2000 U.S. Women's Open

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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
Australia Karrie Webb
282 (−6)
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Libertyville  is located in the United States
Libertyville 
Libertyville 
Merit Club is located in Illinois
Merit Club
Merit
Club

The 2000 U.S. Women's Open 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.

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

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 399 172 499 374 359 366 151 522 388 3,230 410 175 533 354 406 376 167 380 485 3,286 6,516
Par 4 3 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 36 4 3 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 36 72

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 20, 2000

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Meg Mallon 68 −4
T2 Australia Shani Waugh 69 −3
Australia Karrie Webb
T4 United States Kellee Booth 70 −2
United States Juli Inkster
T6 United States Kristi Albers 71 −1
United States Beth Daniel
United States Jackie Gallagher-Smith
Canada Lorie Kane
United States Betsy King
United States Kelli Kuehne
Taiwan Yu Ping Lin

Source:[4]

Second round

Friday, July 21, 2000

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Meg Mallon 68-72=140 −4
T2 United States Betsy King 71-70=141 −3
Australia Karrie Webb 69-72=141
4 United States Cristie Kerr 72-71=143 −1
T5 England Laura Davies 73-71=144 E
United States Dorothy Delasin 76-68=144
United States Rosie Jones 73-71=144
United States Juli Inkster 70-74=144
Scotland Kathryn Marshall 72-72=144
Australia Shani Waugh 69-75=144

Source:[1]

Third round

Saturday, July 22, 2000

Place Player Score To par
1 Australia Karrie Webb 69-72-68=209 −7
2 United States Meg Mallon 68-72-73=213 −3
T3 England Laura Davies 73-71-72=216 E
United States Dorothy Delasin 76-68-72=216
United States Rosie Jones 73-71-72=216
South Korea Mi-Hyun Kim 74-72-70=216
T7 United States Beth Daniel 71-74-72=217 +1
United States Pat Hurst 73-72-72=217
United States Juli Inkster 70-74-73=217
Canada Lorie Kane 71-74-72=217
United States Cristie Kerr 72-71-74=217
Australia Shani Waugh 69-75-73=217

Source:[5]

Final round

Sunday, July 23, 2000

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Australia Karrie Webb 69-72-68-73=282 −6 500,000
T2 United States Cristie Kerr 72-71-74-70=287 −1 240,228
United States Meg Mallon 68-72-73-74=287
T4 United States Rosie Jones 73-71-72-72=288 E 120,118
South Korea Mi-Hyun Kim 74-72-70-72=288
T6 United States Kelli Kuehne 71-74-73-71=289 +1 90,458
South Korea Grace Park 74-72-73-70=289
8 United States Beth Daniel 71-74-72-73=290 +2 79,345
T9 England Laura Davies 73-71-72-75=291 +3 67,368
United States Kelly Robbins 74-73-71-73=291
Sweden Annika Sörenstam 73-75-73-70=291

Source:[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Wind, greens play havoc at Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. July 22, 2000. p. 3D.
  2. ^ a b c "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. ^ "Mallon cuts corners". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 21, 2000. p. C2.
  5. ^ "USGA - Women's Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). July 23, 2000. p. 8F.

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