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This is the first US Women's Open Championship played in New Jersey since 1987, when England's Laura Davies won at the Plainfield Country Club, becoming the fourth international champion.

The first US Women's Open Championship, played at Spokane (Washington) Country Club in 1946 and won by Patty Berg, was the only one to be played in Match Play. The Women's Professional Golfers Association (WPGA) led the Women's Open until 1949, when the new Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) took over the operation of the championship. The LPGA ran the Women's Open for four years, but in 1953 they asked the United States Golf Association (USGA) to lead the championship, which they have since done.

The youngest winner of theUS Women's Open Championship is Inbee Park, which won the 2008 championship at 19 years, 11 months and 18 days. The oldest winner is Babe Zaharias, who won the 1954 Women's Open at the age of 43 and 6 days old.

In 1967, Frenchwoman Catherine Lacoste, daughter of Hall of Fame tennis player René Lacoste and 1927 British Ladies Amateur champion Simone Thion de la Chaume became the only amateurs to win theUS Women's Open Championship.

The departure times have been announced for the first two laps on Thursday July 13 and Friday July 14, on the 6155 meter Par 72 course.

A field of 156 players will play an 18-hole stroke play game on July 13 and 14, after which the field will be reduced to the lowest 60 scores. The players who pass the cut will play 18 holes on July 15th and 16th. If there is a tie upon completion of all 72 holes, a three-hole overall playoff game will follow immediately. If this play-off results in a tie, the tied players will immediately continue playing hole by hole until the winner is determined.