2021 U.S. Women's Open: Yuka Saso wins at The Olympic Club (Lake Course)

Yuka Saso won the 2021 U.S. Women's Open at The Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, California, United States with 280 (−4), beating Nasa Hataoka in a playoff.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Dates: June 3, 2021 to June 6, 2021
Course: The Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, California, United States
Edition: 76th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 71 · 6,486 yards
Entries: 1,595
Field: 156
Made the cut: 66 (cut at 148)
Purse: $5,500,000 · winner's share $1,000,000
Champion: Yuka Saso · age 19 · Philippines · born San Ildefonso, Bulacan, Philippines
Champion's title: 1st title at this event · 1st major
World ranking: No. 40 (Rolex Rankings)
Winning score: 69-67-71-73 = 280 (−4)
Runner-up: Nasa Hataoka (280)
54-hole leader: Lexi Thompson · Yuka Saso was 1 stroke back
Playoff: 2-hole aggregate playoff (Nos. 9 and 18), tied at par, then sudden death on No. 9; 3 holes; beat Nasa Hataoka; No. 9 (par 4), 3rd extra hole - Saso 10-foot birdie
Caddie: Lionel Matichuk
Low amateur: Megha Ganne (287)
Run by: United States Golf Association

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Yuka Saso	69	67	71	73	280	−4
2	Nasa Hataoka	72	69	71	68	280	−4

What happened at the 2021 U.S. Women's Open

Yuka Saso opened her final round with consecutive double bogeys at Nos. 2 and 3, then played the last 15 holes in two under.

Lexi Thompson led by five on the front nine but came home in 41, bogeying the 17th and 18th, and Saso won the playoff with a 10-foot birdie at the 9th, the third 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).

2021 U.S. Women's Open: Yuka Saso wins at The Olympic Club (Lake Course)

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 2021 U.S. Women's Open

How this was built

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