Dates: Thursday, October 31st through Sunday, November 3rd
Site: Narita Golf Club, Narita City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Course Architect: Gary Player (1999)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,469
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 366 Yds 10 - Par 5 482 Yds
2 - Par 4 405 Yds 11 - Par 4 398 Yds
3 - Par 5 500 Yds 12 - Par 3 151 Yds
4 - Par 3 169 Yds 13 - Par 4 394 Yds
5 - Par 4 395 Yds 14 - Par 4 350 Yds
6 - Par 5 485 Yds 15 - Par 4 388 Yds
7 - Par 3 180 Yds 16 - Par 3 171 Yds
8 - Par 4 378 Yds 17 - Par 5 475 Yds
9 - Par 4 400 yds 18 - Par 4 382 Yds
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36 3,278 Yds 36 3,191 Yds
Annual: 24th
Defending Champion: Annika Sorenstam
Runner-Up: Se Ri Pak
Longest Match: Aki Takamura def. Sophie Gustafson, 1-up (20 holes) (2001)
Shortest Match: Yu-Chen Huang def. Kaori Harada, 6 & 5 (2001)
Final Series Record: United States 19-3
Total Purse: $1,020,000
Shares: 1st Place - $153,000; 2nd Place - 90,000; Semifinalist - 65,000
2001 Results
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Final - Annika Sorenstam def. Se Ri Pak, 1-up
Semifinals - Annika Sorenstam def. Lorie Kane, 4 & 2
Se Ri Pak def. Yu-Chen Huang, 6 & 4
Quarterfinals - Annika Sorenstam def. Mhairi McKay, 3 & 1
Se Ri Pak def. Rachel Teske, 3 & 2
Lorie Kane def. Emilee Klein, 4 & 3
Yu-Chen Huang def. Aki Takamura, 1-up
Past Cisco World Ladies Match Play Championship Winners
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2001 Annika Sorenstam (1-up) -- Se Ri Pak
2000 Japan (13 1/2 - 10 1/2)
1999 United States (15 1/2 - 18 1/2)
1998 United States (24 - 12)
1997 United States (23 - 13)
1996 United States (21 1/2 - 14 1/2)
1995 United States (19 - 17)
1994 United States (22 1/2 - 13 1/2)
1993 United States (23 - 9)
1992 United States (21 1/2 - 10 1/2)
1991 United States (21 1/2 - 10 1/2)
1990 United States (22 1/2 - 13)
1989 United States (3487 - 2568) -- Colleen Walker (210)
1988 United States (17 - 11) -- Beth Daniel (139)
1987 United States (17 1/2 - 10 1/2) -- Fukumi Tani (139)
1986 United States (19 - 17) -- Ayako Okamoto (140)
1985 United States (32 - 16) -- Jan Stephenson (138)
1984 Japan (49 - 41) -- Hollis Stacy (138)
1983 United States (51 - 39) -- Chako Higuchi (142)
1982 United States (34 - 26) -- Nayako Yoshikawa (141)
1981 Japan (1856 - 1847) -- Chako Higuchi (180)
1980 United States (2309 - 2290) -- Amy Alcott (224)
1979 United States (1156 - 1145) -- Yuko Moriguchi (137)
Note: Formerly called Pioneer Cup (1979-82), Sports Nippon Team
Match (1983), Nichirei International (1998-99). Individual
competition format ended after 1989.
Players in the Field
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(Seeds in parenthesis)
United States LPGA Japan LPGA
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Annika Sorenstam (1) Yuri Fudoh (1)
Se Ri Pak (2) Kasumi Fujii (2)
Mi Hyun Kim (3) Toshimi Kimura (3)
Karrie Webb (4) Woo-Soon Ko (4)
Laura Diaz (5) Mikino Kubo (5)
Rachel Teske (6) Orie Fujino (6)
Grace Park (7) Mihoko Takahashi (7)
Cristie Kerr (8) Ok-Hee Ku (8)
Hee-Won Han (9) Yu-Chen Huang (9)
Michele Redman (10) Kaori Higo (10)
Rosie Jones (11) Ikuyo Shiotani (11)
Lorie Kane (12) Midori Yoneyama (12)
Kelly Robbins (13) Takayo Bandoh (13)
Carin Koch (14) Kyoko Ono (14)
Catriona Matthew (15) Chieko Amanuma (15)
Beth Bauer (16) Hsiu-Feng Tseng (16)
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