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2011 U.S. Women's Open

Field	Value
name	2011 U.S. Women's Open
image	USWomensOpen2011Logo.svg
dates	July 7–11, 2011
location	Colorado Springs, Colorado
course	The Broadmoor, East Course
org	USGA
tour	LPGA Tour
par	71
yardage	7047 yd
field	156 players, 72 after cut
cut	149 (+7)
purse	$3.25 million
winners_share	$585,000
champion	KOR So Yeon Ryu
score	281 (−3), playoff
previous	[2010](2010-u-s-women-s-open)
next	[2012](2012-u-s-women-s-open)

|USA |USA Colorado The 2011 U.S. Women's Open was the 66th U.S. Women's Open, played July 7–11 at The Broadmoor East Course in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was one of 13 national championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA). The course is at an elevation of over 6200 ft above sea level and previously hosted the U.S. Women's Open in 1995, the first major championship won by Annika Sörenstam. Broadmoor East was the first course in the history of the tournament to play longer than 7000 yd

Because of repeated weather delays during each of the tournament days, each round spanned multiple days and play was concluded on Monday, July 11.

The champion was So Yeon Ryu of South Korea, who defeated compatriot Hee Kyung Seo in a three-hole aggregate playoff. Both players finished the regulation 72 holes at 281 (−3), two strokes ahead of Cristie Kerr. Seo completed her final round on Sunday and Ryu on Monday morning. Ryu won the playoff by three strokes, with birdies on the last two holes.

This was the first U.S. Women's Open to use the three-hole aggregate playoff. The playoff was formerly 18 holes, last played in 2006; the format was changed for 2007. The tournament was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports.

Qualifying and field

The championship was open to any female professional or amateur golfer with a USGA handicap index not exceeding 4.4. Players qualified by competing in one of twenty 36-hole qualifying tournaments that took place between May 16 and June 5 at sites across the United States. Additional players were exempt from qualifying because of past performances in professional or amateur tournaments around the world.

Exempt from qualifying

Many players were 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 10 who qualify by more than one method are also denoted with the tour by which they qualified.

1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last ten years (2001–2010)

Juli Inkster (7), Paula Creamer (6,7,9) Eun-Hee Ji (7), Cristie Kerr (3,7,9), Birdie Kim, Inbee Park (6,7,10-JLPGA), Karrie Webb (5,7,8,9)

Exempt but did not enter tournament: Hilary Lunke, Meg Mallon, Annika Sörenstam

2. Winner and runner-up from the 2010 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship (must be an amateur)

Danielle Kang (The runner-up, Jessica Korda, turned professional in December 2010 and lost her exemption in this category. She qualified at May 16 sectional qualifying in Osprey, Florida.)

3. Winners of the LPGA Championship for the last five years (2007–2011)

Anna Nordqvist (7), Suzann Pettersen (6,7,9), Yani Tseng (4,5,6,7,8,9)

4. Winners of the Ricoh Women's British Open for the last five years (2006–2010)

Catriona Matthew (7), Jiyai Shin (6,7,8,9), Sherri Steinhauer (7)

Exempt but did not enter tournament: Lorena Ochoa (7)

5. Winners of the Kraft Nabisco Championship for the last five years (2007–2011)

Stacy Lewis (7,8,9), Brittany Lincicome (7,9), Morgan Pressel (7,8)

6. 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2010 U.S. Women's Open Championship

Na Yeon Choi (7,8,9) I.K. Kim (7,8,9,10–LET), Brittany Lang (7), Amy Yang (7), Christina Kim (7), Lexi Thompson, Sakura Yokomine (10-JLPGA)

7. Top 70 money leaders from the 2010 final official LPGA money list

Shi Hyun Ahn, Kyeong Bae, Amanda Blumenherst, Laura Diaz, Shanshan Feng, Meaghan Francella, Katie Futcher, Sandra Gal (8,9), Natalie Gulbis, Sophie Gustafson, Hee-Won Han, Maria Hjorth (8,9), Katherine Hull (9), Amy Hung, M.J. Hur, Pat Hurst, Vicky Hurst, Haeji Kang, Jeong Jang, Jimin Kang (9), Song-Hee Kim, Candie Kung, Jee Young Lee, Meena Lee, Seon Hwa Lee, Teresa Lu, Kristy McPherson, Na On Min, Azahara Muñoz, Ai Miyazato (9), Mika Miyazato, Gwladys Nocera, Se Ri Pak, Hee Young Park, Stacy Prammanasudh, Beatriz Recari (9), Michele Redman, Alena Sharp, Sarah Jane Smith, Angela Stanford, Karen Stupples, Momoko Ueda, Mariajo Uribe, Wendy Ward, Michelle Wie (8,9), Lindsey Wright, Sun Young Yoo, Heather Bowie Young

Exempt but did not enter tournament: Karine Icher

8. Top 10 money leaders from the 2011 official LPGA money list, through the close of entries on May 4 (must have filed an entry by May 4)

All players in this category already qualified in at least one other category

9. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2010 U.S. Women's Open Championship to the initiation of the 2011 U.S. Women's Open Championship

All players in this category already qualified in at least one other category

10. Top five money leaders from the 2010 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour

Japan LPGA Tour: Sun-Ju Ahn, Jeon Mi-jeong, Yukari Baba Korea LPGA Tour: Bo Mee Lee, Soo Jin Yang, Shin Ae Ahn, So Yeon Ryu, Hye Youn Kim Ladies European Tour: Lee-Anne Pace, Laura Davies, Melissa Reid

Exempt but did not enter tournament: Iben Tinning (LET)

11. Special exemptions selected by the USGA

none

Qualifiers

The following players qualified for the 2011 U.S. Women's Open through one of the sectional qualifying tournaments. At sites with multiple qualifiers, players are listed in order of qualifying scores, from lowest score to highest.

May 16 at Oak Valley Golf Club, Beaumont, California

Ariya Jutanugarn, Gabriella Then, Moriya Jutanugarn

May 16 at The Oaks Club, Osprey, Florida

Jessica Korda, Victoria Tanco, Doris Chen, Jane Park

May 16 at Druid Hills Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia

Reilley Rankin, Whitney Wade, Mariah Stackhouse

May 16 at Paradise Pointe Club (The Outlaw and The Posse Courses), Kansas City, Missouri

Yoo Kyeong Kim

May 17 at Carolina Trace Country Club (Lake Course), Sanford, North Carolina)

Jean Chua, Lauren Doughtie

May 17 at Indiana Country Club, Indiana, Pennsylvania

Whitney Neuhauser, Jennifer Johnson

May 22 at Poipu Bay Golf Club, Koloa, Hawaii

Mariel Galdiano

May 23 at Lake Merced Golf Club, Daly City, California

Ryann O'Toole, Mina Harigae, Sofie Andersson, Shinobu Moromizato

May 23 at Deerwood Country Club, Jacksonwille, Florida

Mi Hyun Kim, Aree Song, Silvia Cavalleri, Lindy Duncan, Christine Wolf, Nicole Hage, Paola Morena

May 23 at Westmoreland Country Club, Wilmette, Illinois

Junthima Gulyanamitta, Brittany Johnson, Ashley Prange, Karin Sjödin

May 23 at Woodmont Country Club, Rockville, Maryland

Leta Lindley, Julieta Granada, Cindy Lacrosse, Young-A Yang, Chella Choi, Saehee Son, Danah Bordner, Joanna Coe

May 23 at Medina Golf and Country Club, Medina, Minnesota

Amy Anderson, Kelly Shon

May 23 at Fiddler's Elbow Country Club, Bedminster, New Jersey

Hee Kyung Seo, Belén Mozo, Jin Young Pak

May 23 at Royal Oakes Country Club, Vancouver, Washington

Jessi Gebhardt, Christina Proteau, Sue Kim

May 25 at Crestview Country Club, Agawam, Massachusetts

Alison Walshe, Dewi Claire Schreefel, Anna Grzebien, Jennifer Kirby, Harukyo Nomura, Brittany Marchand, Jaclyn Sweeney

May 31 at Industry Hills Golf Club (Eisenhower Course), City of Industry, California

Jennifer Rosales, Stephanie Kono, Erynne Lee, Lizette Salas

May 31 at Pine Forest Country Club, Houston, Texas

Katy Harris, Lisa McCloskey, Becky Morgan

May 31 at Prestonwood Country Club (Hills Course), Plano, Texas

Sarah Kemp, Emily Collins, Chelsea Mocio

June 2 at Alta Mesa Golf Club, Mesa, Arizona

Kyung Kim, Betsy King, Margarita Ramos

June 5 at Broadmoor Golf Club (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colorado

Anya Alvarez, Garrett Phillips, Mallory Blackwelder

Alternates

Rachel Rohanna, Xi Yu Lin, and Jennifer Song – the first alternates from the Colorado Springs, Beaumont, CA, and the New Jersey qualifiers, respectively, were added to the field because all the winners of regular LPGA events from the close of entries on May 4 through the start of the U.S. Women's Open (Suzann Pettersen at the Sybase Match Play Championship, Brittany Lincicome at the ShopRite LPGA Classic, and Yani Tseng at the LPGA State Farm Classic), had already qualified for the 2011 U.S. Women's Open.

Emma Talley, the first alternate from the Wilmette, Illinois qualifier was added to the field on June 27 because the winner of the LPGA Championship, Yani Tseng, had already qualified for the Championship.

Course layout

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yardage	420	339	560	142	426	402	426	166	535	3,416	460	440	223	450	413	432	180	600	443	3,631	7,047
Par	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	3	5	36	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	35	71

Lengths of the course for previous U.S. Women's Opens:

1995: 6398 yd, par 70

Round summaries

Weather delays interrupted play throughout the championship and each of the four rounds concluded the following day.

First round

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Friday, July 8, 2011

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Stacy Lewis	68	−3
T2	USA Amy Anderson (a)	69	−2
USA Lizette Salas	69
USA Ryann O'Toole	69
T5	USA Lindy Duncan (a)	70	−1
SWE Maria Hjorth	70
KOR In-Kyung Kim	70
JPN Mika Miyazato	70
JPN Ai Miyazato	70
AUS Karrie Webb	70

Second round

Friday, July 8, 2011

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	JPN Mika Miyazato	70-67=137	−5
2	JPN Ai Miyazato	70-68=138	−4
3	KOR In-Kyung Kim	70-69=139	−3
T4	USA Stacy Lewis	68-73=141	−1
USA Ryann O'Toole	69-72=141
T6	USA Paula Creamer	72-70=142	E
KOR Eun-Hee Ji	73-69=142
USA Lizette Salas	69-73=142
USA Angela Stanford	72-70=142
USA Wendy Ward	73-69=142

Amateurs (a): M. Jutanugarn (+3), Anderson (+4), Tanco (+5), Duncan (+6), Kang (+7), Proteau (+8), Shon (+8), Kono (+10), Talley (+10), Lin (+11), Rohanna (+11), A. Jutanugarn (+12), Kirby (+12), Lee (+12), Kim (+13), Collins (+14), McCloskey (+14), Marchand (+14), Mocio (+17), Chen (+18), Wolf (+19), Stackhouse (+21), Ramos (+22), Then (+23), Galdano (+28).
72 players made the 36-hole cut at 149 (+7) or better (67 professionals, 5 amateurs).

Third round

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Cristie Kerr	71-72-69=212	−1
KOR So Yeon Ryu	74-69-69=212
USA Angela Stanford	72-70-70=212
T4	JPN Mika Miyazato	70-67-76=213	E
KOR Hee Kyung Seo	72-73-68=213
T6	JPN Ai Miyazato	70-68-76=214	+1
KOR Inbee Park	71-73-70=214
T8	USA Paula Creamer	72-70-73=215	+2
KOR In-Kyung Kim	70-69-76=215
USA Lizette Salas	69-73-73=215
AUS Karrie Webb	70-73-72=215

Final round

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Monday, July 11, 2011

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	KOR So Yeon Ryu	74-69-69-69=281	−3	Playoff
KOR Hee Kyung Seo	72-73-68-68=281
3	USA Cristie Kerr	71-72-69-71=283	−1	215,493
4	USA Angela Stanford	72-70-70-72=284	E	150,166
5	JPN Mika Miyazato	70-67-76-72=285	+1	121,591
T6	JPN Ai Miyazato	70-68-76-72=286	+2	98,128
AUS Karrie Webb	70-73-72-71=286
KOR Inbee Park	71-73-70-72=286
9	USA Ryann O'Toole	69-72-75-71=287	+3	81,915
T10	KOR In-Kyung Kim	70-69-76-73=288	+4	70,996
KOR Jiyai Shin	73-72-73-70=288
KOR Amy Yang	75-69-73-71=288

Amateurs: Jutanugarn (+10), Duncan (+16), Tanco (+16), Anderson (+17), Kang (+19)

Source:

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	4
KOR Ryu	−1	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3
KOR Seo	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−4	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3
USA Kerr	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−1	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1
USA Stanford	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−2	−3	−4	−2	−2	−1	E	E	−1	−1	E
JPN M. Miyazato	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1
JPN A. Miyazato	E	E	E	E	+1	+2	+2	+1	E	E	+1	+2	+3	+2	+3	+2	+2	+2
AUS Webb	+2	+1	E	E	E	E	+1	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2
KOR Park	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Source:

Playoff

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	KOR So Yeon Ryu	3-4-3=10	−2	585,000
2	KOR Hee Kyung Seo	3-6-4=13	+1	350,000

The 3-hole aggregate playoff was contested on holes 16, 17 and 18 (par 3-5-4=12).

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