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Dates: Thursday, May 31st through Sunday, June 3rd
Site: Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, Southern Pines, North Carolina
Course Architect: Donald Ross (1927)
Par: 70
Yardage: 6,256
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 5 481 yds 10 - Par 5 451 yds
2 - Par 4 413 yds 11 - Par 4 367 yds
3 - Par 3 134 yds 12 - Par 4 351 yds
4 - Par 4 360 yds 13 - Par 3 200 Yds
5 - Par 3 175 yds 14 - Par 4 401 yds
6 - Par 4 393 yds 15 - Par 4 409 yds
7 - Par 4 401 yds 16 - Par 3 177 yds
8 - Par 4 327 yds 17 - Par 4 429 yds
9 - Par 4 376 yds 18 - Par 4 411 yds
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35 3,060 yds 35 3,196 yds
Annual: 56th
Defending Champion: Karrie Webb
Runner-Up: Cristie Kerr, Meg Mallon
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)
Course Record: 66 (Annika Sorenstam, Kris Tschetter, 1996)
Total Purse: $2,900,000
Shares: 1st Place - $520,000; 2nd Place - 310,000; 3rd-Place - 198,399
4th Place - 138,275; 5th Place - 111,963
Key Players to Watch
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Finish Last Eight Years
Player 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
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Karrie Webb dnp dnp dnp T-19 4th T-31 7th Won
Meg Mallon 21st T-6 2nd T-19 T-43 mc T-5 T-2
Cristie Kerr dnp dnp mc T-36 dnp 60th mc T-2
Rosie Jones mc mc T-5 T-29 T-33 T-19 T-25 T-4
Mi Hyun Kim dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-4
Kelli Kuehne dnp dnp dnp mc T-21 dnp 3rd T-6
Grace Park dnp dnp T-63 dnp mc dnp T-8 T-6
Beth Daniel T-53 T-18 mc T-19 dnp T-31 T-47 8th
Kelly Robbins T-26 T-9 T-13 T-58 3rd mc T-30 T-9
Laura Davies T-11 T-12 T-24 6th mc T-11 mc T-9
Annika Sorenstam dnp dnp Won Won mc T-41 mc T-9
Pat Hurst dnp dnp T-47 mc T-21 T-4 dnp T-12
Jennifer Rosales dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-12
Dorothy Delasin dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-12
Se Ri Pak dnp dnp dnp dnp T-21 Won T-14 T-15
Lorie Kane dnp dnp dnp dnp T-48 T-19 4th T-17
Janice Moodie dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp mc T-17
Juli Inkster T-39 T-18 T-37 T-34 T-14 mc Won T-23
Michele Redman T-22 mc T-20 T-14 T-7 T-49 T-14 T-23
Donna Andrews T-2 T-9 mc mc T-9 T-19 T-20 T-23
Kristi Albers mc mc T-57 T-42 dnp T-49 T-30 T-23
Charlotta Sorenstam dnp dnp dnp dnp mc dnp mc T-27
Carin Koch dnp dnp T-40 mc mc T-13 T-5 T-31
Sophie Gustafson dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-20 T-31
Hiromi Kobayashi T-4 T-54 mc T-36 mc 54th T-37 T-31
Jenny Lidback mc dnp dnp T-12 T-43 T-19 T-55 T-31
Dani. Ammaccapane T-22 mc mc T-52 mc T-4 mc T-31
Val Skinner mc mc T-10 T-8 mc dnp mc T-40
Catriona Matthew dnp dnp dnp T-52 27th mc T-8 T-44
Leta Lindley dnp dnp T-5 mc mc dnp T-20 T-46
Betsy King T-7 T-6 T-3 mc T-28 mc T-47 T-46
Jan Stephenson mc T-54 T-51 T-54 T-48 T-57 dnp T-46
Barb Mucha T-17 mc T-73 T-36 T-51 T-41 T-47 58th
Michelle McGann T-7 T-18 T-40 T-42 T-33 mc dnp 60th
Sherri Turner dnp T-51 T-51 T-58 dnp dnp 2nd mc
Helen Dobson dnp mc dnp dnp dnp T-26 T-8 mc
Maria Hjorth dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-8 mc
Helen Alfredsson T-2 T-9 T-40 mc T-48 T-13 T-12 mc
Liselotte Neumann 62nd 3rd T-21 T-8 T-14 3rd T-17 mc
Akiko Fukushima dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-19 T-20 mc
Sherri Steinhauer T-13 T-22 mc T-36 mc mc T-25 mc
Mhairi McKay dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-7 T-30 mc
Maggie Will dnp dnp T-63 T-14 mc dnp T-53 mc
Rachel Teske dnp dnp dnp dnp mc dnp T-53 mc
Alison Nicholas dnp mc T-47 13th Won mc T-55 mc
Jenny Chuasiriporn dnp dnp dnp dnp T-56 2nd mc mc
Chris Johnson T-13 mc T-16 T-58 T-9 T-4 mc mc
Hollis Stacy mc 45th mc mc T-53 T-63 mc mc
Brandie Burton T-39 T-43 T-28 T-3 T-14 T-15 dnp mc
Patty Sheehan 6th Won T-10 T-14 T-9 mc dnp mc
Dottie Pepper T-17 T-12 T-13 mc T-14 T-11 T-14 wd
Catrin Nilsmark dnp dnp mc 7th T-33 mc T-17 dnp
Stefania Croce dnp dnp mc T-14 T-5 T-7 T-25 dnp
Dawn Coe-Jones T-22 T-35 T-7 mc T-9 T-36 T-30 dnp
Wendy Ward dnp mc T-57 T-19 mc T-19 T-40 dnp
Kris Tschetter T-17 T-25 T-13 2nd mc T-36 T-40 dnp
Lisa Hackney dnp dnp dnp dnp T-5 mc T-55 dnp
Tammie Green mc 2nd T-7 T-8 T-7 T-7 63rd dnp
Trish Johnson mc mc mc T-49 T-19 10th mc dnp
Dale Eggeling dnp T-31 T-16 mc T-33 T-31 mc dnp
Marianne Morris dnp dnp T-10 mc T-33 mc mc dnp
Jane Geddes T-50 T-35 T-40 T-3 wd mc mc dnp
Cindy Flom T-39 mc dnp T-8 mc dnp mc dnp
Cathy Johnston-Forbes mc mc mc T-19 mc mc dnp 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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2000 -- Karrie Webb (282) -- Cristie Kerr, Meg Mallon
(Merit Club, Libertyville, Illinois)
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.
2001 Grand Slam Finishes
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NABISCO
Annika Sorenstam Won
Karrie Webb T-2
Janice Moodie T-2
Dottie Pepper T-2
Akiko Fukushima T-2
Rachel Teske T-2
Sophie Gustafson T-7
Brandie Burton T-7
Laura Diaz T-9
Pat Hurst T-9
Laura Davies T-11
Dorothy Delasin T-11
Se Ri Pak T-11
Mi Hyun Kim T-15
Carin Koch T-15
Juli Inkster T-15
Liselotte Neumann T-18
Michele Redman T-18
Tammie Green T-24
Maria Hjorth T-24
Kelly Robbins T-24
Meg Mallon T-28
Grace Park T-28
Rosie Jones T-28
Kelli Kuehne 35th
Charlotta Sorenstam T-36
Lorie Kane T-42
Helen Alfredsson 46th
Donna Andrews T-48
Beth Daniel T-55
Hiromi Kobayashi T-63
Cristie Kerr T-66
Dawn Coe-Jones 72nd
Betsy King 74th
Barb Mucha mc
Sherri Steinhauer mc
Catriona Matthew mc
Michelle McGann mc
Kristi Albers mc
Patty Sheehan mc
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Annika Sorenstam
Darkhorse - Michele Redman
Last week's Pick to win (Rosie Jones) - Finished tied for 4th
Last week's Darkhorse (A.J. Eathorne) - Missed the cut
NOTES:
In the end, Karrie Webb won the 2000 U.S. Women's Open by five
strokes over Meg Mallon and Cristie Kerr. But during the course of the
final day, Webb squandered her four-stroke lead to fall into a tie with
Mallon when Meg, playing in the same group, birdied the ninth hole. Webb
rebounded with a birdie on the 10th and held the lead the rest of the way.
She birdied the final hole for good measure, and finished with a 6-under-
par 282 total. Webb is attempting to become the seventh woman to win
consecutive Women's Opens. Annika Sorenstam was the last player to
accomplish this feat in 1995-96. Last year's win was Webb's 20th of her
career and gave her enough points to enter the LPGA Hall-of-Fame,
although she cannot be inducted until she has been on the tour for 10
years. Dottie Pepper withdrew from last year's event after seven holes of
the second round due to back ailments. Webb is the all-time money winner
at this event with $638,032 in earnings. Meg Mallon is second with
$606,852. Webb also holds the lowest scoring average at the U.S. Women's
open at 71.45. Nancy Lopez is the only player in Women's Open history to
shoot all four rounds in the 60's when she finished second to Alison
Nicholas in 1997. This is the only "Major" in which Lopez has not won,
finishing second four times. Lopez, however will not be on hand this
week, as she failed to quailfy for the tournament. The purse was
increased by $150,000 from last year. Besides the prize money, the
champion receives a gold medal, custody of the U.S. Women's Open
Championship Cup for the ensuing year and an exemption from sectional
qualifying for the next 10 U.S. Women's Opens. JoAnne Carner is the only
player to participate in two playoffs, winning in 1976 and losing in
1987. This year's special exemption was handed out to Liselotte Neumann.
In case of a tie after 72 holes, an 18-hole playoff will be held on
Monday, June 4th. There have been eight 18-hole playoffs in the history
of the Women's Open, the last coming in 1998. Lauri Merten was the last
player to birdie the final hole and win the U.S. Open when she
accomplished the feat in 1993. Mickey Wright and Betsy Rawls share the
record for most U.S. Women's Open wins with four each. Brandie Burton
won the 1989 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship at Pine Needles. When the
U.S. Open was last held at this venue, Annika Sorenstam cruised to a six-
shot win over Kris Tschetter. This is the second "Major" of the LPGA
season. Sorenstam won the Nabisco Championship earlier this year. Next
year's U.S. Women's Open will be held at Prairie Dunes Country Club in
Kansas while the 2003 Open will be conducted at Lake Merced Golf Club in
California. Morgan Pressel, a 12-year-old from Boca Raton, Florida, earned
a spot into the Women’s Open by winning a qualifier round at Bear Lakes
Country Club in West Palm Beach. A seventh-grader from Omni Middle
School, Pressel shot a two-under-par 70 -- including five birdies -- to
lead the field of 107 players that included local amateurs and
professionals. Next week the LPGA Tour moves to New York for the Wegmans
Rochester International where Mallon will defend her title.
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