List Subject to Change
PLAYER |
EXEMPTION |
PLAYER |
EXEMPTION |
Brittany Altomare |
9,15 |
Mi Hyang Lee |
15 |
Na Rin An |
20 |
Minjee Lee |
9,15 |
a-Ho Yu An |
19 |
Minyoung2 Lee |
15,16 |
Lala Anai |
20 |
Mirim Lee |
5 |
Pajaree Anannarukarn |
20 |
Jeong Eun Lee |
20 |
Saki Asai |
20 |
Jeongeun Lee6 |
1,2,9,15 |
| Seung Yeon Lee | 20 | ||
Seon Woo Bae |
15,16 |
Stacy Lewis |
13 |
Ana Belac |
14 |
Hee Jeong Lim |
15,16 |
Celine Boutier |
2,9,15 |
Xiyu Lin |
13 |
Nicole Broch Larsen |
15 |
Brittany Lincicome |
21 |
Ashleigh Buhai |
18 |
Pernilla Lindberg |
5 |
Chella Choi |
15 |
a-Ingrid Lindblad |
19 |
Hye Jin Choi |
15,16 |
Yu Liu |
2,9,15 |
In Gee Chun |
1,7,15 |
Gaby Lopez |
9,10,15 |
Carlota Ciganda |
9,15 |
Teresa Lu |
20 |
Cydney Clanton |
13 |
Meghan MacLaren |
16 |
a-Allisen Corpuz |
19 |
a-Lucie Malchirand |
19 |
Perrine Delacour |
13 |
Caroline Masson |
9,15 |
a-Caterina Don |
19 |
Ally McDonald |
2,15 |
Austin Ernst |
15 |
a-Olivia Mehaffey |
19 |
Jodi Ewart Shadoff |
13 |
a-Emilia Migliaccio |
19 |
| Kana Mikashima | 20 | ||
Maria Fassi |
20 |
a-Benedetta Moresco |
19 |
Fatima Fernandez Cano |
14 |
Azahara Munoz |
9,15 |
Ayaka Furue |
20 |
Yuna Nishimura |
20 |
a-Amelia Garvey |
19 |
a-Alessia Nobilio |
19 |
Kristen Gillman |
15 |
Yealimi Noh |
18 |
a-Linn Grant |
19 |
Anna Nordqvist |
7 |
Hannah Green |
6,9,10,15 |
Su-Hyun Oh |
9,15 |
Jaye Marie Green |
2 |
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Georgia Hall |
8,15 |
Eri Okayama |
20 |
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Amy Olson |
15 |
Erika Hara |
20 |
Ryann O’Toole |
20 |
Mina Harigae |
13 |
Bianca Pagdanganan |
18 |
Nasa Hataoka |
9,15 |
a-Kaitlyn Papp |
19 |
Caroline Hedwall |
20 |
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Brooke Henderson |
6,9,10,15 |
Annie Park |
15 |
Esther Henseleit |
16 |
Hee Young Park |
10 |
Mamiko Higa |
2,15 |
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Inbee Park |
1,8,9,10,15 |
Charley Hull |
15 |
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a-Lily May Humphreys |
19 |
Sung Hyun Park |
1,6,9,10,15 |
Mi Jung Hur |
9,10,15 |
Emily Kristine Pedersen |
20 |
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Pornanong Phatlum |
20 |
Mone Inami |
15 |
Gerina Piller |
2 |
Nuria Iturrioz |
16 |
Sophia Popov |
20 |
Janie Jackson |
14 |
Morgan Pressel |
15 |
Mi Jeong Jeon |
20 |
Mel Reid |
18 |
Eun-Hee Ji |
9,15 |
a-Pauline Roussin-Bouchard |
19 |
Ariya Jutanugarn |
1,8,9,15 |
a-Gabriela Ruffels |
3 |
Moriya Jutanugarn |
9,15 |
Hae Ran Ryu |
20 |
Danielle Kang |
6,9,10,15 |
So Yeon Ryu |
1,2,5,15 |
| Asuka Kashiwabara | 20 | ||
Minami Katsu |
15 |
Madelene Sagstrom |
10,15 |
Kim Kaufman |
14 |
Lizette Salas |
9,15 |
Yui Kawamoto |
15 |
Yuka Saso |
20 |
| Sarah Schmelzel | 20 | ||
Cristie Kerr |
20 |
Alena Sharp |
20 |
Megan Khang |
15 |
Hinako Shibuno |
8,10,15,16 |
A Lim Kim |
15 |
Jenny Shin |
18 |
a-Auston Kim |
19 |
Marianne Skarpnord |
16 |
Christina Kim |
20 |
Sarah Jane Smith |
21 |
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Jennifer Song |
18 |
Ji Yeong2 Kim |
15 |
a-Emma Spitz |
19 |
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Angela Stanford |
7 |
Sei Young Kim |
9,10,15 |
a-Maja Stark |
19 |
a-Ina Kim-Schaad |
4 |
Lauren Stephenson |
18 |
| Linnea Strom | 20 | ||
| Yu Jin Sung | 20 | ||
Frida Kinhult |
14 |
Jasmine Suwannapura |
13 |
| Sayaka Takahashi | 20 | ||
Katherine Kirk |
18 |
Kelly Tan |
13 |
| Patty Tavatanakit | 20 | ||
Cheyenne Knight |
10 |
Lexi Thompson |
2,9,10,15 |
Jin Young Ko |
5,7,9,10,15 |
Maria Fernandez Torres |
20 |
Lydia Ko |
5,7,15 |
a-Emily Toy |
11 |
Nanna Koerstz Madsen |
15 |
Momoko Ueda |
15 |
Sakura Koiwai |
20 |
Anne van Dam |
20 |
Jessica Korda |
2,9,15 |
a-Beatrice Wallin |
19 |
Nelly Korda |
9,10,15 |
Lindsay Weaver |
13 |
Jennifer Kupcho |
15 |
Christine Wolf |
16 |
a-Agathe Laisne |
19 |
Jing Yan |
15 |
Brittany Lang |
1 |
Amy Yang |
9,15 |
Bronte Law |
9,15 |
a-Lei Ye |
4 |
Andrea Lee |
13 |
Angel Yin |
2,15 |
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a-Rose Zhang |
19 |
Bold – U.S. Women’s Open champion a-amateur
The Key to Player Exemptions:
1. Winners of the U.S. Women’s Open Championship for the last 10 years (2010-2019)
2. From the 2019 U.S. Women’s Open Championship, the 10 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 10th place
3. Winner of the 2019 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship
4. Winners of the 2019 U.S. Girls’ Junior and U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championships, and the 2019 U.S. Women’s Amateur runner-up (must be an amateur)
5. Winners of the ANA Inspiration Championship the last five years (2016-2020)
6. Winners of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship (2016-2019)
7. Winners of the Evian Championship the last five years (2015-2019)
8. Winners of the AIG Women’s British Open Championship the last five years (2015-2019)
9. The top 30 points leaders from the 2019 LPGA Race to the CME Globe
10. Winners of LPGA Tour co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2019 U.S. Women’s Open Championship to the originally scheduled 2020 U.S. Women’s Open Championship (June 1-7)
11. Winner of the 2019 Women’s Amateur Championship conducted by The R&A (must be an amateur)
12. Winner of the 2019 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking®; must be an amateur)
13. From the 2020 official LPGA Tour money list, the top 10 money leaders, not otherwise exempt, through the close of entries (Nov. 11, 2020)
14. From the 2020 official Symetra Tour money list, the top five money leaders, not otherwise exempt, through the close of entries (Nov. 11, 2020)
15. From Week 11 (March 16, 2020) of the Rolex Rankings, the top 75 points leaders and ties
16. Top five Ladies European Tour (LET) members from the final 2019 LET Order of Merit and the top five money leaders from the final 2019 Japan LPGA and Korea LPGA Tours
17. Top three money leaders from the 2019 China LPGA Tour
18. The top two players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 and ties of the 2020 NW Arkansas Championship, Cambria Portland Classic, ShopRite LPGA Classic, and the top three players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 and ties of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
19. From the Nov. 4, 2020 Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR®, the top 20 point leaders within the top 100 in the ranking who apply to play and are not otherwise exempt as of Nov. 4, 2020. (Must have filed an entry by Nov. 11, 2020 and still be an amateur)
20. Remaining spots in the championship field filled in order using the Rolex Rankings as of Nov. 9
21. Special exemptions as selected by the USGA