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2016 U.S. Women's Open: Brittany Lang wins at CordeValle

Brittany Lang won the 2016 U.S. Women's Open at CordeValle, San Martin, California, United States with 282 (−6), beating Anna Nordqvist in a playoff.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Dates
July 7, 2016 to July 10, 2016
Course
CordeValle, San Martin, California, United States
Edition
71st edition
Counted as a major
yes
Format
stroke play, 4 rounds
Par
72 · 6,784 yards
Entries
1,855
Field
156
Made the cut
72 (cut at 148)
Purse
$4,500,000 · winner's share $810,000
Champion
Brittany Lang · age 30 · United States · born Richmond, Virginia, United States
Champion's title
1st title at this event · 1st major
World ranking
No. 40 (Rolex Rankings)
Winning score
68-75-68-71 = 282 (−6)
Runner-up
Anna Nordqvist (282)
54-hole leader
Lydia Ko · Brittany Lang was 2 strokes back
Playoff
3-hole aggregate playoff (Nos. 16-17-18): Lang 3-4-5 = 12, Nordqvist 3-6-6 = 15; 3 holes; beat Anna Nordqvist; 3-hole aggregate (won by three; Nordqvist assessed a two-stroke penalty at the 17th)
Caddie
Luke Lang
Low amateur
Hye-Jin Choi (292)
Run by
United States Golf Association

Winner and runner-up

Pos.PlayerR1R2R3R4TotalTo par
1Brittany Lang68756871282−6
2Anna Nordqvist68747367282−6

What happened at the 2016 U.S. Women's Open

Brittany Lang birdied the par-3 16th to take the lead and bogeyed the 17th, and Anna Nordqvist's final-round 67, with an eagle at the 15th, forced a playoff at six-under 282.

In the three-hole aggregate playoff Nordqvist was penalized two strokes for touching sand with her club in a fairway bunker at the 17th, a ruling relayed on the 18th, and Lang won 12-15.

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

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  3. mediacenter.usga.org: 2026 U.S. Women's Open Fact Sheet V2
  4. Wikipedia: Women's major golf championships
  5. Wikipedia: U.S. Women's Open
  6. Wikipedia: Brittany Lang
  7. usga.org: 2016 U.S. Women's Open Round 4Notes
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  10. filecache.mediaroom.com: 21 U.S. Women's Open
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  12. espn.com: brittany lang prevails anna nordqvist penalized us women…
  13. asapsports.com: show interview
  14. gettyimages.com: brittany lang luke lang
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