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25-607: The tournament was played in its final playoff form for the first time in November 2006 ; the champion of the event, Julieta Granada , won $ 1 million, the highest first-place prize in the history of women's golf. The event took place at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach , Florida . From 1996 through 2005 the tournament was a standard, 72-hole stroke play event. It had

50-804: A performance-based points system. In addition, two wild card players were chosen at the end of the regular season; a total of 32 players competed in the ADT Championship. The first half began with the SBS Open at Turtle Bay and ended with the LPGA Championship . The second half began with the Wegmans LPGA and ended with the Lorena Ochoa Invitational , one week before the Playoffs. LPGA members qualified for

75-623: A purse of $ 1,000,000 in its final season, with a winner's share of $ 215,000. The playoff event in 2006 was the first time golf has ever used a postseason of any kind on any tour. Beginning in 2007 , the PGA Tour also employed a playoff system. Through the 2008 season, the title sponsor was ADT , a worldwide supplier of electronic security and fire alarm systems, communication systems and integrated building management systems, with headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida . On October 16, 2008 it

100-532: A single sectional stage of 36 holes played on a single day. The criteria for exemption from qualifying has changed through the years. In 2010, there were eleven exemption categories, including winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last ten years, winners of the other three majors for the last five years, the top 50 from the previous year's LPGA Tour money list, the top five from the previous year's Japan LPGA Tour, Korea LPGA Tour, and Ladies European Tour money lists, and official winners of LPGA co-sponsored events for

125-427: Is open to any professional or amateur female golfer. Amateurs must have an up-to-date USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 2.4, lowered in 2014 from 4.4 in 2013. Players may obtain a place by being exempt or by competing successfully in qualifying. In 2002, a two-stage method of qualification was introduced: 18 holes for local qualifying and 36 holes for sectional qualifying. In 2010, the qualification process reverted to

150-618: The 2007 LPGA regular season was the same as in 2008, with the only differences being: More details on selecting competitors for the 2007 Playoffs can be found at: LPGA.com . The 2006 LPGA campaign was split into two halves. The first half began with the SBS Open at Turtle Bay and ended with the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic . The second half began with the Evian Masters and ended with The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions , one week before

175-708: The Augusta National Women's Amateur Championship will qualify effective with the inaugural tournament in 2019. The U.S. Women's Amateur champion is exempt, regardless of turning professional between the Women's Amateur and the U.S. Women's Open as a result of an August 2019 rule change by the USGA. The number following some winners' names indicates the cumulative number of U.S. Women's Open wins for that player. (a) = Amateur † = Won 5 and 4 over Betty Jameson in 36-hole match play final This table lists

200-477: The 2007 event. No change was made for 2007. On November 21, 2009, Golf Channel 's Randall Mell reported in a blog post that the LPGA was in preliminary discussions to bring back the tournament in 2011. The total tournament score is not shown because that does not determine the winner. Championship round score is shown in bold. Tournament names through the years: 2006 LPGA Tour The 2006 LPGA Tour

225-478: The 52-week period prior to the U.S. Women's Open. There is no upper or lower age limit. The youngest-ever qualifiers were 11-year-old Lucy Li in 2014 , and 12-year-old Lexi Thompson in 2007 . Winners of major amateur tournaments are also exempt. Currently, winners of the U.S. Girls' Junior , and U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur and the finalist of the U.S. Women's Amateur (all USGA events) are exempt provided they did not turn professional beforehand. Winners of

250-623: The ADT Championship by accumulating ADT Points during each half of the season or by winning an automatic entry by winning one of 13 designated "winner" events—defined as any event with a purse of at least $ 2 million—throughout the season. The two wild cards were the top two players from the LPGA Official Money List who were not otherwise qualified after the Lorena Ochoa Invitational: Sun Young Yoo and Christina Kim. The selection process in

275-656: The LPGA each year are: United States Women%27s Open Championship (golf) The U.S. Women's Open , one of 15 national golf championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour 's five major championships , which includes the Chevron Championship , Women's PGA Championship , Women's Open Championship , and The Evian Championship . Established 78 years ago in 1946 ,

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300-458: The LPGA season and has the highest purse in women's golf. The most recent increase, announced in January 2022, saw the purse nearly double from its previous $ 5.5 million ( 2019 – 2021 ) to $ 10 million starting in 2022 . The 2022 purse increase came about when the nonprofit health care company ProMedica was announced as the tournament's presenting sponsor. For 2020, it was the final major of

325-472: The Playoffs. Once the first half ended, and the first 16 players were awarded spots in the Playoffs, the point totals from the first half were wiped out, and the second half began with a fresh scoresheet, meaning points did not carry over from half-to-half. More details on selecting competitors for the 2006 Playoffs can be found at: LPGA.com . Inbee Park, who won the U.S. Women's Open , qualified via first-half points. The remaining three "winner" events in

350-523: The Playoffs. The top 15 points scorers and one wild card from each half qualified for the Playoffs, making for a total of 32 players who will take part in the season-ending event. Most of the events on 2006 LPGA schedule were "points" events, in which the top twenty finishers were awarded points. In addition, all winners of the LPGA's majors and five limited field events, such as the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship , automatically qualified for

375-417: The U.S. Women's Open is the only event to have been recognized as a major by the LPGA since the group's founding in 1950. Originally operated by the Women's Professional Golfers Association (WPGA) for its first three years and the LPGA for the next four, it became a USGA event in 1953 . Since 2018, the tournament has normally been held the week after Memorial Day . The U.S. Women's Open is the second major of

400-542: The cut after round three, and not only lose the tournament, but also the title given to the player who tops the LPGA Money List for the year to someone not even in the List's top 10 at the event's start. Sörenstam, as well as others, have suggested that only half the prize count toward the money list, while the other half be given as a bonus, and not counted on the money list. The LPGA said it would consider this before

425-546: The money list on the LPGA Tour, or any major international golf tour, while Annika Sörenstam held her position as the top ranked player through the whole season. Multi-time major champions Karrie Webb and Se Ri Pak had comeback seasons after fallow periods, each claiming a major championship . 2006 saw a growth in the international presence on the Tour. Of the 33 events, only seven were won by Americans, with Cristie Kerr

450-421: The only American to win more than once (three times). By contrast, Mexican Lorena Ochoa won six events, Australian Karrie Webb five, Swede Annika Sörenstam three, and nine different South Koreans combined to win 11 events. The season-ending LPGA Playoffs at The ADT was won by Paraguayan Julieta Granada . The other seven finalists in that event featured only two Americans ( Paula Creamer and Natalie Gulbis );

475-649: The others were Ochoa, Webb, Koreans Il Mi Chung and Mi Hyun Kim , and Japanese Ai Miyazato . For details of what happened in the main tournaments of the year see 2006 in golf . The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the LPGA Tour including that event. Tournaments in bold are majors. * tournament shortened to 54 holes because of rain. Money List leaders Full 2006 Official Money List Scoring Average leaders Full 2006 Scoring Average List - navigate to "2006", then "Scoring Average" The three competitive awards given out by

500-479: The second half were won by golfers who had already qualified via first-half points—the U.S. Women's Open by Cristie Kerr, and the Women's British Open and Canadian Women's Open by Lorena Ochoa. Most players have supported the tournament, though some criticism has been raised. Annika Sörenstam , for example, commented that a player who had a great year, like Sörenstam did in 2005 , when she won 10 times, could miss

525-491: The year and be held for the first time over two courses, as it was postponed to December, due to the COVID-19 pandemic that postponed golf tournaments from March through June. In 2007 , international players outnumbered Americans for the first time. The 2008 tournament was won South Korean Inbee Park , who became the event's youngest winner ever at age 19 years, 11 months, 17 days. In 2021, Yuka Saso matched Park as

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550-507: The youngest winner ever. Since 2018 , the U.S. Women's Open has normally been held prior to its men's counterpart rather than following it and the U.S. Senior Open . In announcing this schedule change, the USGA stated that it would "provide optimum playing conditions for the world's best players across a broader variety of the country's finest golf courses." The playoff format was modified in 2018, reduced from three to two aggregate holes, followed by sudden death . The last 18-hole playoff

575-508: Was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world, which took place from February through December 2006. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States–based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) . In 2006, prize money on the LPGA Tour exceeded US$ 50 million for the first time in the history of the LPGA Tour. Lorena Ochoa became the first Mexican to top

600-547: Was announced ADT would not extend its sponsorship. Another entirely new tournament, the LPGA Tour Championship , took ADT's place on the LPGA schedule for two years in 2009 and 2010 ; it was succeeded by the CME Group Titleholders in 2011 As in the two previous seasons, the 2008 season was split into two halves, with 15 players from each half qualifying for the ADT Championship using

625-415: Was in 2006 ; the three-hole playoff was introduced the following year and used in 2011 and 2016 . The USGA announced on May 29, the men's and women's open winner for 2024 now earns 20% of the total purse; $ 2.4 million for this year's Women's Open winner. The boost in prize money also came with a change in presenting sponsor, with Ally Financial taking over as headline partner. The U.S. Women's Open

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