US Women’s Open R4

US Womens 2021 R4
June 03-06
The Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, CA
$5,500,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes

Yuka Saso holed a 12-foot birdie putt on the third playoff hole at The Olympic Club to win the U.S. Women’s Open. The 19-year-old Filipino carded a final round 73 to catch Nasa Hataoka and a struggling Lexi Thompson.

US Womens 2021 R4

“I don’t know what’s happening in the Philippines right now, but I’m just thankful that there’s so many people in the Philippines cheering for me,”said Saso, the first major champion, male or female, from the Philippines. “I don’t know how to thank them. They gave me so much energy. I want to say thank you to everyone.”

US Womens 2021 R4

Saso started her round one shot behing Thompson but double bogeys at the second and third holes pushed her down the leaderboard.

“I was actually a little upset,”she said.“But my caddie talked to me and said, just keep on going; there’s many more holes to go. That’s what I did.”

US Womens 2021 R4

She moved back into contention with birdies at the 7th, 16th and 17th while Thompson, who held a five-stroke lead at the turn, played her back nine in 41 to close with a 75 and finished third at 3-under.

Hataoka started the day in a tie for sixth at 1-under and shot three birdies and a double bogey to make the turn in 34. Birdies at the 13th, 14th and 15th brought her closer to the lead and she closed with a 68.

US Womens 2021 R4

Along with the title and $1,000,000 prize money, Saso receives the Mickey Wright Medal, custody of the Harton S. Semple Trophy for the ensuing year and an exemption from qualifying for the next 10 U.S. Women’s Open Championships.

She has also accepted immediate LPGA Tour Membership and receives a five-year LPGA Tour exemption into Category 7 on the Priority List. This week’s earnings and Race to the CME Globe points are considered official and she is eligible for the 2021 Rolex ANNIKA Major Award.

US Womens 2021 R4

Pos.	Player	To Par	Scores	Total
1	Yuka Saso	-4	69 – 67 – 71 – 73	280
2	Nasa Hataoka	-4	72 – 69 – 71 – 68	280
3	Lexi Thompson	-3	69 – 71 – 66 – 75	281
T4	Megan Khang	-2	68 – 70 – 74 – 70	282
T4	Shanshan Feng	-2	69 – 70 – 72 – 71	282
6	Angel Yin	E	68 – 79 – 67 – 70	284
T7	Xiyu Lin	+1	72 – 74 – 72 – 67	285
T7	Jin Young Ko	+1	70 – 74 – 72 – 69	285
T7	Brooke M. Henderson	+1	68 – 78 – 69 – 70	285
T7	Ariya Jutanugarn	+1	71 – 70 – 74 – 70	285
T7	Inbee Park	+1	71 – 69 – 73 – 72	285
T12	Amy Olson	+2	73 – 72 – 70 – 71	286
T12	Jeongeun Lee6	+2	70 – 67 – 73 – 76	286
T14	Celine Herbin	+3	73 – 74 – 69 – 71	287
T14	Megha Ganne	+3	67 – 71 – 72 – 77	287
T16	Sei Young Kim	+4	74 – 70 – 73 – 71	288
T16	Alison Lee	+4	74 – 70 – 73 – 71	288
T16	Lucy Li	+4	73 – 71 – 71 – 73	288
T16	Maja Stark	+4	71 – 70 – 73 – 74	288
T20	Madelene Sagstrom	+5	71 – 73 – 75 – 70	289
T20	Hyo Joo Kim	+5	72 – 70 – 72 – 75	289
22	So Yeon Ryu	+6	74 – 72 – 71 – 73	290
T23	Jenny Shin	+7	72 – 75 – 76 – 68	291
T23	Lizette Salas	+7	72 – 75 – 74 – 70	291
T23	Emily Kristine Pedersen	+7	71 – 74 – 73 – 73	291
T26	Patty Tavatanakit	+8	75 – 70 – 75 – 72	292
T26	In Kyung Kim	+8	74 – 70 – 74 – 74	292
T26	Jennifer Kupcho	+8	70 – 73 – 75 – 74	292
T26	Marina Alex	+8	70 – 72 – 74 – 76	292
T30	Lauren Stephenson	+9	70 – 76 – 75 – 72	293
T30	Wichanee Meechai	+9	70 – 73 – 78 – 72	293
T30	Jessica Korda	+9	72 – 74 – 74 – 73	293
T30	Mina Harigae	+9	71 – 73 – 76 – 73	293
T30	Matilda Castren	+9	74 – 71 – 73 – 75	293
T35	Rachel Heck	+10	75 – 72 – 75 – 72	294
T35	Lydia Ko	+10	71 – 75 – 76 – 72	294
T35	Jasmine Suwannapura	+10	73 – 74 – 74 – 73	294
T35	Danielle Kang	+10	73 – 69 – 77 – 75	294
T35	Maria Parra	+10	72 – 74 – 72 – 76	294
T35	Celine Boutier	+10	72 – 74 – 70 – 78	294
T41	Gaby Lopez	+11	72 – 73 – 77 – 73	295
T41	Stacy Lewis	+11	72 – 72 – 78 – 73	295
T41	Ayako Uehara	+11	76 – 71 – 74 – 74	295
T41	In Gee Chun	+11	75 – 70 – 75 – 75	295
T41	Ally Ewing	+11	71 – 74 – 75 – 75	295
T46	Yu Liu	+12	74 – 72 – 78 – 72	296
T46	Brittany Altomare	+12	74 – 74 – 75 – 73	296
T46	Mel Reid	+12	67 – 73 – 78 – 78	296
T49	Carlota Ciganda	+13	72 – 76 – 77 – 72	297
T49	Pernilla Lindberg	+13	76 – 72 – 76 – 73	297
T49	Anna Nordqvist	+13	75 – 73 – 76 – 73	297
T49	Jenny Coleman	+13	73 – 73 – 76 – 75	297
T49	Leonie Harm	+13	73 – 75 – 73 – 76	297
T54	Minjee Lee	+14	73 – 73 – 77 – 75	298
T54	Na Yeon Choi	+14	75 – 72 – 74 – 77	298
T54	Amy Yang	+14	74 – 73 – 74 – 77	298
T57	Austin Ernst	+15	70 – 74 – 81 – 74	299
T57	Muni He	+15	72 – 76 – 72 – 79	299
T57	Sarah Burnham	+15	76 – 66 – 78 – 79	299
T57	Luna Sobron Galmes	+15	71 – 76 – 72 – 80	299
61	Giulia Molinaro	+16	74 – 74 – 76 – 76	300
T62	Hannah Green	+17	73 – 75 – 78 – 75	301
T62	Pajaree Anannarukarn	+17	76 – 71 – 75 – 79	301
T64	Lee-Anne Pace	18	76 – 71 – 77 – 78	302
T64	Yealimi Noh	18	76 – 69 – 76 – 81	302
66	Gurleen Kaur	21	71 – 73 – 80 – 81	305
CUT
	A Lim Kim	+7	79 – 70
	Minami Katsu	+7	76 – 73
	Eun-Hee Ji	+7	75 – 74
	Ashleigh Buhai	+7	74 – 75
	Hinako Shibuno	+7	73 – 76
	Kristen Gillman	+7	72 – 77
	Pornanong Phatlum	+7	72 – 77
	Sarah Schmelzel	+7	72 – 77
	Karolin Lampert	+8	80 – 70
	Isabella McCauley	+8	80 – 70
	Moriya Jutanugarn	+8	78 – 72
	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	+8	77 – 73
	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	+8	76 – 74
	Stephanie Meadow	+8	76 – 74
	Sophia Popov	+8	76 – 74
	Haylee Harford	+8	75 – 75
	Tiffany Chan	+8	74 – 76
	Angela Stanford	+8	74 – 76
	Georgia Hall	+9	77 – 74
	Da Yeon Lee	+9	76 – 75
	Paula Creamer	+9	75 – 76
	Christina Kim	+9	75 – 76
	Brittany Lang	+9	75 – 76
	Mirim Lee	+9	73 – 78
	Kelly Tan	+10	79 – 73
	Sarah Jane Smith	+10	78 – 74
	Emily Mahar	+10	77 – 75
	Alexandra Swayne	+10	77 – 75
	Aline Krauter	+10	76 – 76
	Momoka Miyake	+10	76 – 76
	Claire Choi	+10	75 – 77
	Azahara Munoz	+10	75 – 77
	Cristie Kerr	+10	73 – 79
	Caroline Masson	+11	79 – 74
	Cheyenne Woods	+11	79 – 74
	Wei-Ling Hsu	+11	78 – 75
	Nelly Korda	+11	78 – 75
	Jaclyn LaHa	+11	77 – 76
	Amari Avery	+11	76 – 77
	Gina Kim	+11	76 – 77
	Rebecca Lee-Bentham	+11	76 – 77
	Kaitlyn Papp	+11	76 – 77
	Charley Hull	+11	75 – 78
	Allie White	+11	75 – 78
	Amelia Garvey	+11	74 – 79
	Kim Kaufman	+11	74 – 79
	Ruoning Yin	+12	81 – 73
	Ssu-Chia Cheng	+12	77 – 77
	Bohyun Park	+12	76 – 78
	Ana Pelaez Trivino	+12	76 – 78
	Tsai Ching Tseng	+12	76 – 78
	Karoline Tuttle	+12	76 – 78
	Mi Hyang Lee	+12	75 – 79
	Michelle Wie West	+12	74 – 80
	Hikari Kawamitsu	+12	73 – 81
	Mi Jung Hur	+13	79 – 76
	Ingrid Gutierrez Nunez	+13	78 – 77
	Britney Yada	+13	78 – 77
	Elizabeth Szokol	+13	77 – 78
	Kim Metraux	+14	80 – 76
	Jennifer Song	+14	78 – 78
	Tsubasa Kajitani	+14	77 – 79
	Sung Hyun Park	+14	77 – 79
	Jo-Hua Hung	+14	76 – 80
	Cheyenne Knight	+14	76 – 80
	Rose Zhang	+14	76 – 80
	Chihiro Kogure	+15	79 – 78
	Louise Stahle	+15	79 – 78
	Daniela Darquea	+15	78 – 79
	Sarah Kemp	+15	78 – 79
	Addie Baggarly	+16	81 – 77
	Haley Moore	+16	81 – 77
	Linnea Strom	+16	79 – 79
	Hee Young Park	+16	78 – 80
	Kathleen Scavo	+17	80 – 79
	Natalie Srinivasan	+17	78 – 81
	Emma Talley	+17	76 – 83
	Chloe Kovelesky	+20	81 – 81
	Monica Vaughn	+21	79 – 84
	Natsumi Nakanishi	+21	76 – 87
	Leigha Devine	+22	86 – 78
	Aneka Seumanutafa	+22	84 – 80
	Noemie Pare	+22	80 – 84
	Jensen Castle	+23	86 – 79
	Amanda Linner	+24	85 – 81
	Alyssa Lamoureux	+25	84 – 83
	Nicole Garcia	+25	80 – 87
	Minori Nagano	+25	80 – 87
	Abbey Daniel	+29	81 – 90