2014 U.S. Women's Open

September 2018 September 2026 2014 U.S. Women's Open USWomensOpen2014Logo.svg June 19–22, 2014 Pinehurst, North Carolina Pinehurst Resort,Course No. 2 USGA LPGA Tour 70 6649 ydhttp://www.usopen.com/women/en_US/news/articles/2014-06-17/201406171403012463349.html USGA 2014 U.S. Women's Open Fact Sheet June 17, 2014 June 18, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140620183941/http://www.usopen.com/women/en_US/news/articles/2014-06-17/201406171403012463349.html June 20, 2014 dead mdy-all 156 players, 71 after cut 149 (+9) $4.0 millionhttp://www.golfdigest.com/blogs/the-loop/2014/05/winning-the-us-womens-open-is.html Winning the U.S. Women's Open is about to become a little more profitable Golf Digest Ron Sirak May 22, 2014 $720,000 USA Michelle Wie 278 (−2) 2013 2015 USA 1 Pinehurst Resort 35.190 -79.468 Location in the United States 5 240 USA North Carolina 1 Pinehurst Resort 35.190 -79.468 Location in North Carolina 5 240 The 2014 U.S. Women's Open 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 a week after the U.S. Open. First played in 1946, the U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five 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 the only major title of her career as of 2025, two strokes ahead of runner-up Stacy Lewis. Stephanie Meadow was a stroke back in solo third in her debut event as a professional.https://www.espn.com/espnw/news-commentary/story/_/id/11120633/michelle-wie-wins-first-career-major-us-women-open ESPNW Associated Press Michelle Wie wins U.S. Open June 22, 2014 June 22, 2014 Qualifying and field The championship is open to any female professional or amateur golfer with a USGA handicap index not exceeding 2.4. 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.http://www.usopen.com/en_US/news/qualifying/road_to_the_open.html Qualifying – Road to the U.S. Open and U.S. Women's Open USGA May 20, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140514064901/http://www.usopen.com/en_US/news/qualifying/road_to_the_open.html May 14, 2014 dead mdy-all The handicap index limit in 2013 was 4.4.USGA http://www.usga.org/ChampEventContent.aspx?id=21474853503 2013 U.S. Women's Open Fact Sheet June 20, 2014 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.USGA https://champs.usga.org/EntryForms/womensopen_2014.pdf USGA Entry Forms April 10, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140325060332/https://champs.usga.org/EntryForms/womensopen_2014.pdf March 25, 2014 dead mdy-all 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), 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.http://www.usga.org/news/2014/march/women-s-open-qualifying-slated-for-24-sites/ U.S. Women's Open Sectional Qualifying Begins May 5 USGA March 17, 2014 40em May 5 at Honors Golf Club, Carrollton, Texas Katie Burnett, Jaye Marie Green, María Hernández, Lisa McCloskey, Belén Mozo May 12 at Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii Xyra Suyetsugu May 12 at Butler Country Club, Butler, Pennsylvania Jessica Porvasnik (a), Jennifer Song, Bailey Tardy (a) May 14 at Oak Valley Golf Course, Beaumont, California Marissa Chow (a), Tzu-Chi Lin May 14 at The Heritage at Westmoor, Westminster, Colorado Céline Boutier (a), Janie Jackson (a) May 19 at Higashi Nagoya Country Club, Aichi Prefecture, Japan Lala Anai, Chisato Hashimoto (a), Eri Joma, Misuzu Narita, Ayaka Watanabe May 19 at Buckinghamshire Golf Course, Buckinghamshire, England Amy Boulden, Nikki Campbell, Holly Clyburn, Nicole Garcia, Rebecca Hudson, Kelsey Macdonald, Stephanie Na, Lucy Williams May 19 at Half Moon Bay G.L., Half Moon Bay, California Paige Lee (a), Lucy Li (a), Kathleen Scavo (a) May 19 at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club, Chungnam, South Korea Narangyi Bae (a), So-young Lee (a) (withdrew) May 19 at Dunwoody Country Club, Dunwoody, Georgia Brooke Pancake, Erica Popson, Jessica Wallace May 19 at Indian Hill Club, Winnetka, Illinois Hannah Pietila (a), Elizabeth Tong (a) May 19 at North Oaks Golf Course, North Oaks, Minnesota Minjee Lee (a) May 19 at CGA Nanshan International Training Center, Shandong, China So-Young Jang, Yuting Shi (a) May 19 at Hermitage Country Club, Manakin-Sabot, Virginia Dori Carter, Brooke Henderson (a), Sue Kim, Rebecca Lee-Bentham, Kristy McPherson, Kris Tamulis May 20 at Lake Forest Golf and Country Club, St. Louis, Missouri Jasi Acharya, Samantha Gotcher (a) May 20 at The Woodlands Country Club, The Woodlands, Texas Ashley Knoll, Marissa Steen May 20 at Rainier Golf & Country Club, Seattle, Washington Jordan Ferreira (a), Carleigh Silvers May 21 at Rumson Country Club, Rumson, New Jersey Laura Davies, Catherine O'Donnell May 27 at Industry Hills Golf Club, City of Industry, California Brianna Do, Andrea Lee (a) May 27 at Thorny Lea Gof Club, Brockton, Massachusetts Megan Khang (a), Caroline Powers May 28 at Country Club at DC Ranch, Scottsdale, Arizona Madison Kerley (a), Sadena Parks, Cheyenne Woods May 28 at The Ritz-Carlton Members Golf Club, Bradenton, Florida Sandra Changkija, Yueer Cindy Feng, Paula Hurtado May 29 at Carolina Trace Country Club, Sanford, North Carolina Weiling Hsu, Stacey Keating, Ally McDonald (a), Marta Silva May 30 at Quail Valley Golf Club, Vero Beach, Florida Karlin Beck, Mathilda Cappeliez (a), Emily Penttila (a) (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:USGA http://www.usopen.com/women/en_US/news/articles/2014-06-04/201406041401912141923.html U.S. Women's Open Sectional Qualifying Complete June 15, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140606075947/http://www.usopen.com/women/en_US/news/articles/2014-06-04/201406041401912141923.html June 6, 2014 dead mdy-all 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. 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. 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.http://www.wralsportsfan.com/another-nc-golfer-added-to-women-s-u-s-open-field/13717420/ Another NC golfer added to women's U.S. Open field WRAL Sports Fan June 10, 2014 June 15, 2014 Course layout Pinehurst Resort Course No. 2 Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards3664323304515031753894291553,2305714474173484191564581844193,4196,649Par444453443355444434343570 Based on the course setup for the championship, the USGA course rating was 78.1 and the slope rating was 145. 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.Golf Channel http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golf-central-blog/rd-1-womens-open-suspended-due-weather/ Rd. 1 at Women's Open suspended due to weather Will Gray June 19, 2014 June 20, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140621094809/http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golf-central-blog/rd-1-womens-open-suspended-due-weather/ June 21, 2014 dead 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.https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/11109635/stacy-lewis-takes-early-lead-us-women-open-67 Stacy Lewis leads Michelle Wie ESPN Associated Press June 20, 2014 The scoring average for the field was 75.83, almost six strokes over-par.http://www.usopen.com/women/en_US/scoring/stats/round1.html Course Statistics – Round 1 USGA June 20, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140824164746/http://www.usopen.com/women/en_US/scoring/stats/round1.html August 24, 2014 dead mdy-all PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Stacy Lewis 67 −32 USA Michelle Wie 68 −2T3 AUS Katherine Kirk 69 −1 AUS Minjee Lee (a) KOR So Yeon RyuT6 USA Paula Creamer 70 E AUS Karrie Webb T8 AUS Rebecca Artis 71 +1 NED Christel Boeljon KOR Na Yeon Choi USA Mina Harigae CAN Brooke Henderson (a) USA Juli Inkster KOR Eun-Hee Ji KOR I. K. Kim CAN Sue Kim TWN Candie Kung NIR Stephanie Meadow THA Pornanong Phatlum USA Angela Stanford USA Lexi Thompson KOR Amy Yang 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.https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/11113026/2014-us-women-open Michelle Wie up 3 at Women's Open ESPN June 20, 2014 Only six players shot under-par, and the field average was 75.01.http://www.usopen.com/women/en_US/scoring/stats/round2.html Course Statistics – Round 2 USGA June 21, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140824170419/http://www.usopen.com/women/en_US/scoring/stats/round2.html August 24, 2014 dead mdy-all Six amateurs made the cut along with 65 professionals at 149 (+9) or better. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Michelle Wie 68-68=136 −42 USA Lexi Thompson 71-68=139 −1T3 AUS Minjee Lee (a) 69-71=140 E USA Stacy Lewis 67-73=140 KOR Amy Yang 71-69=1406 KOR Na Yeon Choi 71-70=141 +1T7 USA Paula Creamer 70-72=142 +2 COL Mariajo Uribe 72-70=142 JPN Sakura Yokomine 74-68=142T10 NIR Stephanie Meadow 71-72=143 +3 KOR So Yeon Ryu 69-74=143 USA Angela Stanford 71-72=143 AUS Karrie Webb 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.https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/11117237/michelle-wie-amy-yang-tied-lead-us-women-open Michelle Wie, Amy Yang lead Open ESPN Associated Press June 21, 2014 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.http://www.usopen.com/women/en_US/scoring/stats/round3.html Course Statistics – Round 3 USGA June 21, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140824111156/http://www.usopen.com/women/en_US/scoring/stats/round3.html August 24, 2014 dead mdy-all PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Michelle Wie 68-68-72=208 −2 KOR Amy Yang 71-69-68=208 T3 KOR Na Yeon Choi 71-70-71=212 +2 USA Juli Inkster 71-75-66=212 AUS Minjee Lee (a) 69-71-72=212 NIR Stephanie Meadow 71-72-69=212 T7 THA Pornanong Phatlum 71-73-69=213 +3 KOR So Yeon Ryu 69-74-70=213 USA Lexi Thompson 71-68-74=213 AUS Karrie Webb 70-73-70=213 JPN Sakura Yokomine 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.https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/11120633/michelle-wie-wins-first-career-major-us-women-open Michelle Wie wins U.S. Open ESPN June 22, 2014 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.http://www.usopen.com/women/en_US/scoring/stats/round4.html Course Statistics – Round 4 USGA June 23, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140824173353/http://www.usopen.com/women/en_US/scoring/stats/round4.html August 24, 2014 dead mdy-all PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Michelle Wie 68-68-72-70=278 −2 720,0002 USA Stacy Lewis 67-73-74-66=280 E 432,0003 NIR Stephanie Meadow 71-72-69-69=281 +1 271,3734 KOR Amy Yang 71-69-68-74=282 +2 191,536T5 KOR Meena Lee 72-73-70-68=283 +3 149,942 KOR So Yeon Ryu 69-74-70-70=283T7 THA Pornanong Phatlum 71-73-69-71=284 +4 113,582 USA Lexi Thompson 71-68-74-71=284 JPN Sakura Yokomine 74-68-71-71=284T10 CAN Brooke Henderson (a) 71-73-72-69=285 +5 90,861 SCO Catriona Matthew 75-69-75-66=285 KOR Jenny Shin 74-70-73-68=283 Source:https://sports.yahoo.com/golf/lpga/leaderboard/2014/195 Yahoo! Sports Leaderboard: U.S. Women's Open June 22, 2014 September 10, 2014 Scorecard Final round Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par444453443 544443434USA Wie −1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−3−3−3−3−3−3−1−2−2USA Lewis +5+4+4+5+5+4+4+3+2+1+1+1E+1+1+2+1ENIR Meadow +2+2+2+3+3+3+3+3+4+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+1KOR Yang −1+1+1+2+1+1+2+2+2+1+1+2+2+3+3+3+3+2 References External links http://www.usopen.com/women/en_US/index.html 2014 U.S. Women's Open at LPGA official site 2014 35.190 -79.468 type:event title Category:U.S. Women's Open Category:Golf tournaments in North Carolina Category:Women's sports in North Carolina U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open