2001 U.S. Women's Open

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.

2001 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesMay 31 – June 3, 2001
LocationSouthern Pines,
North Carolina
Course(s)Pine Needles Lodge
and Golf Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length6,256 yards (5,720 m)[1][2]
Field150 players, 60 after cut
Cut146 (+6)
Prize fund$2.9 million
Winner's share$520,000
Champion
Karrie Webb
273 (−7)
Southern Pines 
Location in the United States
Pine Needles Lodge & GC
Location in North Carolina

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

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4814131343601753934013273763,0604513673512004014091774294113,1966,256
Par543434444355443443443570

Past champions in the field

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Karrie Webb Australia200070656969273−71
Se Ri Pak South Korea199869707072 281+12
Juli Inkster United States199968727175286+6T12
Annika Sörenstam Sweden1995, 199670727372287+7T16
Meg Mallon United States199172707673291+11T30
Liselotte Neumann Sweden198870737674293+13T39
Alison Nicholas England199773707279294+14T43

Source:[6]

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Laura Davies England19877573148+8
Betsy King United States1989, 19907676152+12

Source:[7]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 31, 2001

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1A.J. Eathorne Canada67−3
Cindy Figg-Currier United States
T3Juli Inkster United States68−2
Mi-Hyun Kim South Korea
Jill McGill United States
T6Danielle Ammaccapane United States69−1
Stephanie Kerr (a) United States
Cristie Kerr United States
Se Ri Pak South Korea
T10Jean Bartholomew United States70E
Audra Burks United States
Maria Hjorth Sweden
Kelli Kuehne United States
Terry-Jo Myers United States
Aki Nakano Japan
Liselotte Neumann Sweden
Catrin Nilsmark Sweden
Michele Redman United States
Pearl Sinn United States
Annika Sörenstam Sweden
Sherri Steinhauer United States
Wendy Ward United States
Karrie Webb Australia

Source:[8]

Second round

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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Karrie Webb Australia70-65=135−5
2A.J. Eathorne Canada67-71=138−2
3Se Ri Pak South Korea69-70=139−1
T4Kristi Albers United States71-69=140E
Sophie Gustafson Sweden74-66=140
Juli Inkster United States68-72=140
Catriona Matthew Scotland72-68=140
T8Wendy Doolan Australia71-70=141+1
Yuri Fudoh Japan73-68=141
Kelli Kuehne United States70-71=141
Janice Moodie Scotland71-70=141
Wendy Ward United States70-71=141

Source:[9]

Third round

Saturday, June 2, 2001

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Karrie Webb Australia70-65-69=204−6
2Se Ri Pak South Korea69-70-70=209−1
3Catriona Matthew Scotland72-68-70=210E
T4Wendy Doolan Australia71-70-70=211+1
Yuri Fudoh Japan73-68-70=211
Juli Inkster United States68-72-71=211
T7A.J. Eathorne Canada67-71-75=213+3
Cristie Kerr United States69-73-71=213
Kelli Kuehne United States70-71-72=213
Dottie Pepper United States74-69-70=213
Sherri Turner United States72-70-71=213

Source:[9]

Final round

Sunday, June 3, 2001

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Karrie Webb Australia70-65-69-69=273−7520,000
2Se Ri Pak South Korea69-70-70-72=281+1310,000
3Dottie Pepper United States74-69-70-69=282+2202,580
T4Catriona Matthew Scotland72-68-70-73=283+3118,697
Cristie Kerr United States69-73-71-70=283
Sherri Turner United States72-70-71-70=283
T7Kelli Kuehne United States70-71-72-71=284+480,726
Kristi Albers United States71-69-74-70=284
Lorie Kane Canada75-68-72-69=284
Wendy Doolan Australia71-70-70-73=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. "Scores: U.S. Women's Open". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). June 4, 2001. p. C5.
  7. "Scores: U.S. Women's Open". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). June 2, 2001. p. C6.
  8. "Scoreboard: U.S. Women's Open". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). June 1, 2001. p. 2C.
  9. "LPGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). June 3, 2001. p. 6F.

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