2007 U.S. Women's Open

The 2007 U.S. Women's Open was the 62nd U.S. Women's Open, held June 28 to July 1 at the Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina. Cristie Kerr won the first of her two major titles, two strokes ahead of runners-up Lorena Ochoa and Angela Park.[3][4] The event was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports.

2007 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 28 – July 1, 2007
LocationSouthern Pines,
North Carolina
Course(s)Pine Needles Lodge
and Golf Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length6,664 yards (6,094 m)[1]
Field156 players, 67 after cut
Cut148 (+6)[2]
Prize fund$3.1 million
Winner's share$560,000
Champion
Cristie Kerr
279 (−5)
Pine Needles
Lodge & GC
Location in the United States
Pine Needles
Lodge & GC
Location in North Carolina

Due to weather delays, the third round began on Saturday afternoon and was completed on Sunday morning.[5] Kerr shot 66 (−5) to gain the 54-hole lead at 209 (−4), one stroke ahead of top-ranked Ochoa, Morgan Pressel, and Jiyai Shin.[6][7]

Pine Needles previously hosted the championship in 1996 and 2001; it joined Atlantic City Country Club (1948, 1965, 1975) as the only courses to host three U.S. Women's Opens.[8]

Course layout
See also: Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4884501323602054114053563803,1875183764002054265231764404133,4776,664
Par543434444355443453443671

Source:[1]
Lengths of the course for previous U.S. Women's Opens:

  • 2001: 6,256 yards (5,720 m), par 70
  • 1996: 6,207 yards (5,676 m), par 70

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 28, 2007
Friday, June 29, 2007

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Angela Park68−3
T2 Shiho Oyama69−2
Inbee Park
T4 Ahn Shi-hyun70−1
Julieta Granada
Amy Hung
Kim Joo-mi
Charlotte Mayorkas
Jiyai Shin
Annika Sörenstam

Source:[9]

Second round

Friday, June 29, 2007
Saturday, June 30, 2007

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Angela Park68-69=137−5
T2 Julieta Granada70-69=139−3
Amy Hung70-69=139
Jiyai Shin70-69=139
5 Morgan Pressel71-70=141−1
T6 Ahn Shi-hyun70-72=142E
Catriona Matthew75-67=142
Lorena Ochoa71-71=142
Shiho Oyama69-73=142
Inbee Park69-73=142

Source:[9]

Third round

Saturday, June 30, 2007
Sunday, July 1, 2007

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Cristie Kerr71-72-66=209−4
T2 Morgan Pressel71-70-69=210−3
Lorena Ochoa71-71-68=210
Jiyai Shin70-69-71=210
5 Angela Park68-69-74=211−2
T6 Jeong Jang72-71-70=213E
Kim Joo-mi70-73-70=213
Inbee Park69-73-71=213
T9 Birdie Kim73-70-71=214+1
Jee Young Lee72-71-71=214
Se Ri Pak74-72-68=214

Final round

Sunday, July 1, 2007

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Cristie Kerr71-72-66-70=279−5560,000
T2 Angela Park68-69-74-70=281−3271,022
Lorena Ochoa71-71-68-71=281
T4 Se Ri Pak74-72-68-68=282−2130,549
Inbee Park69-73-71-69=282
6 Jiyai Shin70-69-71-74=284E103,581
7 Jee Young Lee72-71-71-71=285+193,031
T8 Mi Hyun Kim71-75-70-70=286+282,464
Jeong Jang72-71-70-73=286
T10 Ai Miyazato73-73-72-69=287+366,177
Kyeong Bae74-71-72-70=287
Julieta Granada70-69-75-73=287
Morgan Pressel71-70-69-77=287

Source:[2][6][10]

Scorecard
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par543434444544345344
Kerr−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−5
Park−3−2−3−3−3−3−3−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−4−3−2−3
Ochoa−4−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−3−3
Pressel−3−2−3−2−2−2−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−1−1E+1+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[6]

References
  1. "62nd U.S. Women's Open Championship - Course Statistics - All Rounds". USGA. July 1, 2007. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  2. "2007 U.S. Women's Open: final leaderboard". Yahoo Sports. July 1, 2007. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  3. Ferguson, Doug (July 2, 2007). "Kerr handles putter, Ochoa to grab major". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. p. D1.
  4. "Overlooked no more, Kerr wins U.S. Open". Golf.com. Associated Press. July 1, 2007. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  5. "Ochoa, Kerr rumble up Open list". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. July 1, 2007. p. D7.
  6. "62nd U.S. Women's Open Championship - Round 4 Full Leaderboard". USGA. July 1, 2007. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  7. "62nd U.S. Women's Open Championship - Round 4 Groupings / Tee Times". USGA. July 1, 2007. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  8. Droschak, Dave (June 4, 2001). "Open to return to Pine Needles". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D-6.
  9. "Women's U.S. Open". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. July 1, 2007. p. D2.
  10. "Scoreboard: Women's U.S. Open". Eugene Register-Guard. July 1, 2007. p. D2.

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