Preview - U.S. Womens Open 2009

Hole-By-Hole:	1 - Par 5 549 yds	10 - Par 4 332 yds
	2 - Par 4 435 yds	11 - Par 3 165 yds
	3 - Par 4 373 yds	12 - Par 5 555 yds
	4 - Par 3 154 yds	13 - Par 4 433 Yds
	5 - Par 4 409 yds	14 - Par 4 399 yds
	6 - Par 5 559 yds	15 - Par 4 339 yds
	7 - Par 4 453 yds	16 - Par 4 374 yds
	8 - Par 4 387 yds	17 - Par 3 170 yds
	9 - Par 3 210 yds	18 - Par 4 444 yds
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	36 3,529 yds	35 3,211 yds

Course Set-Up:

The fairways will range in width from approximately 24 to 33 yards.

On either side of the fairways, a 6-foot wide swath of intermediate rough running the length of each hole will be set to 1? inches.

Then, there will be an 11-foot band of first cut of primary rough (height to be determined) and a second cut of deepest rough left and right of the landing areas (height to be determined).

The greens will be set to run at 11? feet on the Stimpmeter for the duration of the championship.

Annual:	64th
Defending Champion:	Inbee Park
Runner-Up:	Helen Alfredsson
Tournament Record:	272 (Annika Sorenstam, 1996 - Pine Needles - Par 70)
Tournament Record:	274 (Alison Nicholas, 1997 - Pumpkin Ridge GC - Par 71;
	Meg Mallon, 2004 - Orchards Golf Club - 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;
	Brittany Lincicome (a), 2004 - Orchards Golf Club)
Total Purse:	$3,250,000
Shares:	1st Place - $585,000; 2nd Place - $355,000; 3rd-Place - $235,000

2008 Finish
Player	Score	Player	Score
Inbee Park	283	Mi Hyun Kim	289
Helen Alfredsson	287	Giulia Sergas	289
Angela Park	288	Paula Creamer	289
In-Kyung Kim	288	Nicole Castrale	289
Stacy Lewis	288	Teresa Lu	290
		Maria Jose Uribe (a)	290

Past U.S. Women's Open Championship Winners
Year	Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up (Site)
2008	Inbee Park (283) -- Helen Alfredsson
	(Interlachen Country Club, Edina, Minnesota)
2007	Cristie Kerr (279) -- Angela Park, Lorena Ochoa
	(Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, Southern Pines, North Carolina)
2006	*Annika Sorenstam (284) -- Pat Hurst
	(Newport Country Club, Newport, Rhode Island)
2005	Birdie Kim (287) -- Morgan Pressel (a), Brittany Lang (a)
	(Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, Colorado)
2004	Meg Mallon (274) -- Annika Sorenstam
	(Orchards Golf Club, South Hadley, Massachusetts)
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)