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Brittany Lang

United States · born , Richmond, Virginia, United States

1major championship, LPGA count

Summary

  • First major 2016 U.S. Women's Open
  • Runner-up in majors 2 times

Wins

  1. 2016 U.S. Women's Open CordeValle · 282 (-6) · won a playoff against Anna Nordqvist

Near misses

  1. 2005 U.S. Women's Open Cherry Hills C.C. · runner-up to Birdie Kim · 289
  2. 2011 AIG Women's Open runner-up to Yani Tseng

Rivals

Beat her

Yani TsengBeat Brittany Lang to the 2011 Women's Open

Beaten in finals and playoffs

Anna NordqvistLost a playoff to Brittany Lang, 2016 U.S. Women's Open

Moments

  1. 2016 U.S. Women's Open In the playoff, Fox television video showed Anna Nordqvist's 5-iron touching the sand on her backswing in the fairway bunker at the 17th (the second playoff hole); the two-stroke penalty turned her 4 into a 6, and the players were told midway through the 18th, before Lang's wedge approach.
  2. 2016 U.S. Women's Open Lang, two strokes behind Lydia Ko after 54 holes, closed with 71 to finish at 6-under 282 and then parred all three playoff holes (3-4-5) to win by three strokes.

Results by championship

    Best day

    2016 U.S. Women's Open

    CordeValle, San Martin, CA · 282 (-6) · won a playoff against Anna Nordqvist (3-hole aggregate (Nos. 16, 17, 18))

    In the playoff, Fox television video showed Anna Nordqvist's 5-iron touching the sand on her backswing in the fairway bunker at the 17th (the second playoff hole); the two-stroke penalty turned her 4 into a 6, and the players were told midway through the 18th, before Lang's wedge approach.

    Lang, two strokes behind Lydia Ko after 54 holes, closed with 71 to finish at 6-under 282 and then parred all three playoff holes (3-4-5) to win by three strokes.

    Chosen by rule: her most recent major win. Year page: 2016.

    Career line, 2005–2016

    U.S. Women's Open
    2005 U.S. Women's Open: runner-up to Birdie Kim2016 U.S. Women's Open: won
    Women's Open
    2011 Women's Open: runner-up to Yani Tseng
    200520102015

    3 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Runner-up

    Brittany Lang was born on August 22, 1985, in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Lang won one major championship by the LPGA's official count: the 2016 U.S. Women's Open.

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (1)

    Count and list are the LPGA official major-championship record as given in our U.S. Women's Open champions table.

    1. 2016 U.S. Women's Open CordeValle, San Martin, CA · 282 (-6) · won a playoff against Anna Nordqvist (3-hole aggregate (Nos. 16, 17, 18))

    Near misses

    1. 2005 U.S. Women's Open Cherry Hills C.C. · runner-up to Birdie Kim · 289
    2. 2011 AIG Women's Open runner-up to Yani Tseng

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

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