2019 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship  The 2019 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 74th U.S. Women's Open, played May 30 – June 2 at Country Club of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. The U.S. Women's Open is the oldest of the five current major championships and the second of the 2019 season. It has the largest purse in women's golf at $5.5 million. The tournament will be televised by Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports. The championship is open to any female professional or amateur golfer with a USGA handicap index not exceeding 2.4. Players qualify by competing in one of 24 36-hole qualifying tournaments held at sites across the United States and at international sites in China, England, Japan, and South Korea. Additional players are exempt from qualifying because of past performances in professional or amateur tournaments around the world. Many players were exempt in multiple categories. Players are listed only once, in the first category in which they became exempt, with additional categories in parentheses () next to their names. Golfers qualifying in Category 15 who qualified in other categories are denoted with the tour by which they qualified. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open for the last ten years (2009–2018)  Choi Na-yeon, Chun In-gee (10,12,14,17,18), Paula Creamer, Ji Eun-hee (12,13,14,17,18), Ariya Jutanugarn (8,11,12,14,17,18), Brittany Lang, Park Sung-hyun (7,12,13,14,17,18), Inbee Park (7,8,11,12,17,18), Ryu So-yeon (9,12,14,17,18)   2. Winners from the 2018 and 2019 U.S. Senior Women's Open  Laura Davies   3. Winner and runner-up from the 2018 U.S. Women's Amateur; winner of the 2018 U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur (must be an amateur)  Jeon Ji-won (a), Shannon Johnson (a)  "Kristen Gillman and Yealimi Noh forfeited their exemptions by turning professional." Winner of the 2018 British Ladies Amateur (must be an amateur)  Leonie Harm (a)  5. Winner of the 2018 Mark H. McCormack Medal (Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking) (must be an amateur)  "Jennifer Kupcho (6) forfeited her exemption by turning professional before the start of the tournament.