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1999 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 3–6, 1999
LocationWest Point, Mississippi
Course(s)Old Waverly Golf Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,433 yards (5,882 m)
Field150 players, 63 after cut
Cut144 (E)
Prize fund$1.75 million
Winner's share$315,000
Champion
United States Juli Inkster
272 (−16)
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Old Waverly Golf Club is located in the United States
Old Waverly Golf Club
Old Waverly Golf Club
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Location in the United States
Old Waverly Golf Club is located in Mississippi
Old Waverly Golf Club
Old Waverly Golf Club
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Location in Mississippi

The 1999 U.S. Women's Open was the 54th U.S. Women's Open, held June 3–6 at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Mississippi, northwest of Columbus.

In her twentieth attempt,[1] Juli Inkster won the first of her two U.S. Women's Open titles, five strokes ahead of runner-up Sherri Turner.[2][3] Inkster, 38, broke the under-par scoring record with a 272 (−16) and became the oldest champion since 1955.[4] It was the fourth of her seven major championships; she also won the next major, the LPGA Championship, three weeks later.

The win was the first by an American at the championship in five years, and Inkster became the first since JoAnne Carner to win the U.S. Women's Amateur and the U.S. Women's Open.[4] Carner won her amateur title in 1968 and Open titles in 1971 and 1976. Inkster won three consecutive amateur titles in 1980, 1981, and 1982; she won her second Open in 2002.

Grace Park set the amateur scoring record at 283 (−5) and turned professional shortly after.

Annika Sörenstam shot 146 (+2) and missed the cut by two strokes,[5] the second and last time she failed to play the weekend in her fifteen appearances. She previously missed the cut in 1997, as the two-time defending champion (1995, 1996).[6] Sörenstam won her third Open in 2006, the last of her ten major titles.

Course layout

Main article: Old Waverly Golf Club
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 339 475 163 390 403 348 177 413 512 3,220 520 408 151 384 357 447 388 183 375 3,213 6,433
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 36 5 4 3 4 4 5 4 3 4 36 72

Source:[7]

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 70 70 69 72 281 −7 T5
Se Ri Pak  South Korea 1998 68 70 74 73 285 −3 T14
Liselotte Neumann  Sweden 1988 73 71 69 73 286 −2 T17
Betsy King  United States 1989, 1990 70 70 79 74 293 +5 T47
Alison Nicholas  England 1997 72 72 71 80 295 +7 T55

Source:[8]

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Hollis Stacy  United States 1977, 1978, 1984 73 72 145 +1
Jane Geddes  United States 1986 72 73 145 +1
Laura Davies  England 1987 71 75 146 +2
Annika Sörenstam  Sweden 1995, 1996 72 74 146 +2

Source:[9]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 3, 1999
Friday, June 4, 1999

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Kelli Kuehne  United States 64 −8
2 Juli Inkster  United States 65 −7
3 Moira Dunn  United States 67 −5
T4 Se Ri Pak  South Korea 68 −4
Dottie Pepper  United States
Sherri Steinhauer  United States
T7 Donna Andrews  United States 69 −3
A. J. Eathorne  Canada
Akiko Fukushima  Japan
Catriona Matthew  Scotland
Catrin Nilsmark  Sweden
Sherri Turner  United States

Source:[10]

Second round

Friday, June 4, 1999

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Juli Inkster  United States 65-69=134 −10
Lorie Kane  Canada 70-64=134
3 Kelli Kuehne  United States 64-71=135 −9
4 Becky Iverson  United States 72-64=136 −8
T5 Catriona Matthew  Scotland 69-68=137 −7
Grace Park (a)  South Korea 70-67=137
Dottie Pepper  United States 68-69=137
Sherri Steinhauer  United States 68-69=137
T9 Moira Dunn  United States 67-71=138 −6
Lisa Riggens  United States 71-67=138
Se Ri Pak  South Korea 68-70=138
Sherri Turner  United States 69-69=138

Source:[11]

Third round

Saturday, June 5, 1999

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Juli Inkster  United States 65-69-67=201 −15
T2 Lorie Kane  Canada 70-64-71=205 −11
Kelli Kuehne  United States 64-71-70=205
4 Sherri Turner  United States 69-69-68=206 −10
5 Karrie Webb  Australia 70-70-68=208 −8
T6 Becky Iverson  United States 72-64-73=209 −7
Carin Koch  Sweden 72-69-68=209
Meg Mallon  United States 70-70-69=209
Dottie Pepper  United States 68-69-72=209
T10 Helen Alfredsson  Sweden 72-68-70=210 −6
Akiko Fukushima  Japan 69-70-71=209
Catrin Nilsmark  Sweden 69-71-70=209
Grace Park (a)  South Korea 70-67-73=209
Sherri Steinhauer  United States 68-69-73=209

Source:[12]

Final round

Sunday, June 6, 1999

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Juli Inkster  United States 65-69-67-71=272 −16 315,000
2 Sherri Turner  United States 69-69-68-71=277 −11 185,000
3 Kelli Kuehne  United States 64-71-70-74=279 −9 118,227
4 Lorie Kane  Canada 70-64-71-75=280 −8 82,399
T5 Carin Koch  Sweden 72-69-68-72=281 −7 62,938
Meg Mallon  United States 70-70-69-72=281
7 Karrie Webb  Australia 70-70-68-74=282 −6 53,132
T8 Catriona Matthew  Scotland 69-68-74-72=283 −5 45,244
Helen Dobson  England 71-70-73-69=283
Maria Hjorth  Sweden 73-69-70-71=283
Grace Park (a)  South Korea 70-67-73-73=283 0

Source:[8]

References

  1. ^ Brown, Clifton (June 7, 1999). "In 20th try, Inkster wins the title she cherishes". The New York Times. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  2. ^ Garrity, John (June 14, 1999). "Child's Play". Sports Illustrated. p. G6. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  3. ^ Walker, Brandon (September 16, 2009). "Organizers remember US Women's Open at Old Waverly". USA Today. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Ferguson, Doug (June 7, 1999). "Inkster wins Open in record fashion". Pittsburgh Post=Gazette. Associated Press. p. C-2.
  5. ^ "1999 U.S. Women's Open: Second-round scores". ESPN. June 4, 1999. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  6. ^ Ferguson, Doug (June 5, 1999). "Kane, Inkster ease into lead". Pittsburgh Post=Gazette. Associated Press. p. B-7.
  7. ^ "1999 U.S. Women's Open: Course map". ESPN. June 1999. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Golf: U.S. Women's Open". Toledo Blade. Ohio. June 7, 1999. p. 28.
  9. ^ "Golf: U.S. Women's Open scores". Toledo Blade. Ohio. June 5, 1999. p. 33.
  10. ^ "Kuehne keeps rollin'". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 4, 1999. p. C2.
  11. ^ "LPGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. June 5, 1999. p. 6D.
  12. ^ "USGA - U.S. Women's Open". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. June 6, 1999. p. 8B.

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