Water collects on the fairway due inclement weather causing a rain delay during the final round at the 2020 U.S. Women's Open at Champions Golf Club (Cypress Creek Course) in Houston, Texas on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. (Robert Beck/USGA)

Weather delays final round of Women’s Open to Monday!

Photo courtesy of USGA/Robert Beck

A rainy Sunday in southeast Texas has caused the first weather-induced Monday finish in the U.S. Women’s Open since 2011. Though the final round will finish later than originally planned, every contender has the opportunity to rewrite the story of their career with a victory in the 75th edition. Here are some of the achievements that the nine players who start the day within four shots of the lead could checkmark with a victory on the Cypress Creek Course at Champions Golf Club:

Hinako Shibuno

  • First player from Japan to win U.S. Women’s Open
  • First woman or man from Japan to win multiple major professional majors
  • Second player from Japan to win USGA championship (Michiko Hattori, 1985 U.S. Women’s Amateur)
  • Sixth player to win U.S. Women’s Open and Women’s British Open as majors
  • Second player to win U.S. Women’s Open & Women’s British in consecutive years (Karrie Webb)
  • Only past major champion to win a major in 2020 (three preceding winners this year were first-timers)

Amy Olson

  • First American to earn first win as LPGA Tour player in U.S. Women’s Open since 2003 (Hilary Lunke)
  • Only second time first-round leader/co-leader won U.S. Women’s Open in last 15 years (2018, Jutanugarn)
  • Fifth winner in last six years to come from behind in final round
  • Third American winner in last 10 years at this championship
  • 68th in Rolex Rankings; lowest-ranked USWO winner since Rankings began in 2006
  • First American major winner in women’s professional golf since 2018 Evian Championship (Angela Stanford)

Moriya Jutanugarn

  • 1st time two sisters have each won the U.S. Women’s Open (Ariya in 2018)
  • 1st time two sisters have each won a major in LPGA history
  • 2nd Thai player (woman or man) to win major, joining her sister
  • 3rd time sisters have each won a USGA championship (Margaret and Harriot Curtis; Hollis Stacy and Martha Leach)
  • 48th in Rolex Rankings; lowest-ranked USWO winner since Rankings began in 2006

Ji Yeong Kim2

  • Largest 36-hole deficit overcome by winner in U.S. Women’s Open history (10 shots)
  • 3rd time in last 4 years player earned first win in a recognized LPGA event at U.S. Women’s Open
  • 81st in Rolex Rankings; lowest-ranked U.S. Women’s Open winner since Rankings began in 2006
  • Wins U.S. Women’s Open after making the cut on the number
  • Ninth Korean victory at U.S. Women’s Open in the last 13 years

Ariya Jutanugarn

  • 16th player to win U.S. Women’s Open multiple times (won in 2018)
  • First to win U.S. Women’s Open twice in three-year span since Karrie Webb won back-to-back in 2000 & 2001
  • First past champion to win U.S. Women’s Open since Inbee Park in 2013
  • Shot 74 in third round; would have highest third round by winner since Se Ri Pak in 1998 (75)
  • First official LPGA victory in 869 days (2018 Women’s Scottish Open was last win)

Lydia Ko

  • Eighth player to win U.S. Women’s Open and U.S. Women’s Amateur in career
  • First past U.S. Women’s Amateur champion to win U.S. Women’s Open since 2002 (Juli Inkster)
  • 28th woman to win three or more professional major championships
  • 22nd woman to win three different professional major championships
  • First woman to reach three career majors since Inbee Park in 2013

Yealimi Noh

  • Youngest champion in U.S. Women’s Open history (19 years, 4 months, 18 days)
  • Current record is held by Inbee Park in 2008 (19 years, 11 months, 17 days)
  • First professional major champion (woman or man) born in the 2000s
  • 7th player in history to win both the U.S. Women’s Open and U.S. Girls’ Junior
  • Second U.S. Women’s Open champion since 2000 to come from four or more shots back entering final round
  • First American to earn first win as an LPGA Tour player in U.S. Women’s Open since 2003 (Hilary Lunke)

Kaitlyn Papp (a)

  • Second amateur to win U.S. Women’s Open, joining Catherine Lacoste in 1967
  • First player to be named First Team All-American (WGCA) & win major in same year
  • First American to earn her first win at U.S. Women’s Open since 2003 (Hilary Lunke)
  • First amateur to win any event recognized by LPGA Tour since Lydia Ko in 2013
  • Sixth different amateur to win a tournament in LPGA Tour history (second in last 50 years)

Megan Khang

  • Fifth player in last 10 years to earn first victory as an LPGA Tour player at the U.S. Women’s Open
  • First American to earn first win as LPGA Tour player in U.S. Women’s Open since 2003 (Hilary Lunke)
  • 60th in Rolex Rankings; lowest-ranked USWO winner since Rankings began in 2006