2001 U.S. Women's Open

2001 U.S. Women's Open

Tournament information
Dates	May 31 – June 3, 2001
Location	Southern Pines, North Carolina
Course(s)	Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,256 yards (5,720 m) [1] [2]
Field	150 players, 60 after cut
Cut	146 (+6)
Prize fund	$2.9 million
Winner's share	$520,000
Champion
Karrie Webb
273 (−7)
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Southern Pines 

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Location in the United States

Pine Needles Lodge & GC

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Location in North Carolina

The 2001 U.S. Women's Open was the 56th U.S. Women's Open, held May 31 to June 3 at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2001.

Defending champion Karrie Webb repeated as champion, eight strokes ahead of runner-up Se Ri Pak, the largest margin in 21 years. ^{[3] [4]} Webb became the seventh to win consecutive titles at the U.S. Women's Open, and the win was the fifth of her seven major titles.

Pine Needles previously hosted the championship in 1996 and it returned in 2007. ^[5]

Course layout

Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	481	413	134	360	175	393	401	327	376	3,060	451	367	351	200	401	409	177	429	411	3,196	6,256
Par	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	35	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	35	70

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 31, 2001

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	A.J. Eathorne	67	−3
	Cindy Figg-Currier
T3	Juli Inkster	68	−2
	Mi-Hyun Kim
	Jill McGill
T6	Danielle Ammaccapane	69	−1
	Stephanie Kerr (a)
	Cristie Kerr
	Se Ri Pak
T10	Jean Bartholomew	70	E
	Audra Burks
	Maria Hjorth
	Kelli Kuehne
	Terry-Jo Myers
	Aki Nakano
	Liselotte Neumann
	Catrin Nilsmark
	Michele Redman
	Pearl Sinn
	Annika Sörenstam
	Sherri Steinhauer
	Wendy Ward
	Karrie Webb

Source: ^[6]

Second round

Friday, June 1, 2001
Saturday, June 2, 2001

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Karrie Webb	70-65=135	−5
2	A.J. Eathorne	67-71=138	−2
3	Se Ri Pak	69-70=139	−1
T4	Kristi Albers	71-69=140	E
	Sophie Gustafson	74-66=140
	Juli Inkster	68-72=140
	Catriona Matthew	72-68=140
T8	Wendy Doolan	71-70=141	+1
	Yuri Fudoh	73-68=141
	Kelli Kuehne	70-71=141
	Janice Moodie	71-70=141
	Wendy Ward	70-71=141

Source: ^[7]

Third round

Saturday, June 2, 2001

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Karrie Webb	70-65-69=204	−6
2	Se Ri Pak	69-70-70=209	−1
3	Catriona Matthew	72-68-70=210	E
T4	Wendy Doolan	71-70-70=211	+1
	Yuri Fudoh	73-68-70=211
	Juli Inkster	68-72-71=211
T7	A.J. Eathorne	67-71-75=213	+3
	Cristie Kerr	69-73-71=213
	Kelli Kuehne	70-71-72=213
	Dottie Pepper	74-69-70=213
	Sherri Turner	72-70-71=213

Source: ^[7]

Final round

Sunday, June 3, 2001

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Karrie Webb	70-65-69-69=273	−7	520,000
2	Se Ri Pak	69-70-70-72=281	+1	310,000
3	Dottie Pepper	74-69-70-69=282	+2	202,580
T4	Catriona Matthew	72-68-70-73=283	+3	118,697
	Cristie Kerr	69-73-71-70=283
	Sherri Turner	72-70-71-70=283
T7	Kelli Kuehne	70-71-72-71=284	+4	80,726
	Kristi Albers	71-69-74-70=284
	Lorie Kane	75-68-72-69=284
	Wendy Doolan	71-70-70-73=284

Source: ^[2]

References

1. Tays, Alan (June 1, 2001). "Open to all sizes". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Cox News Service. p. C1.
2. "Stat Sheet, Golf: U.S. Women's Open". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). June 4, 2001. p. C5.
3. Ferguson, Doug (June 4, 2001). "A Runaway". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D-6.
4. Esch, David; Garrity, John (June 11, 2001). "Grin and bear it". Sports Illustrated. p. G4.
5. Droschak, Dave (June 4, 2001). "Open to return to Pine Needles". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D-6.
6. "Scoreboard: U.S. Women's Open". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). June 1, 2001. p. 2C.
7. "LPGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). June 3, 2001. p. 6F.

External links

• U.S. Women's Open - past champions - 2001

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