Tournament information | |
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Dates | June 30 – July 3, 2006 |
Location | Newport, Rhode Island |
Course(s) | Newport Country Club |
Organized by | USGA |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 71 |
Length | 6,616 yards (6,050 m) |
Field | 155 players, 68 after cut |
Cut | 150 (+8) |
Prize fund | $3.1 million |
Winner's share | $560,000 |
Champion | |
Annika Sörenstam | |
284 (E), playoff | |
The 2006 U.S. Women's Open was the 61st U.S. Women's Open, held June 30 to July 3 at Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island.
Delayed by fog for a day, [1] the first round started on Friday and the final two rounds were played on Sunday. The champion was Annika Sörenstam, the winner of an 18-hole playoff on Monday over Pat Hurst by four strokes, 70 to 74. [2] The two had finished at even par (284) after 72 holes on Sunday, two strokes ahead of Se Ri Pak, Stacy Prammanasudh, and Michelle Wie. [3] It was Sörenstam's third victory in the championship, the first in a decade after winning consecutive titles in 1995 and 1996, and was her tenth and final major championship victory. With the win, Sörenstam went over $20 million in career earnings. [4] [5]
American collegians Amanda Blumenherst and Jane Park were the low amateurs and finished tied for tenth.
This was the final full-round playoff in the U.S. Women's Open; the format was changed to a three-hole aggregate for 2007 and first used in 2011. The event was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports, with the Monday playoff on ESPN.
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 | 532 | 298 | 405 | 137 | 180 | 426 | 359 | 440 | 436 | 3,213 | 480 | 363 | 340 | 211 | 449 | 386 | 549 | 185 | 440 | 3,403 | 6,616 |
Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 71 |
Source: [6]
Friday, June 30, 2006
Source: [7]
Saturday, July 1, 2006
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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T1 | Pat Hurst | United States | 69-71=140 | −2 |
Annika Sörenstam | Sweden | 69-71=140 | ||
T3 | Shi Hyun Ahn | South Korea | 71-71=142 | E |
Jane Park (a) | United States | 69-73=142 | ||
Michelle Wie | United States | 70-72=142 | ||
T6 | Paula Creamer | United States | 71-72=143 | +1 |
Juli Inkster | United States | 73-70=143 | ||
Jeong Jang | South Korea | 72-71=143 | ||
Se Ri Pak | South Korea | 69-74=143 | ||
Stacy Prammanasudh | United States | 72-71=143 |
Source: [8]
Sunday, July 2, 2006 (morning)
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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T1 | Brittany Lincicome | United States | 72-72-69=213 | E |
Annika Sörenstam | Sweden | 69-71-73=213 | ||
Michelle Wie | United States | 70-72-71=213 | ||
T4 | Juli Inkster | United States | 73-70-71=214 | +1 |
Stacy Prammanasudh | United States | 72-71-71=214 | ||
T6 | Sophie Gustafson | Sweden | 72-72-71=215 | +2 |
Pat Hurst | United States | 69-71-75=215 | ||
T8 | Shi Hyun Ahn | South Korea | 71-71-74=216 | +3 |
Jee Young Lee | South Korea | 71-75-70=216 | ||
T10 | Se Ri Pak | South Korea | 69-74-74=217 | +4 |
Jane Park (a) | United States | 69-73-75=217 |
Sunday, July 2, 2006 (afternoon)
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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T1 | Annika Sörenstam | Sweden | 69-71-73-71=284 | E | Playoff |
Pat Hurst | United States | 69-71-75-69=284 | |||
T3 | Se Ri Pak | South Korea | 69-74-74-69=286 | +2 | 156,038 |
Stacy Prammanasudh | United States | 72-71-71-72=286 | |||
Michelle Wie | United States | 70-72-71-73=286 | |||
6 | Juli Inkster | United States | 73-70-71-73=287 | +3 | 103,575 |
7 | Brittany Lincicome | United States | 72-72-69-78=291 | +7 | 93,026 |
T8 | Rachel Hetherington | Australia | 74-72-73-73=292 | +8 | 82,460 |
Shi Hyun Ahn | South Korea | 71-71-74-76=292 | |||
T10 | Amanda Blumenherst (a) | United States | 70-77-73-73=293 | +9 | 0 |
Jane Park (a) | United States | 69-73-75-76=293 | |||
Young Kim | South Korea | 75-69-75-74=293 | 66,174 | ||
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc | France | 72-73-73-75=293 | |||
Jee Young Lee | South Korea | 71-75-70-77=293 | |||
Sophie Gustafson | Sweden | 72-72-71-78=293 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey | Triple bogey+ |
Source: [9]
Monday, July 3, 2006
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Annika Sörenstam | Sweden | 34-36=70 | −1 | 560,000 |
2 | Pat Hurst | United States | 39-35=74 | +3 | 335,000 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
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Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Sörenstam | −1 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 |
Hurst | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +3 |
Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
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