2005 U.S. Women's Open
The 2005 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 60th U.S. Women's Open, held June 23–26 at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, a suburb south of Denver. The par-71 course was set at 6,749 yards (6,171 m), at an average elevation over 5,300 feet (1,620 m) above sea level. The event was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports.
Tournament information | |
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Dates | June 23–26, 2005 |
Location | Cherry Hills Village, Colorado |
Course(s) | Cherry Hills Country Club |
Organized by | USGA |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 71 |
Length | 6,749 yards (6,171 m) |
Field | 156 players, 63 after cut |
Cut | 150 (+8) |
Prize fund | $3.1 million |
Winner's share | $560,000 |
Champion | |
287 (+3) | |
Country Club
Birdie Kim holed out from a greenside bunker on the 72nd hole to win her only major (and only LPGA) title, two strokes ahead of runners-up Brittany Lang and Morgan Pressel, both teenage amateurs from the United States.[1] In the final pairing as a 54-hole co-leader, Pressel needed to hole her chip shot to tie, but it went 20 feet (6 m) past and she bogeyed. Lang had earlier missed a par putt from 8 feet (2.4 m). Lorena Ochoa made four birdies on the back nine and led with one hole remaining, but made a quadruple-bogey on the 72nd hole to finish four strokes behind.[2][3]
Pressel, 17, held a share of the 54-hole lead, with Karen Stupples and amateur Michelle Wie, age 15; Kim was one stroke back in a three-way tie for fourth, with 18-year-old Paula Creamer and Young Jo.[4][5]
This was the first U.S. Women's Open at Cherry Hills, which previously hosted three U.S. Opens (1938, 1960, 1978) and two PGA Championships (1941, 1985).
Course layout
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yards | 346 | 415 | 327 | 429 | 539 | 158 | 374 | 206 | 418 | 3,212 | 414 | 522 | 179 | 384 | 433 | 187 | 428 | 531 | 459 | 3,537 | 6,749 |
Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 71 |
Source:[6]
Past champions in the field
Made the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Meg Mallon | 1991, 2004 | 71 | 74 | 75 | 73 | 293 | +9 | T13 | |
Liselotte Neumann | 1988 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 76 | 294 | +10 | T19 | |
Annika Sörenstam | 1995, 1996 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 77 | 296 | +12 | T23 | |
Karrie Webb | 2000, 2001 | 76 | 73 | 73 | 75 | 297 | +13 | T31 | |
Juli Inkster | 1999, 2002 | 77 | 71 | 75 | 76 | 299 | +15 | T38 | |
Se Ri Pak | 1998 | 74 | 74 | 81 | 74 | 300 | +16 | T45 |
Missed the cut
Player | Country | Year won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hilary Lunke | 2003 | 81 | 70 | 151 | +9 | |
Laura Davies | 1987 | 84 | 81 | 165 | +23 |
- 63 players made the cut at 150 (+8) or better[7]
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Angela Stanford | 69 | −2 | |
Michelle Wie (a) | ||||
T3 | Natalie Gulbis | 70 | −1 | |
Liselotte Neumann | ||||
Nicole Perrot | ||||
Young-A Yang | ||||
T7 | Sophie Gustafson | 71 | E | |
Meg Mallon | ||||
Morgan Pressel (a) | ||||
Annika Sörenstam |
Second round
Friday, June 24, 2005
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nicole Perrot | 70-70=140 | −2 | |
T2 | Lorena Ochoa | 74-68=142 | E | |
Michelle Wie (a) | 69-73=142 | |||
T4 | Paula Creamer | 74-69=143 | +1 | |
Rachel Hetherington | 74-69=143 | |||
Angela Stanford | 69-74=143 | |||
T7 | Karine Icher | 69-75=144 | +2 | |
Morgan Pressel (a) | 71-73=144 | |||
T9 | Helen Alfredsson | 72-73=145 | +3 | |
Amie Cochran (a) | 76-69=145 | |||
Natalie Gulbis | 70-75=145 | |||
Young Jo | 74-71=145 | |||
Rosie Jones | 73-72=145 | |||
Lorie Kane | 74-71=145 | |||
Cristie Kerr | 74-71=145 | |||
Mi-Hyun Kim | 72-73=145 | |||
Meg Mallon | 71-74=145 | |||
Catriona Matthew | 73-72=145 | |||
Liselotte Neumann | 72-73=145 | |||
Se Ri Pak | 74-71=145 | |||
Karen Stupples | 75-70=145 |
Source:[10]
Third round
Saturday, June 25, 2005
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Morgan Pressel (a) | 71-73-70=214 | +1 | |
Karen Stupples | 75-70-69=214 | |||
Michelle Wie (a) | 69-73-72=214 | |||
T4 | Paula Creamer | 74-69-72=215 | +2 | |
Young Jo | 74-71-70=215 | |||
Birdie Kim | 74-72-69=215 | |||
T7 | Young Kim | 73-73-70=216 | +3 | |
Angela Stanford | 69-74-73=216 | |||
T9 | Jamie Hullett | 75-72-70=217 | +4 | |
Cristie Kerr | 74-71-72=217 | |||
Candie Kung | 73-73-71=217 |
Final round
Sunday, June 26, 2005
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Birdie Kim | 74-72-69-72=287 | +3 | 560,000 | |
T2 | Brittany Lang (a) | 69-77-72-71=289 | +5 | 0 | |
Morgan Pressel (a) | 71-73-70-75=289 | ||||
T4 | Natalie Gulbis | 70-75-74-71=290 | +6 | 272,723 | |
Lorie Kane | 74-71-76-69=290 | ||||
T6 | Karine Icher | 69-75-75-72=291 | +7 | 116,310 | |
Young Jo | 74-71-70-76=291 | ||||
Candie Kung | 73-73-71-74=291 | ||||
Lorena Ochoa | 74-68-77-72=291 | ||||
T10 | Cristie Kerr | 74-71-72-75=292 | +8 | 80,523 | |
Angela Stanford | 69-74-73-76=292 | ||||
Karen Stupples | 75-70-69-78=292 |
Source:[11]
Scorecard
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey | Triple bogey+ |
Source:[6]
References
- Shipnuck, Alan (July 4, 2005). "Watch the Birdie". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
- Ferguson, Doug (June 27, 2005). "A birdie for Birdie clinches Open title". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D-1.
- Bonk, Thomas (June 27, 2005). "Birdie lives up to her name". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
- Ferguson, Doug (June 26, 2005). "Teenagers in the spotlight on eve of U.S. Open's last act". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. p. D1.
- "U.S. Women's Open: Third Round". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. June 26, 2005. p. D8.
- "2005 U.S. Women's Open - Round 4 Full Leaderboard". USGA. June 26, 2005. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
- "2005 U.S. Women's Open: final leaderboard". Yahoo Sports. June 26, 2006. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
- Ferguson, Doug (June 24, 2005). "Sorenstam calms early butterflies". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. p. D1.
- "USGA". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. June 24, 2005. p. D6.
- Bonk, Thomas (June 25, 2005). "Sorenstam takes turn for the worse". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Los Angeles Times). p. B1.
- "U.S. Women's Open results". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. June 27, 2005. p. 3C.
External links
- Official website
- Golf Observer final leaderboard
- U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
- U.S. Women's Open – past champions – 2005
Preceded by 2005 LPGA Championship |
Major Championships | Succeeded by 2005 Women's British Open |