2018 U.S. Women's Open: Ariya Jutanugarn wins at Shoal Creek
Ariya Jutanugarn won the 2018 U.S. Women's Open at Shoal Creek, Shoal Creek, Alabama, United States with 277 (−11), beating Hyo Joo Kim in a playoff.
Updated October 23, 2026
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- Dates
- May 31, 2018 to June 3, 2018
- Course
- Shoal Creek, Shoal Creek, Alabama, United States
- Edition
- 73rd edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 72 · 6,732 yards
- Entries
- 1,592
- Field
- 156
- Made the cut
- 63 (cut at 148)
- Purse
- $5,000,000 · winner's share $900,000
- Champion
- Ariya Jutanugarn · age 22 · Thailand · born Bangkok, Thailand
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 2nd major
- World ranking
- No. 5 (Rolex Rankings)
- Winning score
- 67-70-67-73 = 277 (−11)
- Runner-up
- Hyo Joo Kim (277)
- 54-hole leader
- Ariya Jutanugarn
- Playoff
- 2-hole aggregate playoff (Nos. 14 and 18), tied 8-8 (Jutanugarn 4-4, Kim 3-5), then sudden death; 4 holes; beat Hyo Joo Kim; No. 18 (par 4), 4th extra hole - Jutanugarn par 4, Kim bogey 5
- Caddie
- Les Luark
- Low amateur
- Patty Tavatanakit (286)
- Run by
- United States Golf Association
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 67 | 70 | 67 | 73 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Hyo Joo Kim | 70 | 72 | 68 | 67 | 277 | −11 |
What happened at the 2018 U.S. Women's Open
Hyo-Joo Kim began the final round six strokes behind Ariya Jutanugarn and closed with a 67 to tie at 11-under 277.
In the championship's first two-hole aggregate playoff both players were tied after Nos. 14 and 18, and Jutanugarn won with a par to Kim's bogey at the 18th, the fourth extra hole.
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: 2018 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: Ariya Jutanugarn
- golfcompendium.com: 2018 us womens open
- golfcompendium.com: low amateurs us womens open
- lpga.com: 2018 jutanugarn on cusp of number one in rolex moves
- filecache.mediaroom.com: 21 U.S. Women's Open
- espn.com: leaderboard
- espn.com: ariya jutanugarn wins us women open playoff
- espn.com: us open abandons 18 holes 2 hole playoff
- gettyimages.com: ariya jutanugarn caddie 2018
- gettyimages.com: ariya jutanugarn les luark
- rolexrankings.com: rankings