Dates: Thursday, July 20th through Sunday, July 23rd
Site: Merit Club, Gurnee, Illinois
Course Architect: Bob Lohmann (1990)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,516
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 399 yds 10 - Par 4 410 yds
2 - Par 3 172 yds 11 - Par 3 175 yds
3 - Par 5 499 yds 12 - Par 5 533 yds
4 - Par 4 374 yds 13 - Par 4 354 Yds
5 - Par 4 359 yds 14 - Par 4 406 yds
6 - Par 4 366 yds 15 - Par 4 376 yds
7 - Par 3 151 yds 16 - Par 3 167 yds
8 - Par 5 522 yds 17 - Par 4 380 yds
9 - Par 4 388 yds 18 - Par 5 485 yds
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36 3,230 yds 36 3,286 yds
Annual: 55th
Defending Champion: Juli Inkster
Runner-Up: Sherri Turner
Tournament Record: 272 (Annika Sorenstam, 1996 - Pine Needles - Par 70)
Tournament Record: 274 (Alison Nicholas, 1997 - Pumpkin Ridge GC - Par 71)
Tournament Record: 272 (Juli Inkster, 1999 - Old Waverly GC - Par 72)
54-Hole Record: 201 (Juli Inkster, 1999 - Old Waverly GC)
36-Hole Record: 132 (Helen Alfredsson, 1994 - Indianwood Golf and CC)
18-Hole Record: 63 (Helen Alfredsson, 1994 - Indianwood Golf and CC)
9-Hole Record: 30 (Pamela Wright, 1994 - Indianwood Golf and CC)
Juli Inkster, 1997 - Pumpkin Ridge GC)
Total Purse: $2,750,000
Shares: 1st Place - $500,000; 2nd Place - 290,000; 3rd-Place - 187,622
Key Players to Watch
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Finish Last Eight Years
Player 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
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Juli Inkster 2nd T-39 T-18 T-37 T-34 T-14 mc Won
Sherri Turner T-42 dnp T-51 T-51 T-58 dnp dnp 2nd
Kelli Kuehne dnp dnp dnp dnp mc T-21 dnp 3rd
Lorie Kane dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-48 T-19 4th
Meg Mallon 4th 21st T-6 2nd T-19 T-43 mc T-5
Carin Koch dnp dnp dnp T-40 mc mc T-13 T-5
Karrie Webb dnp dnp dnp dnp T-19 4th T-31 7th
Helen Dobson dnp dnp mc dnp dnp dnp T-26 T-8
Catriona Matthew dnp dnp dnp dnp T-52 27th mc T-8
Maria Hjorth dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-8
Grace Park dnp dnp dnp T-63 dnp mc dnp T-8
Helen Alfredsson T-13 T-2 T-9 T-40 mc T-48 T-13 T-12
Se Ri Pak dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-21 Won T-14
Dottie Pepper T-6 T-17 T-12 T-13 mc T-14 T-11 T-14
Michele Redman dnp T-22 mc T-20 T-14 T-7 T-49 T-14
Liselotte Neumann 15th 62nd 3rd T-21 T-8 T-14 3rd T-17
Catrin Nilsmark dnp dnp dnp mc 7th T-33 mc T-17
Donna Andrews 3rd T-2 T-9 mc mc T-9 T-19 T-20
Akiko Fukushima dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-19 T-20
Leta Lindley dnp dnp dnp T-5 mc mc dnp T-20
Stefania Croce dnp dnp dnp mc T-14 T-5 T-7 T-25
Rosie Jones T-25 mc mc T-5 T-29 T-33 T-19 T-25
Sherri Steinhauer T-36 T-13 T-22 mc T-36 mc mc T-25
Mhairi McKay dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-7 T-30
Dawn Coe-Jones 5th T-22 T-35 T-7 mc T-9 T-36 T-30
Kristi Albers T-36 mc mc T-57 T-42 dnp T-49 T-30
Kelly Robbins T-55 T-26 T-9 T-13 T-58 3rd mc T-30
Hiromi Kobayashi dnp T-4 T-54 mc T-36 mc 54th T-37
Wendy Ward dnp dnp mc T-57 T-19 mc T-19 T-40
Kris Tschetter T-36 T-17 T-25 T-13 2nd mc T-36 T-40
Beth Daniel mc T-53 T-18 mc T-19 dnp T-31 T-47
Barb Mucha T-29 T-17 mc T-73 T-36 T-51 T-41 T-47
Betsy King T-16 T-7 T-6 T-3 mc T-28 mc T-47
Maggie Will mc dnp dnp T-63 T-14 mc dnp T-53
Rachel Hetherington dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp mc dnp T-53
Jenny Lidback dnp mc dnp dnp T-12 T-43 T-19 T-55
Alison Nicholas dnp dnp mc T-47 13th Won mc T-55
Lisa Hackney dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-5 mc T-55
Tammie Green T-9 mc 2nd T-7 T-8 T-7 T-7 63rd
Jenny Chuasiriporn dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-56 2nd mc
Chris Johnson T-46 T-13 mc T-16 T-58 T-9 T-4 mc
Dani. Ammaccapane mc T-22 mc mc T-52 mc T-4 mc
Trish Johnson mc mc mc mc T-49 T-19 10th mc
Laura Davies mc T-11 T-12 T-24 6th mc T-11 mc
Hollis Stacy mc mc mc T-37 mc mc T-15 mc
Dale Eggeling T-42 dnp T-31 T-16 mc T-33 T-31 mc
Annika Sorenstam T-63 dnp dnp Won Won mc T-41 mc
Nancy Lopez T-16 T-7 T-35 T-28 mc 2nd mc mc
Marianne Morris dnp dnp dnp T-10 mc T-33 mc mc
Jane Geddes T-10 T-50 T-35 T-40 T-3 wd mc mc
Val Skinner dnp mc mc T-10 T-8 mc dnp mc
Cindy Flom mc T-39 mc dnp T-8 mc dnp mc
Pat Hurst mc dnp dnp T-47 mc T-21 T-4 dnp
Brandie Burton wd T-39 T-43 T-28 T-3 T-14 T-15 dnp
Jan Stephenson T-36 mc T-54 T-51 T-54 T-48 T-57 dnp
Patty Sheehan Won 6th Won T-10 T-14 T-9 mc dnp
Michelle McGann T-6 T-7 T-18 T-40 T-42 T-33 mc dnp
Cathy Johnston-Forbes dnp mc mc mc T-19 mc mc dnp
Amy Alcott T-13 T-26 T-6 T-63 dnp mc mc dnp
mc - Missed cut
dq - Disqualified
wd - Withdrew
dnp - Did not play
Past U.S. Open Champions and Runner-up (Sites)
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1999 -- Juli Inkster (272) -- Sherri Turner
Old Waverly Golf Club, West Point, Mississippi)
1998 -- *Se Ri Pak (290) -- Jenny Chuasiriporn
(Blackwolf Run Golf Course, Kohler, Wisconsin)
1997 -- Alison Nicholas (274) -- Nancy Lopez
(Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Witch Hollow Course), North Plains, Oregon)
1996 -- Annika Sorenstam (272) -- Kris Tschetter
(Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club, Southern Pines, North Carolina)
1995 -- Annika Sorenstam (278) -- Meg Mallon
(Broadmoor Golf Club (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colorado)
1994 -- Patty Sheehan (277) -- Tammie Green
(Indianwood Golf & Country Club (Old Course), Lake Orion, Michigan)
1993 -- Lauri Merten (280) -- Helen Alfredsson, Donna Andrews
(Crooked Stick Golf Club, Carmel, Indiana)
1992 -- *Patty Sheehan (280) -- Juli Inkster
(Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania)
1991 -- Meg Mallon (283) -- Pat Bradley
(Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas)
1990 -- Betsy King (284) -- Patty Sheehan
(Atlanta Athletic Club (Riverside Course), Duluth, Georgia)
1989 -- Betsy King (278) -- Nancy Lopez
(Indianwood Golf & Country Club (Old Course), Lake Orion, Michigan)
1988 -- Liselotte Neumann (277) -- Patty Sheehan
(Baltimore Country Club (Five Farms East), Baltimore, Maryland)
1987 -- *Laura Davies (285) -- Ayako Okamoto, JoAnne Carner
(Plainfield Country Club, Edison, New Jersey)
1986 -- *Jane Geddes (287) -- Sally Little
(NCR Country Club, Kettering, Ohio)
1985 -- Kathy Baker (280) -- Judy Dickinson
(Baltusrol Golf Club (Upper Course), Springfield, New Jersey)
1984 -- Hollis Stacy (290) -- Rosie Jones
(Salem Country Club, Peabody, Massachusetts)
1983 -- Jan Stephenson (290) -- JoAnne Carner, Patty Sheehan
(Cedar Ridge Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma)
1982 -- Janet Anderson (283) -- Beth Daniel, Donna White, S.Haynie, J.Carner
(Del Paso Country Club, Sacramento, California)
1981 -- Pat Bradley (279) -- Beth Daniel
(La Grange Country Club, La Grange, Illinois)
1980 -- Amy Alcott (280) -- Hollis Stacy
(Richland Country Club, Nashville, Tennessee)
1979 -- Jerilyn Britz (284) -- Debbie Massey, Sandra Palmer
(Brooklawn Country Club, Fairfield, Connecticut)
1978 -- Hollis Stacy (289) -- JoAnne Carner, Sally Little
(Country Club of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana)
1977 -- Hollis Stacy (292) -- Nancy Lopez
(Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota)
1976 -- *JoAnne Carner (292) -- Sandra Palmer
(Rolling Green Golf Club, Springfield, Pennsylvania)
1975 -- Sandra Palmer (295) -- Sandra Post, Nancy Lopez, JoAnne Carner
(Atlantic City Country Club, Northfield, New Jersey)
1974 -- Sandra Haynie (295) -- Carol Mann, Beth Stone
(La Grange Country Club, La Grange, Illinois)
1973 -- Susie Berning (290) -- Gloria Ehret, Shelley Hamlin
(Country Club of Rochester, Rochester, New York)
1972 -- Susie Berning (299) -- Kathy Ahern, Judy Rankin, Pam Barnett
(Winged Foot Golf Club (East Course), Mamaroneck, New York)
1971 -- JoAnne Carner (288) -- Kathy Whitworth
(Kahkwa Club, Erie, Pennsylvania)
1970 -- Donna Caponi (287) -- Sandra Haynie, Sandra Spuzich
(Muskogee Country Club, Muskogee, Oklahoma)
1969 -- Donna Caponi (294) -- Peggy Wilson
(Scenic Hills Country Club, Pensacola, Florida)
1968 -- Susie Berning (289) -- Mickey Wright
(Moselem Springs Golf Club, Fleetwood, Pennsylvania)
1967 -- Catherine Lacoste (294) -- Susie Berning, Beth Stone
Virginia Hot Springs G.C. (Cascades Course), Hot Springs, Virginia)
1966 -- Sandra Spuzich (297) -- Carol Mann
(Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota)
1965 -- Carol Mann (290) -- Kathy Cornelius
(Atlantic City Country Club, Northfield, New Jersey)
1964 -- *Mickey Wright (290) -- Ruth Jessen
(San Diego Country Club, Chula Vista, California)
1963 -- Mary Mills (289) -- Sandra Haynie, Louise Suggs
(Kenwood Country Club, Cincinnati, Ohio)
1962 -- Murle Lindstrom (301) -- Ruth Jessen, JoAnn Prentice
(Dunes Golf & Beach Club, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)
1961 -- Mickey Wright (293) -- Betsy Rawls
(Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), Springfield, New Jersey)
1960 -- Betsy Rawls (292) -- Joyce Ziske
(Worcester Country Club, Worcester, Massachusetts)
1959 -- Mickey Wright (287) -- Louise Suggs
(Churchill Valley Country Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
1958 -- Mickey Wright (290) -- Louise Suggs
(Forest Lake Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)
1957 -- Betsy Rawls (299) -- Patty Berg
(Winged Foot Golf Club (East Course), Mamaroneck, New York)
1956 -- *Kathy Cornelius (302) -- Barbara McIntire
(Northland Country Club, Duluth, Minnesota)
1955 -- Fay Crocker (299) -- Mary Lena Faulk, Louise Suggs
(Wichita Country Club, Wichita, Kansas)
1954 -- Babe Zaharias (291) -- Betty Hicks
(Salem Country Club, Peabody, Massachusetts)
1953 -- *Betsy Rawls (302) -- Jacqueline Pung
(Country Club of Rochester, Rochester, New York)
1952 -- Louise Suggs (284) -- Marlene Bauer, Betty Jameson
(Bala Golf Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
1951 -- Betsy Rawls (293) -- Louise Suggs
(Druid Hills Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia)
1950 -- Babe Zaharias (291) -- Betsy Rawls
(Rolling Hills Country Club, Wichita, Kansas)
1949 -- Louise Suggs (291) -- Babe Zaharias
(Prince Georges Golf & Country Club, Landover, Maryland)
1948 -- Babe Zaharias (300) -- Betty Hicks
(Atlantic City Country Club, Northfield, New Jersey)
1947 -- Betty Jameson (295) -- Sally Sessions, Polly Riley
(Starmount Forest Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina)
1946 -- Patty Berg (5 & 4) -- Betty Jameson
(Spokane Country Club, Spokane, Washington)
* - Won in Playoff.
2000 Grand Slam Finishes
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NABISCO MCDONALDS
Karrie Webb Won T-9
Juli Inkster T-17 Won
Dottie Pepper 2nd T-23
Meg Mallon 3rd T-17
Cathy Johnston-Forbes T-4 mc
Michele Redman T-4 T-17
Helen Dobson T-6 wd
Chris Johnson T-6 mc
Rosie Jones T-8 T-28
Kim Saiki T-8 T-33
Pat Hurst T-10 T-17
Se Ri Pak T-15 T-3
Kelly Robbins T-17 T-12
Annika Sorenstam T-17 T-12
Sherri Steinhauer T-17 T-40
Charlotta Sorenstam T-17 mc
Carin Koch T-17 T-40
Alison Nicholas T-27 T-23
Brandie Burton T-31 mc
Laura Davies T-35 T-6
Lorie Kane T-35 mc
Nancy Lopez T-43 T-65
Patty Sheehan T-47 T-46
Beth Daniel T-47 T-33
Helen Alfredsson T-57 mc
Catrin Nilsmark T-57 T-56
Rachel Hetherington T-62 mc
Liselotte Neumann 72nd mc
Kelli Kuehne mc mc
Michelle McGann mc mc
Betsy King mc T-23
Hiromi Kobayashi mc mc
Jane Crafter mc T-6
Amy Alcott mc mc
Stefania Croce dnp 2nd
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