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2009 U.S. Women's Open

The 2009 U.S. Women's Open was the 64th U.S. Women's Open. Held July 9–12, it was the first U.S. Women's Open to be played at the Old Course of the Saucon Valley Country Club in Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania. Eun-Hee Ji won her only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up Candie Kung. The event was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports.

2009 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJuly 9–12, 2009
LocationUpper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Course(s)Saucon Valley Country Club
Old Course
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length6,740 yards (6,163 m)[1]
Field156 players, 72 after cut
Cut151 (+9)
Prize fund$3.25 million
Winner's share$585,000
Champion
South Korea Eun-Hee Ji
284 (E)
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Saucon Valley Country Club is located in the United States
Saucon Valley Country Club
Saucon Valley Country Club
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Location in the United States
Saucon Valley Country Club is located in Pennsylvania
Saucon Valley Country Club
Saucon Valley Country Club
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Location in Pennsylvania

Na Yeon Choi shot a 68 (−3) in the first round to take a one-shot lead.[2] Cristie Kerr led the way after the second round after shooting a one-under par 70 for 139 (−3). Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa struggled to a second round 79 (+8) and was nine strokes back at 148 (+6).[3] The 36-hole cut was at 151 (+9) or better, which included seven amateurs among the 72 players who advanced to the weekend. In the third round, Kerr shot 72 (+1) for 211 (−2) and kept the lead, two strokes up on the field after 54 holes.[4]

Ji won the championship after sinking a 20-foot (6 m) birdie putt on the 72nd hole to finish with an even-par 71 and 284, one stroke ahead of runner-up Kung. Ji held off the challenge of playing partner and third-round leader Cristie Kerr, who was chasing a second Open title but carded a 75 (+4) and finished two strokes back.[5]

Course layout edit

Main article: Saucon Valley Country Club

Old Course

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 549 435 373 154 409 559 453 387 210 3,529 332 165 555 433 399 339 374 170 444 3,211 6,740
Par 5 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 36 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 35 71
  • Note: Holes 16–18 normally play as holes 10–12 for the members, while holes 10–15 normally play as holes 13–18, but they were re-routed for this championship.

Source:[1][6][7][8]

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Place Player Score To par
1   Na Yeon Choi 68 −3
T2   Cristie Kerr 69 −2
  Lorena Ochoa
  Jean Reynolds
5   Hee Young Park 70 −1
T6   Eun-Hee Ji 71 E
  Young Kim
  Candie Kung
  Kristy McPherson
  Anna Nordqvist
  Lexi Thompson (a)

Second round edit

Friday, July 10, 2009

Place Player Score To par
1   Cristie Kerr 69-70=139 −3
2   Paula Creamer 72-68=140 −2
3   Jean Reynolds 69-72=141 −1
T4   Giulia Sergas 75-67=142 E
  Na Yeon Choi 68-74=142
T6   Song-Hee Kim 74-69=143 +1
  Eun-Hee Ji 71-72=143
T8   Lindsey Wright 74-70=144 +2
  Yuri Fudoh 73-71=144
  I.K. Kim 72-72=144
  Brittany Lincicome 72-72=144
  Lexi Thompson (a) 71-73=144
  Hee Young Park 70-74=144
  • 72 players made the cut at 151 (+9) or better[9]

Third round edit

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Place Player Score To par
1   Cristie Kerr 69-70-72=211 −2
2   Eun-Hee Ji 71-72-70=213 E
T3   Teresa Lu 76-69-70=215 +2
  Jean Reynolds 69-72-74=215
T5   Candie Kung 71-77-68=216 +3
  I.K. Kim 72-72-72=216
  Hee Young Park 70-74-72=216
T8   Kyeong Bae 75-73-69=217 +4
  Suzann Pettersen 74-71-72=217
  Brittany Lincicome 72-72-73=217

Final round edit

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Eun-Hee Ji 71-72-70-71=284 E 585,000
2   Candie Kung 71-77-68-69=285 +1 350,000
T3   I.K. Kim 72-72-72-70=286 +2 183,568
  Cristie Kerr 69-70-72-75=286
5   Brittany Lincicome 72-72-73-70=287 +3 122,415
T6   Paula Creamer 72-68-79-69=288 +4 99,126
  Ai Miyazato 74-74-71-69=288
  Suzann Pettersen 74-71-72-71=288
T9   Na Yeon Choi 68-74-76-71=289 +5 76,711
  Kyeong Bae 75-73-69-72=289
  Hee Young Park 70-74-72-73=289

Source:[9][10][11]

Scorecard edit

Final round

Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 5 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 3 4
  Ji E +1 +1 +2 +2 +1 +2 +1 +1 +3 +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 E
  Kung +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E E E E +1 +1
  Kerr −1 −1 −2 −2 −1 E E E E E E E +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2
  Kim +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +4 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[10]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "2009 U.S. Women's Open Fact Sheet". USGA. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  2. ^ "Na Yeon Choi takes US Open lead". BBC Sport. July 10, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
  3. ^ "Kerr holds narrow lead in U.S. Women's Open". CNN.com. July 11, 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  4. ^ "Kerr holds on to lead at US Open". BBC Sport. July 12, 2009. Archived from the original on July 13, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
  5. ^ "Ji holds off Kerr to win US Open". BBC Sport. July 13, 2009. Archived from the original on 14 July 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
  6. ^ "USGA national championships held at SVCC". Saucon Valley Country Club. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  7. ^ "2009 U.S. Women's Open - Course Map". USGA. July 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  8. ^ "U.S. Women's Open Championship - Course Statistics - All Rounds". USGA. July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  9. ^ a b "2009 U.S. Women's Open: final leaderboard". Yahoo Sports. July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  10. ^ a b "U.S. Women'S Open Championship - Round 4 Full Leaderboard". USGA. July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  11. ^ "2009 U.S. Women's Open Championship: Final Results" (PDF). USGA. July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 11, 2012.

External links edit

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