Inbee Park Withdraws from 2016 U.S. Women's Open

(RELEASE) - Inbee Park has withdrawn from the 2016 U.S. Women’s Open Championship due to a left-thumb injury.

Park, 27, who is a two-time U.S. Women’s Open champion (2008, 2013) and was fully exempt, has been replaced in the field by amateur Yunjie Zhang, the first alternate from the People’s Republic of China qualifying site. Zhang, 17, of the People’s Republic of China, is competing in her first U.S. Women’s Open.

Additionally, winners of LPGA co-sponsored events from the conclusion of the 2015 U.S. Women’s Open to the start of the 2016 U.S. Women’s Open are exempt into this year’s championship. As no non-exempt players have won an LPGA event since the close of entries on May 4, Hannah Burke, the first alternate from the England qualifying site, has been added to the championship field. Burke, 28, of England, is a member of the Ladies European Tour, and is competing in her first U.S. Women’s Open.

WITHDRAWAL – Inbee Park, Republic of Korea
FIELD ADDITION – Yunjie Zhang, People’s Republic of China
FIELD ADDITION – Hannah Burke, England