2004 U.S. Women's Open

The 2004 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 59th U.S. Women's Open, held July 1–4 at the Orchards Golf Club in South Hadley, Massachusetts, a suburb north of Springfield. The event was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports.

2004 U.S. Women's Open

Tournament information
Dates	July 1–4, 2004
Location	South Hadley, Massachusetts
Course(s)	Orchards Golf Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,473 yards (5,919 m)[1]
Field	156 players, 66 after cut
Cut	147 (+5)
Prize fund	$3.1 million
Winner's share	$560,000
Champion
Meg Mallon
274 (−10)

Orchards
Golf Club

Location in the United States

Orchards GC

Location in Massachusetts

Meg Mallon won her second U.S. Women's Open title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Annika Sörenstam. The 54-hole leader was Jennifer Rosales at 206 (−7), with Mallon, Sörenstam, and Kelly Robbins three strokes back at 209 (−4).[2][3]

In the final round, Mallon shot 65 (−6) to Sorenstam's 67 (−4), and Rosales fell down to fourth with a 75 (+4). It was Mallon's fourth and final major title; her first was thirteen years earlier in 1991, also at the U.S. Open.[4]

Course layout

The Orchards 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	408	359	502	421	158	384	185	388	527	3,322	163	370	344	456	402	377	439	178	412	3,141	6,473
Par	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	36	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	35	71

Source:[5]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Meg Mallon	United States	1991	73	69	67	65	274	−10	1
Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	1995, 1996	71	68	70	67	276	−8	2
Karrie Webb	Australia	2000, 2001	72	71	71	72	286	+2	T16
Liselotte Neumann	Sweden	1988	72	72	72	72	288	+4	T20
Se Ri Pak	South Korea	1998	70	76	71	74	291	+7	T32
Juli Inkster	United States	1999, 2002	71	71	78	79	299	+15	T58
Hilary Lunke	United States	2003	72	74	81	74	301	+17	T64

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Laura Davies	England	1987	76	74	150	+8
Betsy King	United States	1989, 1990	77	76	153	+11

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 1, 2004
Friday, July 2, 2004

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Brittany Lincicome	United States	66	−5
2	Patricia Meunier-Lebouc	France	67	−4
3	Beth Daniel	United States	69	−3
T4	Michelle Ellis	Australia	70	−1
	Katherine Hull	Australia
	Pat Hurst	United States
	Candie Kung	Taiwan
	Se Ri Pak	South Korea
	Michele Redman	United States
	Jennifer Rosales	Philippines
	Kim Saiki	United States

Source:

Second round

Friday, July 2, 2004

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jennifer Rosales	Philippines	70-67=137	−5
T2	Candie Kung	Taiwan	70-68=138	−4
	Kim Saiki	United States	70-68=138
T4	Michelle Ellis	Australia	70-69=139	−3
	Carin Koch	Sweden	72-67=139
	Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	71-68=139
T7	Moira Dunn	United States	73-67=140	−2
	Rachel Teske	Australia	71-69=140
T9	Paula Creamer (a)	United States	72-69=141	−1
	Pat Hurst	United States	70-71=141
	Kelly Robbins	United States	74-67=141
	Michelle Wie (a)	United States	71-70=141

Source:[6]

Third round

Saturday, July 3, 2004

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jennifer Rosales	Philippines	70-67-69=206	−7
T2	Meg Mallon	United States	73-69-67=209	−4
	Kelly Robbins	United States	74-67-68=209
	Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	71-68-70=209
5	Rachel Teske	Australia	71-69-70=210	−3
6	Michelle Ellis	Australia	70-69-72=211	−2
T7	Moira Dunn	United States	73-67-72=212	−1
	Pat Hurst	United States	70-71-71=212
	Candie Kung	Taiwan	70-68-74=212
	Kim Saiki	United States	70-68-74=212
	Michelle Wie (a)	United States	71-70-71=212

Source:[3]

Final round

Sunday, July 4, 2004

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Meg Mallon	United States	73-69-67-65=274	−10	560,000
2	Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	71-68-70-67=276	−8	335,000
3	Kelly Robbins	United States	74-67-68-69=278	−6	208,863
4	Jennifer Rosales	Philippines	70-67-69-75=281	−3	145,547
T5	Candie Kung	Taiwan	70-68-74-70=282	−2	111,173
	Michele Redman	United States	70-72-73-67=282
T7	Jeong Jang	South Korea	72-74-71-66=283	−1	86,744
	Moira Dunn	United States	73-67-72-71=283
	Pat Hurst	United States	70-71-71-71=283
T10	Carin Koch	Sweden	72-67-75-70=284	E	68,813
	Michelle Ellis	Australia	70-69-72-73=284
	Rachel Teske	Australia	71-69-70-74=284

Source:[4]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	4	3	5
Mallon	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10
Sörenstam	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8
Robbins	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6
Rosales	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−3	−3	−3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Source:[5]

References

1. Ferguson, Doug (July 2, 2004). "Amateur teen in lead after five-under 66". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. B-8.
2. "Intense Rosales maintains tenuous Open lead". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. July 4, 2004. p. D6.
3. "U.S. Women's Open Third Round lead". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. July 5, 2004. p. D8.
4. Ferguson, Doug (July 5, 2004). "Mallon saves best for last with a 65". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. B-1.
5. "2004 U.S. Women's Open - Round 4 Full Leaderboard". USGA. July 4, 2004. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
6. Ferguson, Doug (July 3, 2004). "Second round eschews norm". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. p. D2.

External links

• Official website
• Golf Observer final leaderboard
• U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
• The Orchards Golf Club
• U.S. Women's Open – past champions – 2004

Preceded by 2004 LPGA Championship	Major Championships	Succeeded by 2004 Women's British Open