73RD U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYERS GUIDE — Shoal Creek | Birmingham, Ala. — May 31-June 3, 2018 conducted by the 2018 U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN PLAYERS' GUIDE — 1 2018 U.S. Women’s Open Exemption List MARINAhttp://www.golfstats.com/gs_scripts/golfstats/golfstats.php?guide=2018wopen&style=&tour=LPGA&name=Marina+Alex&year=&tournament= ALEX &in=Search Marina Alex (9) Megan Khang (9) Azahara Munoz (9,12) Brittany Altomare (9) Hyo Joo Kim (7,9) Haru Nomura (9) Birth Date: August 02, 1990 Ashleigh Buhai (9) I.K. Kim (5,9,11) Anna Nordqvist (7,9) Pei-Yun Chien (9) Ji-Hyun Kim (12) Su-Hyun Oh (9) Birthplace: Wayne, N.J. Chella Choi (9) Sei Young Kim (8,9) Ryann O’Toole (9) Hye Jin Choi (8) Katherine Kirk (9) Inbee Park (1,4,5,9) Age: 27 Ht.: 5’3 Na Yeon Choi (1) Jin Young Ko (11,12) Jane Park (9) Kelsey Chugg (2) Lydia Ko (6,7,9) Sung Hyun Park (1,8,9,11) Home: Jupiter, Fl. In Gee Chun (1,7,9) Jessica Korda (9) Pornanong Phatlum (9) Carlota Ciganda (8,9,12) Nelly Korda (9) So Yeon Ryu (1,6,8,9) Cydney Clanton (9) Olafia Kristinsdottir (9) Madelene Sagstrom (9) College: Vanderbilt Jacqui Concolino (9) Candie Kung (9) Lizette Salas (9) Paula Creamer (1) Brittany Lang (1,9) Supamas Sangchan (13) Turned Professional: 2012 Austin Ernst (9) Saranporn Langkul Sophie Schubert (2) Jodi Ewart Shadoff (9) gasettrin (13) Alena Sharp (9) Joined LPGA Tour: 2014 Shanshan Feng (8,9,11) Nicole Broch Larsen (9) Erica Shepherd (2) Sandra Gal (9) JeongEun Lee (9) Jenny Shin (9) Laura Gonzalez Escallon Jeongeun6 Lee (8,12) Sarah Jane Smith (9) Player Notes: [ELIGIBILITY: 9] (9) Mihyang Lee (9,11) Jennifer Song (9) Georgia Hall (12) Min Young Lee (12) Klara Spilkova (12) Alex comes from a golf family. Her father, Steve, is a low-handi- Brooke Henderson Minjee Lee (9) Angela Stanford (9) cap amateur. Her younger brother, Anthony, is on the golf team at (4,9,11) Mirim Lee (8,9) Ai Suzuki (12) Wei-Ling Hsu (9) Solar Lee (13) Lexi Thompson (6,9,11) Florida State. Qualified for three U.S. Girls’ Junior Champion- Charley Hull (9) Stacy Lewis (5,9,11) Ayako Uehara (9) ships. She was runner-up in the New Jersey State Golf Association Mi Jung Hur (8,9) Brittany Lincicome Albane Valenzuela (2) Karine Icher (9) (6,9,11) Anne Van Dam (12) Women’s Amateur at Rumson Country Club in 2005 to Kelly Eun-Hee Ji (1,9,11) Pernilla Lindberg (9) Michelle Wie (1,9) Cramp of Hopewell Valley. Ariya Jutanugarn (5,9,11) Gaby Lopez (9) Jing Yan (9) Moriya Jutanugarn (9) Teresa Lu (12) Amy Yang (8,9) As a sophomore at Vanderbilt, she was the individual winner in Danielle Kang (4,9) Mo Martin (5,9) Angel Yin (9) Kim Kaufman (9) Caroline Masson (9) Sun Young Yoo (9) the 2010 SEC Championship and was runner-up as a senior. Was Christie Kerr (9,11) Ally McDonald (9) Karrie Webb (16) twice named SEC Player of the Year while playing at Vanderbilt University and was selected as an NGCA First-Team All-Ameri- Key to Player Exemptions can (2010, 2012). Has a degree from Vanderbilt in Interdiscipli- from Sectional Qualifying nary Studies. Players in the following categories will be eligible for exemption in 2012 Notes: Competed in seven events on the Symetra Tour in the 2018 Championship only. The USGA reserves the right to revise any of the exemption categories. Exemption under categories 2012, recording two top-10 finishes and a season-best T-3rd in the reserved for amateurs will be granted only to players who are Challenge at Musket Ridge. currently amateurs, unless otherwise indicated. An amateur who is 2013 Notes: Competed primarily on the Symetra Tour and fin- exempt into the Championship proper through a category reserved ished third in the Volvik Race for the Card to earn Priority List for amateurs becomes ineligible if she becomes a professional before beginning play or during the play of the Championship, unless Category 9 for the 2014 LPGA Tour season. Recorded six top-10s otherwise indicated. Exempt players who wish to participate in the on the Symetra Tour and ranked second in greens in regulation Championship must file an entry, except those players for whom (76%) and third in rounds under par (23). blank entries are filed as noted below. 2014 Notes: Played in 25 events on the LPGA Tour, making 15 1. Winners of the U.S. Women’s Open Championship for the last ten years (2008-2017) cuts. Earned $224,330, which placed her 65th on the money list. 2. Winners of the 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur, U.S. Girls’ Junior & Best finish was T-9th in the RICOH Women’s British Open. U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championships and the 2017 U.S. 2015 Notes: Played in 24 events on the LPGA Tour, making 15 Women’s Amateur Championship runner-up (must be an amateur) cuts. Earned $182,967, which placed her 71st on the money list. 3. Winner of the 2017 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking) (must be an amateur) Best finish was T-9th in the Walmart NW Arkansas Champion- 4. Winners of the 2014-2017 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship ship. Recorded her career-low of 66 twice, both in the first rounds 5. Winners of the Ricoh Women’s British Open Championship the in the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship and the U.S. last five years (2013-2017) Women’s Open, which she co-led after the first round. Went on to 6. Winners of the ANA Inspiration Championship the last five years finish T-20th. Alex was paired with her golf idol, Karrie Webb. (2014-2018) (Alex has taken lessons from Webb’s former coach Ian Triggs.) 7. Winners of the Evian Championship the last five years(2013-2017) 8. From the 2017 U.S. Women’s Open Championship, the 10 lowest 2016 Notes: Had 26 LPGA starts, making the cut in 19 of them scorers and anyone tying for 10th place: with 3, top-10 finishes. Had her career-best finish at the time, 9. From the 2017 final official LPGA money list, the top 75 money T-6th in the LPGA Volvik Championship. She finished 65th on leaders. the money list with $282,972. 10. From the 2018 official LPGA money list, the top 10 money 2017 Notes: leaders through the close of entries on April 25, 2018. Players must Had 25 LPGA starts making 21 cuts with a career- select a qualifying site at the time of entry. (Must have filed an high 6 top-ten finishes. She finished a career-best 27th on the entry by April 25, 2018.) LPGA Money list. Her best finish was T-3rd at the Canadian 11. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are Pacific Women’s Open 3 shots back of winner Sung Hyun Park. considered official, from the conclusion of the 2017 U.S. Women’s Open Championship to the initiation of the 2018 U.S. Women’s Open Championship. (NOTE: Blank entries will be filed by the USGA for players who become exempt after the close of entries.) 15. From the current Rolex Rankings, the top 50 point leaders and 12. Top five LET members from the final 2017 LET Order of Merit anyone tying for 50th place as of May 28, 2018, if not previously and the top five money leaders from the final 2017 Japan LPGA exempt. Players must select a qualifying site at the time of entry. Tour and Korea LPGA Tour. (NOTE: Blank entries will be filed by the USGA for players who 13. Top three money leaders from the 2017 China LPGA Tour. become exempt after the close of entries.) 14. From the current Rolex Rankings, the top 50 point leaders and 16. Special exemptions as selected by the USGA. Must have filed an anyone tying for 50th place as of April 25, 2018. Players must entry by April 25, 2018. Deadline for submission of request: select a qualifying site at the time of entry. (Must have filed an April 25, 2018. Players must select a qualifying site at the time of entry by April 25, 2018.) entry. 2018 U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN PLAYERS' GUIDE — 2 Her next best finish, 5th at the LPGA KEB HanaBank Champion- ship. Playing in her home state of New Jersey, Alex was the low- BRITTANY ALTOMARE American in the U.S. Women’s Open, finishing T-11 at 4-under Birth Date: November 19, 1990 284. Alex had many friends and family members in attendance at Birthplace: Worcester, Mass. Trump National in Bedminster, about 40 miles from where she grew up in Wayne, N.J. Age: 27 Ht.: 5’6 2018 Notes: T-2nd at the Bank of Hope Founders Cup, 5 shots Home: Tampa, Fl. back of winner Inbee Park. It was Alex’s best finish on the LPGA College: Virginia Tour. Was also T-5th at the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open. Turned Professional: 2013 Marina Alex LPGAhttp://www.golfstats.com/gs_scripts/golfstats/golfstats.php?guide=2018wopen&stat=31&name=Brittany+Altomare&tour=LPGA Tour Playoff Record: 0-1 Yearly LPGA Tour Statistics/Rank Symetra Tour Victories: 1 - 2016 Guardian Retirement Year Starts Cuts Made Top-10s Wins Scoring Avg./Rank Money/Rank Championship at Sara Bay 2009http://www.golfstats.com/gs_scripts/golfstats/golfstats.php?guide=2018wopen&style=&tour=LPGA&name=Marina+Alex&year=2009&tournam 1 0 0 0 80.00ent=&in=Search $0.00 2013http://www.golfstats.com/gs_scripts/golfstats/golfstats.php?guide=2018wopen&style=&tour=LPGA&name=Marina+Alex&year=2013&tournam 3 0 0 0 73.33ent=&in=Search $0.00 Player Notes: [ELIGIBILITY: 9] 2014http://www.golfstats.com/gs_scripts/golfstats/golfstats.php?guide=2018wopen&style=&tour=LPGA&name=Marina+Alex&year=2014&tournam 24 15 1 0 72.01 (58)ent=&in=Search $224,330.00 (65) Started playing golf at the age of 10.