2011 U.S. Women's Open: So Yeon Ryu wins at The Broadmoor (East Course)
So Yeon Ryu won the 2011 U.S. Women's Open at The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States with 281 (−3), beating Hee Kyung Seo in a playoff.
Updated October 23, 2026
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- Dates
- July 7, 2011 to July 11, 2011
- Course
- The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
- Edition
- 66th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 71 · 7,047 yards
- Entries
- 1,295
- Field
- 156
- Made the cut
- 72 (cut at 149)
- Purse
- $3,250,000 · winner's share $585,000
- Champion
- So Yeon Ryu · age 21 · South Korea · born Seoul, South Korea
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 1st major
- Winning score
- 74-69-69-69 = 281 (−3)
- Runner-up
- Hee Kyung Seo (281)
- 54-hole leader
- So Yeon Ryu, Cristie Kerr, Angela Stanford
- Playoff
- 3-hole aggregate playoff (Nos. 16-17-18), Monday July 11: Ryu 3-4-3 = 10, Seo 3-6-4 = 13; 3 holes; beat Hee Kyung Seo; 3-hole aggregate (won by three; Ryu birdied 17 and 18)
- Caddie
- Dean Herden
- Low amateur
- Moriya Jutanugarn (294)
- Run by
- United States Golf Association
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So Yeon Ryu | 74 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 281 | −3 |
| 2 | Hee Kyung Seo | 72 | 73 | 68 | 68 | 281 | −3 |
What happened at the 2011 U.S. Women's Open
Weather delays stretched every round across multiple days, and So Yeon Ryu, finishing on Monday morning, forced a playoff with an approach to six feet and a birdie on the 72nd hole.
In the championship's first three-hole aggregate playoff (Nos. 16-18) Ryu went 3-4-3 to Hee Kyung Seo's 3-6-4.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Women's Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).
Also from GNN's U.S. Women's Open set (entries, runners-up round by round, values the majors set does not hold).
Sources
- usga.org: 26USWomensOpen
- Wikipedia: 2011 U.S. Women's Open
- mediacenter.usga.org: 2026 U.S. Women's Open Fact Sheet V2
- Wikipedia: Women's major golf championships
- Wikipedia: U.S. Women's Open
- Wikipedia: Ryu So-yeon
- golfcompendium.com: 2011 us womens open
- golfcompendium.com: low amateurs us womens open
- lpga.com: u s women s open final round notes and interviews 7 11 2011
- espn.com: leaderboard
- gettyimages.com: so yeon ryu caddie 2011
- rolexrankings.com: rankings