2001 U.S. Women's Open

The 2001 U.S. Women's Open was the 56th U.S. Women's Open, held May 31 to June 3 at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2001.

2001 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesMay 31 – June 3, 2001
LocationSouthern Pines,
North Carolina
Course(s)Pine Needles Lodge
and Golf Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length6,256 yards (5,720 m)[1][2]
Field150 players, 60 after cut
Cut146 (+6)
Prize fund$2.9 million
Winner's share$520,000
Champion
Karrie Webb
273 (−7)
Southern Pines 
Location in the United States
Pine Needles Lodge & GC
Location in North Carolina

Defending champion Karrie Webb repeated as champion, eight strokes ahead of runner-up Se Ri Pak, the largest margin in 21 years.[3][4] Webb became the seventh to win consecutive titles at the U.S. Women's Open, and the win was the fifth of her seven major titles.

Pine Needles previously hosted the championship in 1996 and it returned in 2007.[5]

Course layout

Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4814131343601753934013273763,0604513673512004014091774294113,1966,256
Par543434444355443443443570

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 31, 2001

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 A.J. Eathorne67−3
Cindy Figg-Currier
T3 Juli Inkster68−2
Mi-Hyun Kim
Jill McGill
T6 Danielle Ammaccapane69−1
Stephanie Kerr (a)
Cristie Kerr
Se Ri Pak
T10 Jean Bartholomew70E
Audra Burks
Maria Hjorth
Kelli Kuehne
Terry-Jo Myers
Aki Nakano
Liselotte Neumann
Catrin Nilsmark
Michele Redman
Pearl Sinn
Annika Sörenstam
Sherri Steinhauer
Wendy Ward
Karrie Webb

Source:[6]

Second round

Friday, June 1, 2001
Saturday, June 2, 2001

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Karrie Webb70-65=135−5
2 A.J. Eathorne67-71=138−2
3 Se Ri Pak69-70=139−1
T4 Kristi Albers71-69=140E
Sophie Gustafson74-66=140
Juli Inkster68-72=140
Catriona Matthew72-68=140
T8 Wendy Doolan71-70=141+1
Yuri Fudoh73-68=141
Kelli Kuehne70-71=141
Janice Moodie71-70=141
Wendy Ward70-71=141

Source:[7]

Third round

Saturday, June 2, 2001

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Karrie Webb70-65-69=204−6
2 Se Ri Pak69-70-70=209−1
3 Catriona Matthew72-68-70=210E
T4 Wendy Doolan71-70-70=211+1
Yuri Fudoh73-68-70=211
Juli Inkster68-72-71=211
T7 A.J. Eathorne67-71-75=213+3
Cristie Kerr69-73-71=213
Kelli Kuehne70-71-72=213
Dottie Pepper74-69-70=213
Sherri Turner72-70-71=213

Source:[7]

Final round

Sunday, June 3, 2001

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Karrie Webb70-65-69-69=273−7520,000
2 Se Ri Pak69-70-70-72=281+1310,000
3 Dottie Pepper74-69-70-69=282+2202,580
T4 Catriona Matthew72-68-70-73=283+3118,697
Cristie Kerr69-73-71-70=283
Sherri Turner72-70-71-70=283
T7 Kelli Kuehne70-71-72-71=284+480,726
Kristi Albers71-69-74-70=284
Lorie Kane75-68-72-69=284
Wendy Doolan71-70-70-73=284

Source:[2]

References
  1. Tays, Alan (June 1, 2001). "Open to all sizes". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Cox News Service. p. C1.
  2. "Stat Sheet, Golf: U.S. Women's Open". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). June 4, 2001. p. C5.
  3. Ferguson, Doug (June 4, 2001). "A Runaway". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D-6.
  4. Esch, David; Garrity, John (June 11, 2001). "Grin and bear it". Sports Illustrated. p. G4.
  5. Droschak, Dave (June 4, 2001). "Open to return to Pine Needles". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D-6.
  6. "Scoreboard: U.S. Women's Open". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). June 1, 2001. p. 2C.
  7. "LPGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). June 3, 2001. p. 6F.

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