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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
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Location in the United States
Merit Club is located in Illinois
Merit Club
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Location in Illinois

The 2000 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship 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

Main article: Merit Club
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

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Meg Mallon  United States 1991 68 72 73 74 287 −1 T2
Laura Davies  England 1987 73 71 72 75 291 +3 T9
Annika Sörenstam  Sweden 1995, 1996 73 75 73 70 291 +3 T9
Se Ri Pak  South Korea 1998 74 75 75 69 293 +5 T15
Juli Inkster  United States 1999 70 74 73 80 297 +9 T23
Betsy King  United States 1989, 1990 71 70 82 79 302 +14 T46
Jan Stephenson  Australia 1983 73 74 77 78 302 +14 T46

Source:[3]

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Hollis Stacy  United States 1977, 1978, 1984 79 73 152 +8
Patty Sheehan  United States 1992, 1994 76 77 153 +9
Alison Nicholas  England 1997 74 81 155 +11
Liselotte Neumann  Sweden 1988 80 76 156 +12

Source:[4]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 20, 2000

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

Source:[5]

Second round

Friday, July 21, 2000

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

Source:[1]

Third round

Saturday, July 22, 2000

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

Source:[6]

Final round

Sunday, July 23, 2000

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Karrie Webb  Australia 69-72-68-73=282 −6 500,000
T2 Cristie Kerr  United States 72-71-74-70=287 −1 240,228
Meg Mallon  United States 68-72-73-74=287
T4 Rosie Jones  United States 73-71-72-72=288 E 120,118
Mi-Hyun Kim  South Korea 74-72-70-72=288
T6 Kelli Kuehne  United States 71-74-73-71=289 +1 90,458
Grace Park  South Korea 74-72-73-70=289
8 Beth Daniel  United States 71-74-72-73=290 +2 79,345
T9 Laura Davies  England 73-71-72-75=291 +3 67,368
Kelly Robbins  United States 74-73-71-73=291
Annika Sörenstam  Sweden 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. ^ a b Manoyan, Dan (July 24, 2000). "Webb spins a title". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 1C.
  4. ^ "U.S. Women's Open scores". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. July 22, 2000. p. 3C.
  5. ^ "Mallon cuts corners". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 21, 2000. p. C2.
  6. ^ "USGA - Women's Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). July 23, 2000. p. 8F.
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