2022 U.S. Women's Open

The 2022 U.S. Women's Open Presented by ProMedica was the 77th U.S. Women's Open, held June 2 to June 5 at the Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina. Minjee Lee won the second of her two major titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Mina Harigae. Ingrid Lindblad finished leading amateur at tied 11th. She beat the amateur scoring records over 18, 36 and 54 holes and tied the 72-hole amateur record in the tournament.

Pine Needles previously hosted the championship in 1996, 2001, and 2007, becoming the first course to host the tournament four times.

Field
The field for the U.S. Women's Open is made up of players who gain entry through qualifying events and those who are exempt from qualifying. The exemption criteria include provision for recent major champions, winners of major amateur events, and leading players in the Women's World Golf Rankings.

Exemptions
This list details the exemption criteria for the 2022 U.S. Women's Open and the players who qualified under them; any additional criteria under which players are exempt is indicated in parentheses.

1. Recent winners of the U.S. Women's Open (2012–2021)


 * Choi Na-yeon
 * Chun In-gee (9,15)
 * Ariya Jutanugarn (2,9,15)
 * Kim A-lim (15)
 * Brittany Lang
 * Lee Jeong-eun (9,15)
 * Yuka Saso (2,9,15)
 * Park Sung-hyun (6)
 * Michelle Wie West


 * Inbee Park (2,9,15) did not play.

2. The leading ten players, and those tying for tenth place, in the 2021 U.S. Women's Open


 * Nasa Hataoka (9,10,15)
 * Brooke Henderson (10,14,15)
 * Megan Khang (15)
 * Ko Jin-young (5,7,9,10,14,15)
 * Lin Xiyu (14,15)
 * Lexi Thompson (9,15)
 * Angel Yin


 * Shanshan Feng (15) did not play.

3. The winner of the 2021 U.S. Women's Amateur


 * Jenson Castle (a)

4. The winner of the 2021 U.S. Girls' Junior and 2021 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur, and finalist from the 2021 U.S. Women's Amateur


 * Rose Zhang (a, 13)
 * Blakesly Brock (a)
 * Hou Yu-chiang

5. Recent winners of the Chevron Championship (2018–2022)


 * Jennifer Kupcho (9,10,14,15)
 * Mirim Lee
 * Pernilla Lindberg
 * Patty Tavatanakit (9,15)

6. Recent winners of the Women's PGA Championship (2018–2021)


 * Hannah Green (9,15)
 * Kim Sei-young (9,15)
 * Nelly Korda (9,10,15,17)

7. Recent winners of Evian Championship (2017–2019, 2021)


 * Minjee Lee (9,10,15)
 * Anna Nordqvist (8,9,10,15)
 * Angela Stanford

8. Recent winners of Women’s British Open (2017–2021)


 * Georgia Hall (9,15)
 * In-Kyung Kim
 * Sophia Popov (15)
 * Hinako Shibuno (15)

9. The leading 30 players from the 2021 LPGA Race to the CME Globe final points standings


 * Pajaree Anannarukarn (10,15)
 * Céline Boutier (10,14,15)
 * Matilda Castren (10,15)
 * Ally Ewing (15)
 * Moriya Jutanugarn (15)
 * Danielle Kang (10,14,15)
 * Kim Hyo-joo (15)
 * Lydia Ko (10,14,15)
 * Jessica Korda (15)
 * Leona Maguire (10,14,15)
 * Ryu So-yeon (15)
 * Lizette Salas (15)


 * Austin Ernst (15) did not play.

10. Winners of LPGA Tour sanctioned event between 2021 U.S. Women's Open and start of 2022 championship


 * Marina Alex (15)
 * Ji Eun-hee
 * Nanna Koerstz Madsen (14,15)
 * Ryann O'Toole (15)
 * Atthaya Thitikul (14,15)

11. The winner of the 2022 Augusta National Women's Amateur


 * Anna Davis (a)

12. The winner of the 2021 Womens Amateur Championship


 * Louise Duncan (a)

13. The winner of the Mark H. McCormack Medal in 2021

14. The leading 10 players on the 2022 Race to CME Globe points standings as of April 6, 2022

15. The leading 75 players on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of April 6, 2022


 * Brittany Altomare
 * Na Rin An
 * Pia Babnik
 * Choi Hye-jin
 * Carlota Ciganda
 * Ayaka Furue
 * Mina Harigae
 * Charley Hull
 * Sakura Kowai
 * Alison Lee
 * Lee So-mi
 * Stacy Lewis
 * Gaby López
 * Caroline Masson
 * Yuna Nishimura
 * Yealimi Noh
 * Amy Olson
 * Mel Reid
 * Ryu Hae-ran
 * Madelene Sagström
 * Mao Saigo
 * Ai Suzuki
 * Momoko Ueda
 * Amy Yang


 * Bae Seon Woo, Kitone Hori, Minami Katsu, Jang Ha-na, Mone Inami, Lee Da-yeon, Lim Hee-jeong, Park Hyun-kyung, Park Min-ji and Jiyai Shin did not play.

16. The leading 75 players on the Women's World Golf Rankings not otherwise exempt as of May 16, 2022


 * Maja Stark


 * Yoon Ina, Lee Gae-young, and Sayaka Takahashi did not play.

17. The winner of the 2020 Olympic Gold Medal

18. The winner of the 2021 U.S. Senior Women's Open


 * Annika Sörenstam

19. The leading player from the China LPGA Tour order of merit not otherwise exempt as of April 6, 2022


 * Liu Wenbo

20. Special exemptions

Alternates who gained entry
The following players gained a place in the field having finished as the leading alternates in the specified final qualifying events:
 * Dottie Ardina (Fort Myers)
 * Allisen Corpuz (Columbus)
 * Allison Emrey (Southern Pines)
 * Jillian Hollis (Aurora)
 * Karissa Kilby (a, Honolulu)
 * Lauren Kim (a, Kent)
 * Kim Min-sol (a, Incheon)
 * Andrea Lee (Pauma Valley)
 * Ingrid Lindblad (a, Hockley)
 * Park Boh-yun (a, Richardson)
 * Pornanong Phatlum (Morristown)
 * Lilia Vu (St. Louis)
 * Britney Yada (Scottsdale)

First round
Thursday, June 2, 2022

Second round
Friday, June 3, 2022

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Third round
Saturday, June 4, 2022

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Fourth round
Sunday, June 5, 2022

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