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The 2000 U.S. Women's Open was the 55th U.S. Women's Open, held July 20–23 at the Merit Club in Libertyville, Illinois, a suburb north of Chicago and west of Waukegan. Karrie Webb won the first of two consecutive U.S. Women's Opens, five strokes ahead of runners-up Cristie Kerr and Meg Mallon.[2][3] It was the third of Webb's seven major titles.
This was the first time in 19 years that the championship had been held in the Chicago metropolitan area; the Merit Club course opened eight years earlier in 1992. The purse was $2.75 million, an increase of over 57% from the previous year, with a winner's share of $500,000. Webb also picked up an additional $250,000 bonus from the Nabisco Grand Slam Challenge for winning two majors in the same year.[2]
This championship was scheduled concurrently with The Open Championship in Scotland, where Tiger Woods won his fourth straight major title at St. Andrews to secure his historic Tiger Slam.
Course layout
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards | 399 | 172 | 499 | 374 | 359 | 366 | 151 | 522 | 388 | 3,230 | 410 | 175 | 533 | 354 | 406 | 376 | 167 | 380 | 485 | 3,286 | 6,516 |
| Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, July 20, 2000
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Meg Mallon |
68 | −4 |
| T2 |  Shani Waugh |
69 | −3 |
| Karrie Webb
| |||
| T4 | Kellee Booth |
70 | −2 |
| Juli Inkster
| |||
| T6 | Kristi Albers |
71 | −1 |
| Beth Daniel
| |||
| Jackie Gallagher-Smith
| |||
 Lorie Kane
| |||
| Betsy King
| |||
| Kelli Kuehne
| |||
 Yu Ping Lin
|
Source:[4]
Second round
Friday, July 21, 2000
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meg Mallon |
68-72=140 | −4 |
| T2 | Betsy King |
71-70=141 | −3 |
| Karrie Webb |
69-72=141 | ||
| 4 | Cristie Kerr |
72-71=143 | −1 |
| T5 |  Laura Davies |
73-71=144 | E |
| Dorothy Delasin |
76-68=144 | ||
| Rosie Jones |
73-71=144 | ||
| Juli Inkster |
70-74=144 | ||
 Kathryn Marshall |
72-72=144 | ||
| Shani Waugh |
69-75=144 |
Source:[1]
Third round
Saturday, July 22, 2000
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karrie Webb |
69-72-68=209 | −7 |
| 2 | Meg Mallon |
68-72-73=213 | −3 |
| T3 | Laura Davies |
73-71-72=216 | E |
| Dorothy Delasin |
76-68-72=216 | ||
| Rosie Jones |
73-71-72=216 | ||
 Mi-Hyun Kim |
74-72-70=216 | ||
| T7 | Beth Daniel |
71-74-72=217 | +1 |
| Pat Hurst |
73-72-72=217 | ||
| Juli Inkster |
70-74-73=217 | ||
| Lorie Kane |
71-74-72=217 | ||
| Cristie Kerr |
72-71-74=217 | ||
| Shani Waugh |
69-75-73=217 |
Source:[5]
Final round
Sunday, July 23, 2000
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karrie Webb |
69-72-68-73=282 | −6 | 500,000 |
| T2 | Cristie Kerr |
72-71-74-70=287 | −1 | 240,228 |
| Meg Mallon |
68-72-73-74=287 | |||
| T4 | Rosie Jones |
73-71-72-72=288 | E | 120,118 |
| Mi-Hyun Kim |
74-72-70-72=288 | |||
| T6 | Kelli Kuehne |
71-74-73-71=289 | +1 | 90,458 |
| Grace Park |
74-72-73-70=289 | |||
| 8 | Beth Daniel |
71-74-72-73=290 | +2 | 79,345 |
| T9 | Laura Davies |
73-71-72-75=291 | +3 | 67,368 |
| Kelly Robbins |
74-73-71-73=291 | |||
 Annika Sörenstam |
73-75-73-70=291 |
Source:[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Wind, greens play havoc at Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. July 22, 2000. p. 3D.
- ^ a b c "Webb wins Women's Open by 5 shots". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. July 24, 2000. p. D-2.
- ^ Manoyan, Dan (July 24, 2000). "Webb spins a title". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 1C.
- ^ "Mallon cuts corners". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 21, 2000. p. C2.
- ^ "USGA - Women's Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). July 23, 2000. p. 8F.
External links
- U.S. Women's Open - past champions - 2000