2018 U.S. Women's Open Winner and Scores
The 2018 U.S. Women's Open was the 73rd playing of this major championship. The USGA instituted a new playoff format this year, and it immediately came into play.
Winner: Ariya Jutanugarn, 277
Where it was played: Shoal Creek Club in Shoal Creek, Alabama
Tournament dates: May 31-June 3, 2018
Leaders after first round: Ariya Jutanugarn, Jeongeun Lee6 and Sarah Jane Smith, 67
Leader after second round: Sarah Jane Smith, 134
Leader after third round: Ariya Jutanugarn, 204
What Happened at the 2018 U.S. Women's Open
After a third-round 67, Ariya Jutanugarn took a four-stroke lead into the final round, and led third-place Hyo Joo Kim by six. But their fortunes reversed in the final round, Jutanugarn scoring 73 while Kim shot the 67. That left them tied at 11-under 277.For the first time in this championship, the USGA used a two-hole, aggregate-score playoff format, changing from the previous three-hole aggregate. If the golfers in the playoff were still tied after those two holes, they would continue in a sudden-death format until a winner emerged. And that is what was required.
Jutanugarn scored 4-4 and Kim 3-5 on the two playoff holes, tying at 8. They matched fours on the first sudden-death hole, then, on the second sudden-death hole and fourth hole overall of the playoff, Jutanugarn won with a par to Kim's bogey. The playoff scores were 4-4-4-4—16 for Jutanugarn, 3-5-4-5—17 for Kim.
It was the second win in a major championship for Jutanugarn, who previously won the 2016 Women's British Open. It was her ninth career win on the LPGA Tour.
2018 U.S. Women's Open Final Scores
| Ariya Jutanugarn | 67-70-67-73—277 |
| Hyo-Joo Kim | 70-72-68-67—277 |
| Carlota Ciganda | 73-68-71-69—281 |
| Danielle Kang | 69-77-70-69—285 |
| Lexi Thompson | 71-75-70-70—286 |
| a-Patty Tavatanakit | 70-73-72-71—286 |
| Wei-Ling Hsu | 71-73-70-72—286 |
| Sarah Jane Smith | 67-67-74-78—286 |
| Inbee Park | 70-71-71-75—287 |
| Michelle Wie | 69-72-76-71—288 |
| Charley Hull | 74-73-70-71—288 |
| Nasa Hataoka | 74-70-72-72—288 |
| Angela Stanford | 73-72-71-72—288 |
| Nelly Korda | 70-74-71-73—288 |
| Megan Khang | 72-74-69-73—288 |
| Jihyun Kim | 70-71-70-77—288 |
| Jin Young Ko | 75-73-71-70—289 |
| Lizette Salas | 74-73-71-71—289 |
| Su-Hyun Oh | 70-68-78-73—289 |
| Jeongeun Lee6 | 67-75-74-73—289 |
| Eun-Hee Ji | 73-72-70-74—289 |
| Madelene Sagstrom | 70-72-70-77—289 |
| So Yeon Ryu | 73-70-72-75—290 |
| a-Albane Valenzuela | 72-73-71-75—291 |
| Jennifer Song | 72-71-76-73—292 |
| Brittany Lincicome | 75-72-71-74—292 |
| Marina Alex | 73-75-76-69—293 |
| Hye-Jin Choi | 71-76-76-70—293 |
| a-Kristen Gillman | 70-74-75-74—293 |
| Teresa Lu | 75-71-73-74—293 |
| Sei Young Kim | 70-71-76-76—293 |
| Jenny Shin | 72-69-75-77—293 |
| Jodi Ewart Shadoff | 72-71-73-77—293 |
| Georgia Hall | 72-76-75-71—294 |
| Minjee Lee | 72-71-80-71—294 |
| In-Kyung Kim | 72-73-77-72—294 |
| Luna Sobron Galmes | 70-75-77-72—294 |
| Caroline Masson | 72-74-75-73—294 |
| a-Elizabeth Wang | 72-74-71-77—294 |
| Rumi Yoshiba | 74-71-79-71—295 |
| Moriya Jutanugarn | 76-72-75-73—296 |
| Austin Ernst | 74-74-75-73—296 |
| Brittany Altomare | 76-70-77-73—296 |
| In Gee Chun | 74-73-75-74—296 |
| Emily Kristine Pedersen | 70-75-76-75—296 |
| Chella Choi | 71-70-78-77—296 |
| Azahara Munoz | 74-73-72-77—296 |
| Emma Talley | 74-71-74-77—296 |
| Lydia Ko | 71-77-76-73—297 |
| Hyun Kyung Park | 76-72-75-74—297 |
| Jane Park | 72-75-75-75—297 |
| Wichanee Meechai | 72-75-77-74—298 |
| Ryann O'Toole | 77-71-73-77—298 |
| Cristie Kerr | 73-75-70-80—298 |
| a-Hailee Cooper | 72-76-77-74—299 |
| a-Lucy Li | 72-74-77-76—299 |
| Ashleigh Buhai | 73-71-76-80—300 |
| a-Linn Grant | 69-72-78-81—300 |
| Pernilla Lindberg | 76-72-78-77—303 |
| Saranporn Langkulgasettrin | 73-73-76-81—303 |
| Daniela Darquea | 74-74-78-80—306 |
| Jillian Hollis | 76-70-78-83—307 |
| Lindy Duncan | 71-74-77-86—308 |
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