2005 U.S. Women's Open

The 2005 U.S. Women's Open was the 60th U.S. Women's Open, held June 23–26 at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, a suburb south of Denver. The par-71 course was set at 6,749 yards (6,171 m), at an average elevation over 5,300 feet (1,620 m) above sea level. The event was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports.

2005 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 23–26, 2005
LocationCherry Hills Village, Colorado
Course(s)Cherry Hills Country Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length6,749 yards (6,171 m)
Field156 players, 63 after cut
Cut150 (+8)
Prize fund$3.1 million
Winner's share$560,000
Champion
Birdie Kim
287 (+3)
Cherry Hills Country Club
Location in the United States
Cherry Hills
Country Club
Location in Colorado

Birdie Kim holed out from a greenside bunker on the 72nd hole to win her only major (and only LPGA) title, two strokes ahead of runners-up Brittany Lang and Morgan Pressel, both teenage amateurs from the United States.[1] In the final pairing as a 54-hole co-leader, Pressel needed to hole her chip shot to tie, but it went 20 feet (6 m) past and she bogeyed. Lang had earlier missed a par putt from 8 feet (2.4 m). Lorena Ochoa made four birdies on the back nine and led with one hole remaining, but made a quadruple-bogey on the 72nd hole to finish four strokes behind.[2][3]

Pressel, 17, held a share of the 54-hole lead, with Karen Stupples and amateur Michelle Wie, age 15; Kim was one stroke back in a three-way tie for fourth, with 18-year-old Paula Creamer and Young Jo.[4][5]

This was the first U.S. Women's Open at Cherry Hills, which previously hosted three U.S. Opens (1938, 1960, 1978) and two PGA Championships (1941, 1985).

Course layout
Main article: Cherry Hills Country Club
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3464153274295391583742064183,2124145221793844331874285314593,5376,749
Par444453434354534434543671

Source:[6]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Meg Mallon United States1991, 200471747573293+9T13
Liselotte Neumann Sweden198870757376294+10T19
Annika Sörenstam Sweden1995, 199671757377296+12T23
Karrie Webb Australia2000, 200176737375297+13T31
Juli Inkster United States1999, 200277717576299+15T38
Se Ri Pak South Korea199874748174 300+16T45

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Hilary Lunke United States20038170151+9
Laura Davies England19878481165+23
  • 63 players made the cut at 150 (+8) or better[7]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 23, 2005

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Angela Stanford United States69−2
Michelle Wie (a) United States
T3Natalie Gulbis United States70−1
Liselotte Neumann Sweden
Nicole Perrot Chile
Young-A Yang South Korea
T7Sophie Gustafson Sweden71E
Meg Mallon United States
Morgan Pressel (a) United States
Annika Sörenstam Sweden

Source:[8][9]

Second round

Friday, June 24, 2005

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Nicole Perrot Chile70-70=140−2
T2Lorena Ochoa Mexico74-68=142E
Michelle Wie (a) United States69-73=142
T4Paula Creamer United States74-69=143+1
Rachel Hetherington Australia74-69=143
Angela Stanford United States69-74=143
T7Karine Icher France69-75=144+2
Morgan Pressel (a) United States71-73=144
T9Helen Alfredsson Sweden72-73=145+3
Amie Cochran (a) United States76-69=145
Natalie Gulbis United States70-75=145
Young Jo South Korea74-71=145
Rosie Jones United States73-72=145
Lorie Kane Canada74-71=145
Cristie Kerr United States74-71=145
Mi-Hyun Kim South Korea72-73=145
Meg Mallon United States71-74=145
Catriona Matthew Scotland73-72=145
Liselotte Neumann Sweden72-73=145
Se Ri Pak South Korea74-71=145
Karen Stupples England75-70=145

Source:[10]

Third round

Saturday, June 25, 2005

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Morgan Pressel (a) United States71-73-70=214+1
Karen Stupples England75-70-69=214
Michelle Wie (a) United States69-73-72=214
T4Paula Creamer United States74-69-72=215+2
Young Jo South Korea74-71-70=215
Birdie Kim South Korea74-72-69=215
T7Young Kim South Korea73-73-70=216+3
Angela Stanford United States69-74-73=216
T9Jamie Hullett United States75-72-70=217+4
Cristie Kerr United States74-71-72=217
Candie Kung Taiwan73-73-71=217

Source:[4][5]

Final round

Sunday, June 26, 2005

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Birdie Kim South Korea74-72-69-72=287+3560,000
T2Brittany Lang (a) United States69-77-72-71=289+50
Morgan Pressel (a) United States71-73-70-75=289
T4Natalie Gulbis United States70-75-74-71=290+6272,723
Lorie Kane Canada74-71-76-69=290
T6Karine Icher France69-75-75-72=291+7116,310
Young Jo South Korea74-71-70-76=291
Candie Kung Taiwan73-73-71-74=291
Lorena Ochoa Mexico74-68-77-72=291
T10Cristie Kerr United States74-71-72-75=292+880,523
Angela Stanford United States69-74-73-76=292
Karen Stupples England75-70-69-78=292

Source:[11]

Scorecard
Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12 131415161718
Par444453434453443454
Kim+3+3+3+3+2+3+2+2+2+3+2+2+2+3+3+4+4+3
Lang+5+6+6+7+7+8+7+7+7+6+6+5+5+5+5+5+4+5
Pressel+1EE+1+2+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+4+4+4+4+4+5
Jo+3+4+4+4+4+4+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+6+6+6+7
Ochoa+6+6+6+7+7+7+7+7+7+6+5+5+4+4+4+3+3+7
Stanford+3+3+4+4+5+5+4+5+7+6+6+6+6+6+7+7+8+8
Stupples+2+1+1+1+2+3+4+4+5+5+5+6+6+7+7+7+7+8
Creamer+4+4+4+4+6+6+6+6+7+7+6+6+6+6+6+7+10+10
Sörenstam+7+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+9+9+8+8+8+8+9+10+11+12
Wie+3+3+4+5+5+5+5+6+8+9+8+9+11+11+12+11+11+12

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[6]

References
  1. Shipnuck, Alan (July 4, 2005). "Watch the Birdie". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  2. Ferguson, Doug (June 27, 2005). "A birdie for Birdie clinches Open title". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D-1.
  3. Bonk, Thomas (June 27, 2005). "Birdie lives up to her name". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
  4. Ferguson, Doug (June 26, 2005). "Teenagers in the spotlight on eve of U.S. Open's last act". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. p. D1.
  5. "U.S. Women's Open: Third Round". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. June 26, 2005. p. D8.
  6. "2005 U.S. Women's Open - Round 4 Full Leaderboard". USGA. June 26, 2005. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  7. "2005 U.S. Women's Open: final leaderboard". Yahoo Sports. June 26, 2006. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
  8. Ferguson, Doug (June 24, 2005). "Sorenstam calms early butterflies". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. p. D1.
  9. "USGA". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. June 24, 2005. p. D6.
  10. Bonk, Thomas (June 25, 2005). "Sorenstam takes turn for the worse". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (Los Angeles Times). p. B1.
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