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U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN

Fully Exempt Players For 2010 U.S. Women's Open

By USGA

| Jun 14, 2010
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An alphabetical list of the 66 golfers currently exempt from qualifying for the 2010 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club:

Player

Exemption Category

Player

Exemption Category

Helen Alfredsson

7

  Stacy Lewis

7,8

Chie Arimura

10

  Brittany Lincicome

5,6,7  

Kyeong Bae

6,7

Meg Mallon

1  

Becky Brewerton

10

Catriona Matthew

4,7,10

Na Yeon Choi

6,7,9

  Kristy McPherson

7

Paula Creamer

6,7

Ai Miyazato

6,7,8,9

Tania Elosegui

10

Mika Miyazato

7

Meaghan Francella

7

Shinobu Moromizato

10

Sandra Gal

7

Anna Nordqvist   

3,7,9

Natalie Gulbis

7

Ji Young Oh

7  

Sophie Gustafson

7,9,10

Se Ri Pak

3,7,9

Hee-Won Han

7

Hee Young Park

6,7

Maria Hjorth

7

Inbee Park

1,7,8

Katherine Hull

7

Suzann Pettersen

3,6,7,8,9

M.J. Hur

7,9

Morgan Pressel

5,6,7

Pat Hurst

7

Michele Redman

7

Vicky Hurst

7

So-Yeon Ryu

10

Juli Inkster

1

Hee-Kyung Seo

9,10

Jeong Jang

4

Jiyai Shin

4,6,7,8,9

Mi-Jeong Jeon

10

Marianne Skapnord

10

Eun-Hee Ji

1,6,7

Jennifer Song

6

a-Jennifer Johnson

2

Angela Stanford

7

Cristie Kerr

1,3,6,7,8,9

Sherri Steinhauer

4  

Christina Kim

7

Yani Tseng

3,5,7,8,9  

In-Kyung Kim

6,7

Momoko Ueda

7

Song-Hee Kim

6,7,8

Wendy Ward

7

Candie Kung

6,7

Karrie Webb

1,5,7

Brittany Lang

7

Michelle Wie

7,8,9

Bo-Mee Lee

10

Lindsey Wright

7

Jee Young Lee

7

Amy Yang

7

Jeong-Eun Lee

10

Eunjung Yi

7

Meena Lee

7

Sakura Yokomine

10

Seon Hwa Lee  

7

Sun Young Yoo

7,9   

  

 

     

     

     

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Key to player exemptions:

1): Winners of the U.S. Women’s Open Championship for the last 10 years (2000-2009).
2): Winner and runner-up of the 2009 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championshp (must be an amateur).
3): Winners of the LPGA Championship the last five years (2006-2010).
4): Winners of the Ricoh Women’s British Open Championship the last five years (2005-2009).
5): Winners of the Kraft Nabisco Championship the last five years (2006-2010).
6): 15 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 15th place from the 2009 U.S. Women’s Open Championship.
7): Top 50 money leaders from the 2009 final official LPGA Tour money list.
8): Top 10 money leaders from the 2010 official LPGA Tour money list through May 5.
9): Winners of LPGA Tour co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2009 U.S Women’s Open Championship to the initiation of the 2010 U.S. Women’s Open Championship.
10): Top five money leaders from the 2009 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour.
11): Special exemptions selected by the USGA.