US Women’s Open 2015: Final Leaderboard Scores, Prize Money Payouts and More

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Published: July 12, 2015

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In Gee Chun made her first U.S. Women's Open memorable, shooting a final-round 66 to pull ahead of the field and take her first career major championship.      

The 20-year-old, who has made her mark in Korea's LPGA Tour, carded seven birdies to overcome her three bogeys, including one on the final hole. She defeated 54-hole leader Amy Yang by one stroke, as the 25-year-old failed to hold on to her three-stroke lead going into Sunday. Yang carded a one-over 71 and bogeyed No. 18 to clinch her second-place finish.



Chun, a seven-time winner in her home country, made a late charge thanks to a four-birdie run on the back nine. She hit a beautiful approach on the par-three 12th, finished off the putt for her first birdie then went back-to-back-to-back on Nos. 15, 16 and 17. As noted by Tom Housenick of the Morning Call, Chun is now one of four women in history to take the Open in her first try. 

“Everything I experience here, it is new, completely new,” Chun said, per Randall Mell of Golf Channel. “So this is an adventure to me."

For her part, Chun was awarded a record prize of $810,000. 

Yang nearly came back following a late charge of her own. After consecutive birdies on Nos. 14 and 15 left her seemingly all but out of the tournament, Yang holed out on the par-four 16th and hit a birdie on No. 17 to tie her with Chun. Needing a par to force a playoff and a birdie to win, Yang hit her drive into the rough and wound up bogeying the hole.



Rounding out the top five are Inbee Park, Stacy Lewis and six different women who tied at three under. Park, the world's top-ranked player, shot a 67 to earn her second straight top-three finish in a major. She has not finished worse than 11th in a major event since last year's U.S. Open.

Lewis was the top-finishing American but wound up falling short. Doub...
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