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2019 U.S. Women's Open: Jeongeun Lee6 wins at Country Club of Charleston

Jeongeun Lee6 won the 2019 U.S. Women's Open at Country Club of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States with 278 (−6), by 2 strokes over So Yeon Ryu and Lexi Thompson and Angel Yin.

Updated October 23, 2026

Every year is on the U.S. Women's Open winners list.

Dates
May 30, 2019 to June 2, 2019
Course
Country Club of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Edition
74th edition
Counted as a major
yes
Format
stroke play, 4 rounds
Par
71
Entries
1,552
Field
156
Made the cut
70 (cut at 145)
Purse
$5,500,000 · winner's share $1,000,000
Champion
Jeongeun Lee6 · age 23 · South Korea · born Suncheon, South Jeolla Province, South Korea
Champion's title
1st title at this event · 1st major
World ranking
No. 17 (Rolex Rankings)
Winning score
70-69-69-70 = 278 (−6) · won by 2 strokes
Runners-up
So Yeon Ryu, Lexi Thompson, Angel Yin (280 each)
54-hole leader
Céline Boutier, Yu Liu · Jeongeun Lee6 was 2 strokes back
Low amateur
Gina Kim (283)
Run by
United States Golf Association

Winner and runners-up

Pos.PlayerR1R2R3R4TotalTo par
1Jeongeun Lee670696970278−6
T2Angel Yin72687268280−4
T2So Yeon Ryu71687170280−4
T2Lexi Thompson70696873280−4

What happened at the 2019 U.S. Women's Open

Céline Boutier, a 54-hole co-leader with former Duke teammate Yu Liu, was one stroke ahead of Jeongeun Lee6 on the 18th tee and made a double bogey.

Lee6 birdied the 15th and won by two despite bogeys at the 16th and 18th, collecting the first $1 million winner's share in U.S. Women's Open history.

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

  1. usga.org: 26USWomensOpen
  2. Wikipedia: 2019 U.S. Women's Open
  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: Lee Jeong-eun (golfer
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  10. filecache.mediaroom.com: 21 U.S. Women's Open
  11. espn.com: leaderboard
  12. golf.com: jeongeun lee6 wins 2019 us womens open
  13. espn.com: higa cards 65 lowest us women open debut
  14. espn.com: ex duke teammates liu boutier take open lead
  15. rolexrankings.com: rankings