2002 U.S. Women's Open

The 2002 U.S. Women's Open was the 57th U.S. Women's Open, held July 4–7 in Kansas at Prairie Dunes Country Club, northeast of Hutchinson, about forty miles (65 km) northwest of Wichita.

2002 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJuly 4–7, 2002
LocationHutchinson, Kansas
Course(s)Prairie Dunes Country Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length6,267 yards (5,731 m)[1]
Field156 players, 69 after cut
Cut149 (+9)
Prize fund$3.0 million
Winner's share$535,000
Champion
United States Juli Inkster
276 (−4)
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Hutchinson is located in the United States
Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Prairie Dunes Country Club is located in Kansas
Prairie Dunes Country Club
Prairie Dunes Country Club

Juli Inkster won her second U.S. Women's Open, two strokes ahead of runner-up Annika Sörenstam, the 54-hole leader.[2] Inkster, 42, shot a final round 66 (−4) to gain her seventh and final major title. She joined Babe Zaharias as the only women to win two majors after age 40.[3]

This was the first purse of $3 million at the U.S. Women's Open, it had tripled in the seven years since 1995, the first seven-figure purse.

Course layout edit

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 401 142 321 157 405 372 512 412 399 3,121 160 437 363 387 342 175 400 500 382 3,146 6,267
Par 4 3 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 35 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 35 70

Source:[1]

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Thursday, July 4, 2002

Place Player Score To par
T1   Laura Diaz 67 −3
  Juli Inkster
  Shani Waugh
4   Kim Saiki 68 −2
T5   Lorie Kane 69 −1
  Catriona Matthew
T7   Audra Burks 70 E
  Brandie Burton
  Jackie Gallagher-Smith
  Pamela Kerrigan
  Kelli Kuehne
  Mhairi McKay
  Cindy Schreyer
  Annika Sörenstam
  Sherri Steinhauer

Source:[4][5]

Second round edit

Friday, July 5, 2002

Place Player Score To par
T1   Laura Diaz 67-72=139 −1
  Juli Inkster 67-72=139
  Annika Sörenstam 70-69=139
T4   Michele Redman 71-69=140 E
  Shani Waugh 67-73=140
6   Jill McGill 71-70=141 +1
T7   Jenna Daniels 72-70=142 +2
  Michelle Ellis 71-71=142
T9   Stephanie Keever 72-71=143 +3
  Janice Moodie 71-72=143
  Charlotta Sörenstam 73-70=143

Source:[6]

Third round edit

Saturday, July 6, 2002

Place Player Score To par
1   Annika Sörenstam 70-69-69=208 −2
T2   Juli Inkster 67-72-71=210 E
  Jill McGill 71-70-69=210
4   Shani Waugh 67-73-71=211 +1
5   Michele Redman 71-69-73=213 +3
6   Janice Moodie 71-72-71=214 +4
T7   Lynnette Brooky 73-73-69=215 +5
  Lorie Kane 69-77-69=215
  Carin Koch 73-72-70=215
T10   Laura Davies 75-73-68=216 +6
  Laura Diaz 67-72-77=216
  Susan Ginter-Brooker 74-72-70=216
  Stephanie Keever 72-71-73=216
  Mi-Hyun Kim 74-72-70=216
  Mhairi McKay 70-75-71=216
  Liselotte Neumann 72-74-70=216

Source:[7]

Final round edit

Sunday, July 7, 2002

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Juli Inkster 67-72-71-66=276 −4 535,000
2   Annika Sörenstam 70-69-69-70=278 −2 315,000
3   Shani Waugh 67-73-71-72=283 +3 202,568
4   Raquel Carriedo 75-71-72-66=284 +4 141,219
5   Se Ri Pak 74-75-68-68=285 +5 114,370
6   Mhairi McKay 70-75-71-70=286 +6 101,421
T7   Beth Daniel 71-76-71-69=287 +7 78,015
  Janice Moodie 71-72-71-73=287
  Jennifer Rosales 73-72-74-68=287
  Kelli Kuehne 70-76-72-69=287
  Laura Diaz 67-72-77-71=287

Source:[3][5]

Scorecard edit

Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 3 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4
  Inkster E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −4 −4
  Sörenstam −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −2 −1 −2 −2
  Waugh +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E +1 +3 +3 +2 +3 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3
  Carriedo +7 +6 +5 +5 +4 +4 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4
  Pak +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +5 +6 +7 +7 +7 +7 +7 +7 +6 +6 +6 +5 +5
  McKay +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +5 +6 +7 +6 +5 +6 +6 +6 +6 +7 +6 +6
  Moodie +4 +5 +4 +6 +6 +5 +4 +4 +4 +5 +5 +4 +5 +5 +5 +6 +6 +7
  McGill +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +6 +8 +8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[5]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "2002 U.S. Women's Open Championship - Course Summary - All Rounds". USGA. July 7, 2002. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  2. ^ "Sorenstam takes two-stroke lead at Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. July 7, 2002. p. 7G.
  3. ^ a b Ferguson, Doug (July 8, 2002). "Strong finish lifts Inkster to victory". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. C-1.
  4. ^ "Scoreboard - Golf: Women's Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 5, 2002. p. C-9.
  5. ^ a b c "2002 U.S. Women's Open Championship - Round 4 Full Leaderboard". USGA. July 7, 2002. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  6. ^ "U.S. Women's Open". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). July 6, 2002. p. C6.
  7. ^ "USGA - U.S. Women's Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). July 7, 2002. p. 8G.

External links edit

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