2021 U.S. Women's Open Winner and Scores

The 2021 U.S. Women's Open was the 76th time this major championship was played. The winner was the first golfer from her country to claim this title, and also tied, to the day, the tournament record for youngest winner.

Winner: Yuka Saso, 280

Where it was played: The Olympic Club (Lake Course) in San Francisco, California

Tournament dates: June 3-6, 2021

Leaders after first round: Mel Reid and Megha Ganne, 67

Leader after second round: Yuka Saso, 136

Leader after third round: Lexi Thompson, 296

What Happened at the 2021 U.S. Women's Open

Nineteen-year-old Yuka Saso of the Philippines became the first golfer from that country to win not just this tournament, but any of the major championships of women's professional golf. Her age, specifically, on the day she lifted the trophy was 19 years, 11 months and 17 days. That tied, exactly, the record for youngest U.S. Women's Open winner first set by Inbee Park in the 2008 U.S. Women's Open.

But Saso needed a playoff to get it done. Saso was the 36-hole leader, but trailed Lexi Thompson by one following the third round. Nasa Hataoka was six shots behind Thompson, five behind Saso, as the final round began.

And Saso began that final round terribly: She double-bogeyed the second hole and bogeyed No. 3. She trailed Thompson by five at that point. Thompson still held a five-stroke lead on the 10th hole, but played the back nine in 5-over and finished one off the winning score.

Saso steadied and Hataoka charged, Saso shooting 73 and Hataoka 68. At the end of 72 holes, they were tied at 280. In the 2-hole aggregate playoff, they matched fours on both holes. So the playoff continued into sudden death. On the next hole (the third overall), Saso won it with a birdie.

2021 U.S. Women's Open Final Scores

Yuka Saso	69-67-71-73—280 (4-4-3—11)
Nasa Hataoka	72-69-71-68—280 (4-4-4—12)
Lexi Thompson	69-71-66-75—281
Megan Khang	68-70-74-70—282
Shanshan Feng	69-70-72-71—282
Angel Yin	68-79-67-70—284
Xiyu Lin	72-74-72-67—285
Jin Young Ko	70-74-72-69—285
Brooke Henderson	68-78-69-70—285
Ariya Jutanugarn	71-70-74-70—285
Inbee Park	71-69-73-72—285
Amy Olson	73-72-70-71—286
Jeongeun Lee6	70-67-73-76—286
Celine Herbin	73-74-69-71—287
a-Megha Ganne	67-71-72-77—287
Sei Young Kim	74-70-73-71—288
Alison Lee	74-70-73-71—288
Lucy Li	73-71-71-73—288
a-Maja Stark	71-70-73-74—288
Madelene Sagstrom	71-73-75-70—289
Hyo Joo Kim	72-70-72-75—289
So Yeon Ryu	74-72-71-73—290
Jenny Shin	72-75-76-68—291
Lizette Salas	72-75-74-70—291
Emily Kristine Pedersen	71-74-73-73—291
Patty Tavatanakit	75-70-75-72—292
In Kyung Kim	74-70-74-74—292
Jennifer Kupcho	70-73-75-74—292
Marina Alex	70-72-74-76—292
Lauren Stephenson	70-76-75-72—293
Wichanee Meechai	70-73-78-72—293
Jessica Korda	72-74-74-73—293
Mina Harigae	71-73-76-73—293
Matilda Castren	74-71-73-75—293
a-Rachel Heck	75-72-75-72—294
Lydia Ko	71-75-76-72—294
Jasmine Suwannapura	73-74-74-73—294
Danielle Kang	73-69-77-75—294
Maria Parra	72-74-72-76—294
Celine Boutier	72-74-70-78—294
Gaby Lopez	72-73-77-73—295
Stacy Lewis	72-72-78-73—295
Ayako Uehara	76-71-74-74—295
In Gee Chun	75-70-75-75—295
Ally Ewing	71-74-75-75—295
Yu Liu	74-72-78-72—296
Brittany Altomare	74-74-75-73—296
Mel Reid	67-73-78-78—296
Carlota Ciganda	72-76-77-72—297
Pernilla Lindberg	76-72-76-73—297
Anna Nordqvist	75-73-76-73—297
Jenny Coleman	73-73-76-75—297
Leonie Harm	73-75-73-76—297
Minjee Lee	73-73-77-75—298
Na Yeon Choi	75-72-74-77—298
Amy Yang	74-73-74-77—298
Austin Ernst	70-74-81-74—299
Muni He	72-76-72-79—299
Sarah Burnham	76-66-78-79—299
Luna Sobron Galmes	71-76-72-80—299
Giulia Molinaro	74-74-76-76—300
Hannah Green	73-75-78-75—301
Pajaree Anannarukarn	76-71-75-79—301
Lee-Anne Pace	76-71-77-78—302
Yealimi Noh	76-69-76-81—302
a-Gurleen Kaur	71-73-80-81—305

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