2000 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

2000 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
Dates July 20–23, 2000
Location Libertyville, Illinois
Course(s) Merit Club
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 6,516 yards (5,958 m)[1]
Field 150 players, 60 after cut[1]
Cut 150 (+6)[1]
Prize fund $2.75 million
Winner's share $500,000
Champion
Australia Karrie Webb
282 (−6)
«1999
2001»
Merit Club
Location in the United States
Merit Club
Location in Illinois

The 2000 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 55th U.S. Women's Open, held July 20–23 at the Merit Club in Libertyville, Illinois, a suburb north-northwest of Chicago. 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

Merit Club

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3991724993743593661515223883,2304101755333544063761673804853,2866,516
Par435444354364354443453672

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 TotalTo parFinish
Meg Mallon  United States 1991 68727374287−1T2
Laura Davies England 1987 73717275291+3T9
Annika Sörenstam  Sweden 1995, 199673757370291+3T9
Se Ri Pak  South Korea 199874757569293+5T15
Juli Inkster United States 1999 70747380297+9T23
Betsy King United States 1989, 1990 71708279302+14T46
Jan Stephenson  Australia 1983 73747778302+14T46

Source:[3]

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Hollis Stacy United States 1977, 1978, 19847973152+8
Patty Sheehan  United States 1992, 1994 7677153+9
Alison Nicholas England 1997 7481155+11
Liselotte Neumann  Sweden 1988 8076156+12

Source:[4]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 23, 2000

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1Karrie Webb Australia69-72-68-73=282−6500,000
T2Cristie Kerr United States72-71-74-70=287−1240,228
Meg Mallon United States68-72-73-74=287
T4Rosie Jones United States73-71-72-72=288E120,118
Mi Hyun Kim South Korea74-72-70-72=288
T6Kelli Kuehne United States71-74-73-71=289+190,458
Grace Park South Korea74-72-73-70=289
8Beth Daniel United States71-74-72-73=290+279,345
T9Laura Davies England73-71-72-75=291 +367,368
Kelly Robbins United States74-73-71-73=291
Annika Sörenstam Sweden73-75-73-70=291

Source:[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Wind, greens play havoc at Open". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. July 22, 2000. p. 3D.
  2. 1 2 3 "Webb wins Women's Open by 5 shots". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. July 24, 2000. p. D-2.
  3. 1 2 Manoyan, Dan (July 24, 2000). "Webb spins a title". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 1C.
  4. "U.S. Women's Open scores". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. July 22, 2000. p. 3C.

External links

Coordinates: 42°20′06″N 87°57′18″W / 42.335°N 87.955°W / 42.335; -87.955

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