An alphabetical list of the 66 golfers currently exempt from qualifying for the 2010 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club:
Player | Exemption Category | Player | Exemption Category |
Helen Alfredsson | 7 | Stacy Lewis | 7,8 |
Chie Arimura | 10 | Brittany Lincicome | 5,6,7 |
Kyeong Bae | 6,7 | Meg Mallon | 1 |
Becky Brewerton | 10 | Catriona Matthew | 4,7,10 |
Na Yeon Choi | 6,7,9 | Kristy McPherson | 7 |
Paula Creamer | 6,7 | Ai Miyazato | 6,7,8,9 |
Tania Elosegui | 10 | Mika Miyazato | 7 |
Meaghan Francella | 7 | Shinobu Moromizato | 10 |
Sandra Gal | 7 | Anna Nordqvist | 3,7,9 |
Natalie Gulbis | 7 | Ji Young Oh | 7 |
Sophie Gustafson | 7,9,10 | Se Ri Pak | 3,7,9 |
Hee-Won Han | 7 | Hee Young Park | 6,7 |
Maria Hjorth | 7 | Inbee Park | 1,7,8 |
Katherine Hull | 7 | Suzann Pettersen | 3,6,7,8,9 |
M.J. Hur | 7,9 | Morgan Pressel | 5,6,7 |
Pat Hurst | 7 | Michele Redman | 7 |
Vicky Hurst | 7 | So-Yeon Ryu | 10 |
Juli Inkster | 1 | Hee-Kyung Seo | 9,10 |
Jeong Jang | 4 | Jiyai Shin | 4,6,7,8,9 |
Mi-Jeong Jeon | 10 | Marianne Skapnord | 10 |
Eun-Hee Ji | 1,6,7 | Jennifer Song | 6 |
a-Jennifer Johnson | 2 | Angela Stanford | 7 |
Cristie Kerr | 1,3,6,7,8,9 | Sherri Steinhauer | 4 |
Christina Kim | 7 | Yani Tseng | 3,5,7,8,9 |
In-Kyung Kim | 6,7 | Momoko Ueda | 7 |
Song-Hee Kim | 6,7,8 | Wendy Ward | 7 |
Candie Kung | 6,7 | Karrie Webb | 1,5,7 |
Brittany Lang | 7 | Michelle Wie | 7,8,9 |
Bo-Mee Lee | 10 | Lindsey Wright | 7 |
Jee Young Lee | 7 | Amy Yang | 7 |
Jeong-Eun Lee | 10 | Eunjung Yi | 7 |
Meena Lee | 7 | Sakura Yokomine | 10 |
Seon Hwa Lee | 7 | Sun Young Yoo | 7,9 |
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Key to player exemptions:
1): Winners of the U.S. Women’s Open Championship for the last 10 years (2000-2009).
2): Winner and runner-up of the 2009 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championshp (must be an amateur).
3): Winners of the LPGA Championship the last five years (2006-2010).
4): Winners of the Ricoh Women’s British Open Championship the last five years (2005-2009).
5): Winners of the Kraft Nabisco Championship the last five years (2006-2010).
6): 15 lowest scorers and anyone tying for 15th place from the 2009 U.S. Women’s Open Championship.
7): Top 50 money leaders from the 2009 final official LPGA Tour money list.
8): Top 10 money leaders from the 2010 official LPGA Tour money list through May 5.
9): Winners of LPGA Tour co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from the conclusion of the 2009 U.S Women’s Open Championship to the initiation of the 2010 U.S. Women’s Open Championship.
10): Top five money leaders from the 2009 Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour.
11): Special exemptions selected by the USGA.