2021 U.S. Women's Open pin flag Olympic Club in San Francisco Yuka Saso lpga

Description

The
2021 U.S. Women's Open
was the 76th
U.S. Women's Open
, played June 3–6, 2021 at
The Olympic Club
in
San Francisco
,
California
.
[1]
[2]
The U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five current
major championships
and was the second of the
2021 season
. It has the largest purse in women's golf at .5 million.
[3]
The winner was the Philippines'
Yuka Saso
, who defeated Japan's
Nasa Hataoka
on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff after both players had tied at 280 (4 under par).
[4]
In third place was American
Lexi Thompson
, who had held a five stroke lead just before the midway point of the final round but dropped five strokes on the back-nine, including bogeys on each of the last two holes, to miss the playoff by one stroke