Tournament information | |
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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)[1] |
Field | 150 players, 60 after cut[1] |
Cut | 150 (+6)[1] |
Prize fund | $2.75 million |
Winner's share | $500,000 |
Champion | |
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282 (−6) | |
The 2000 U.S. Women's Open 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
[edit]Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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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 |
Round summaries
[edit]First round
[edit]Thursday, July 20, 2000
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | ![]() |
68 | −4 |
T2 | ![]() |
69 | −3 |
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T4 | ![]() |
70 | −2 |
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T6 | ![]() |
71 | −1 |
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Source:[4]
Second round
[edit]Friday, July 21, 2000
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | ![]() |
68-72=140 | −4 |
T2 | ![]() |
71-70=141 | −3 |
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69-72=141 | ||
4 | ![]() |
72-71=143 | −1 |
T5 | ![]() |
73-71=144 | E |
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76-68=144 | ||
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73-71=144 | ||
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70-74=144 | ||
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72-72=144 | ||
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69-75=144 |
Source:[1]
Third round
[edit]Saturday, July 22, 2000
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | ![]() |
69-72-68=209 | −7 |
2 | ![]() |
68-72-73=213 | −3 |
T3 | ![]() |
73-71-72=216 | E |
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76-68-72=216 | ||
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73-71-72=216 | ||
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74-72-70=216 | ||
T7 | ![]() |
71-74-72=217 | +1 |
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73-72-72=217 | ||
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70-74-73=217 | ||
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71-74-72=217 | ||
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72-71-74=217 | ||
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69-75-73=217 |
Source:[5]
Final round
[edit]Sunday, July 23, 2000
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | ![]() |
69-72-68-73=282 | −6 | 500,000 |
T2 | ![]() |
72-71-74-70=287 | −1 | 240,228 |
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68-72-73-74=287 | |||
T4 | ![]() |
73-71-72-72=288 | E | 120,118 |
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74-72-70-72=288 | |||
T6 | ![]() |
71-74-73-71=289 | +1 | 90,458 |
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74-72-73-70=289 | |||
8 | ![]() |
71-74-72-73=290 | +2 | 79,345 |
T9 | ![]() |
73-71-72-75=291 | +3 | 67,368 |
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74-73-71-73=291 | |||
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73-75-73-70=291 |
Source:[2]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Manoyan, Dan (July 24, 2000). "Webb spins a title". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 1C.
- ^ "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
[edit]- U.S. Women's Open - past champions - 2000