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Players in the
following categories will be eligible for exemption. Exemption under categories
reserved for amateurs will be granted only to players who have remained amateurs.
An amateur who is exempt into Sectional Qualifying or the Championship proper
through a category reserved for amateurs becomes ineligible if she becomes a
professional before beginning play or during the play of the Championship. Exempt
players who wish to participate in the Championship must file an entry, except
those players for whom blank entries are filed as noted below. Exempt players
need not meet the handicap requirement unless otherwise noted.
EXEMPT
FROM LOCAL AND SECTIONAL QUALIFYING
S-1. Winners of
the U.S. Women’s Open Championship for the last ten years (1993-2002):
| 1993
- Lauri Merten |
1998 - Se
Ri Pak |
| 1994 - Patty
Sheehan |
1999 - Juli
Inkster |
| 1995 - Annika
Sorenstam |
2000 - Karrie
Webb |
| 1996 - Annika
Sorenstam |
2001 - Karrie
Webb |
| 1997 - Alison
Nicholas |
2002 - Juli
Inkster |
S-2. Winners
of the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship the last two years (2001 and 2002)
and runner-up from the most recent year:
| 2002 - Betty
Lucidi |
2002 - Brandi
Jackson |
S-3.
Winners of the LPGA Championship the last five years:
| 1999
- Juli Inkster |
2002
- Se Ri Pak |
| 2000
- Juli Inkster |
2003 - |
| 2001
- Karrie Webb |
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(Note: The USGA will
file blank entries for those players who become exempt after the close of entries.)
S-4.
Winners of the Women’s British Open Championship the last five
years:
| 1998 - Sherri
Steinhauer |
2001 - Se
Ri Pak |
| 1999 - Sherri
Steinhauer |
2002 - Karrie
Webb |
| 2000 - Sophie
Gustafson |
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S-5.
Winners of the Kraft Nabisco Championship the last five years:
| 1999
- Dottie Pepper |
2002
- Annika Sorenstam |
| 2000
- Karrie Webb |
2003
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| 2001
- Annika Sorenstam |
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S-6. From the
2002 U.S. Women’s Open Championship, the 20 lowest scorers and anyone tying
for 20th place:
| Juli Inkster
|
Beth Daniel |
Jill McGill
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| Annika Sorenstam
|
Laura Diaz |
Grace Park
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| Shani Waugh
|
Janice Moodie |
Donna Andrews |
| Raquel Carriedo |
Kelly Robbins |
Beth Bauer |
| Se Ri Pak |
Joanne Morley |
Lorie Kane |
| Mhairi McKay |
Rachel Teske |
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| Jennifer Rosales |
Stephanie
Louden |
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| Kelli Kuehne |
Lynette Brooky |
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S-7. From the
2002 final official LPGA money list, the top 40 money leaders:
| Annika
Sorenstam |
Lorie Kane
|
Gloria Park
|
Dorothy Delasin |
| Se
Ri Pak |
Cristie Kerr
|
Janice Moodie |
Liselotte
Neumann |
| Juli Inkster |
Michele Redman |
Kelli Kuehne |
Vicki Goetze-Ackerman |
| Mi Hyun Kim |
Hee-Won Han
|
Danielle Ammaccapane |
Jeong Jang |
| Karrie Webb |
Catriona
Matthew |
Michelle Ellis |
Emilee Klein |
| Grace Park
|
Kelly Robbins
|
Maria Hjorth
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Candie Kung |
| Laura Diaz |
Mhairi McKay |
Shani Waugh |
Heather Bowie |
| Carin Koch |
Beth Bauer
|
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc |
Kate Golden |
| Rachel Teske |
Beth Daniel |
Laura Davies |
Natalie Gulbis |
| Rosie Jones |
Meg Mallon |
Jenny Rosales |
Leta Lindley |
S-8. From the
2003 official LPGA money list, the top 35 money leaders through May 25 (must
have filed an entry by April 30).
S-9. Winners
of LPGA co-sponsored events, whose victories are considered official, from
the conclusion of the 2002 U.S. Women’s Open Championship to the initiation
of the 2003 U.S. Women’s Open Championship.
(Note: The USGA
will file blank entries for players who become exempt after the close of entries.)
S-10. Top 3 players
from the 2001 Ladies European Tour Order of Merit:
| Paula Marti |
Maria Hjorth |
Sophie Gustafson |
S-11. Two leading
money winners from the 2002 Japan LPGA Tour:
S-12. Special Exemption
selected by the USGA:
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