2020 U.S. Women's Open
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | December 10–13, 2020 |
| Location | Houston, Texas 29°58′59″N 95°31′52″W / 29.983°N 95.531°W |
| Course(s) | Champions Golf Club Cypress Creek and Jackrabbit Courses |
| Organized by | USGA |
| Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,301 yards (6,676 m) (Cypress Creek)7,021 yards (6,420 m) (Jackrabbit) |
| Field | Field size TBA |
| Prize fund | $5.5 million |
| Winner's share | $1,000,000 |
| Location map | |
  Champions Golf Club Location in the United States  Champions Golf Club Location in Texas | |
The 2020 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship will be the 75th U.S. Women's Open, to be played December 10–13 at Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas, having been postponed from its original date of June 4-7, 2020, on April 3, 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. It will be played on both the Cypress Creek and Jackrabbit courses.[1]
The U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five current major championships and the fifth of the 2020 season. It has the largest purse in women's golf at $5.5 million. The tournament will be by Fox Sports 1 and Fox, although broadcast times are yet to be determined on which network at which times. It is expected Fox will broadcast Saturday and Fox Sports 1 will broadcast Thursday-Sunday.
Qualifying and field
The championship is open to any female professional or amateur golfer with a USGA handicap index not exceeding 2.4. Players qualify by competing in one of 24 36-hole qualifying tournaments held at sites across the United States and at international sites in China, England, Japan, and South Korea. Additional players are exempt from qualifying because of past performances in professional or amateur tournaments around the world.
Exempt from qualifying
Many players are 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 15 who qualified in other categories are denoted with the tour by which they qualified.
1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last ten years (2010–2019)
2. Winners from the 2019 and 2020 U.S. Senior Women's Open
3. Winners of the USGA Amateur tournaments for females.
- 3a. Winner of the 2019 U.S. Women's Amateur (may turn professional between the two tournaments) [2]
- 3b. Winner of the 2019 U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur, and finalist from the 2019 U.S. Women's Amateur (all must be an amateur)
4. Winner of the 2019 British Ladies Amateur (must be an amateur)
5. Winner of the 2019 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) (must be an amateur)
6. Winner of the 2019 Augusta National Women's Amateur (must be an amateur)
7. Winners of the Women's PGA Championship for the last five years (2015–2019)
8. Winners of the Ricoh Women's British Open for the last five years (2015–2019)
9. Winners of the ANA Inspiration for the last five years (2016–2020)
10. Winners of the Evian Championship for the last five years (2015–2019)
11. Ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2019 U.S. Women's Open
12. Top 75 money leaders from the 2019 final official LPGA money list
13. Top 10 money leaders from the 2020 official LPGA money list, through the close of entries on April 22
14. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2019 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2020 U.S. Women's Open
15. Top five money leaders from the 2019 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour
16. Top three money leaders from the 2019 China LPGA Tour
17. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of April 22
18. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of June 1
19. Special exemptions selected by the USGA
Past champions in the field
References
- ^ Pine, Julia (April 3, 2020). "2020 U.S. Women's Open Postponed to December". United States Golf Association. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
- ^ "New Exemption Changes for U.S. Women's and U.S. Amateur" (Press release). USGA. August 5, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2019.