Championship Venue |
CordeValle, San Martin, Calif. |
Opened |
1999 |
Designer |
Robert Trent Jones Jr. |
Entries Open |
Week of March 7 |
Entries Close |
May 4 |
Dates of Championship |
July 7-10 |
Field Size |
156 |
Eligibility |
Any female professional or amateur golfer whose Handicap Index does not exceed 2.4 |
2015 Championship |
In Gee Chun (272/-8), of Republic of Korea, edged countrywoman Amy Yang by one stroke at Lancaster (Pa.) Country Club |
Quotable |
“I still don’t realize I won this championship. I enjoyed it and had a lot of fun.” – In Gee Chun |
Notable Past Events at CordeValle |
2010 Frys.com Open (Rocco Mediate) |
U.S. Women’s Opens in California (2) |
1964 (San Diego C.C./Chula Vista) Brett Mullin |
Notable U.S. Women’s Open Champions |
Patty Berg (1946); Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1948, 1950, 1954); Louise Suggs (1949); Mickey Wright (1958-59, 1961, 1964); Betsy Rawls (1951, 1953, 1957, 1960; a-Catherine Lacoste (1967); JoAnne Gunderson Carner (1971, 1976); Hollis Stacy (1977-78, 1984); Amy Alcott (1980); Laura Davies (1987); Betsy King (1989-90); Annika Sorenstam (1995-96, 2006); Se Ri Pak (1998); Juli Inkster (1999, 2002); Karrie Webb (2000-01); Inbee Park (2008, 2013); Paula Creamer (2010); Michelle Wie (2014) |
Notable U.S. Women’s Open Runners-Up |
Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1949); Betsy Rawls (1950, 1961); Louise Suggs (1951, 1955, 1958-59); Jackie Pung (1953); Mickey Wright (1968); Nancy Lopez (1975, 1989, 1997); JoAnne Gunderson Carner (1978, 1982-83, 1987); Juli Inkster (1992); Beth Daniel (1981-82); a-Jenny Chuasiriporn (1998); Se Ri Pak (2001); Annika Sorenstam (2002, 2004); Stacy Lewis (2014) |
Schedule of Play for 2016 Championship |
July 7 (First Round, 18 holes, stroke play) |
Television Coverage |
July 7 (First Round/Fox Sports 1/Times to be determined) |
Future Sites |
2017 (Trump National G.C./Bedminster, N.J./July 13-16) |