's golf, increased to $5 million in 2017, it was televised by Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports. Park Sung-hyun won her first major title, two strokes ahead of amateur Choi Hye-jin. It was her first  win on the LPGA Tour, after ten victories on the LPGA of Korea Tour. Seven strokes back at after 36 holes, Park carded on the weekend with consecutive rounds Qualifying and field. The championship is open to any female professional or amateur golfer with a USGA handicap index not exceeding 2.4. Players qualify by competing in one of twenty 36-hole qualifying tournaments held at sites across the United States and at international sites in China, England, Japan, and South Korea. Additional players were exempt from qualifying because of past performances in professional or amateur tournaments around the world. Exempt  from qualifying. 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 14 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 (2007–2016) Choi Na-yeon, Chun In-gee (8,12,13,14-KLPGA,16,17), Paula Creamer, Ji Eun-hee (10,16), Cristie Kerr (10,12,13,16,17), Brittany Lang (10,16,17), Inbee Park (5,6,7,9,12,13,16,17), Ryu So-yeon (7,12,13,16,17), Michelle Wie (17) 2. Winner and runner-up  from the 2016 U.S. Women's Amateur (must be an amateur) Virginia Elena Carta (a), Seong Eun-jeong (a) 3. Winner of the 2017 British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship (must be an amateur) Leona Maguire (a,4) 4. Winner of the 2016 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) (must be an amateur) 5. Winners of the Women's PGA Championship for the last five years (2013–2017) Brooke Henderson (13,16,17), Danielle Kang (11,17) 6. Winners of the Ricoh Women's British Open for the last five years (2012–2016) Ariya Jutanugarn (12,13,16,17), Stacy Lewis (10,16,17), Mo Martin (16,17), Jiyai  Shin (14-JLPGA,16,17) 7. Winners of the ANA Inspiration for the last five years (2013–2017) Lydia Ko (8,10,13,16,17), Brittany Lincicome (13,16,17), Lexi Thompson (12,13,16,17) 8. Winners of the Evian Championship for the last four years (2013–2016) Kim Hyo-joo (16,17), Suzann Pettersen (16,17) 9. Winner of the 2016 Olympic Gold Medal 10. Ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2016 U.S. Women's Open Jodi Ewart Shadoff (16,17), Anna Nordqvist (13,16,17), Park Sung-hyun (14-KLPGA,16,17), Gerina Piller (16,17), Amy Yang (12,13,16,17) 11. Top 75 money leaders from the 2016 final official LPGA money list Marina  Alex, Katie Burnett, Chella Choi (17), Carlota Ciganda (13,16,17), Jacqui Concolino, Austin Ernst (16,17), Shanshan Feng (13,16,17), Sandra Gal, Charley Hull (13,16,17), M. J. Hur (16,17), Karine Icher (16,17), Moriya Jutanugarn (17), Kim Kaufman, Megan Khang, Christina Kim, In-Kyung Kim (13,16,17), Kim Sei-young (12,13,16,17), Jessica Korda (16,17), Candie Kung, Alison Lee (16), Lee Mi-hyang (17), Minjee Lee (13,16,17), Mirim Lee (12,13,16,17), Lin Xiyu, Pernilla Lindberg, Gaby López, Caroline Masson (13), Catriona Matthew, Ai Miyazato, Mika Miyazato, Azahara Muñoz, Haru Nomura (16,17), Su-Hyun Oh, Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace, Park Hee-young, Pornanong Phatlum (16), Morgan Pressel , Beatriz Recari, Paula Reto, Lizette Salas, Alena Sharp, Jenny Shin (16,17), Kelly Shon, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Angela Stanford, Kris Tamulis, Mariajo Uribe, Karrie Webb, Jing Yan, Sakura Yokomine 12. Top 10 money leaders from the 2017 official LPGA money list, through the close of entries on May 17 13. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2016 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2017 U.S. Women's Open Katherine Kirk 14. Top five money leaders from the 2016 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and Ladies  European Tour Beth Allen, Aditi Ashok, Bae Seon-woo (16), Isabelle Boineau, Georgia Hall, Jang Su-yeon, Kim Ha-neul (16,17), Ko Jin-young (16,17), Lee Seung-hyun, Florentyna Parker, Ai Suzuki (16,17) 15. Top three money leaders from the 2016 China LPGA Tour. Supamas Sangchan, Zhang Weiwei 16. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of May 17 Kim Min-sun (17), Lee Min-young (17), Lee Jeong-eun 17. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of July 9 18 . Special exemptions selected by the USGA Qualifiers. Additional players qualified through sectional qualifying tournaments in May and June at sites in the United States, China, South Korea, England, and Japan. May 22 at The Country Club at DC Ranch, Scottsdale, Arizona May 22 at Hino Golf Club, Hino, Shiga, Japan May 22 at Butler Country Club, Butler, Pennsylvania May 24 at Riverdale Dunes Golf Club, Brighton, Colorado May 28 at Poipu Bay Golf Club, Koloa, Hawaii May 30 at Industry Hills Golf Club (Eisenhower course), City of Industry, California May 30 at Diamond Oaks Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas May  31 at Legends Golf Club, Prior Lake, Minnesota Jun 2 at BallenIsles Country Club (East course), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Jun 5 at Oak Valley Golf Club, Beaumont, California Jun 5 at Lake Merced Golf Club, Daly City, California Jun 5 at Lan Hai International Golf Club, Shanghai, China Jun 5 at Buckinghamshire Golf Club, Buckinghamshire, England Jun 5 at The Legends at Chateau Elan, Braselton, Georgia Jun 5 at Hidden Creek Golf Club, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey Jun 6/7 at South Shore Country Club, Hingham, Massachusetts Jun 7 at Bogey Hills Country Club, St Louis, Missouri Jun 7  at The Woodlands Country Club (Gary Player course), Spring, Texas Jun 9 at Sugar Mill Country Club, New Smyrna Beach, Florida Jun 12 at Bradenton Country Club, Bradenton, Florida Jun 12 at Prestwick Country Club, Frankfort, Illinois Jun 12 at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club, Cheonan, South Korea Jun 12 at Muskegon Country Club, Muskegon, Michigan Jun 12 at Governors Course, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Jun 12 at OGA Golf Club, Woodburn, Oregon Alternates added to field. The following players were added to the field before the start of the tournament when spots reserved for exemptions in various categories were  not used and to replace players who withdrew from the tournament. Sara Banke, Valdis Thora Jonsdottir, Nelly Korda, Bronte Law, Madelene Sagström, Maddie Szeryk, Alison Walshe, Ayaka Watanabe, Angel Yin Course layout. Trump National Golf Club, Old Course Round summaries. First round. "Thursday and Friday, July 13–14, 2017" Following over two hours of weather delays, play was suspended due to darkness on Thursday at approximately 8:33 pm EDT; 39 players were on the course and completed their rounds on Friday morning. Second round. "Friday, July 14, 2017" Third round. "Saturday, July 15, 2017" Final round. "Sunday, July 16, 2017" Scorecard . "Final round" "Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par"