2018 U.S. Senior Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJuly 12–15, 2018
LocationWheaton, Illinois, U.S.
41°50′56″N 88°06′58″W / 41.849°N 88.116°W / 41.849; -88.116
Course(s)Chicago Golf Club
Organized byUSGA
Statistics
Par73
LengthRound 1:
6,279 yards (5,742 m)
Round 2:
6,277 yards (5,740 m)
Round 3:
6,196 yards (5,666 m)
Round 4:
6,178 yards (5,649 m)
Field120 players, 55 after cut
Cut158 (+12)
Prize fund$1.0 million
Winner's share$180,000
Champion
England Laura Davies
276 (−16)
Location Map
Chicago GC is located in the United States
Chicago GC
Chicago GC
Location in the United States
Chicago GC is located in Illinois
Chicago GC
Chicago GC
Location in Illinois

The 2018 U.S. Senior Women's Open was the inaugural U.S. Senior Women's Open. It was a professional golf tournament organized by the United States Golf Association, open to women over 50 years of age. The championship was played at the Chicago Golf Club, Wheaton, Illinois, from July 12 to 15 and was won by Laura Davies, England.[1][2]

Venue

The 2018 U.S. Senior Women's Open was the 12th USGA Championship contested at Chicago Golf Club. The last previous championship contested here was the 2005 Walker Cup, when the U.S. team defeated Great Britain and Ireland by a single point. The club was one of the five founding members of the USGA. It was built in 1892, making it the oldest 18-hole course in the western hemisphere.

Course layout

Preliminary length is shown. The final length came to differ between each round.

HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Valley374410Short1363
2Road445511Dogleg3544
3Biarittz167312Punchbowl4645
4Long478513Eden1483
5Leven325414Cape3474
6Pope's Nose320415Ginger Beer3214
7Redan153316Raynor's Prize5175
8Narrows346417Double Plateau3734
9Pond389418Home4255
Out2,99736In3,08537
Total 6,082 73

[3]

Format

The walking-only tournament was played over 72 holes of stroke play, with the top 50 and ties making the 36-hole cut.

Field

The championship was open to any professional or amateur golfer who was age 50 years or over as of July 12 and had a handicap index not exceeding 7.4. The final field of 120 players included 57 players exempt through one of the exemption categories listed below, while 63 players earned their spots in the field via sectional qualifying at sites nationwide in the spring of 2018.

Exempt from qualifying

Many players were 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.[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2][4]

1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open (ten year exemption[lower-alpha 3]).

2. From the 2018 U.S. Women's Open, any player returning a 72-hole score.

3. Winners of the U.S. Women's Amateur who later turned professional (three year exemption[lower-alpha 3]).

4. Winners of the U.S. Women's Amateur who did not turn professional (five year exemption[lower-alpha 3]) and the 2017 runner-up.

5. Winners of the other LPGA majors (ten year exemption[lower-alpha 3]). This includes Canadian Women's Open champions prior to 2000.

6. The top 150 money leaders from the 2017 LPGA Tour all-time money list.

7. Winners of the LPGA Teaching & Club Professionals Championship (last five years) and the top five finishers from the most recent Championship.

8. Winners of official LPGA Tour events from the last five years and the current year.

9. Top five leaders of the 2017 Ladies European Tour and 2017 LPGA of Japan Tour career money lists.

10. Playing members of the last five Solheim Cup teams.

11. Low ten and ties from the 2017 Senior LPGA Championship.

12. Top 30 points leaders from the 2016 and 2017 Legends Tour Performance Points list.

13. Winners of Legends Tour events from the last two years and the current year (36-hole minimum).

14. Winners of U.S. Senior Women's Amateur from the last two years and the 2017 runner-up.

15. Winners of the 2016 and 2017 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur.

16. Playing members of the two most current Curtis Cup and U.S. Espirito Santo Trophy teams.

17. Winner of the 2017 Ladies' Senior British Open Amateur and Canadian Women's Senior Amateur.

18. Special exemptions granted by the USGA.

Qualifiers

Additional players qualified through sectional qualifying tournaments which took place Jun 4–20 at sites across the United States.[4]

DateLocationVenueQualifiers[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]
Jun 4Mesa, ArizonaAlta Mesa Golf ClubLori Atsedes, Anne Marie Palli, Yuko Saito, Liz Waynick (a)
Jun 4Newport Beach, CaliforniaNewport Beach Country ClubAkemi Nakata Khaiat (a), Kathy Kurata (a), Cindy McConnell (a), Evelyn Orley (a), MK Thanos-Zordani (a)
Jun 5Marietta, GeorgiaAtlanta Country ClubMargaret Leef (a), Brenda Pictor (a)
Jun 6Southern Pines, North CarolinaPine Needles Lodge & Golf ClubSally Austin, Suzy Green-Roebuck, Luanne Cherney
Jun 6Springfield, VirginiaSpringfield Golf & Country ClubJoy Bonhurst, Sofia Grönberg-Whitmore, Amy Ellertson (a)
Jun 12San Francisco, CaliforniaOlympic Club (Ocean Course)Tina Barker (a), Dana Dormann, Kathryn Imrie, Suzy Whaley, Julie Wirth (a)
Jun 12Aurora, ColoradoCommonground Golf CourseSherry Andonian-Smith, Patricia Beliard, Marilyn Hardy (a), Janet Moore (a)
Jun 12Eden Prairie, MinnesotaBent Creek Golf ClubLeigh Klasse (a), Susan West (a)
Jun 12Armonk, New YorkWhippoorwill ClubAngela Aulenti, Dana Bates, CJ Reeves , Maggie Will
Jun 14Middleton, MassachusettsFerncroft Country ClubHelene Chartrand (a), Catherine Panton-Lewis, Laura Shanahan Rowe
Jun 14Renton, WashingtonFairwood Golf & Country ClubPatricia Ehrhart (a), Debby King, Lara Tennant (a)
Jun 18Daytona Beach, FloridaLPGA International (Jones Course)Barb Bunkowsky, Laura Carson (a), Laurel Kean, Therese Quinn (a), Nancy Taylor
Jun 18Lake Forest, IllinoisConway Farms Golf ClubElaine Crosby, Annette Deluca, Jamie Fischer, Eriko Gejo, Maureen Sheehan (a), Kaori Shimura
Jun 18Columbus, OhioScioto Country ClubMissie Berteotti, Marlene Davis, Cheryl Fox, Martha Leach (a)
Jun 18Easton, PennsylvaniaNorthampton Country ClubDebby Murphy, Janie Sirmons, Marie-Therese Torti (a), Holly Vaughn
Jun 18Austin, TexasOnion Creek ClubLaurie Brower, Lisa DePaulo, Susie Kirk, Kelley Nittoli (a), Loretta Young
Jun 20Nashville, TennesseeRichland Country ClubSue Ginter, Suzanne Strudwick

Results

The championship was won by 54-year-old Laura Davies, England, with a 16 under par score of 276, 10 strokes ahead of runner-up Juli Inkster, United States.

Marta Leach, United States, finished law amateur tied 10th with a 6 over par score of 298.[2]

Davies won both of the two senior ladies major championships in 2018, the U.S. Senior Women's Open and, three months later, the Senior LPGA Championship, completing the "senior slam".

Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 15, 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo par Money (US$)
1England Laura Davies71-71-66-68=276−16 180,000
2United States Juli Inkster73-72-68-73=286−6 108,000
3England Trish Johnson71-71-73-73=288−4 68,650
4United States Danielle Ammaccapane75-71-71-74=291−1 48,110
5Japan Yuko Saito76-71-73-74=294+2 40,071
T6Sweden Helen Alfredsson72-79-73-71=295+3 33,782
Sweden Liselotte Neumann71-76-76-72=295
T8United States Tammie Green Parker76-75-79-67=297+5 26,192
United States Rosie Jones77-73-71-76=297
T10United States Suzy Green-Roebuck75-75-74-74=298+6 22,806
United States Martha Leach (a)78-75-72-73=298

Sources:[6][7]

Notes

  1. 1 2 (a) – denotes amateur
  2. 1 2 Players in italics did not play.
  3. 1 2 3 4 For the first three editions of the championship (2018–2021), players eligible in categories that required them to be 50 to 52, 54 or 59, were eligible regardless of age provided they were 50 or older.

References

  1. "Wow: Chicago Golf Club To Host First U.S. Senior Women's". geoffshackelford.com. February 6, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Driscoll, Ron (July 15, 2018). "Davies Dominates in 10-Stroke Inaugural Victory". USGA. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  3. "Inaugural U.S. Senior Women's Open Championship: Fact Sheet". USGA. 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Inaugural U.S. Senior Women's Open Championship – Entry Form" (PDF). USGA. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  5. Pine, Julia (March 21, 2018). "Blalock, Hiestand Receive Special Exemptions". USGA.
  6. "U.S. Senior Women's Open, Full leader board". USGA. July 15, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  7. "2018 US Senior Women's Open purse, winner's share, prize money payout". Golf News Net. July 15, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
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