PLAYERS GUIDE — Trump National Golf Club | Bedminster, N.J
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72ND U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYERS GUIDE — Trump National Golf Club | Bedminster, N.J. — July 13-16, 2017 conducted by the 2017 U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN PLAYERS' GUIDE — 1 2017 U.S. Women’s Open Exemption List TY AKABANE (a) Marina Alex 11 Stacy Lewis 6, 10, 11, 16 Beth Allen 14 Xiyu Lin 11 Birth Date: November 06, 2000 Aditi Ashok 14 Brittany Lincicome 7, 11, 13, 16 Seon Woo Bae 14, 16 Pernilla Lindberg 11 Birthplace: Walnut Creek, Calif. Isabelle Boineau 14 Gaby Lopez 11 Katie Burnett 11 Leona Maguire 4 Age: 16 Ht.: 5’5 Virginia Elena Carta 2 Mo Martin 6, 11, 16 Chella Choi 11 Caroline Masson 11, 13, 16 Home: Danville, Calif. Na Yeon Choi 1, 11 Catriona Matthew 11 In Gee Chun 1, 8, 11, 12, 16 Ai Miyazato 11 Carlota Ciganda 11, 13, 16 Mika Miyazato 11 Player Notes: ELIGIBILITY: She shot 148 at Lake Merced Golf Jacqui Concolino 11 Azahara Munoz 11 Paula Creamer 1, 11 Haru Nomura 11, 13, 16 Club in Daly City, Calif., to earn one of two spots. Austin Ernst 11, 16 Anna Nordqvist 10, 11, 13, 16 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 10, 11, 16 Ryann O’Toole 11 Ty Akabane started playing golf at age six with a set of Snoopy Shanshan Feng 11, 13, 16 Su-Hyun Oh 11 Sandra Gal 11 Lee-Anne Pace 11 golf clubs. She would hit golf balls up the giant hill across from Georgia Hall 14 Hee Young Park 11 her house, marking her progress by how far the ball went up the Brooke Henderson 5, 11, 13, 16 Inbee Park 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16 Charley Hull 11, 13, 16 Sung Hyun Park 10, 14, 16 hill. She first started playing in golf tournaments in the local Jun- Mi Jung Hur 11, 16 Florentyna Parker 14 ior Golf Association of Northern California (JGANC) and cur- Karine Icher 11, 16 Suzann Pettersen 8, 11, 16 rently plays in Northern California Golf Association (NCGA), Suyeon Jang 14, 16 Pornanong Phatlum 11, 16 Eun Hee Ji 1, 10, 11, 16 Gerina Piller 10, 11, 16 American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) tournaments, and Ariya Jutanugarn 6, 11, 12, 13, 16 Morgan Pressel 11 USGA championships. She is an incoming junior at San Ramon Moriya Jutanugarn 11, 16 Beatriz Recari 11 Danielle Kang 11 Paula Reto 11 Valley High School, where she has been the team captain for two Kim Kaufman 11 So Yeon Ryu 1, 11, 12, 13, 16 years. She is left handed, but plays golf right handed. Cristie Kerr 1, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16 Lizette Salas 11 Megan Khang 11 Supamas Sangchan 15 Christina Kim 11 Eun Jeong Seong 2 She carded her first hole-in-one at the 2007 Junior World Tourna- Haneul Kim 14, 16 Alena Sharp 11 ment. She is involved with LPGA-USGA Girls Golf in Pleasan- Hyo Joo Kim 8, 11, 16 Jenny Shin 11, 16 ton, Calif., and assists former LPGA Tour player and 1985 U.S. I.K. Kim 11, 13, 16 Jiyai Shin 6, 14, 16 Min Sun Kim 16 Kelly Shon 11 Girls’ Junior champion Dana Dormann. Sei Young Kim 11, 12, 13, 16 Sarah Jane Smith 11 Jin Young Ko 14, 16 Jennifer Song 11 In 2015, Akabane and friend, Vivian Pang, started “Care Kits for Lydia Ko 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 16 Angela Stanford 11, 16 Jessica Korda 11, 16 Ai Suzuki 14, 16 the Homeless” after encountering homeless people at a public Candie Kung 11, 16 Kris Tamulis 11 park. They raised funds to buy food, water, socks, hand wipes and Brittany Lang 1, 10, 11, 16 Lexi Thompson 7, 11, 12, 13, 16 Alison Lee 11, 16 Mariajo Uribe 11 soap, among other things for the park residents. Jeongeung Lee 16 Karrie Webb 11 Mi Hyang Lee 11, 16 Michelle Wie 1, 16 On a Christmas trip to Hawaii in 2012, Akabane and her father Minjee Lee 11, 13, 16 Jing Yan 11 played at Luana Hills Golf and Country Club in Kailua. During Minyoung Lee 16 Amy Yang 10, 11, 12, 13, 16 Mirim Lee 11, 12, 13, 16 Sakura Yokomine 11 the round, they came across several carts blocking the path. As Seung Hyun Lee 14 Weiwei Zhang 15 they neared, she noticed none other than former President Barack Obama. He was surrounded by Secret Service Agents, but that Key to Player Exemptions didn’t stop Mr. Obama from holding out his hand for a high five. 1. Winners of the U.S. Women’s Open Championship for the last ten years (2007-2016) The 44th President isn’t the only celebrity Akabane has met on the 2. Winner and runner-up of the 2016 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship golf course. At her home course, The Bridges Golf Club in San (must be an amateur). Ramon, she encountered Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver 3. Winner of the 2017 Ladies British Open Amateur Championship (must be an amateur). Jerry Rice. She even snagged a signed golf ball. 4. Winner of the 2016 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking) (must be an amateur). This will be Akabane’s fifth time playing in a USGA Champion- 5. Winners of the LPGA Championship the last five years (2013-2017) ship. At the 2016 U.S. Girls’ Junior, she finished T-37th. 6. Winners of the Ricoh Women’s British Open Championship the last five years (2012-2016) In 2015, she missed the cut in both the U.S. Women’s Amateur 7. Winners of the Kraft Nabisco (ANA Inspiration) Championship the last five years (2013-2017) and U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball with partner Kailie Vong- 8. Winners of the Evian Championship the last four years (2013-2016) saga. 9. Winner of the 2016 Olympic Gold Medal 10. From the 2016 U.S. Women’s Open Championship, the 10 lowest scorers In 2014, she missed the cut in the U.S. Girls’ Junior. and anyone tying for 10th place 11. From the 2016 final official LPGA money list, the top 75 money leaders. She won the 2015 San Joaquin Junior Amateur (ages 12-18), the 12. From the 2017 official LPGA money list, the top 10 money leaders through the close of entries on May 17, 2017. Players must select a qualifying site at 2014 Sacrament City Women’s Championship with a score of the time of entry. (Must have filed an entry by May 17, 2017.) 2-under, the 2014 Junior North California Match Play (ages 12- 13. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered 17), the 2013 Junior Tour of Northern California, Livermore, and official, from the conclusion of the 2016 U.S. Women’s Open Championship to the initiation of the 2017 U.S. Women’s Open Championship. the 2012 Castlewood Junior. 14. Top five LET members from the final 2016 LET Order of Merit and the top five money leaders from the final 2016 Japan LPGA Tour and Korea LPGA She has verbally committed to the University of Oregon. Tour. 15. Top three money leaders from the 2016 China LPGA Tour. Her mother, Paige, and father, Chris, both work in the Biotech 16. From the current Rolex Rankings, the top 50 point leaders and anyone tying Industry. Her brother, Kai, is 13. for 50th place as of May 17, 2017. Players must select a qualifying site at the time of entry. (Must have filed an entry by May 17, 2017.) 17. From the current Rolex Rankings, the top 50 point leaders and anyone tying for 50th place as of July 9, 2017, if not previously exempt. Players must select a qualifying site at the time of entry. Playing in her first U.S. Women’s Open. 18. Special exemptions as selected by the USGA. Must have filed an entry by May 17, 2017. Deadline for submission of request: May 17, 2017. Players must select a qualifying site at the time of entry. 2017 U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN PLAYERS' GUIDE — 2 Marina Alex MARINAhttp://www.golfstats.com/gs_scripts/golfstats/golfstats.php?guide=2017wopen&style=&tour=LPGA&name=Marina+Alex&year=&tournament= ALEX &in=Search Yearly LPGA Tour Statistics/Rank Birth Date: August 02, 1990 Year Starts Cuts Made Top-10s Wins Scoring Avg./Rank Money/Rank 2009http://www.golfstats.com/gs_scripts/golfstats/golfstats.php?guide=2017wopen&style=&tour=LPGA&name=Marina+Alex&year=2009&tournam 1 0 0 0 80.00ent=&in=Search $0.00 Birthplace: Wayne, N.J. 2013http://www.golfstats.com/gs_scripts/golfstats/golfstats.php?guide=2017wopen&style=&tour=LPGA&name=Marina+Alex&year=2013&tournam 3 0 0 0 73.33ent=&in=Search $0.00 Age: 26 Ht.: 5’3" 2014http://www.golfstats.com/gs_scripts/golfstats/golfstats.php?guide=2017wopen&style=&tour=LPGA&name=Marina+Alex&year=2014&tournam 24 15 1 0 72.01 (58)ent=&in=Search $224,330.00 (65) 2015http://www.golfstats.com/gs_scripts/golfstats/golfstats.php?guide=2017wopen&style=&tour=LPGA&name=Marina+Alex&year=2015&tournam 24 15 1 0 73.06 (110)ent=&in=Search $182,967.00 (71) Home: Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 2016http://www.golfstats.com/gs_scripts/golfstats/golfstats.php?guide=2017wopen&style=&tour=LPGA&name=Marina+Alex&year=2016&tournam 26 19 3 0 71.62 (50)ent=&in=Search $282,972.00 (65) College: Vanderbilt Turned Professional: 2012 http://www.golfstats.com/gs_scripts/golfstats/golfstats.php?guide=2017wopen&style=&tour=LPGA&name=Marina+Alex&year=&tournament=Marina Alex’s U.S.