2005 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | June 23–26, 2005 |
Location | Cherry Hills Village, Colorado |
Course(s) | Cherry Hills Country Club |
Organized by | USGA |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 71 |
Length | 6,749 yards (6,171 m) |
Field | 156 players, 63 after cut |
Cut | 150 (+8) |
Prize fund | $3.1 million |
Winner's share | $560,000 |
Champion | |
Birdie Kim | |
287 (+3) | |
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The 2005 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 60th U.S. Women's Open, held June 23–26 at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, a suburb south of Denver. The par-71 course was set at 6,749 yards (6,171 m), at an average elevation over 5,300 feet (1,620 m) above sea level. The event was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports.
Birdie Kim holed out from a greenside bunker on the 72nd hole to win her only major title, two strokes ahead of runners-up Brittany Lang and Morgan Pressel, both teenage amateurs from the United States.[1] In the final pairing as a 54-hole co-leader, Pressel needed to hole her chip shot to tie, but it went 20 feet (6 m) past and she bogeyed. Lang had earlier missed a par putt from 8 feet (2.4 m). Lorena Ochoa made four birdies on the back nine and led with one hole remaining, but made a quadruple-bogey on the 72nd hole to finish four strokes behind.[2][3]
Pressel, 17, held a share of the 54-hole lead, with Karen Stupples and amateur Michelle Wie, age 15; Kim was one stroke back in a three-way tie for fourth, with 18-year-old Paula Creamer and Young Jo.[4][5]
This was the first U.S. Women's Open at Cherry Hills, which previously hosted three U.S. Opens (1938, 1960, 1978) and two PGA Championships (1941, 1985).
Course layout
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Yards | 346 | 415 | 327 | 429 | 539 | 158 | 374 | 206 | 418 | 3,212 | 414 | 522 | 179 | 384 | 433 | 187 | 428 | 531 | 459 | 3,537 | 6,749 |
Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 71 |
Source:[6]
Past champions in the field
Made the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Meg Mallon | United States | 1991, 2004 | 71 | 74 | 75 | 73 | 293 | +9 | T13 |
Liselotte Neumann | Sweden | 1988 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 76 | 294 | +10 | T19 |
Annika Sörenstam | Sweden | 1995, 1996 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 77 | 296 | +12 | T23 |
Karrie Webb | Australia | 2000, 2001 | 76 | 73 | 73 | 75 | 297 | +13 | T31 |
Juli Inkster | United States | 1999, 2002 | 77 | 71 | 75 | 76 | 299 | +15 | T38 |
Se Ri Pak | South Korea | 1998 | 74 | 74 | 81 | 74 | 300 | +16 | T45 |
Missed the cut
Player | Country | Year won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hilary Lunke | United States | 2003 | 81 | 70 | 151 | +9 |
Laura Davies | England | 1987 | 84 | 81 | 165 | +23 |
- 63 players made the cut at 150 (+8) or better[7]
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Angela Stanford | United States | 69 | −2 |
Michelle Wie (a) | United States | |||
T3 | Natalie Gulbis | United States | 70 | −1 |
Liselotte Neumann | Sweden | |||
Nicole Perrot | Chile | |||
Young-A Yang | South Korea | |||
T7 | Sophie Gustafson | Sweden | 71 | E |
Meg Mallon | United States | |||
Morgan Pressel (a) | United States | |||
Annika Sörenstam | Sweden |
Second round
Friday, June 24, 2005
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nicole Perrot | Chile | 70-70=140 | −2 |
T2 | Lorena Ochoa | Mexico | 74-68=142 | E |
Michelle Wie (a) | United States | 69-73=142 | ||
T4 | Paula Creamer | United States | 74-69=143 | +1 |
Rachel Hetherington | Australia | 74-69=143 | ||
Angela Stanford | United States | 69-74=143 | ||
T7 | Karine Icher | France | 69-75=144 | +2 |
Morgan Pressel (a) | United States | 71-73=144 | ||
T9 | Helen Alfredsson | Sweden | 72-73=145 | +3 |
Amie Cochran (a) | United States | 76-69=145 | ||
Natalie Gulbis | United States | 70-75=145 | ||
Young Jo | South Korea | 74-71=145 | ||
Rosie Jones | United States | 73-72=145 | ||
Lorie Kane | Canada | 74-71=145 | ||
Cristie Kerr | United States | 74-71=145 | ||
Mi-Hyun Kim | South Korea | 72-73=145 | ||
Meg Mallon | United States | 71-74=145 | ||
Catriona Matthew | Scotland | 73-72=145 | ||
Liselotte Neumann | Sweden | 72-73=145 | ||
Se Ri Pak | South Korea | 74-71=145 | ||
Karen Stupples | England | 75-70=145 |
Source:[10]
Third round
Saturday, June 25, 2005
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Morgan Pressel (a) | United States | 71-73-70=214 | +1 |
Karen Stupples | England | 75-70-69=214 | ||
Michelle Wie (a) | United States | 69-73-72=214 | ||
T4 | Paula Creamer | United States | 74-69-72=215 | +2 |
Young Jo | South Korea | 74-71-70=215 | ||
Birdie Kim | South Korea | 74-72-69=215 | ||
T7 | Young Kim | South Korea | 73-73-70=216 | +3 |
Angela Stanford | United States | 69-74-73=216 | ||
T9 | Jamie Hullett | United States | 75-72-70=217 | +4 |
Cristie Kerr | United States | 74-71-72=217 | ||
Candie Kung | Taiwan | 73-73-71=217 |
Final round
Sunday, June 26, 2005
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Birdie Kim | South Korea | 74-72-69-72=287 | +3 | 560,000 |
T2 | Brittany Lang (a) | United States | 69-77-72-71=289 | +5 | 0 |
Morgan Pressel (a) | United States | 71-73-70-75=289 | |||
T4 | Natalie Gulbis | United States | 70-75-74-71=290 | +6 | 272,723 |
Lorie Kane | Canada | 74-71-76-69=290 | |||
T6 | Karine Icher | France | 69-75-75-72=291 | +7 | 116,310 |
Young Jo | South Korea | 74-71-70-76=291 | |||
Candie Kung | Taiwan | 73-73-71-74=291 | |||
Lorena Ochoa | Mexico | 74-68-77-72=291 | |||
T10 | Cristie Kerr | United States | 74-71-72-75=292 | +8 | 80,523 |
Angela Stanford | United States | 69-74-73-76=292 | |||
Karen Stupples | England | 75-70-69-78=292 |
Source:[11]
Scorecard
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[6]
References
- ↑ Shipnuck, Alan (July 4, 2005). "Watch the Birdie". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
- ↑ Ferguson, Doug (June 27, 2005). "A birdie for Birdie clinches Open title". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D-1.
- ↑ Bonk, Thomas (June 27, 2005). "Birdie lives up to her name". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
- 1 2 Ferguson, Doug (June 26, 2005). "Teenagers in the spotlight on eve of U.S. Open's last act". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. p. D1.
- 1 2 "U.S. Women's Open: Third Round". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. June 26, 2005. p. D8.
- 1 2 "2005 U.S. Women's Open - Round 4 Full Leaderboard". USGA. June 26, 2005. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
- ↑ "2005 U.S. Women's Open: final leaderboard". Yahoo Sports. June 26, 2006. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
- ↑ Ferguson, Doug (June 24, 2005). "Sorenstam calms early butterflies". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. p. D1.
- ↑ "USGA". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. June 24, 2005. p. D6.
- ↑ Bonk, Thomas (June 25, 2005). "Sorenstam takes turn for the worse". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Los Angeles Times). p. B1.
- ↑ "U.S. Women's Open results". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. June 27, 2005. p. 3C.
External links
- Official website
- Golf Observer final leaderboard
- U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
- U.S. Women's Open – past champions – 2005
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