The field for the U.S. Women’s Open in July at the Broadmoor will include golfers as young as 12 years old and as old as 55, it was announced today.
The USGA posted the field for the U.S. Women’s Open, which is July 7-10 in Colorado Springs, and 12-year-old Mariel Galdiano of Hawaii will be included along with two-time Open champion Betsy King.
King, 55, who won back-to-back championships in 1989-90, will play in her 30th Open. She is one of 74 players who earned berths from sectional qualifiers.
Those spots also include 12-year-old Galdiano and Anya Sarai Alvarez of Tulsa, Okla., who qualified at the The Broadmoor on Sunday.
The other 82 spots were filled by exempt players, including defending champ Paula Creamer and Michelle Wie.
There are two other berths still open for exempt players who earn spots in two LPGA Tour events before the Open. If those tournaments are won by players who are already exempt, the spots will be filled by alternates.
The list of exempt players in the U.S. Women’s Open field:
Shi Hyun Ahn
Shin Ae Ahn
Sun Ju Ahn
Yukari Baba
Kyeong Bae
Amanda Blumenherst
Na Yeon Choi
Paula Creamer
Laura Davies
Laura Diaz
Shanshan Feng
Meaghan Francella
Katie Futcher
Sandra Gal
Natalie Gulbis
Sophie Gustafson
Hee Won Han
Maria Hjorth
Katherine Hull
Amy Hung
M.J. Hur
Pat Hurst
Vicky Hurst
Juli Inkster
Mi-Jeong Jeon
Eun-Hee Ji
(a)-Danielle Kang
Haeji Kang
Jimin Kang
Cristie Kerr
Birdie Kim
Christina Kim
Hye-Youn Kim
In-Kyung Kim
Song-Hee Kim
Candie Kung
Brittany Lang
Bo-Mee Lee
Jee-Young Lee
Meena Lee
Seon Hwa Lee
Stacy Lewis
Brittany Lincicome
Teresa Lu
Catriona Matthew
Kristy McPherson
Na On Min
Ai Miyazato
Mika Miyazato
Azahara Munoz
Gwladys Nocera
Anna Nordqvist
Lee-Anne Pace
Se Ri Pak
Hee Young Park
Inbee Park
Suzann Pettersen
Stacy Prammanasudh
Morgan Pressel
Beatriz Recari
Michele Redman
Melissa Reid
So-Yeon Ryu
Alena Sharp
Jiyai Shin
Sarah Jane Smith
Angela Stanford
Sherri Steinhauer
Karen Stupples
Alexis Thompson
Yani Tseng
Momoko Ueda
Mariajo Uribe
Wendy Ward
Karrie Webb
Michelle Wie
Lindsey Wright
Amy Yang
Soo-Jin Yang
Sakura Yokomine
Sun-Young Yoo
Heather Bowie Young
Sectional qualifiers:
(a)-Ariya Jutanugarn, Thailand
(a)-Gabriella Then, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
(a)– Moriya Jutanugarn, Thailand
(a)-Xi Yu Lin, People’s Republic of China
(a)-Victoria Tanco, Argentina
(a)-Doris Chen, Bradenton, Fla.
Jane Park, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
Reilley Rankin, Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Whitney Wade, Glasgow, Ky.
(a)-Mariah Stackhouse, Riverdale, Ga.
Yoo Kyeong Kim, Overland Park, Kan.
Jean Chua, Malaysia
Lauren Doughtie, Suffolk, Va.
Whitney Neuhauser, Charlottesville, Va.
Jennifer Johnson, Carlsbad, Calif.
(a)-Mariel Galdiano, Pearl City, Hawaii
Ryann O’Toole, San Clemente, Calif.
Mina Harigae, Monterey, Calif.
Sofie Andersson, Sweden
Shinobu Moromizato, Japan
Mihyun Kim, Korea
Aree Song, Korea
Silvia Cavalleri, Italy
(a)-Lindy Duncan, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
(a)-Christine Wolf, Austria
Nicole Hage, Coral Springs, Fla.
Paola Moreno, Colombia
Junthima Gulyanamitta, West Lafayette, Ind.
Brittany Johnston, Akron, Ohio
Ashley Prange, Noblesville, Ind.
Karin Sjodin, Sweden
Leta Lindley, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Julieta Granada, Paraguay
Cindy Lacrosse, Tampa, Fla.
Young-A Yang, Korea
Chella Choi, Korea
Saehee Son, Korea
Danah Bordner, Indianapolis, Ind.
Joanna Coe, Mays Landing, N.J.
(a)-Amy Anderson, Oxbow, N.D.
(a)-Kelly Shon, Port Washington, N.Y.
Hee Kyung Seo, Korea
Belen Mozo, Spain
Jinyoung Pak, Korea
Jessi Gebhardt, Bellingham, Wash.
(a)-Christina Proteau, Canada
Sue Kim, Canada
Alison Walshe, Westford, Mass.
Dewi Claire Schreefel, Netherlands
Anna Grzebien, Narragansett, R.I.
(a)-Jennifer Kirby, Canada
Harukyo Nomura, Japan
(a)-Brittany Marchand, Canada
Jaclyn Sweeney, Bradenton, Fla.
Jennifer Rosales, Philippines
(a)-Stephanie Kono, Honolulu, Hawaii
Lizette Salas, Azusa, Calif.
(a)-Erynne Lee, Silverdale, Wash.
Katy Harris, Humble, Texas
(a)-Lisa McCloskey, Montgomery, Texas
Becky Morgan, Wales
Sarah Kemp, Australia
(a)-Emily Collins, Colleyville, Texas
(a)-Chelsea Mocio, Fort Worth, Texas
(a)-Kyung Kim, Chandler, Ariz.
Betsy King, Scottsdale, Ariz.
(a)-Margarita Ramos, Tucson, Ariz.
Anya Sarai Alvarez, Tulsa, Okla.
Garrett Phillips, St. Simons Island, Ga.
Mallory Blackwelder, Versailles, Ky.
(a)-Rachel Rohanna, Waynesburg, Pa.
