The 2018 U.S. Senior Women's Open was the inaugural

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. It was a professional golf tournament organized by the

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, open to women over 50 years of age. The championship was played at the

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, from July 12 to 15 and was won by Laura Davies,

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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

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, 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.

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. 1. Winners of the

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(ten year exemption)). *

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(5,6) * Pat Bradley (5,6) * Jerilyn Britz * Laura Davies (5,6,10,11,12) *

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(5,6) * JoAnne Gunderson Carner (3,6) * Juli Inkster (3,5,6,10,12,13) * Betsy King (5,6,12) *

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* Lauri Merten *

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(6,11,12,13) *

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* Sandra Palmer (5) * Hollis Stacy (5,6,12) *

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(5,6) *'' Janet Alex Anderson, Kathy Baker Guadagnino,

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(5), Donna Caponi (5), Kathy Cornelius,

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(5),

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(4), Meg Mallon (5,6), Betsy Rawls (5),

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(5,6) and Mickey Wright (5) did not play.'' 2. From the 2018 U.S. Women's Open, any player returning a 72-hole score. 3. Winners of the

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who later turned professional (three year exemption). *

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* Kay Cockerill * Joanne Pacillo Foreman *

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*'' Jean Ashley Crawford,

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(5,6),

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, Cindy Hill (11), Donna Horton White,

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(6),

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and Pearl Sinn did not play.'' 4. Winners of the

who did not turn professional (five year exemption) and the 2017 runner-up. *'' Mary Budke, Martha Kirouac, Patricia Lesser Harbottle,

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and

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did not play.'' 5. Winners of the other

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(ten year exemption). This includes

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champions prior to 2000. * Helen Alfredsson (6,10,11,12) * Donna Andrews (6,12) *

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(6) * Christa Johnson (6) *

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(11) * Jenny Lidback (12) * Sally Little * Alice Miller * Martha Nause (11,12) * Nancy Scranton (6) *'' Jody Rosenthal Anschutz,

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, Shirley Englehorn,

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, Judy Kimball Simon,

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(6), Mary Mills, Pat O'Sullivan Lucey,

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(6),

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, Kelly Robbins,

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(6), Sherri Turner (6), Kathy Whitworth and

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did not play.'' 6. The top 150 money leaders from the 2017 LPGA Tour all-time money list. *

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* Danielle Ammaccapane *

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* Rosie Jones (12) * Lorie Kane (11,12,13) * Hiromi Kobayashi * Barb Mucha (11,12) * Cindy Rarick *

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(11,12) *

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, Ayako Okamoto, Kim Saiki-Maloney, and

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(12) did not play.'' 7. Winners of the LPGA Teaching & Club Professionals Championship (last five years) and the top five finishers from the most recent Championship. *

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8. Winners of official LPGA Tour events from the last five years and the current year. 9. Top five leaders of the 2017

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and 2017 LPGA of Japan Tour career money lists. 10. Playing members of the last five

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teams. 11. Low ten and ties from the 2017

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. *

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(12,13) 12. Top 30 points leaders from the 2016 and 2017

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Performance Points list. *

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* Alicia Dibos *

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* Barb Moxness 13. Winners of Legends Tour events from the last two years and the current year (36-hole minimum). 14. Winners of

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from the last two years and the 2017 runner-up. * Judith Kyrinis *

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* Terrill Samuel 15. Winners of the 2016 and 2017

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. 16. Playing members of the two most current Curtis Cup and U.S.

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teams. 17. Winner of the 2017 Ladies' Senior British Open Amateur and Canadian Women's Senior Amateur. * Macarena Campomanes Eguiguren * Sue Wooster 18. Special exemptions granted by the USGA. *

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Qualifiers

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

Results

The championship was won by 54-year-old Laura Davies,

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

, completing the "senior slam".

Final leaderboard

''Sunday, July 15, 2018'' Sources:

Notes

References

External links

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