2007 U.S. Women's Open

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2007 U.S. Women's Open
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Tournament information
DatesJune 28 – July 1, 2007
Location Southern Pines,
North Carolina
Course(s) Pine Needles Lodge
and Golf Club
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length6,664 yards (6,094 m) [1]
Field156 players, 67 after cut
Cut148 (+6) [2]
Prize fund $3.1 million
Winner's share$560,000
Champion
Flag of the United States.svg Cristie Kerr
279 (−5)
  2006
2008  
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Pine Needles
Lodge & GC
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Pine Needles
Lodge & GC

The 2007 U.S. Women's Open was the 62nd U.S. Women's Open, held June 28 to July 1 at the Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina. Cristie Kerr won the first of her two major titles, two strokes ahead of runners-up Lorena Ochoa and Angela Park. [3] [4] The event was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports.

Contents

Due to weather delays, the third round began on Saturday afternoon and was completed on Sunday morning. [5] Kerr shot 66 (−5) to gain the 54-hole lead at 209 (−4), one stroke ahead of top-ranked Ochoa, Morgan Pressel, and Jiyai Shin. [6] [7]

Pine Needles previously hosted the championship in 1996 and 2001; it joined Atlantic City Country Club (1948, 1965, 1975) as the only courses to host three U.S. Women's Opens. [8]

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4884501323602054114053563803,1875183764002054265231764404133,4776,664
Par543434444355443453443671

Source: [1]
Lengths of the course for previous U.S. Women's Opens:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 28, 2007
Friday, June 29, 2007

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Angela Park 68−3
T2 Flag of Japan.svg Shiho Oyama69−2
Flag of South Korea.svg Inbee Park
T4 Flag of South Korea.svg Ahn Shi-hyun 70−1
Flag of Paraguay.svg Julieta Granada
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Amy Hung
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Joo-mi
Flag of the United States.svg Charlotte Mayorkas
Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin
Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam

Source: [9]

Second round

Friday, June 29, 2007
Saturday, June 30, 2007

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Angela Park 68-69=137−5
T2 Flag of Paraguay.svg Julieta Granada 70-69=139−3
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Amy Hung 70-69=139
Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin 70-69=139
5 Flag of the United States.svg Morgan Pressel 71-70=141−1
T6 Flag of South Korea.svg Ahn Shi-hyun 70-72=142E
Flag of Scotland.svg Catriona Matthew 75-67=142
Flag of Mexico.svg Lorena Ochoa 71-71=142
Flag of Japan.svg Shiho Oyama69-73=142
Flag of South Korea.svg Inbee Park 69-73=142

Source: [9]

Third round

Saturday, June 30, 2007
Sunday, July 1, 2007

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Flag of the United States.svg Cristie Kerr 71-72-66=209−4
T2 Flag of the United States.svg Morgan Pressel 71-70-69=210−3
Flag of Mexico.svg Lorena Ochoa 71-71-68=210
Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin 70-69-71=210
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Angela Park 68-69-74=211−2
T6 Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Jang 72-71-70=213E
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Joo-mi 70-73-70=213
Flag of South Korea.svg Inbee Park 69-73-71=213
T9 Flag of South Korea.svg Birdie Kim 73-70-71=214+1
Flag of South Korea.svg Jee Young Lee 72-71-71=214
Flag of South Korea.svg Se Ri Pak 74-72-68=214

Final round

Sunday, July 1, 2007

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Flag of the United States.svg Cristie Kerr 71-72-66-70=279−5560,000
T2 Flag of Brazil.svg Angela Park 68-69-74-70=281−3271,022
Flag of Mexico.svg Lorena Ochoa 71-71-68-71=281
T4 Flag of South Korea.svg Se Ri Pak 74-72-68-68=282−2130,549
Flag of South Korea.svg Inbee Park 69-73-71-69=282
6 Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin 70-69-71-74=284E103,581
7 Flag of South Korea.svg Jee Young Lee 72-71-71-71=285+193,031
T8 Flag of South Korea.svg Mi Hyun Kim 71-75-70-70=286+282,464
Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Jang 72-71-70-73=286
T10 Flag of Japan.svg Ai Miyazato 73-73-72-69=287+366,177
Flag of South Korea.svg Kyeong Bae 74-71-72-70=287
Flag of Paraguay.svg Julieta Granada 70-69-75-73=287
Flag of the United States.svg Morgan Pressel 71-70-69-77=287

Source: [2] [6] [10]

Scorecard

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par543434444544345344
Flag of the United States.svg Kerr−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−5
Flag of Brazil.svg Park−3−2−3−3−3−3−3−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−4−3−2−3
Flag of Mexico.svg Ochoa−4−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−3−3
Flag of the United States.svg Pressel−3−2−3−2−2−2−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−1−1E+1+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source: [6]

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