2002 U.S. Women's Open

The 2002 U.S. Women's Open was the 57th U.S. Women's Open, held July 4–7 in Kansas at Prairie Dunes Country Club, northeast of Hutchinson, about forty miles (65 km) northwest of Wichita.

2002 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJuly 4–7, 2002
LocationHutchinson, Kansas
Course(s)Prairie Dunes Country Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length6,267 yards (5,731 m)[1]
Field156 players, 69 after cut
Cut149 (+9)
Prize fund$3.0 million
Winner's share$535,000
Champion
Juli Inkster
276 (−4)
Hutchinson
Location in the United States
Prairie Dunes Country Club
Location in Kansas

Juli Inkster won her second U.S. Women's Open, two strokes ahead of runner-up Annika Sörenstam, the 54-hole leader.[2] Inkster, 42, shot a final round 66 (−4) to gain her seventh and final major title. She joined Babe Zaharias as the only women to win two majors after age 40.[3]

This was the first purse of $3 million at the U.S. Women's Open, it had tripled in the seven years since 1995, the first seven-figure purse.

Course layout
Main article: Prairie Dunes Golf Club
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4011423211574053725124123993,1211604373633873421754005003823,1466,267
Par434344544353444434543570

Source:[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 4, 2002

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Laura Diaz67−3
Juli Inkster
Shani Waugh
4 Kim Saiki68−2
T5 Lorie Kane69−1
Catriona Matthew
T7 Audra Burks70E
Brandie Burton
Jackie Gallagher-Smith
Pamela Kerrigan
Kelli Kuehne
Mhairi McKay
Cindy Schreyer
Annika Sörenstam
Sherri Steinhauer

Source:[4][5]

Second round

Friday, July 5, 2002

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Laura Diaz67-72=139−1
Juli Inkster67-72=139
Annika Sörenstam70-69=139
T4 Michele Redman71-69=140E
Shani Waugh67-73=140
6 Jill McGill71-70=141+1
T7 Jenna Daniels72-70=142+2
Michelle Ellis71-71=142
T9 Stephanie Keever72-71=143+3
Janice Moodie71-72=143
Charlotta Sörenstam73-70=143

Source:[6]

Third round

Saturday, July 6, 2002

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Annika Sörenstam70-69-69=208−2
T2 Juli Inkster67-72-71=210E
Jill McGill71-70-69=210
4 Shani Waugh67-73-71=211+1
5 Michele Redman71-69-73=213+3
6 Janice Moodie71-72-71=214+4
T7 Lynnette Brooky73-73-69=215+5
Lorie Kane69-77-69=215
Carin Koch73-72-70=215
T10 Laura Davies75-73-68=216+6
Laura Diaz67-72-77=216
Susan Ginter-Brooker74-72-70=216
Stephanie Keever72-71-73=216
Mi-Hyun Kim74-72-70=216
Mhairi McKay70-75-71=216
Liselotte Neumann72-74-70=216

Source:[7]

Final round

Sunday, July 7, 2002

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Juli Inkster67-72-71-66=276−4535,000
2 Annika Sörenstam70-69-69-70=278−2315,000
3 Shani Waugh67-73-71-72=283+3202,568
4 Raquel Carriedo75-71-72-66=284+4141,219
5 Se Ri Pak74-75-68-68=285+5114,370
6 Mhairi McKay70-75-71-70=286+6101,421
T7 Beth Daniel71-76-71-69=287+778,015
Janice Moodie71-72-71-73=287
Jennifer Rosales73-72-74-68=287
Kelli Kuehne70-76-72-69=287
Laura Diaz67-72-77-71=287

Source:[3][5]

Scorecard
Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par434344544344443454
InksterE−1−1−1−1−2−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−5−4−4
Sörenstam−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−2−1−2−2
Waugh+1+1+1+1+1+1E+1+3+3+2+3+2+2+2+3+3+3
Carriedo+7+6+5+5+4+4+3+3+3+3+3+3+4+4+4+4+4+4
Pak+6+6+6+6+6+5+6+7+7+7+7+7+7+6+6+6+5+5
McKay+6+6+6+6+6+6+5+6+7+6+5+6+6+6+6+7+6+6
Moodie+4+5+4+6+6+5+4+4+4+5+5+4+5+5+5+6+6+7
McGill+1+2+2+2+2+2+1+1+1+2+2+3+3+3+3+6+8+8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[5]

References
  1. "2002 U.S. Women's Open Championship - Course Summary - All Rounds". USGA. July 7, 2002. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  2. "Sorenstam takes two-stroke lead at Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. July 7, 2002. p. 7G.
  3. Ferguson, Doug (July 8, 2002). "Strong finish lifts Inkster to victory". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. C-1.
  4. "Scoreboard - Golf: Women's Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 5, 2002. p. C-9.
  5. "2002 U.S. Women's Open Championship - Round 4 Full Leaderboard". USGA. July 7, 2002. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  6. "U.S. Women's Open". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). July 6, 2002. p. C6.
  7. "USGA - U.S. Women's Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). July 7, 2002. p. 8G.

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