2000 U.S. Women's Open

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.

2000 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJuly 20–23, 2000
LocationLibertyville, Illinois
Course(s)Merit Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,516 yards (5,958 m)[1]
Field150 players, 60 after cut[1]
Cut150 (+6)[1]
Prize fund$2.75 million
Winner's share$500,000
Champion
Australia Karrie Webb
282 (−6)
Libertyville  is located in the United States
Libertyville 
Libertyville 
Location in the United States
MeritClub is located in Illinois
MeritClub
Merit
Club
Location in Illinois

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
Main article: Merit Club
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3991724993743593661515223883,2304101755333544063761673804853,2866,516
Par435444354364354443453672

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 20, 2000

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Meg Mallon68−4
T2Australia Shani Waugh69−3
Australia Karrie Webb
T4United States Kellee Booth70−2
United States Juli Inkster
T6United States Kristi Albers71−1
United States Beth Daniel
United States Jackie Gallagher-Smith
Canada Lorie Kane
United States Betsy King
United States Kelli Kuehne
Taiwan Yu Ping Lin

Source:[4]

Second round

Friday, July 21, 2000

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Meg Mallon68-72=140−4
T2United States Betsy King71-70=141−3
Australia Karrie Webb69-72=141
4United States Cristie Kerr72-71=143−1
T5England Laura Davies73-71=144E
United States Dorothy Delasin76-68=144
United States Rosie Jones73-71=144
United States Juli Inkster70-74=144
Scotland Kathryn Marshall72-72=144
Australia Shani Waugh69-75=144

Source:[1]

Third round

Saturday, July 22, 2000

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Australia Karrie Webb69-72-68=209−7
2United States Meg Mallon68-72-73=213−3
T3England Laura Davies73-71-72=216E
United States Dorothy Delasin76-68-72=216
United States Rosie Jones73-71-72=216
South Korea Mi-Hyun Kim74-72-70=216
T7United States Beth Daniel71-74-72=217+1
United States Pat Hurst73-72-72=217
United States Juli Inkster70-74-73=217
Canada Lorie Kane71-74-72=217
United States Cristie Kerr72-71-74=217
Australia Shani Waugh69-75-73=217

Source:[5]

Final round

Sunday, July 23, 2000

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Australia Karrie Webb69-72-68-73=282−6500,000
T2United States Cristie Kerr72-71-74-70=287−1240,228
United States Meg Mallon68-72-73-74=287
T4United States Rosie Jones73-71-72-72=288E120,118
South Korea Mi-Hyun Kim74-72-70-72=288
T6United States Kelli Kuehne71-74-73-71=289+190,458
South Korea Grace Park74-72-73-70=289
8United States Beth Daniel71-74-72-73=290+279,345
T9England Laura Davies73-71-72-75=291+367,368
United States Kelly Robbins74-73-71-73=291
Sweden Annika Sörenstam73-75-73-70=291

Source:[2]

References
  1. "Wind, greens play havoc at Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. July 22, 2000. p. 3D.
  2. "Webb wins Women's Open by 5 shots". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. July 24, 2000. p. D-2.
  3. Manoyan, Dan (July 24, 2000). "Webb spins a title". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 1C.
  4. "Mallon cuts corners". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 21, 2000. p. C2.
  5. "USGA - Women's Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). July 23, 2000. p. 8F.

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