2000 U.S. Women's Open

2000 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
Dates	July 20–23, 2000
Location	Libertyville, Illinois
Course(s)	Merit Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,516 yards (5,958 m)
Field	150 players, 60 after cut
Cut	150 (+6)
Prize fund	$2.75 million
Winner's share	$500,000
Champion
	Karrie Webb
	282 (−6)
	← 1999 2001 →

Libertyville

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Location in the United States

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

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
T2	Karrie Webb	Australia	69	−3
T4	Kellee Booth	United States	70	−2
T4	Juli Inkster	United States	70	−2
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
T2	Karrie Webb	Australia	69-72=141	−3
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
T2	Meg Mallon	United States	68-72-73-74=287	−1	240,228
T4	Rosie Jones	United States	73-71-72-72=288	E	120,118
T4	Mi-Hyun Kim	South Korea	74-72-70-72=288	E	120,118
T6	Kelli Kuehne	United States	71-74-73-71=289	+1	90,458
T6	Grace Park	South Korea	74-72-73-70=289	+1	90,458
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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Wind, greens play havoc at Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. July 22, 2000. p. 3D.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Webb wins Women's Open by 5 shots". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. July 24, 2000. p. D-2.
^ ^a ^b Manoyan, Dan (July 24, 2000). "Webb spins a title". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 1C.
^ "U.S. Women's Open scores". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. July 22, 2000. p. 3C.
^ "Mallon cuts corners". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 21, 2000. p. C2.
^ "USGA - Women's Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). July 23, 2000. p. 8F.

External links

U.S. Women's Open - past champions - 2000

Preceded by 2000 LPGA Championship	Major Championships	Succeeded by 2000 du Maurier Classic

42°20′06″N 87°57′18″W / 42.335°N 87.955°W / 42.335; -87.955

[wgphao-1] "Wind, greens play havoc at Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. July 22, 2000. p. 3D.

[wwwobfs-2] "Webb wins Women's Open by 5 shots". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. July 24, 2000. p. D-2.

[wspatl-3] Manoyan, Dan (July 24, 2000). "Webb spins a title". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 1C.

[suswo22-4] "U.S. Women's Open scores". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. July 22, 2000. p. 3C.

[mccrn-5] "Mallon cuts corners". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 21, 2000. p. C2.

[thrdrd-6] "USGA - Women's Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). July 23, 2000. p. 8F.

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