2014 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

2014 U.S. Women's Open

Tournament information
Dates	June 19–22, 2014
Location	Pinehurst, North Carolina
Course(s)	Pinehurst Resort, Course No. 2
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,649 yards (6,080 m)[1]
Field	156 players, 71 after cut
Cut	149 (+9)
Prize fund	$4.0 million[2]
Winner's share	$720,000[2]
Champion
Michelle Wie
278 (−2)
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Pinehurst
Resort

Location in the United States

Pinehurst
Resort

Location in North Carolina

The 2014 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 69th U.S. Women's Open, held June 19–22 at Pinehurst Resort Course No. 2 in Pinehurst, North Carolina. It marked the first time that the U.S. Women's Open was played on the same course in the same year as the U.S. Open. The U.S. Women's Open was played in the week immediately following the U.S. Open.

First played in 1946, the U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five current major championships and the second of the 2014 season. It has the largest purse in women's golf at $4.0 million, with a winner's share of $720,000. The tournament was televised for the final time by ESPN and NBC Sports.

Michelle Wie won her first major title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Stacy Lewis. Stephanie Meadow was a stroke back in solo third in her debut event as a professional.^[3]

Qualifying and field

The championship is open to any female professional or amateur golfer with a USGA handicap index not exceeding 2.4.^[1] Players qualified 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 1,702 entries for the championship, breaking the year-old record of 1,420 in 2013.^[1][4] The handicap index limit in 2013 was 4.4.^[5]

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 12 who qualified in other categories are denoted with the tour by which they qualified.^[6]

1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last ten years (2004–2013)
Na Yeon Choi (9,13,14), Paula Creamer (8,9,10,11,13,14), Eun-Hee Ji (9), Cristie Kerr (4,9,13,14), Birdie Kim, Inbee Park (4,6,8,9,10,11,13,14), So Yeon Ryu (8,9,13,14)

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

2. Winner and runner-up from the 2013 U.S. Women's Amateur (must be an amateur)
Emma Talley. The runner-up, Yueer Cindy Feng, turned professional in December 2013, forfeiting her exemption from qualifying. She qualified in Bradenton, Florida.

3. Winner of the 2013 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) (must be an amateur)
The winner, Lydia Ko, turned professional in October 2013, forfeiting her exemption from qualifying. She qualified for the tournament in four other categories, with the highest-ranking being category 10.

4. Winners of the LPGA Championship for the last five years (2009–2013)
Shanshan Feng (8,9,11,13,14), Anna Nordqvist (9,10,11,13,14), Yani Tseng (5,6,9)

5. Winners of the Ricoh Women's British Open for the last five years (2009–2013)
Stacy Lewis (6,9,10,11,13,14), Catriona Matthew (9,13,14)
Jiyai Shin was exempt in this category and in categories 9 and 13 but did not enter the tournament.

6. Winners of the Kraft Nabisco Championship for the last five years (2010–2014)
Lexi Thompson (9,10,11,12-LET,13,14), Sun-Young Yoo (9)

7. Winner of the 2013 Evian Championship
Suzann Pettersen (9,11,12-LET,13,14)

8. Ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2013 U.S. Women's Open Championship
Jodi Ewart Shadoff (9), I.K. Kim (9,13,14), Jessica Korda (9,11,13,14), Brittany Lang (9), Brittany Lincicome (9), Angela Stanford (9,13,14)

9. Top 70 money leaders from the 2013 final official LPGA money list
Chie Arimura, Christel Boeljon, Nicole Castrale, Chella Choi (10,13,14), Carlota Ciganda (12-LET), Irene Coe, Jacqui Concolino, Sandra Gal, Julieta Granada, Natalie Gulbis, Mina Harigae, Caroline Hedwall, Katherine Hull-Kirk, Karine Icher, Juli Inkster, Jennifer Johnson, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Haeji Kang, Candie Kung, Ilhee Lee, Jee Young Lee, Meena Lee, Pernilla Lindberg, Mo Martin, Caroline Masson, Ai Miyazato, Mika Miyazato, Azahara Muñoz (10,13,14), Se Ri Pak (13,14), Hee Young Park (11,13,14), Jane Park, Pornanong Phatlum, Gerina Piller, Stacy Prammanasudh (did not enter), Morgan Pressel, Beatriz Recari (11), Jennifer Rosales, Lizette Salas (11,13,14), Dewi Claire Schreefel, Hee Kyung Seo (did not enter), Giulia Sergas, Jenny Shin, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Alison Walshe, Karrie Webb (10,11,13,14), Michelle Wie (10,11,13,14), Amy Yang (11,13,14)

10. Top 10 money leaders from the 2014 official LPGA money list, through the close of entries on April 30
Lydia Ko (11,13,14)

11. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2013 U.S. Women's Open Championship to the initiation of the 2014 U.S. Women's Open Championship
Teresa Lu (12-JLPGA)

12. Top five money leaders from the 2013 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour

• Japan LPGA Tour: Sun-Ju Ahn (14,withdrew),^[7] Rikako Morita, Sakura Yokomine, Yumiko Yoshida
• Korea LPGA Tour: Choi Yoo-lim, Chun In-gee (did not enter), Jang Ha-na (13,14), Kim Hyo-joo (did not enter), Kim Sei-young
• Ladies European Tour: Gwladys Nocera, Lee-Anne Pace

13. Top 25 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 25th place as of April 30, 2014
All players already qualified in other categories.

14. Top 25 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 25th place as of June 16, 2014
All players already qualified in other categories.

15. Special exemptions selected by the USGA
None selected

Qualifiers

Additional players qualified through sectional qualifying tournaments. For the first time in the history of the U.S. Women's Open, qualifying tournaments took place outside of the United States.^[8]

(a) indicates amateur

Alternates added to field

The following players were added to the field on June 4 when spots reserved for exemptions in various categories were not used:^[7]

• Stephanie Meadow, the first alternate from the Beaumont, California qualifier
• Ashleigh Simon, the first alternate from the Carrollton, Texas qualifier
• Sarah Jane Smith, the first alternate from the Manakin-Sabot, Virginia qualifier
• Kelly Tan, the first alternate from the Dunwoody, Georgia qualifier

Sierra Sims, the first alternate from The Woodlands, Texas, qualifier, was added to the field when Sun-Ju Ahn who was exempt in category 12 withdrew.^[7]

Hee Kyung Bae, the first alternate from the Korea qualifier, was added to the field when So-young Lee, who had advanced through the Korea qualifier, withdrew.^[7]

Laura Diaz, the first alternate from the Butler, Pennsylvania qualifier, was added to the field on June 10 when the space reserved for the winner of the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic was not used because the winner, Inbee Park, had already qualified in multiple categories.^[9]

Nationalities in the field

North America (66)	South America (4)	Europe (29)	Oceania (9)	Asia (45)	Africa (3)
Canada (5)	Colombia (3)	England (5)	Australia (8)	China (2)	South Africa (3)
United States (61)	Paraguay (1)	Northern Ireland (1)	New Zealand (1)	Japan (12)
		Scotland (2)		Malaysia (1)
		Wales (1)		Philippines (1)
		Finland (1)		South Korea (22)
		France (4)		Taiwan (5)
		Germany (2)		Thailand (2)
		Italy (1)
		Netherlands (2)
		Norway (1)
		Spain (6)
		Sweden (3)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
So Yeon Ryu	South Korea	2011	69	74	70	70	283	+3	T5
Na Yeon Choi	South Korea	2012	71	70	71	74	286	+6	T13
Paula Creamer	United States	2010	70	72	72	73	287	+7	T15
Juli Inkster	United States	1999, 2002	71	75	66	75	287	+7	T15
Eun-Hee Ji	South Korea	2009	71	75	75	68	289	+9	T28
Karrie Webb	Australia	2000, 2001	70	73	70	77	290	+10	T30
Se Ri Pak	South Korea	1998	76	69	74	73	292	+12	T38
Inbee Park	South Korea	2008, 2013	76	71	73	73	293	+13	T43

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Cristie Kerr	United States	2007	76	74	150	+10
Birdie Kim	South Korea	2005	79	73	152	+12
Laura Davies	England	1987	82	74	156	+16

Course layout

Course No. 2

• Based on the course setup for the championship, the USGA course rating was 78.1 and the slope rating was 145.^[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 19, 2014
Friday, June 20, 2014

Play was suspended Thursday at 7:12 pm EDT due to inclement weather and thirty players completed the first round on Friday morning.^[10] Five players finished the round under-par; Stacy Lewis led with a bogey-free 67 (−3) and fellow American Michelle Wie was one stroke back at 68. Minjee Lee, the number one female in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, was tied for third place at one-under-par.^[11] The scoring average for the field was 75.83, almost six strokes over-par.^[12]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Stacy Lewis	United States	67	−3
2	Michelle Wie	United States	68	−2
T3	Katherine Kirk	Australia	69	−1
	Minjee Lee (a)	Australia
	So Yeon Ryu	South Korea
T6	Paula Creamer	United States	70	E
	Karrie Webb	Australia
T8	Rebecca Artis	Australia	71	+1
	Christel Boeljon	Netherlands
	Na Yeon Choi	South Korea
	Mina Harigae	United States
	Brooke Henderson (a)	Canada
	Juli Inkster	United States
	Eun-Hee Ji	South Korea
	I. K. Kim	South Korea
	Sue Kim	Canada
	Candie Kung	Taiwan
	Stephanie Meadow	Northern Ireland
	Pornanong Phatlum	Thailand
	Angela Stanford	United States
	Lexi Thompson	United States
	Amy Yang	South Korea

Second round

Friday, June 20, 2014

Michelle Wie was the only one to break par in both rounds, shooting 68 again (tied for low round) to lead at 136 (−4), three strokes ahead of Lexi Thompson. First round leader Stacy Lewis shot 73 (+3) and was tied for third with amateur Minjee Lee and Amy Yang at even-par 140.^[13] Only six players shot under-par, and the field average was 75.01.^[14] Six amateurs made the cut along with 65 professionals at 149 (+9) or better.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Michelle Wie	United States	68-68=136	−4
2	Lexi Thompson	United States	71-68=139	−1
T3	Minjee Lee (a)	Australia	69-71=140	E
	Stacy Lewis	United States	67-73=140
	Amy Yang	South Korea	71-69=140
6	Na Yeon Choi	South Korea	71-70=141	+1
T7	Paula Creamer	United States	70-72=142	+2
	Mariajo Uribe	Colombia	72-70=142
	Sakura Yokomine	Japan	74-68=142
T10	Stephanie Meadow	Northern Ireland	71-72=143	+3
	So Yeon Ryu	South Korea	69-74=143
	Angela Stanford	United States	71-72=143
	Karrie Webb	Australia	70-73=143

Third round

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Amy Yang shot 68 (−2) to move into a tie for first with Michelle Wie, who shot a two-over-par 72. They were the only competitors under par after the third round, at 208 (−2). Two-time champion Juli Inkster, age 53, shot the low round of the first three days, 66 (−4), to move into a tie for third, four strokes back.^[15] First round leader Stacy Lewis carded a 74 (+4) and fell to 214 (+4), six strokes back in a tie for twelfth. Eight were under par for the round and the field scoring average was 73.30, the lowest of the championship.^[16]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Michelle Wie	United States	68-68-72=208	−2
	Amy Yang	South Korea	71-69-68=208
T3	Na Yeon Choi	South Korea	71-70-71=212	+2
	Juli Inkster	United States	71-75-66=212
	Minjee Lee (a)	Australia	69-71-72=212
	Stephanie Meadow	Northern Ireland	71-72-69=212
T7	Pornanong Phatlum	Thailand	71-73-69=213	+3
	So Yeon Ryu	South Korea	69-74-70=213
	Lexi Thompson	United States	71-68-74=213
	Karrie Webb	Australia	70-73-70=213
	Sakura Yokomine	Japan	74-68-71=213

Final round

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Michelle Wie shot an even-par 70 final round to win by two strokes over Stacy Lewis. It was Wie's first major and fourth LPGA Tour win. She had a three-shot lead with three holes to play, but double-bogeyed the 16th hole. A birdie on 17 and par on 18 sealed the win.^[17] Lewis and Catriona Matthew shot the low rounds of the day, 66. This was the easiest scoring day of the championship; 16 players scored under-par and the field average was 72.39.^[18]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Michelle Wie	United States	68-68-72-70=278	−2	720,000
2	Stacy Lewis	United States	67-73-74-66=280	E	432,000
3	Stephanie Meadow	Northern Ireland	71-72-69-69=281	+1	271,373
4	Amy Yang	South Korea	71-69-68-74=282	+2	191,536
T5	Meena Lee	South Korea	72-73-70-68=283	+3	149,942
	So Yeon Ryu	South Korea	69-74-70-70=283
T7	Pornanong Phatlum	Thailand	71-73-69-71=284	+4	113,582
	Lexi Thompson	United States	71-68-74-71=284
	Sakura Yokomine	Japan	74-68-71-71=284
T10	Brooke Henderson (a)	Canada	71-73-72-69=285	+5	90,861
	Catriona Matthew	Scotland	75-69-75-66=285
	Jenny Shin	South Korea	74-70-73-68=283

Source:^[19]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4
Wie	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−1	−2	−2
Lewis	+5	+4	+4	+5	+5	+4	+4	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1	E	+1	+1	+2	+1	E
Meadow	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+4	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1
Yang	−1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2

References

External links

• Official website
• 2014 U.S. Women's Open at LPGA official site

Coordinates: 35°11′24″N 79°28′05″W / 35.190°N 79.468°W / 35.190; -79.468