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Player Bio: Lala Anai2020 U.S. Women's Open

 

Age: 33
Country: Japan
College: None
Worldwide professional victories: 3
Exempt status: No. 105 in Rolex Rankings as of Nov. 11

Although she was born in Japan, Anai spent most of her teenage years in Massachusetts. She attended Lexington High and won a high school state individual title in 2005 before moving back to Japan to pursue her professional golf dreams. She has posted three victories on the LPGA Tour of Japan, the last coming in the 2019 NEC Karuizawa 72 Golf Tournament. She also won the 2016 Golf5 Ladies and 2017 Century21 Ladies Golf Tournament and has seven runner-up finishes.

U.S. Women's Open Playing Record

YEAR

SITE

SCORES

TO PAR

FINISH

2020 Champions Golf Club 78-72 +8 MC

2015

Lancaster Country Club

71-70-75-74—290

+10

59th

2014

Pinehurst Resort & C.C. (Course No. 2)

78-75

+13

MC