2002 U.S. Women's Open

The 2002 U.S. Women's Open was the 57th U.S. Women's Open, held July 4–7 in Kansas at Prairie Dunes Country Club, northeast of Hutchinson, about forty miles (65 km) northwest of Wichita.

2002 U.S. Women's Open

Tournament information
Dates	July 4–7, 2002
Location	Hutchinson, Kansas
Course(s)	Prairie Dunes Country Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,267 yards (5,731 m)[1]
Field	156 players, 69 after cut
Cut	149 (+9)
Prize fund	$3.0 million
Winner's share	$535,000
Champion
Juli Inkster
276 (−4)

Hutchinson

Location in the United States

Prairie Dunes Country Club

Location in Kansas

Juli Inkster won her second U.S. Women's Open, two strokes ahead of runner-up Annika Sörenstam, the 54-hole leader.[2] Inkster, 42, shot a final round 66 (−4) to gain her seventh and final major title. She joined Babe Zaharias as the only women to win two majors after age 40.[3]

This was the first purse of $3 million at the U.S. Women's Open, it had tripled in the seven years since 1995, the first seven-figure purse.

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	401	142	321	157	405	372	512	412	399	3,121	160	437	363	387	342	175	400	500	382	3,146	6,267
Par	4	3	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	35	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	35	70

Source:[1]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Juli Inkster	United States	1999	67	72	71	66	276	−4	1
Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	1995, 1996	70	69	69	70	278	−2	2
Se Ri Pak	South Korea	1998	74	75	68	68	285	+5	5
Meg Mallon	United States	1991	73	75	73	69	290	+10	T22
Laura Davies	England	1987	75	73	68	75	291	+11	T32
Liselotte Neumann	Sweden	1988	72	74	70	76	291	+11	T32

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Alison Nicholas	England	1997	72	78	150	+10
Betsy King	United States	1989, 1990	76	74	150	+11
Karrie Webb	Australia	2000, 2001	79	73	152	+12
Patty Sheehan	United States	1992, 1994	81	73	154	+14

Source:[4]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 4, 2002

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Laura Diaz	United States	67	−3
	Juli Inkster	United States
	Shani Waugh	Australia
4	Kim Saiki	United States	68	−2
T5	Lorie Kane	Canada	69	−1
	Catriona Matthew	Scotland
T7	Audra Burks	United States	70	E
	Brandie Burton	United States
	Jackie Gallagher-Smith	United States
	Pamela Kerrigan	United States
	Kelli Kuehne	United States
	Mhairi McKay	Scotland
	Cindy Schreyer	United States
	Annika Sörenstam	Sweden
	Sherri Steinhauer	United States

Source:[5][6]

Second round

Friday, July 5, 2002

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Laura Diaz	United States	67-72=139	−1
	Juli Inkster	United States	67-72=139
	Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	70-69=139
T4	Michele Redman	United States	71-69=140	E
	Shani Waugh	Australia	67-73=140
6	Jill McGill	United States	71-70=141	+1
T7	Jenna Daniels	United States	72-70=142	+2
	Michelle Ellis	Australia	71-71=142
T9	Stephanie Keever	United States	72-71=143	+3
	Janice Moodie	Scotland	71-72=143
	Charlotta Sörenstam	Sweden	73-70=143

Source:[7]

Third round

Saturday, July 6, 2002

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	70-69-69=208	−2
T2	Juli Inkster	United States	67-72-71=210	E
	Jill McGill	United States	71-70-69=210
4	Shani Waugh	Australia	67-73-71=211	+1
5	Michele Redman	United States	71-69-73=213	+3
6	Janice Moodie	Scotland	71-72-71=214	+4
T7	Lynnette Brooky	New Zealand	73-73-69=215	+5
	Lorie Kane	Canada	69-77-69=215
	Carin Koch	Sweden	73-72-70=215
T10	Laura Davies	England	75-73-68=216	+6
	Laura Diaz	United States	67-72-77=216
	Susan Ginter-Brooker	United States	74-72-70=216
	Stephanie Keever	United States	72-71-73=216
	Mi-Hyun Kim	South Korea	74-72-70=216
	Mhairi McKay	Scotland	70-75-71=216
	Liselotte Neumann	Sweden	72-74-70=216

Source:[8]

Final round

Sunday, July 7, 2002

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Juli Inkster	United States	67-72-71-66=276	−4	535,000
2	Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	70-69-69-70=278	−2	315,000
3	Shani Waugh	Australia	67-73-71-72=283	+3	202,568
4	Raquel Carriedo	Spain	75-71-72-66=284	+4	141,219
5	Se Ri Pak	South Korea	74-75-68-68=285	+5	114,370
6	Mhairi McKay	Scotland	70-75-71-70=286	+6	101,421
T7	Beth Daniel	United States	71-76-71-69=287	+7	78,015
	Janice Moodie	Scotland	71-72-71-73=287
	Jennifer Rosales	Philippines	73-72-74-68=287
	Kelli Kuehne	United States	70-76-72-69=287
	Laura Diaz	United States	67-72-77-71=287

Source:[3][6]

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	3	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4
Inkster	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−4	−4
Sörenstam	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−2	−1	−2	−2
Waugh	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	+1	+3	+3	+2	+3	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3
Carriedo	+7	+6	+5	+5	+4	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4
Pak	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+5	+6	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7	+6	+6	+6	+5	+5
McKay	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+5	+6	+7	+6	+5	+6	+6	+6	+6	+7	+6	+6
Moodie	+4	+5	+4	+6	+6	+5	+4	+4	+4	+5	+5	+4	+5	+5	+5	+6	+6	+7
McGill	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+6	+8	+8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey+

Source:[6]

References

1. "2002 U.S. Women's Open Championship - Course Summary - All Rounds". USGA. July 7, 2002. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
2. "Sorenstam takes two-stroke lead at Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. July 7, 2002. p. 7G.
3. Ferguson, Doug (July 8, 2002). "Strong finish lifts Inkster to victory". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. C-1.
4. "Scores: U.S. Women's Open". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). July 6, 2002. p. D6.
5. "Scoreboard - Golf: Women's Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 5, 2002. p. C-9.
6. "2002 U.S. Women's Open Championship - Round 4 Full Leaderboard". USGA. July 7, 2002. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
7. "U.S. Women's Open". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). July 6, 2002. p. C6.
8. "USGA - U.S. Women's Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). July 7, 2002. p. 8G.

External links

• Official website
• U.S. Women's Open - past champions - 2002
• Prairie Dunes Country Club