2001 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

2001 U.S. Women's Open

Tournament information
Dates	May 31 – June 3, 2001
Location	Southern Pines, North Carolina
Course(s)	Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,256 yards (5,720 m)[1][2]
Cut	146 (+6)
Prize fund	$2.9 million
Winner's share	$520,000
Champion
Karrie Webb
273 (−7)
«2000 2002»

Pine Needles 
Lodge & GC

Location in the United States

Pine Needles
Lodge & GC

Location in North Carolina

The 2001 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 56th U.S. Women's Open, held May 31 to June 3 at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina.

Defending champion Karrie Webb repeated as champion, eight strokes ahead of runner-up Se Ri Pak, the largest margin in 21 years.^[3][4] Webb became the seventh to win consecutive titles at the U.S. Women's Open, and the win was the fifth of her seven major titles.

Pine Needles previously hosted the championship in 1996 and it returned in 2007.^[5]

Course layout

Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	481	413	134	360	175	393	401	327	376	3,060	451	367	351	200	401	409	177	429	411	3,196	6,256
Par	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	35	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	35	70

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Karrie Webb	Australia	2000	70	65	69	69	273	−7	1
Se Ri Pak	South Korea	1998	69	70	70	72	281	+1	2
Juli Inkster	United States	1999	68	72	71	75	286	+6	T12
Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	1995, 1996	70	72	73	72	287	+7	T16
Meg Mallon	United States	1991	72	70	76	73	291	+11	T30
Liselotte Neumann	Sweden	1988	70	73	76	74	293	+13	T39
Alison Nicholas	England	1997	73	70	72	79	294	+14	T43

Source:^[6]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Laura Davies	England	1987	75	73	148	+8
Betsy King	United States	1989, 1990	76	76	152	+12

Source:^[7]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, June 3, 2001

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Karrie Webb	Australia	70-65-69-69=273	−7	520,000
2	Se Ri Pak	South Korea	69-70-70-72=281	+1	310,000
3	Dottie Pepper	United States	74-69-70-69=282	+2	202,580
T4	Catriona Matthew	Scotland	72-68-70-73=283	+3	118,697
	Cristie Kerr	United States	69-73-71-70=283
	Sherri Turner	United States	72-70-71-70=283
T7	Kelli Kuehne	United States	70-71-72-71=284	+4	80,726
	Kristi Albers	United States	71-69-74-70=284
	Lorie Kane	Canada	75-68-72-69=284
	Wendy Doolan	Australia	71-70-70-73=284

Source:^[2]

References

1. Tays, Alan (June 1, 2001). "Open to all sizes". Spokesman-Review. Cox News Service. p. C1.
2. "Stat Sheet, Golf: U.S. Women's Open". Spokesman-Review. June 4, 2001. p. C5.
3. Ferguson, Doug (June 4, 2001). "A Runaway". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D-6.
4. Esch, David (June 11, 2001). "Grin and bear it". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
5. Droschak, Dave (June 4, 2001). "Open to return to Pine Needles". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D-6.
6. "Scores: U.S. Women's Open". Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). June 4, 2001. p. C5.
7. "Scores: U.S. Women's Open". Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). June 2, 2001. p. C6.

External links

• U.S. Women's Open - past champions - 2001

Coordinates: 35°11′49″N 79°23′31″W / 35.197°N 79.392°W