2022 U.S. Women's Open presented by ProMedica: Minjee Lee wins at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club
Minjee Lee won the 2022 U.S. Women's Open presented by ProMedica at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, Southern Pines, North Carolina, United States with 271 (−13), by 4 strokes over Mina Harigae.
Updated October 23, 2026
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- Dates
- June 2, 2022 to June 5, 2022
- Course
- Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, Southern Pines, North Carolina, United States
- Edition
- 77th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 71 · 6,638 yards
- Entries
- 1,874
- Field
- 156
- Made the cut
- 70 (cut at 145)
- Purse
- $10,000,000 · winner's share $1,800,000
- Champion
- Minjee Lee · age 26 · Australia · born Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 2nd major
- World ranking
- No. 4 (Rolex Rankings)
- Winning score
- 67-66-67-71 = 271 (−13) · won by 4 strokes
- Runner-up
- Mina Harigae (275)
- 54-hole leader
- Minjee Lee
- Caddie
- Jason Gilroyed
- Low amateur
- Ingrid Lindblad (283)
- Run by
- United States Golf Association
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minjee Lee | 67 | 66 | 67 | 71 | 271 | −13 |
| 2 | Mina Harigae | 64 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 275 | −9 |
What happened at the 2022 U.S. Women's Open presented by ProMedica
Minjee Lee birdied Nos. 1 and 2 in the final round to stretch her lead to five and later holed a bending nine-footer at the 12th to go six clear.
Lee finished at 13-under 271, breaking the championship 72-hole record after setting the 54-hole record of 200, and earned $1.8 million, then the largest payout in women's golf.
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: 2022 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: Minjee Lee
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