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2008 U.S. Women's Open

The 2008 U.S. Women's Open was the 63rd U.S. Women's Open, held June 26–29 at Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minnesota, a suburb southwest of Minneapolis. It was the first U.S. Women's Open played at the course, which hosted the Solheim Cup in 2002. The winner was 19-year-old Inbee Park, four strokes ahead of runner-up Helen Alfredsson. The tournament was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports.

2008 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 26–29, 2008
LocationEdina, Minnesota
Course(s)Interlachen Country Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par73
Length6,789 yards (6,208 m)
Field156 players, 74 after cut
Cut150 (+4)
Prize fund$3.25 million
Winner's share$585,000
Champion
South Korea Inbee Park
283 (−9)
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Interlachen   Country Club is located in the United States
Interlachen   Country Club
Interlachen  
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Location in the United States
Interlachen   Country Club is located in Minnesota
Interlachen   Country Club
Interlachen  
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Location in Minnesota

The course hosted the U.S. Open in 1930, part of the grand slam of Bobby Jones.

Field edit

Exempt players edit

1. Last 10 U.S. Women's Open Champions
Juli Inkster, Birdie Kim, Cristie Kerr, Hilary Lunke, Meg Mallon, Se Ri Pak, Annika Sörenstam, Karrie Webb

2. Top two finishers in the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur and winner of the 2006 U.S. Women's Amateur
Amanda Blumenherst (a), Kimberly Kim (a), Mariajo Uribe (a)

3. Last five LPGA Champions
Suzann Pettersen, Yani Tseng

4. Last five Women's British Open Champions
Jeong Jang, Lorena Ochoa, Sherri Steinhauer, Karen Stupples

5. Last five Kraft Nabisco Champions
Grace Park, Morgan Pressel

6. From the 2007 U.S. Women's Open, the 20 lowest scorers and ties.
Kyeong Bae, Paula Creamer, Julieta Granada, Amy Hung, Jimin Kang, Christina Kim, Mi Hyun Kim, Jee Young Lee, Brittany Lincicome, Catriona Matthew, Ai Miyazato, Angela Park, Inbee Park, Jiyai Shin, Angela Stanford

7. From the 2007 LPGA Tour money list, the top 40 money leaders
Shi Hyun Ahn, Nicole Castrale, Laura Davies, Laura Diaz, Meaghan Francella, Natalie Gulbis, Sophie Gustafson, Rachel Hetherington, Maria Hjorth, Pat Hurst, I.K. Kim, Young Kim, Brittany Lang, Sarah Lee, Seon Hwa Lee, Na On Min, Stacy Prammanasudh, Reilley Rankin, Lindsey Wright

8. From the 2008 LPGA Tour money, the top 35 money leaders through June 1
Minea Blomqvist, Na Yeon Choi, Allison Fouch, Hee-Won Han, Song-Hee Kim, Candie Kung, Leta Lindley, Teresa Lu, Jane Park, Momoko Ueda, Sun Young Yoo

9. Winner of tournaments from the conclusion of last year's U.S. Women's Open until now
Louise Friberg

10. Top 3 players from the Japan LPGA Tour, LPGA of Korea Tour, and Ladies European Tour
Sun-Ju Ahn, Bettina Hauert, Jeon Mi-jeong, Eun-Hee Ji, Gwladys Nocera, Sakura Yokomine

Qualifiers edit

(a) - amateur

Course layout edit

Main article: Interlachen Country Club
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yardage 344 473 557 178 438 412 316 227 413 3,358 528 353 164 525 185 345 360 441 530 3,431 6,789
Par 4 5 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 36 5 4 3 5 3 4 4 4 5 37 73

Source:[1]

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Thursday, June 26, 2008

The Open kicked off on Thursday with the field playing in threesomes starting from either the first tee or the tenth tee. Featured threesomes included Annika Sörenstam, Suzann Pettersen, and Paula Creamer, ranked 2, 3, and 4 respectively in the world rankings. Sorenstam and Petterssen opened their U.S. Opens with scores of 75 (+2) and 77 (+4) respectively. Creamer shot a 70 to move three shots off the pace. The other featured threesome included number one ranked player Lorena Ochoa, defending U.S. Open champion Cristie Kerr, and 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur champion Maria José Uribe. Uribe led that group with a 69 to lead all amateurs and end the day in a tie for fourth overall; Kerr shot a 1-under 72; Ochoa had an up-and-down round of even-par 73. The rounds of the day belonged to Ji Young Oh, who had eight birdies and two bogeys and to Pat Hurst who had six birdies and an eagle. Oh and Hurst tied after Round 1 at six-under par 67.

Place Player Score To par
T1   Pat Hurst 67 −6
  Ji Young Oh
3   Song-Hee Kim 68 −5
T4   Louise Friberg 69 −4
  Jiyai Shin
  Mariajo Uribe (a)
T7   Helen Alfredsson 70 −3
  Paula Creamer
  Laura Davies
  Catriona Matthew
  Linda Wessberg

Second round edit

Friday, June 27, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008

With Thursday's rounds completed many well-known American players took a step down on the competition while many lesser-known and international players took a step up. A two-hour weather delay required some to finish their rounds on Saturday morning. Angela Park had an even round on Thursday, and a 6-under 67 in the second round. She held a one-stroke lead over three others: Inbee Park of Korea, Helen Alfredsson of Sweden, and the only Finnish player in the tournament, Minea Blomqvist. The two leading Americans were Paula Creamer and Cristie Kerr at 4-under 142. Both first-round leaders took a severe fall on Friday, with Ji Young Oh, who had to finish her second round on Saturday due to the weather delay, shooting a 76 and Pat Hurst turning in a 5-over 78. Many top-ranked or well-known players missed the cut, including Laura Davies (70-81), Natalie Gulbis (73-80), 13-year-old Alexis Thompson (75-77), 2003 champion and Minnesotan Hilary Lunke (74-78), Juli Inkster (74-81), and Michelle Wie (81-75).

Place Player Score To par
1   Angela Park
  United States		 73-67=140 −6
T2   Helen Alfredsson 70-71=141 −5
  Minea Blomqvist 72-69=141
  Inbee Park 72-69=141
T5   Jeong Jang 73-69=142 −4
  Cristie Kerr 72-70=142
  Candie Kung 72-70=142
  Paula Creamer 70-72=142
T9   Stacy Lewis 73-70=143 −3
  Momoko Ueda 72-71=143
  Teresa Lu 71-72=143
  Ai Miyazato 71-72=143
  Louise Friberg 69-74=143
  Jiyai Shin 69-74=143
  Mariajo Uribe (a) 69-74=143
  Ji Young Oh 67-72=143

Third round edit

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Place Player Score To par
1   Stacy Lewis 73-70-67=210 −9
2   Paula Creamer 70-72-69=211 −8
T3   Helen Alfredsson 70-71-71=212 −7
  Inbee Park 72-69-71=212
5   I.K. Kim 71-73-69=213 −6
6   Mi Hyun Kim 72-72-70=214 −5
T7   Mariajo Uribe (a) 69-74-72=215 −4
  Angela Park
  United States		 73-67-75=215
T9   Young Kim 74-71-71=216 −3
  Momoko Ueda 72-71-73=216
  Teresa Lu 71-72-73=216
  Jeong Jang 73-69-74=216

Final round edit

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Inbee Park 72-69-71-71=283 −9 585,000
2   Helen Alfredsson 70-71-71-75=287 −5 350,000
T3   Angela Park 73-67-75-73=288 −4 162,487
  In-Kyung Kim 71-73-69-75=288
  Stacy Lewis 73-70-67-78=288
T6   Giulia Sergas 73-74-72-70=289 −3 94,117
  Nicole Castrale 74-70-74-71=289
  Mi Hyun Kim 72-72-70-75=289
  Paula Creamer 70-72-69-78=289
T10   Teresa Lu 71-72-73-74=290 −2 75,734
  Mariajo Uribe (a) 69-74-72-75=290 0

Source:[2][3]

Scorecard edit

Final round

Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 3 5 3 4 4 4 5
  Park −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −9
  Alfredsson −7 −8 −7 −6 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −5
  I.K. Kim −6 −7 −6 −6 −5 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4 −3 −4 −5 −4 −5 −3 −4
  Lewis −9 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −5 −5 −5 −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4
  Creamer −8 −6 −6 −7 −7 −6 −6 −5 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3
  M.H. Kim −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −2 −3 −3 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "63rd U.S. Women's Open - Course Statistics - All Rounds". USGA. June 29, 2008. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  2. ^ "2008 U.S. Women's Open Championship: Final Results" (PDF). USGA. July 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  3. ^ "2008 U.S. Women's Open: leaderboard". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  4. ^ "63rd U.S. Women's Open - Round 4 Full Leaderboard". USGA. June 28, 2008. Retrieved June 28, 2013.

External links edit

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