2015 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
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| Dates | July 9–12, 2015 |
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| Location | Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
| Course(s) | Lancaster Country Club |
| Organized by | USGA |
| Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 6,483 yards (5,928 m) |
| Field | 156 players, 63 after cut |
| Cut | 144 (+4) |
| Prize fund | $4.5 million |
| Winner's share | $810,000 |
 Chun In-gee
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The 2015 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 70th U.S. Women's Open, held July 9–12 at Lancaster Country Club in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
The U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five current major championships and the third of the 2015 season.
It had the largest purse in women's golf, at $4.5 million in 2015. Additionally, the tournament set an attendance record for the U.S. Women's Open at 135,000 spectators for the week.
The tournament was televised by Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports.
The championship is open to any female professional or amateur golfer with a USGA handicap index not exceeding 2.4. Players qualify by competing in one of twenty 36-hole qualifying tournaments held at sites across the United States and at international sites in China, England, Japan, and South Korea. Additional players were exempt from qualifying because of past performances in professional or amateur tournaments around the world.
The United States Golf Association received a record 1,873 entries for the championship.
Many players are 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. Golfers qualifying in Category 13 who qualified in other categories are denoted with the tour by which they qualified.
1. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last ten years (2005–2014)
Na Yeon Choi (10,12,15,16), Paula Creamer (10,15,16), Eun-Hee Ji (10), Cristie Kerr (10,11,12,15,16), Birdie Kim, Inbee Park (5,7,10,11,12,15,16), So Yeon Ryu (9,10,12,15,16), Michelle Wie (9,10,15,16)
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