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 13 who qualified in other categories are denoted with the tour by which they qualified.^[4]

1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last ten years (2006–2015)

Choi Na-yeon (10,15,16), Chun In-gee (9,11,13-KLPGA,15,16), Paula Creamer (10,15), Ji Eun-hee (10,15,16), Cristie Kerr (10,12,15,16), Ryu So-yeon (9,10,15,16), Michelle Wie (10)

• Inbee Park (5,6,7,9,10,12,15,16) – thumb injury^[5] and Annika Sörenstam did not enter the tournament

2. Winner and runner-up from the 2015 U.S. Women's Amateur (must be an amateur)

Hannah O'Sullivan (a), Sierra Brooks (a)

3. Winner of the 2016 British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship (must be an amateur)

Julia Engström (a)

4. Winner of the 2015 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) (must be an amateur)

Leona Maguire (a)

5. Winners of the Women's PGA Championship for the last five years (2012–2016)

Shanshan Feng (13-LET,14,15,16), Brooke Henderson (9,11,12,15,16)

6. Winners of the Women's British Open for the last five years (2011–2015)

Stacy Lewis (9,10,15,16), Mo Martin (16), Yani Tseng

• Jiyai Shin (13-JLPGA,15,16) did not enter the tournament

7. Winners of the ANA Inspiration for the last five years (2012–2016)

Lydia Ko (8,10,11,12,15,16), Brittany Lincicome (15,16), Lexi Thompson (11,12,15,16), Yoo Sun-young (10)

8. Winners of the Evian Championship (2013–2015)

Kim Hyo-joo (12, 13-KLPGA,15,16), Suzann Pettersen (10,15,16)

9. Ten lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place from the 2015 U.S. Women's Open

Pernilla Lindberg (10), Shiho Oyama (15,16), Jane Park (10), Morgan Pressel (10,15,16) Amy Yang (10,15,16)

10. Top 75 money leaders from the 2015 final official LPGA money list

Marina Alex, Baek Kyu-jung, Chella Choi (12,15,16), Carlota Ciganda (15,16), Austin Ernst, Sandra Gal, Julieta Granada, Jaye Marie Green, Wei Ling Hsu, Charley Hull (15,16), M. J. Hur, Karine Icher, Jang Ha-na (11,12,15,16), Ariya Jutanugarn (12,15,16), Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Kim Kaufman, Christina Kim, In-Kyung Kim, Kim Sei-young (11,15,16), Jessica Korda (12,15,16), Candie Kung (15,16), Brittany Lang (15,16), Alison Lee (15,16), Ilhee Lee (15), Lee Mi-hyang (15), Min Lee, Minjee Lee (11,12,15,16), Mirim Lee (15,16), Caroline Masson, Catriona Matthew, Maria McBride, Sydnee Michaels, Mika Miyazato (15,16), Azahara Muñoz (15,16), Haru Nomura (11,12,15,16), Anna Nordqvist (15,16), Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace (15,16), Park Hee-young (16), Pornanong Phatlum (15,16), Gerina Piller (11,15,16), Beatriz Recari, Lizette Salas (15), Alena Sharp, Jenny Shin (11,12,15,16), Kelly Shon, Jennifer Song, Angela Stanford, Kris Tamulis (12), Mariajo Uribe, Karrie Webb (15), Sakura Yokomine

11. Top 10 money leaders from the 2016 official LPGA money list, through the close of entries on May 4

12. Winners of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2015 U.S. Women's Open to the initiation of the 2016 U.S. Women's Open

13. Top five money leaders from the 2015 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour

• Japan LPGA Tour: Ahn Sun-ju (15,16), Lee Bo-mee (15,16), Teresa Lu (15,16)
• Korea LPGA Tour: Cho Yoon-ji, Lee Jung-min (15, 16), Park Sung-hyun (15,16)
• Ladies European Tour: Melissa Reid, Nicole Broch Larsen, Gwladys Nocera, Beth Allen
• Jang Su-yeon (KLPGA,16), Ko Jin-young (KLPGA,15,16), Lee Ji-hee (JLPGA,15), did not play

14. Top three money leaders from the 2015 China LPGA Tour

Ssu-Chia Cheng, Xi Yu Lin

• Pan Yan-hong did not play

15. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of May 4

16. Top 50 point leaders from the current Rolex Rankings and anyone tying for 50th place as of July 3

Su-Hyun Oh, Ayaka Watanabe

• Kim Ha-neul did not play

17. Special exemptions selected by the USGA

Se Ri Pak^[6]

Qualifiers

Additional players qualified through sectional qualifying tournaments taking place in May and June at sites in the United States, China, South Korea, England, and Japan.^[7]

Alternates added to field

The following players were added to the field before the start of the tournament when spots reserved for exemptions in various categories were not used, and to replace players who withdrew from the tournament.

• Amy Anderson, Hannah Burke, Chih-Min Chen (a), Cydney Clanton, Kotone Hori, Caroline Inglis, Yunjie Zhang (a)

First round

Thursday, July 7, 2016

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Mirim Lee	64	−8
T2	Cristie Kerr	67	−5
	Minjee Lee
	Amy Yang
T5	Brittany Lang	68	−4
	Anna Nordqvist
	Kelly Tan
T8	Ji Eun-hee	69	−3
	Moriya Jutanugarn
	Sydnee Michaels

Second round

Friday, July 8, 2016

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Park Sung-hyun	70-66=136	−8
T2	Mirim Lee	64-74=138	−6
	Amy Yang	67-71=138
T4	Lydia Ko	73-66=139	−5
	Haru Nomura	70-69=139
T6	Ji Eun-hee	69-71=140	−4
	Danielle Kang	71-69=140
	Jessica Korda	70-70=140
	Kelly Tan	68-72=140
10	Maude-Aimee Leblanc	72-69=141	−3
	Mo Martin	71-70=141
	Sydnee Michaels	69-72=141
	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	70-71=141
	Angela Stanford	71-70=141

Third round

Saturday, July 9, 2016

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Lydia Ko	73-66-70=209	−7
T2	Ji Eun-hee	69-71-70=210	−6
	Park Sung-hyun	70-66-74=210
T4	Brittany Lang	68-75-68=211	−5
	Amy Yang	67-71-73=211
6	Angela Stanford	71-70-71=212	−4
7	Danielle Kang	71-69-73=213	−3
T8	Ariya Jutanugarn	70-75-69=214	−2
	Cristie Kerr	67-75-72=214
	Mirim Lee	64-74-76=214
	Stacy Lewis	71-74-69=214
	Gaby López	71-72-71=214
	Haru Nomura	70-69-75=214
	Kris Tamulis	71-72-71=214

Final round

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Brittany Lang	68-75-68-71=282	−6	Playoff
	Anna Nordqvist	68-74-73-67=282
T3	Ji Eun-hee	69-71-70-74=284	−4	213,638
	Lydia Ko	73-66-70-75=284
	Park Sung-hyun	70-66-74-74=284
	Amy Yang	67-71-73-73=284
7	Stacy Lewis	71-74-69-71=285	−3	140,590
T8	Cristie Kerr	67-75-72-72=286	−2	115,705
	Gerina Piller	70-72-74-70=286
	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	70-71-75-70=286

Source:^[8]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	5
Lang	−6	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−7	−6	−6
Nordqvist	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−6	−6	−6	−6
Ji	−6	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4
Ko	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−7	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4
S. Park	−6	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−5	−4
Yang	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−4
Lewis	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3
Kerr	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−1	−1	E	−1	−1	−1	−2
Piller	E	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−3	−2	−1	−2	−2	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2
Shadoff	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2
M. Lee	−2	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1
Stanford	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1
Jutanugarn	−2	−2	E	E	E	E	E	−1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	E
Kang	−1	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	+1	+1	E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Source:^[8]

Playoff

The three-hole aggregate playoff was held on the final three holes, and any additional play in sudden-death was to occur on the final hole. Both players made pars on the first two holes, but it was soon determined that Nordqvist had slightly moved sand prior to her approach shot from the fairway bunker on 17, a two-stroke penalty (rule 13-4b). The players were told of the penalty by a rules official midway through the par-5 final hole, after Nordqvist's third shot but before Lang's.^[2]

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Brittany Lang	3-4-5=12	E	810,000
2	Anna Nordqvist	3-6-6=15	+3	486,000

• Playoff held on holes 16, 17, and 18.

Scorecard

Hole	16	17	18
Par	3	4	5
Lang	E	E	E
Nordqvist	E	+2	+3

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par
Source:^[8]