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Dates: Thursday, July 1st through Sunday, July 4th
Site: Orchards Golf Club, South Hadley, Massachusetts
Course Architect: Donald Ross (1922 & 1927)
Par: 71
Yardage: 6,473
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 408 yds 10 - Par 3 163 yds
2 - Par 4 359 yds 11 - Par 4 370 yds
3 - Par 5 502 yds 12 - Par 4 344 yds
4 - Par 4 421 yds 13 - Par 5 456 Yds
5 - Par 3 158 yds 14 - Par 4 402 yds
6 - Par 4 384 yds 15 - Par 4 377 yds
7 - Par 3 185 yds 16 - Par 4 439 yds
8 - Par 4 388 yds 17 - Par 3 178 yds
9 - Par 5 527 yds 18 - Par 4 412 yds
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36 3,332 yds 35 3,141 yds
Annual: 59th
Defending Champion: Hilary Lunke
Runner-Up: Kelly Robbins, Angela Stanford
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
Raquel Carriedo, 2002 - Prairie Dunes CC)
Total Purse: $3,100,000
Shares: 1st Place - $560,000; 2nd Place - 335,000; 3rd-Place - 222,568
Past U.S. Women's Open Championship Winners
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Year Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up (Site)
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2003 *Hilary Lunke (283) -- Angela Stanford, Kelly Robbins
(Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Witch Hollow Course), North Plains, Oregon)
2002 Juli Inkster (276) -- Annika Sorenstam
(Prairie Dunes Country Club, Hutchinson, Kansas)
2001 Karrie Webb (273) -- Se Ri Pak
(Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, Southern Pines, North Carolina)
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.
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