U.S. Women’s Open 1 U.S. Women’s Open Championship Record Book 2020 2 U.S. Women’s Open Jeongeun Lee6 Wins the 2019 Championship Jeongeun Lee6 of the Republic of Korea broke out of a pion So Yeon Ryu finished tied for second place, two strokes crowded leader board with three back-nine birdies and with- back at 4-under 280, while Boutier was in a group of five stood some late struggles to shoot 1-under-par 70 and win players at 3-under 281. the 74th U.S. Women’s Open Championship by two strokes over a trio of players at the Country Club of Charleston. Lee6’s final round of 70 was her eighth under-par effort in 12 career U.S. Women’s Open rounds. Lee6 finished fifth in her Lee6, who turned 23 during championship week, earned $1 championship debut in 2017 at Trump Bedminster and tied for million in notching her first victory in the United States. The 17th last year at Shoal Creek. six-time winner in three seasons on the Korea LPGA Tour, who is in her first full-time season on the LPGA Tour, shot 70-69- Her victory marked the 18th victory in the last 36 major 69-70 for a 6-under-par total of 278. championships for players from the Republic of Korea, and she is also the 11th different player in 11 years to win the U.S. “She couldn’t imagine coming this far,” said Jennifer Kim, Women’s Open and the ninth different player to win a major Lee6’s manager and translator. “She feels proud of herself, in the past nine. and she worked so hard.” Thompson, 24, was seeking to join Inbee Park as the In the early going, seven players held a share of the lead, and only players to win the U.S. Women’s Open and the ANA there were at least five players tightly bunched as Lee6 made Inspiration before age 25, but she hit only six fairways and the turn in even-par 36, playing in the third-to-last group struggled to a round of 73. with Mamiko Higa of Japan. Most of the leaders struggled out of the gate, and as the final group of former Duke University Yin and Gerina Piller posted early rounds of 3-under 68 to teammates Celine Boutier and Yu Liu played the par-5 fifth vault up the leader board, but both had late bogeys that hole, the last nine pairings of the day stood a combined 23 kept them from finishing their comebacks. Yin moved from a over par. tie for 18th starting the day into a tie for second, while Piller moved from a tie for 22nd into a tie for fifth. Lee6 assumed control with an impressive up-and-down on No. 10, hitting the flagstick for a tap-in par from 70 feet, NOTABLE then birdieing the difficult par-3 11th (8 feet) and the par-4 Lydia Ko, who won the 2012 U.S. Women’s Amateur at age 15 12th (5 feet). After solid two-putt pars from about 18 feet on en route to 15 victories on the LPGA Tour, finished in a tie for Nos. 13 and 14, Lee6 knocked a 50-yard wedge approach to 39th place. But the New Zealander provided a highlight on 4 feet and made birdie on the par-5 15th for a three-stroke Sunday by holing her tee shot on the difficult par-3 11th hole lead. That is when she grasped the task ahead of her on the for the 28th ace in U.S. Women’s Open history. The perfect difficult closing holes. shot made Ko 1 under for the four days on No. 11, the reverse “I was nervous starting 16, 17, and 18, and I knew that if I Redan hole, which played to a 3.44 stroke average for the made all pars on those holes, I knew that I’m going to win,” week, the toughest hole on the course. “My first [ace] was said Lee6. “I know I made two bogeys, but I just didn’t want at the Olympics in Rio, and then my second one is at the U.S. to think about it too much. I tried the best that I can.” Women’s Open,” said Ko, who hit 6-iron on the 159-yard hole. “Maybe I should go for the career Grand Slam holes-in-one.” Boutier had the best opportunity to catch Lee6, who slipped to 6 under after missing the green on both Nos. 16 and 18. Three players made their professional debuts in this cham- Boutier stuffed her approach on No. 16 to 3½ feet, but lipped pionship. Maria Fassi, 21, of Mexico, who captured the NCAA out the birdie putt that would have brought her to 6 under. women’s individual title for the University of Arkansas two Boutier came to No. 18 still needing a birdie to tie, but she weeks ago, shot 68-70 on the weekend to finish in a tie for bunkered her approach, took two shots to reach the green 12th place. Patty Tavatanakit, 19, of Thailand, who tied for and then lipped out her putt, making a double bogey that fifth in last year’s Women’s Open to earn low-amateur hon- dropped her into a tie for fifth. ors, finished in a tie for 34th place in her professional debut after two years at UCLA. Jennifer Kupcho, 22, who won the “On a scale of one to 10, [today was] probably a one,” said NCAA individual title for Wake Forest in 2018 and defeated Boutier, 25, of France, who earned her first LPGA Tour win Fassi in the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur in January. “I feel pretty bad right now. Hopefully, I’ll learn in April, struggled on the weekend and finished in a tie for from this. I just feel like my putter was not good all day, and 62nd. I just struggled to have birdie opportunities throughout the day.” Players from Korea have won eight U.S. Opens since 2008, while players from the USA have won three and one player Lexi Thompson, Angel Yin and 2011 U.S. Women’s Open cham- from Thailand has won. U.S. Women’s Open 3 74th U.S. Women’s Open Championship Results May 31-June 4, 2019 Country Club of Charleston Charleston, S.C. Par: 36-35—71, Yardage: 6,535 • Entries: 1,552, Purse: $5.5 million Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Final Pos. Pos. Pos. Pos. Player, Hometown Scores Money T14 T5 6 1 Jeongeun Lee6, Republic of Korea 70-69-69-70-278 $1,000,000 T43 T10 T18 T2 Angel Yin, Orlando, Fla. 72-68-72-68-280 $412,168 T25 T5 T9 T2 So Yeon Ryu, Republic of Korea 71-68-71-70-280 $412,168 T14 T5 T3 T2 Lexi Thompson, Delray Beach, Fla. 70-69-68-73-280 $412,168 T14 T10 T22 T5 Gerina Piller, Roswell, N.M. 70-70-73-68-281 $178,633 1 1 T3 T5 Mamiko Higa, Japan 65-71-71-74-281 $178,633 T25 T5 T3 T5 Jaye Marie Green, Jupiter, Fla. 71-68-68-74-281 $178,633 4 T2 T1 T5 Celine Boutier, France 67-70-69-75-281 $178,633 T7 T10 T1 T5 Yu Liu, People’s Republic of China 69-71-66-75-281 $178,633 T43 T39 T12 T10 Ally McDonald, West Point, Miss. 72-72-67-71-282 $125,518 T7 T2 T7 T10 Jessica Korda, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 69-68-72-73-282 $125,518 T43 T50 T22 T12 Maria Fassi, Mexico 72-73-68-70-283 $103,065 T2 4 T12 T12 a-Gina Kim, Chapel Hill, N.C. 66-72-73-72-283 amateur T25 T10 T12 T12 Sung Hyun Park, Republic of Korea 71-69-71-72-283 $103,065 T25 T10 T9 T12 Minjee Lee, Australia 71-69-70-73-283 $103,065 T14 T10 T35 T16 Inbee Park, Republic of Korea 70-70-75-69-284 $76,125 T68 T39 T27 T16 Pornanong Phatlum, Thailand 73-71-70-70-284 $76,125 T43 T23 T18 T16 Charley Hull, England 72-70-70-72-284 $76,125 5 T5 T12 T16 Sei Young Kim, Republic of Korea 68-71-72-73-284 $76,125 T43 T23 T12 T16 Jinyoung Ko, Republic of Korea 72-70-69-73-284 $76,125 T68 T39 T9 T16 Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Denmark 73-71-66-74-284 $76,125 T43 T23 T27 T22 Minami Katsu, Japan 72-70-72-71-285 $54,935 T68 T50 T27 T22 Jing Yan, People’s Republic of China 73-72-69-71-285 $54,935 T7 T30 T18 T22 Carlota Ciganda, Spain 69-74-69-73-285 $54,935 T68 T30 T12 T22 Ai Suzuki, Japan 73-70-68-74-285 $54,935 T43 T50 T45 T26 Lindy Duncan, Plantation, Fla. 72-73-72-69-286 $42,951 T25 T23 T35 T26 Lizette Salas, Azusa, Calif. 71-71-73-71-286 $42,951 T43 T50 T27 T26 Ariya Jutanugarn, Thailand 72-73-69-72-286 $42,951 T43 T39 T22 T26 Chella Choi, Republic of Korea 72-72-69-73-286 $42,951 T25 T39 T45 T30 Mi Hyang Lee, Republic of Korea 71-73-73-70-287 $35,724 T7 T30 T27 T30 Esther Henseleit, Germany 66-77-71-73-287 $35,724 T14 T18 T18 T30 Caroline Masson, Germany 70-71-71-75-287 $35,724 T43 T23 T7 T30 Gaby Lopez, Mexico 72-70-67-78-287 $35,724 T117 T39 T67 T34 Hannah Green, Australia 76-68-77-67-288 $28,749 T82 T50 T45 T34 Patty Tavatanakit, Thailand 74-71-72-71-288 $28,749 T68 T50 T35 T34 Katherine Kirk, Australia 73-72-70-73-288 $28,749 T43 T30 T27 T34 Hina Arakaki, Japan 72-71-71-74-288 $28,749 T82 T50 T22 T34 JenongEun Lee, Republic of Korea 74-71-68-75-288 $28,749 T43 T39 T67 T39 Eri Okayama, Japan 72-72-77-68-289 $19,491 T43 T30 T55 T39 Aditi Ashok, India 72-71-75-71-289 $19,491 T43 T30 T55 T39 Megan Khang, Rockland, Mass.