2006 U.S. Women's Open

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2006 U.S. Women's Open
LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length6,616 yards (6,050 m)
Field155 players, 68 after cut
Cut150 (+8)
Prize fund$3.1 million
Winner's share$560,000
Champion
Sweden Annika Sörenstam
284 (E), playoff
Newport  is located in the United States
Newport 
Newport 
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Location in the United States
Newport is located in Rhode Island
Newport
Newport
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Location in Rhode Island

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,

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.

Course layout

Main article: Newport Country Club
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
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]

Round summaries

First round

Friday, June 30, 2006

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Pat Hurst 69 −2
United States Jane Park (a)
Se Ri Pak
Sweden Annika Sörenstam
T5 United States Amanda Blumenherst (a) 70 −1
Wales Becky Morgan
South Korea Park Hee-jung
Michelle Wie
South Korea Yim Sung-ah
T10
Shi Hyun Ahn
 71 E
United States Brandie Burton
Italy Silvia Cavalleri
United States Paula Creamer
Jee Young Lee
Mexico Lorena Ochoa
United States Kim Saiki

Source:[7]

Second round

Saturday, July 1, 2006

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Pat Hurst 69-71=140 −2
Sweden Annika Sörenstam 69-71=140
T3
Shi Hyun Ahn
 71-71=142 E
United States Jane Park (a) 69-73=142
Michelle Wie
 70-72=142
T6 United States Paula Creamer 71-72=143 +1
United States Juli Inkster 73-70=143
Jeong Jang
 72-71=143
Se Ri Pak
 69-74=143
United States Stacy Prammanasudh 72-71=143

Source:[8]

Third round

Sunday, July 2, 2006 (morning)

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Brittany Lincicome 72-72-69=213 E
Sweden Annika Sörenstam 69-71-73=213
Michelle Wie
 70-72-71=213
T4 United States Juli Inkster 73-70-71=214 +1
United States Stacy Prammanasudh 72-71-71=214
T6 Sweden Sophie Gustafson 72-72-71=215 +2
United States Pat Hurst 69-71-75=215
T8
Shi Hyun Ahn
 71-71-74=216 +3
Jee Young Lee
 71-75-70=216
T10
Se Ri Pak
 69-74-74=217 +4
United States Jane Park (a) 69-73-75=217

Final round

Sunday, July 2, 2006 (afternoon)

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
T1 Sweden Annika Sörenstam 69-71-73-71=284 E Playoff
United States Pat Hurst 69-71-75-69=284
T3
Se Ri Pak
 69-74-74-69=286 +2 156,038
United States Stacy Prammanasudh 72-71-71-72=286
Michelle Wie
 70-72-71-73=286
6 United States Juli Inkster 73-70-71-73=287 +3 103,575
7 United States Brittany Lincicome 72-72-69-78=291 +7 93,026
T8 Australia Rachel Hetherington 74-72-73-73=292 +8 82,460
Shi Hyun Ahn
 71-71-74-76=292
T10 United States Amanda Blumenherst (a) 70-77-73-73=293 +9 0
United States Jane Park (a) 69-73-75-76=293
South Korea Young Kim 75-69-75-74=293 66,174
France Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 72-73-73-75=293
Jee Young Lee
 71-75-70-77=293
Sweden Sophie Gustafson 72-72-71-78=293

Source:[2][3]

Scorecard

Hole   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18 
Par 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 4
Sweden Sörenstam −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 E +1 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 E −1 −1 E E
United States Hurst +1 E E +1 E E E −1 E E +1 +1 +1 E E E E E
South Korea Pak +4 +3 +3 +4 +4 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +2 +2 +2
United States Prammanasudh +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2
United States Wie E E E E E +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2
United States Inkster E E E E E E E E +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3
United States Lincicome E E +1 +1 +1 +1 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +6 +7 +7 +7
Sweden Gustafson +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +5 +6 +6 +6 +6 +7 +8 +9 +10 +9 +9 +9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[9]

Playoff

Monday, July 3, 2006

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Sweden Annika Sörenstam 34-36=70 −1 560,000
2 United States Pat Hurst 39-35=74 +3 335,000

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 4
Sweden Sörenstam −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1
United States Hurst +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3
Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Fog plagues U.S. Women's Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 30, 2006. p. C2.
  2. ^ a b Ferguson, Doug (July 4, 2006). "Sorenstam wins in major fashion". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. B1.
  3. ^ a b Ferguson, Doug (July 3, 2006). "It's not over yet: Sorenstam, Hurst face 18-hole playoff". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. d1.
  4. ^ "U.S. Women's Open - History – 2006". Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  5. ^ "LPGA – 2006 U.S. Women's Open – final round wrap-up". Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  6. ^ "LPGA – 2006 U.S. Women's Open – pre-tournament fact sheet". Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  7. ^ "Sorenstam among pace-setters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated erss. July 1, 2006. p. B5.
  8. ^ "Sorenstam shares lead heading into big day". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. July 2, 2006. p. D7.
  9. ^ "2006 U.S. Women's Open Championship: Real-time scoring". USGA. 2006. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  10. ^ "2006 U.S. Women's Open playoff – Hole by hole – 2006". ESPN. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  11. ^ "2006 U.S. Women's Open - playoff scorecard". USGA. Retrieved August 1, 2011.

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