USGA Announces Groupings and Starting Times for the 71st U.S. Women’s Open Championship

(SAN MARTIN, Calif.) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) announced groupings and starting times for the first two rounds of the 2016 U.S. Women’s Open Championship, Thursday (July 7) and Friday (July 8) at 6,784-yard, par-72 CordeValle.

The U.S. Women’s Open is a 72-hole, stroke-play competition. A field of 156 players will play 18 holes of stroke play on July 7 and 8, after which the field will be reduced to the low 60 scores and ties. Those players making the cut will play 18 holes on July 9 and 10. If there is a tie upon the completion of 72 holes, a playoff will be three holes of aggregate stroke play and will occur immediately following the conclusion of Round 4. In the event of a further tie, play will immediately continue hole by hole until the champion is determined.

All Times PDT
Thursday (July 7), hole #1 / Friday (July 8), hole #10
7 a.m. / 12:35 p.m. – Angel Yin, Arcadia, Calif.; (a) Yan Liu, People's Republic of China; Kasey Petty, Canal Winchester, Ohio
7:11 a.m. / 12:46 p.m. – (a) Albane Valenzuela, Switzerland; Liv Cheng, New Zealand; TBD
7:22 a.m. / 12:57 p.m. – Pei-Yun Chien, Chinese Taipei; Hannah Burke, England; (a) Bailey Tardy, Peachtree Corners, Ga.
7:33 a.m. / 1:08 p.m. – Kelly Shon, Port Washington, N.Y.; (a) Julia Engstrom, Sweden; Min Lee, Chinese Taipei
7:44 a.m. / 1:19 p.m. – Sakura Yokomine, Japan; Gwladys Nocera, France; Yoonji Cho, Republic of Korea
7:55 a.m. / 1:30 p.m. – Caroline Masson, Germany; Pernilla Lindberg, Sweden; Mi Jung Hur, Republic of Korea
8:06 a.m. / 1:41 p.m. – Sun-Ju Ahn, Republic of Korea; Austin Ernst, Seneca, S.C.; Shiho Oyama, Japan
8:17 a.m. / 1:52 p.m. – Anna Nordqvist, Sweden; Mika Miyazato, Japan; Alison Lee, Valencia, Calif.
8:28 a.m. / 2:03 p.m. – Jenny Shin, Republic of Korea; Ariya Jutanugarn, Thailand; Minjee Lee, Australia
8:39 a.m. / 2:14 p.m. – In Gee Chun, Republic of Korea; (a) Hannah O'Sullivan, Chandler, Ariz.; Stacy Lewis, The Woodlands, Texas
8:50 a.m. / 2:25 p.m. – Wei-Ling Hsu, Chinese Taipei; Erina Hara, Japan; Maria McBride, Orlando, Fla.
9:01 a.m. / 2:36 p.m. – Kotone Hori, Japan; TBD; (a) Hye-Jin Choi, Republic of Korea
9:12 a.m. / 2:47 p.m. – (a) Haeran Ryu, Republic of Korea; Christine Song, Maryville, Tenn.; Spencer Heller, Turlock, Calif.

Thursday (July 7), hole #10 / Friday (July 8), hole #1
7:05 a.m. / 12:30 p.m. – Sophia Popov, Germany; (a) Jennifer Kupcho, Westminster, Colo.; Nelly Korda, Bradenton, Fla.
7:16 a.m. / 12:41 p.m. – (a) Yunjie Zhang, People's Republic of China; TBD; (a) Alexandra Kaui, Kapolei, Hawaii
7:27 a.m. / 12:52 p.m. – Kelly Tan, Malaysia; (a) Naomi Eun Young Ko, Canada; Valentine Derrey, France
7:38 a.m. / 1:03 p.m. – Beth Allen, San Diego, Calif.; Camilla Lennarth, Sweden; Sun Young Yoo, Republic of Korea
7:49 a.m. / 1:14 p.m. – Teresa Lu, Chinese Taipei; Jung Min Lee, Republic of Korea; Brittany Lang, McKinney, Texas
8 a.m. / 1:25 p.m. – Christina Kim, San Jose, Calif.; Karrie Webb, Australia; Ilhee Lee, Republic of Korea
8:11 a.m. / 1:36 p.m. – So Yeon Ryu, Republic of Korea; Na Yeon Choi, Republic of Korea; Se Ri Pak, Republic of Korea
8:22 a.m. / 1:47 p.m. – Candie Kung, Chinese Taipei; Bomee Lee, Republic of Korea; Morgan Pressel, Boca Raton, Fla.
8:33 a.m. / 1:58 p.m. – Azahara Munoz, Spain; Pornanong Phatlum, Thailand; Haru Nomura, Japan
8:44 a.m. / 2:09 p.m. – Cristie Kerr, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Lizette Salas, Azusa, Calif.; Mirim Lee, Republic of Korea
8:55 a.m. / 2:20 p.m. – Ashleigh Simon, South Africa; Jodi Ewart Shadoff, England; Jing Yan, People's Republic of China
9:06 a.m. / 2:31 p.m. – Jane Park, Woodstock, Ga.; Jaye Marie Green, Boca Raton, Fla.; Ssu-Chia Cheng, Chinese Taipei
9:17 a.m. / 2:42 p.m. – Paula Hurtado, Colombia; (a) Rinko Mitsunaga, Roswell, Ga.; Gaby Lopez, Mexico

Thursday (July 7), hole #1 / Friday (July 8), hole #10
12:30 p.m. / 7:05 a.m. – (a) Anna Hack, Paducah, Ky.; Miriam Nagl, Brazil; (a) Yu Sang Hou, Chinese Taipei
12:41 p.m. / 7:16 a.m. – Nannette Hill, Pelham Manor, N.Y.; (a) Hannah Wood, Highlands Ranch, Colo.; Maude-Aimee LeBlanc, Canada
12:52 p.m. / 7:27 a.m. – (a) Leona Maguire, Republic of Ireland; Lee Lopez, Whittier, Calif.; Sandra Changkija, Orlando, Fla.
1:03 p.m. / 7:38 a.m. – Megan Khang, Rockland, Mass.; Beatriz Recari, Spain; Alena Sharp, Canada
1:14 p.m. / 7:49 a.m. – Kris Tamulis, Naples, Fla.; Moriya Jutanugarn, Thailand; Jennifer Song, Ann Arbor, Mich.
1:25 p.m. / 8 a.m. – Mi Hyang Lee, Republic of Korea; Karine Icher, France; Ryann O'Toole, San Clemente, Calif.
1:36 p.m. / 8:11 a.m. – Catriona Matthew, Scotland; Yani Tseng, Chinese Taipei; Mo Martin, Naples, Fla.
1:47 p.m. / 8:22 a.m. – Shanshan Feng, People's Republic of China; Brittany Lincicome, Seminole, Fla.; Ha Na Jang, Republic of Korea
1:58 p.m. / 8:33 a.m. – Jessica Korda, Bradenton, Fla.; Amy Yang, Republic of Korea; Hyo Joo Kim, Republic of Korea
2:09 p.m. / 8:44 a.m. – Paula Creamer, Pleasanton, Calif.; Charley Hull, England; Carlota Ciganda, Spain
2:20 p.m. / 8:55 a.m. – Su Oh, Australia; (a) Lauren Stephenson, Lexington, S.C.; Hee Young Park, Orlando, Fla.
2:31 p.m. / 9:06 a.m. – Julie Yang, Stillwater, Okla.; (a) Marissa Chow, Honolulu, Hawaii; Ayaka Matsumori, Japan
2:42 p.m. / 9:17 a.m. – (a) Chika Sawada, Japan; Taylor Kim, Canada; (a) Karah Sanford, San Diego, Calif.

Thursday (July 7), hole #10 / Friday (July 8), hole #1
12:35 p.m. / 7 a.m. – Emi Sato, Japan; (a) Allisen Corpuz, Honolulu, Hawaii; Jackie Stoelting, Vero Beach, Fla.
12:46 p.m. / 7:11 a.m. – Pamela Pretswell, Scotland; TBD; (a) Robynn Ree, Redondo Beach, Calif.
12:57 p.m. / 7:22 a.m. – Olivia Cowan, Germany; (a) Sierra Brooks, Orlando, Fla.; Madelene Sagstrom, Sweden
1:08 p.m. / 7:33 a.m. – Nicole Broch Larsen, Denmark; Sydnee Michaels, Temecula, Calif.; Julieta Granada, Paraguay
1:19 p.m. / 7:44 a.m. – I.K. Kim, Republic of Korea; Danielle Kang, Las Vegas, Nev.; Eun Hee Ji, Republic of Korea
1:30 p.m. / 7:55 a.m. – Sung Hyun Park, Republic of Korea; Lee-Anne Pace, South Africa; Chella Choi, Republic of Korea
1:41 p.m. / 8:06 a.m. – Michelle Wie, Jupiter, Fla.; Angela Stanford, Fort Worth, Texas; Sandra Gal, Germany
1:52 p.m. / 8:17 a.m. – Sei Young Kim, Republic of Korea; Suzann Pettersen, Norway; Gerina Piller, Roswell, N.M.
2:03 p.m. / 8:28 a.m. – Lexi Thompson, Coral Springs, Fla.; Brooke Henderson, Canada; Lydia Ko, New Zealand
2:14 p.m. / 8:39 a.m. – Mariajo Uribe, Colombia; Kimberly Kaufman, Heathrow, Fla.; Xiyu Lin, People's Republic of China
2:25 p.m. / 8:50 a.m. – Melissa Reid, England; Marina Alex, Wayne, N.J.; Q Baek, Republic of Korea
2:36 p.m. / 9:01 a.m. – Jade Schaeffer, France; (a) Mika Liu, Beverly Hills, Calif.; TBD
2:47 p.m. / 9:12 a.m. – Sue Kim, Canada; Sandra Angulo Minarro, Mexico; (a) Erica Shepherd, Greenwood, Ind.

(a) = amateur
TBD = player to be determined