2009 U.S. Women's Open

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2009 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJuly 9–12, 2009
LocationUpper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Course(s)Saucon Valley Country Club
Old Course
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length6,740 yards (6,163 m)[1]
Field156 players, 72 after cut
Cut151 (+9)
Prize fund$3.25 million
Winner's share$585,000
Champion
South Korea Eun-Hee Ji
284 (E)
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Saucon Valley Country Club is located in the United States
Saucon Valley Country Club
Saucon Valley Country Club
Saucon Valley Country Club is located in Pennsylvania
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Saucon Valley Country Club

The 2009 U.S. Women's Open was the 64th U.S. Women's Open. Held July 9–12, it was the first U.S. Women's Open to be played at the Old Course of the Saucon Valley Country Club in Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania. Eun-Hee Ji won her only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up Candie Kung. The event was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports.

Na Yeon Choi shot a 68 (−3) in the first round to take a one-shot lead.[2] Cristie Kerr led the way after the second round after shooting a one-under par 70 for 139 (−3). Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa struggled to a second round 79 (+8) and was nine strokes back at 148 (+6).[3] The 36-hole cut was at 151 (+9) or better, which included seven amateurs among the 72 players who advanced to the weekend. In the third round, Kerr shot 72 (+1) for 211 (−2) and kept the lead, two strokes up on the field after 54 holes.[4]

Ji won the championship after sinking a 20-foot (6 m) birdie putt on the 72nd hole to finish with an even-par 71 and 284, one stroke ahead of runner-up Kung. Ji held off the challenge of playing partner and third-round leader Cristie Kerr, who was chasing a second Open title but carded a 75 (+4) and finished two strokes back.[5]

Course layout[edit]

Old Course

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 549 435 373 154 409 559 453 387 210 3,529 332 165 555 433 399 339 374 170 444 3,211 6,740
Par 5 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 36 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 35 71
  • Note: Holes 16–18 normally play as holes 10–12 for the members, while holes 10–15 normally play as holes 13–18, but they were re-routed for this championship.

Source:[1][6][7][8]

Round summaries[edit]

First round[edit]

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Place Player Score To par
1 South Korea Na Yeon Choi 68 −3
T2 United States Cristie Kerr 69 −2
Mexico Lorena Ochoa
United States Jean Reynolds
5 South Korea Hee Young Park 70 −1
T6 South Korea Eun-Hee Ji 71 E
South Korea Young Kim
United States Candie Kung
United States Kristy McPherson
Sweden Anna Nordqvist
United States Lexi Thompson (a)

Second round[edit]

Friday, July 10, 2009

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Cristie Kerr 69-70=139 −3
2 United States Paula Creamer 72-68=140 −2
3 United States Jean Reynolds 69-72=141 −1
T4 Italy Giulia Sergas 75-67=142 E
South Korea Na Yeon Choi 68-74=142
T6 South Korea Song-Hee Kim 74-69=143 +1
South Korea Eun-Hee Ji 71-72=143
T8 Australia Lindsey Wright 74-70=144 +2
Japan Yuri Fudoh 73-71=144
South Korea I.K. Kim 72-72=144
United States Brittany Lincicome 72-72=144
United States Lexi Thompson (a) 71-73=144
South Korea Hee Young Park 70-74=144
  • 72 players made the cut at 151 (+9) or better[9]

Third round[edit]

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Cristie Kerr 69-70-72=211 −2
2 South Korea Eun-Hee Ji 71-72-70=213 E
T3 Taiwan Teresa Lu 76-69-70=215 +2
United States Jean Reynolds 69-72-74=215
T5 United States Candie Kung 71-77-68=216 +3
South Korea I.K. Kim 72-72-72=216
South Korea Hee Young Park 70-74-72=216
T8 South Korea Kyeong Bae 75-73-69=217 +4
Norway Suzann Pettersen 74-71-72=217
United States Brittany Lincicome 72-72-73=217

Final round[edit]

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 South Korea Eun-Hee Ji 71-72-70-71=284 E 585,000
2 United States Candie Kung 71-77-68-69=285 +1 350,000
T3 South Korea I.K. Kim 72-72-72-70=286 +2 183,568
United States Cristie Kerr 69-70-72-75=286
5 United States Brittany Lincicome 72-72-73-70=287 +3 122,415
T6 United States Paula Creamer 72-68-79-69=288 +4 99,126
Japan Ai Miyazato 74-74-71-69=288
Norway Suzann Pettersen 74-71-72-71=288
T9 South Korea Na Yeon Choi 68-74-76-71=289 +5 76,711
South Korea Kyeong Bae 75-73-69-72=289
South Korea Hee Young Park 70-74-72-73=289

Source:[9][10][11]

Scorecard[edit]

Final round

Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 5 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 3 4
South Korea Ji E +1 +1 +2 +2 +1 +2 +1 +1 +3 +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 E
United States Kung +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E E E E +1 +1
United States Kerr −1 −1 −2 −2 −1 E E E E E E E +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2
South Korea Kim +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +4 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "2009 U.S. Women's Open Fact Sheet". USGA. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  2. ^ "Na Yeon Choi takes US Open lead". BBC Sport. July 10, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
  3. ^ "Kerr holds narrow lead in U.S. Women's Open". CNN.com. July 11, 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  4. ^ "Kerr holds on to lead at US Open". BBC Sport. July 12, 2009. Archived from the original on July 13, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
  5. ^ "Ji holds off Kerr to win US Open". BBC Sport. July 13, 2009. Archived from the original on 14 July 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
  6. ^ "USGA national championships held at SVCC". Saucon Valley Country Club. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  7. ^ "2009 U.S. Women's Open - Course Map". USGA. July 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  8. ^ "U.S. Women's Open Championship - Course Statistics - All Rounds". USGA. July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  9. ^ a b "2009 U.S. Women's Open: final leaderboard". Yahoo Sports. July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  10. ^ a b "U.S. Women'S Open Championship - Round 4 Full Leaderboard". USGA. July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  11. ^ "2009 U.S. Women's Open Championship: Final Results" (PDF). USGA. July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 11, 2012.

External links[edit]

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