The 2015 U.S. Women's Open was the 70th U.S. Women's Open, held July 9âÂÂ12 at Lancaster Country Club in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five current major championships and the third of the 2015 season.
Chun In-gee won the tournament in her first appearance.
It had the largest purse in women's golf, at $4.5 million in 2015. Additionally, the tournament set an attendance record for the U.S. Women's Open at 135,000 spectators for the week. The tournament was televised by Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports.
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.
The United States Golf Association received a record 1,873 entries for the championship.
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 13 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 (2005âÂÂ2014)<br /> Na Yeon Choi (10,12,15,16), Paula Creamer (10,15,16), Eun-Hee Ji (10), Cristie Kerr (10,11,12,15,16), Birdie Kim, Inbee Park (5,7,10,11,12,15,16), So Yeon Ryu (9,10,12,15,16), Michelle Wie (9,10,15,16)
2. Winner and runner-up from the 2014 U.S. Women's Amateur (must be an amateur)<br /> Kristen Gillman
3. Winners of the 2014 and 2015 British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship (must be an amateur)<br /> Céline Boutier (2015)
4. Winner of the 2014 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 (2011âÂÂ2015)<br /> Shanshan Feng (10,12,15,16), Yani Tseng (6,10)
6. Winners of the Ricoh Women's British Open for the last five years (2010âÂÂ2014)<br /> Stacy Lewis (7,9,10,11,12,15,16), Mo Martin (10,12,15,16)
7. Winners of the ANA Inspiration for the last five years (2011âÂÂ2015)<br /> Brittany Lincicome (10,11,15,16), Lexi Thompson (9,10,15,16), Sun-Young Yoo (10)
8. Winners of the Evian Championship (2013âÂÂ2014)<br /> Kim Hyo-joo (11,12,13-KLPGA,15,16), Suzann Pettersen (10,15,16)
9. Ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2014 U.S. Women's Open<br /> Brooke Henderson, Meena Lee (10), Catriona Matthew (10,15,16), Stephanie Meadow, Pornanong Phatlum (10,15,16), Jenny Shin (10,15,16), Amy Yang (10,11,12,15,16), Sakura Yokomine
10. Top 75 money leaders from the 2014 final official LPGA money list<br /> Marina Alex, Dori Carter, Chella Choi (15,16), Carlota Ciganda (13-LET,15,16), Laura Davies, Laura Diaz, Austin Ernst (12), Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Sandra Gal (15,16), Julieta Granada (15,16), Mina Harigae, Caroline Hedwall, M. J. Hur (12), Karine Icher, Tiffany Joh, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Haeji Kang, Kim Kaufman, Christina Kim (12), I.K. Kim (15), Katherine Kirk, Lydia Ko (11,12,15,16), Jessica Korda (15,16), Candie Kung, Brittany Lang (16), Ilhee Lee (15,16), Mi Hyang Lee (12,15,16), Mirim Lee (11,12,15,16), Amelia Lewis, Pernilla Lindberg, Caroline Masson, Sydnee Michaels, Belen Mozo, Azahara Muñoz (15,16), Haru Nomura, Anna Nordqvist (12,15,16), Ji Young Oh, Lee-Anne Pace (12,13-LET,15), Hee Young Park (15), Gerina Piller (15,16), Morgan Pressel (11,15,16), Beatriz Recari, Lizette Salas (15,16), Dewi Claire Schreefel, Sarah Jane Smith, Angela Stanford (15,16), Thidapa Suwannapura, Kris Tamulis, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Line Vedel, Karrie Webb (15,16)
11. Top 10 money leaders from the 2015 official LPGA money list, through the close of entries on May 6<br /> Kim Sei-young (12,15,16)
12. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2014 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2015 U.S. Women's Open<br /> Q Baek (13-KLPGA,15,16), Minjee Lee (16)
13. Top five money leaders from the 2014 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour<br /> Japan LPGA Tour: Teresa Lu (15,16), Misuzu Narita<br /> Korea LPGA Tour: Heo Yoon-kyung (15), Lee Jung-min (15,16), Chun In-gee (15,16)<br /> Ladies European Tour: Charley Hull (15,16), Gwladys Nocera
14. Top three money leaders from the 2014 China LPGA Tour.<br /> Xi Yu Lin, Babe Liu, Yanhong Pan
15. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of May 6, 2015<br /> Jang Ha-na (16), Ariya Jutanugarn
16. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of July 5, 2015<br /> Shiho Oyama
17. Special exemptions selected by the USGA
Additional players qualify through sectional qualifying tournaments taking place between May 9 and June 15 at 25 sites in the United States, China, South Korea, England, and Japan.
May 9 at KaâÂÂanapali Golf Resort (Royal Course), Lahaina, Hawaii<br>
May 13 at CGA Nanshan International Training Center (Garden Course), Shandong, China<br>
May 18 at Serrano Country Club, El Dorado Hills, California<br>
May 18 at Bradenton Country Club, Bradenton, Florida<br>
May 18 at Druid Hills Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia<br>
May 18 at Westmoreland Country Club, Wilmette, Illinois<br>
May 18 at Windsong Farm Golf Club, Independence, Minnesota<br>
May 18 at Butler Country Club, Butler, Pennsylvania<br>
May 18 at Hermitage Country Club, Manakin-Sabot, Virginia<br>
May 18 at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club, Chungnam, South Korea<br>
May 19 at Superstition Mountain Golf & Country Club, Gold Canyon, Arizona
May 19 at Goose Creek Golf Club, Mira Loma, California
May 22 at Fountains Country Club (North Course), Lake Worth, Florida
May 25 at Buckinghamshire Golf Club, Buckinghamshire, England
May 26 at Industry Hills Golf Club, City of Industry, California
May 27 at Riverdale Golf Course, Brighton, Colorado
May 27 at Governors Club, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
May 29 at Sugar Mill Country Club (White/Red Course), New Smyrna Beach, Florida
June 1 at Galloway National Golf Club, Galloway, New Jersey
June 2 at Ferncroft Country Club, Middleton, Massachusetts
June 2 at St. Clair Country Club, Belleville, Illinois
June 2 at OGA Golf Course, Woodburn, Oregon
June 2 at The Woodlands Country Club (Player Course), The Woodlands, Texas
June 4 at Lakewood Country Club, Dallas, Texas
June 15 at Arima Royal Golf Club, Hyà Âgo Prefecture, Japan
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.
Mallory Blackwelder, Jaye Marie Green, Georgia Hall, Min Lee, Nikki Long (a), Ally McDonald, Samantha Wagner
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Thursday and Friday, July 9âÂÂ10, 2015
The first round was incomplete Thursday due to weather; play was completed on Friday morning before the beginning of the second round.
Friday, July 10, 2015
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Sunday, July 12, 2015
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par<br> <small>Source:</small>