2000 U.S. Women's Open

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 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.

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

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
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3991724993743593661515223883,2304101755333544063761673804853,2866,516
Par435444354364354443453672

Past champions in the field

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Meg Mallon United States199168727374287−1T2
Laura Davies England198773717275291+3T9
Annika Sörenstam Sweden1995, 199673757370291+3T9
Se Ri Pak South Korea199874757569293+5T15
Juli Inkster United States199970747380297+9T23
Betsy King United States1989, 199071708279302+14T46
Jan Stephenson Australia198373747778302+14T46

Source:[3]

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Hollis Stacy United States1977, 1978, 19847973152+8
Patty Sheehan United States1992, 19947677153+9
Alison Nicholas England19977481155+11
Liselotte Neumann Sweden19888076156+12

Source:[4]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 20, 2000

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Meg Mallon United States68−4
T2Shani Waugh Australia69−3
Karrie Webb Australia
T4Kellee Booth United States70−2
Juli Inkster United States
T6Kristi Albers United States71−1
Beth Daniel United States
Jackie Gallagher-Smith United States
Lorie Kane Canada
Betsy King United States
Kelli Kuehne United States
Yu Ping Lin Taiwan

Source:[5]

Second round

Friday, July 21, 2000

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Meg Mallon United States68-72=140−4
T2Betsy King United States71-70=141−3
Karrie Webb Australia69-72=141
4Cristie Kerr United States72-71=143−1
T5Laura Davies England73-71=144E
Dorothy Delasin United States76-68=144
Rosie Jones United States73-71=144
Juli Inkster United States70-74=144
Kathryn Marshall Scotland72-72=144
Shani Waugh Australia69-75=144

Source:[1]

Third round

Saturday, July 22, 2000

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Karrie Webb Australia69-72-68=209−7
2Meg Mallon United States68-72-73=213−3
T3Laura Davies England73-71-72=216E
Dorothy Delasin United States76-68-72=216
Rosie Jones United States73-71-72=216
Mi-Hyun Kim South Korea74-72-70=216
T7Beth Daniel United States71-74-72=217+1
Pat Hurst United States73-72-72=217
Juli Inkster United States70-74-73=217
Lorie Kane Canada71-74-72=217
Cristie Kerr United States72-71-74=217
Shani Waugh Australia69-75-73=217

Source:[6]

Final round

Sunday, July 23, 2000

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
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]

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References
  1. "Wind, greens play havoc at Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. July 22, 2000. p. 3D.
  2. "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. "U.S. Women's Open scores". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. July 22, 2000. p. 3C.
  5. "Mallon cuts corners". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 21, 2000. p. C2.
  6. "USGA - Women's Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). July 23, 2000. p. 8F.
Preceded by
2000 LPGA Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
2000 du Maurier Classic

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