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
Australia Karrie Webb
273 (−7)
Southern Pines  is located in the United States
Southern Pines 
Southern Pines 
Location in the United States
Pine Needles Lodge & GC is located in North Carolina
Pine Needles Lodge & GC
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
T1Canada A.J. Eathorne67−3
United States Cindy Figg-Currier
T3United States Juli Inkster68−2
South Korea Mi-Hyun Kim
United States Jill McGill
T6United States Danielle Ammaccapane69−1
United States Stephanie Kerr (a)
United States Cristie Kerr
South Korea Se Ri Pak
T10United States Jean Bartholomew70E
United States Audra Burks
Sweden Maria Hjorth
United States Kelli Kuehne
United States Terry-Jo Myers
Japan Aki Nakano
Sweden Liselotte Neumann
Sweden Catrin Nilsmark
United States Michele Redman
United States Pearl Sinn
Sweden Annika Sörenstam
United States Sherri Steinhauer
United States Wendy Ward
Australia Karrie Webb

Source:[6]

Second round

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

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Australia Karrie Webb70-65=135−5
2Canada A.J. Eathorne67-71=138−2
3South Korea Se Ri Pak69-70=139−1
T4United States Kristi Albers71-69=140E
Sweden Sophie Gustafson74-66=140
United States Juli Inkster68-72=140
Scotland Catriona Matthew72-68=140
T8Australia Wendy Doolan71-70=141+1
Japan Yuri Fudoh73-68=141
United States Kelli Kuehne70-71=141
Scotland Janice Moodie71-70=141
United States Wendy Ward70-71=141

Source:[7]

Third round

Saturday, June 2, 2001

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Australia Karrie Webb70-65-69=204−6
2South Korea Se Ri Pak69-70-70=209−1
3Scotland Catriona Matthew72-68-70=210E
T4Australia Wendy Doolan71-70-70=211+1
Japan Yuri Fudoh73-68-70=211
United States Juli Inkster68-72-71=211
T7Canada A.J. Eathorne67-71-75=213+3
United States Cristie Kerr69-73-71=213
United States Kelli Kuehne70-71-72=213
United States Dottie Pepper74-69-70=213
United States Sherri Turner72-70-71=213

Source:[7]

Final round

Sunday, June 3, 2001

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Australia Karrie Webb70-65-69-69=273−7520,000
2South Korea Se Ri Pak69-70-70-72=281+1310,000
3United States Dottie Pepper74-69-70-69=282+2202,580
T4Scotland Catriona Matthew72-68-70-73=283+3118,697
United States Cristie Kerr69-73-71-70=283
United States Sherri Turner72-70-71-70=283
T7United States Kelli Kuehne70-71-72-71=284+480,726
United States Kristi Albers71-69-74-70=284
Canada Lorie Kane75-68-72-69=284
Australia 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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