2000 U.S. Women's Open

2000 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJuly 20–23, 2000
LocationLibertyville, Illinois
Course(s)Merit Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,516 yards (5,958 m)[1]
Field150 players, 60 after cut[1]
Cut150 (+6)[1]
Prize fund$2.75 million
Winner's share$500,000
Champion
Karrie Webb
282 (−6)
Libertyville 
Location in the United States
Merit
Club
Location in Illinois

The 2000 U.S. Women's Open was the 55th U.S. Women's Open, held July 20–23 at the Merit Club in Libertyville, Illinois, a suburb north of Chicago and west of Waukegan. Karrie Webb won the first of two consecutive U.S. Women's Opens, five strokes ahead of runners-up Cristie Kerr and Meg Mallon.[2][3] It was the third of Webb's seven major titles.

This was the first time in 19 years that the championship had been held in the Chicago metropolitan area; the Merit Club course opened eight years earlier in 1992. The purse was $2.75 million, an increase of over 57% from the previous year, with a winner's share of $500,000. Webb also picked up an additional $250,000 bonus from the Nabisco Grand Slam Challenge for winning two majors in the same year.[2]

This championship was scheduled concurrently with The Open Championship in Scotland, where Tiger Woods won his fourth straight major title at St. Andrews to secure his historic Tiger Slam.

Course layout

Main article: Merit Club
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 399 172 499 374 359 366 151 522 388 3,230 410 175 533 354 406 376 167 380 485 3,286 6,516
Par 4 3 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 36 4 3 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 36 72

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 20, 2000

Place Player Score To par
1 Meg Mallon 68 −4
T2 Shani Waugh 69 −3
Karrie Webb
T4 Kellee Booth 70 −2
Juli Inkster
T6 Kristi Albers 71 −1
Beth Daniel
Jackie Gallagher-Smith
Lorie Kane
Betsy King
Kelli Kuehne
Yu Ping Lin

Source:[4]

Second round

Friday, July 21, 2000

Place Player Score To par
1 Meg Mallon 68-72=140 −4
T2 Betsy King 71-70=141 −3
Karrie Webb 69-72=141
4 Cristie Kerr 72-71=143 −1
T5 Laura Davies 73-71=144 E
Dorothy Delasin 76-68=144
Rosie Jones 73-71=144
Juli Inkster 70-74=144
Kathryn Marshall 72-72=144
Shani Waugh 69-75=144

Source:[1]

Third round

Saturday, July 22, 2000

Place Player Score To par
1 Karrie Webb 69-72-68=209 −7
2 Meg Mallon 68-72-73=213 −3
T3 Laura Davies 73-71-72=216 E
Dorothy Delasin 76-68-72=216
Rosie Jones 73-71-72=216
Mi-Hyun Kim 74-72-70=216
T7 Beth Daniel 71-74-72=217 +1
Pat Hurst 73-72-72=217
Juli Inkster 70-74-73=217
Lorie Kane 71-74-72=217
Cristie Kerr 72-71-74=217
Shani Waugh 69-75-73=217

Source:[5]

Final round

Sunday, July 23, 2000

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Karrie Webb 69-72-68-73=282 −6 500,000
T2 Cristie Kerr 72-71-74-70=287 −1 240,228
Meg Mallon 68-72-73-74=287
T4 Rosie Jones 73-71-72-72=288 E 120,118
Mi-Hyun Kim 74-72-70-72=288
T6 Kelli Kuehne 71-74-73-71=289 +1 90,458
Grace Park 74-72-73-70=289
8 Beth Daniel 71-74-72-73=290 +2 79,345
T9 Laura Davies 73-71-72-75=291 +3 67,368
Kelly Robbins 74-73-71-73=291
Annika Sörenstam 73-75-73-70=291

Source:[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Wind, greens play havoc at Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. July 22, 2000. p. 3D.
  2. ^ a b c "Webb wins Women's Open by 5 shots". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. July 24, 2000. p. D-2.
  3. ^ Manoyan, Dan (July 24, 2000). "Webb spins a title". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 1C.
  4. ^ "Mallon cuts corners". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 21, 2000. p. C2.
  5. ^ "USGA - Women's Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). July 23, 2000. p. 8F.

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