2016 U.S. Women's Open Winner and Scores

The 2016 U.S. Women's Open was the 71st time this major championship was played. The winner was Brittany Lang, who came from two off the lead in the final round to force a playoff with Anna Nordqvist, then won that playoff.

Winner: Brittany Lang, 282

Where it was played: CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, California

Tournament dates: July 7-10, 2016

Leader after first round: Mirim Lee, 64

Leader after second round: Sung-Hyun Park, 136

Leader after third round: Lydia Ko, 209

What Happened at the 2016 U.S. Women's Open

Brittany Lang was two behind third-round leader Lydia Ko at the start of the final round, and Anna Nordqvist was six back. But at the end of 72 holes, Lang and Nordqvist were tied.

Nordqvist first tied Lang for the lead (Ko struggled to a 75) when she eagled the 15th hole. Lang retook the lead with a birdie on the 16th, but gave it back with a bogey on the 17th. When both players parred the 72nd hole, they tied at 6-under 282.

That led to a three-hole, aggregate score playoff. And the playoff appeared tight, too, after both golfers made pars on the first two holes. But midway through their play of the third extra hole, they were informed that on the previous hole Nordqvist has committed a penalty by slightly moving sand in a bunker. Nordqvist was given a two-stroke penalty, which essentially ended the suspense.

Lang wound up winning the playoff — and her first major championship — by three strokes, 12 to 15.

2014 U.S. Women's Open Final Scores

Brittany Lang	68-75-68-71—282
Anna Nordqvist	68-74-73-67—282
Amy Yang	67-71-73-73—284
Sung Hyun Park	70-66-74-74—284
Eun Hee Ji	69-71-70-74—284
Lydia Ko	73-66-70-75—284
Stacy Lewis	71-74-69-71—285
Jodi Ewart Shadoff	70-71-75-70—286
Gerina Piller	70-72-74-70—286
Cristie Kerr	67-75-72-72—286
So Yeon Ryu	71-76-71-69—287
Sydnee Michaels	69-72-75-71—287
Mirim Lee	64-74-76-73—287
Haru Nomura	70-69-75-73—287
Gaby Lopez	71-72-71-73—287
Angela Stanford	71-70-71-75—287
Lee Lopez	73-72-71-72—288
Jessica Korda	70-70-75-73—288
Ariya Jutanugarn	70-75-69-74—288
Danielle Kang	71-69-73-75—288
Ha Na Jang	73-71-74-71—289
Suzann Pettersen	72-74-72-71—289
Mo Martin	71-70-77-71—289
Alena Sharp	70-72-75-72—289
Kris Tamulis	71-72-71-75—289
Christina Kim	70-75-73-72—290
Maude Leblanc	72-69-76-73—290
Xiyu Lin	73-73-73-71—290
Lizette Salas	70-78-71-71—290
Catriona Matthew	73-72-71-74—290
Sei Young Kim	75-68-72-75—290
Kim Kaufman	75-70-73-73—291
Lexi Thompson	74-73-71-73—291
Kelly Tan	68-72-78-73—291
Mi Hyang Lee	72-74-71-74—291
Pornanong Phatlum	70-78-72-71—291
Chella Choi	75-69-71-76—291
Nicole Broch Larsen	74-73-71-74—292
a-Hye-Jin Choi	72-71-75-74—292
Gwladys Nocera	72-73-73-74—292
Sakura Yokomine	71-75-73-73—292
Ayaka Watanabe	74-71-71-76—292
Brittany Lincicome	75-72-73-72—292
Shanshan Feng	74-74-74-70—292
Hyo Joo Kim	73-73-69-77—292
Madelene Sagstrom	78-69-71-75—293
Minjee Lee	67-75-75-76—293
Pernilla Lindberg	70-73-74-76—293
Karrie Webb	73-73-73-74—293
Sun-Ju Ahn	74-73-75-71—293
Jenny Shin	71-77-75-70—293
Kelly Shon	73-73-76-72—294
Amy Anderson	71-77-74-72—294
Caroline Masson	73-73-71-78—295
Jennifer Song	75-73-71-78—297
Ryann O'Toole	71-73-76-77—297
Moriya Jutanugarn	69-77-76-75—297
Beatriz Recari	78-70-77-72—297
Paula Creamer	74-74-74-76—298
Nelly Korda	72-76-75-75—298
Q Baek	74-73-77-74—298
Teresa Lu	74-74-75-75—298
Yani Tseng	72-75-79-72—298
Brooke Henderson	76-71-76-76—299
Hee Young Park	70-75-78-77—300
Sue Kim	76-71-76-77—300
Christine Song	74-72-77-80—303
a-Albane Valenzuela	72-75-76-80—303
Erina Hara	71-77-76-81—305
a-Hannah O'Sullivan	72-75-82-76—305
Morgan Pressel	73-75-79-81—308
Sophia Popov	71-77-77-86—311

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