The 2019 U.S. Senior Women's Open was the second

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

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, United States, from May 16 to 19. The championship was won by

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Venue

The hosting club had previously hosted the

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s. The club's golf course was designed by Donald Ross.

Course layout

The final length came to differ between each round. Fourth round length is shown.

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 May 16, however restricted by a certain handicap level. 352 players entered the competition, either exempt through some of several exemption categories or entering sectional qualifying at sites nationwide in the spring of 2019. The final field of 120 players, consisting of 88 professionals and 32 amateurs, included 51 exempt players, while 69 players earned their spots in the field via qualifying.

Exempt from qualifying

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* Maggie Will 17. Winners of the Legends Tour co-sponsored events, excluding team events, whose victories are considered official, in the last two calendar years (2017 & 2018) and during the current calendar year to the initiation of the current year's U.S. Senior Women's Open Championship 18. Winners of the U.S. Senior Women's Amateur Championship the last two years (2017 & 2018) and the 2018 runner-up (must be an amateur) * Judith Kyrinis (a) * Lara Tennant (a) * Sue Wooster (a) 19. Winners of the 2017 and 2018 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship (must be an amateur) 20. Playing members of the two most current United States and Great Britain & Ireland Curtis Cup Teams and the two most current United States Women's World Amateur Teams (must be an amateur) 21. Winners of the 2018 R&A Women's Senior Amateur and Canadian Women's Senior Amateur Championships (must be an amateur) 22. Special exemptions as selected by the USGA

Qualifiers

Additional players qualified through sectional qualifying tournaments, which took place from April 17 to 30, 2019, at 17 different sites across the United States.

Results

The championship was won by 54-year-old

, Sweden, with a one over par score of 285, two strokes ahead of runners-up

, United States and

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, on tied second place. Defending champion

, England, finished tied ninth. Alfredsson won both of the two senior ladies major championships in 2019, the U.S. Senior Women's Open and, five months later, the

, completing the same "senior slam" as

achieved in 2018. Low amateurs were Sally Krueger, United States, and Judith Kyrinis, Canada, tied 29th, at 23-over-par 307.

Final leaderboard

''Sunday, May 19, 2019'' Sources:

Notes

References

External links

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