2008 U.S. Women's Open
LPGA Tour | |
Statistics | |
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Par | 73 |
Length | 6,789 yards (6,208 m) |
Field | 156 players, 74 after cut |
Cut | 150 (+4) |
Prize fund | $3.25 million |
Winner's share | $585,000 |
Champion | |
Inbee Park | |
283 (−9) | |
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The 2008 U.S. Women's Open was the 63rd U.S. Women's Open, held June 26–29 at Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minnesota, a suburb southwest of Minneapolis. It was the first U.S. Women's Open played at the course, which hosted the Solheim Cup in 2002. The winner was 19-year-old Inbee Park, four strokes ahead of runner-up Helen Alfredsson. The tournament was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports.
The course hosted the U.S. Open in 1930, part of the grand slam of Bobby Jones.
Field
Exempt players
1. Last 10 U.S. Women's Open Champions
2. Top two finishers in the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur and winner of the 2006 U.S. Women's Amateur
Amanda Blumenherst (a), Kimberly Kim (a), Mariajo Uribe (a)
3. Last five
Suzann Pettersen, Yani Tseng
4. Last five Women's British Open Champions
5. Last five
Grace Park, Morgan Pressel
6. From the 2007 U.S. Women's Open, the 20 lowest scorers and ties.
7. From the 2007 LPGA Tour money list, the top 40 money leaders
8. From the 2008
9. Winner of tournaments from the conclusion of last year's U.S. Women's Open until now
Louise Friberg
10. Top 3 players from the
Qualifiers
- Helen Alfredsson
- Sarah Almond (a)
- Chieko Amanuma
- Rachel Bailey
- Vanessa Brockett
- Laurie Brower
- Silvia Cavalleri
- Jeanne Cho-Hunicke
- Il Mi Chung
- Cydney Clanton (a)
- Eva Dahllof
- Diana D'Alessio
- Heather Daly-Donofrio
- Wendy Doolan
- Lauren Doughtie (a)
- Moira Dunn
- Kathleen Ekey (a)
- Courtney Ellenbogen (a)
- Shanshan Feng
- Jamie Fischer
- Danah Ford
- Tara Goedeken (a)
- Anna Grzebien
- Nicole Hage
- Kim Hall
- Sin Ham
- Candy Hannemann
- Mina Harigae
- Marcy Hart
- Janell Howland
- Katherine Hull
- Jang Ha-na (a)
- Na Ri Kim
- Carin Koch
- Jessica Korda (a)
- Kelli Kuehne
- Katrina Leckovic
- Erynne Lee (a)
- Jennie Lee (a)
- Joanne Lee (a)
- Meena Lee
- Stacy Lewis
- Tiffany Lua (a)
- Charlotte Mayorkas
- Jill McGill
- Patricia Meunier-Lebouc
- Sydnee Michaels (a)
- Janice Moodie
- Paola Moreno (a)
- Miriam Nagl
- Martha Nause
- Liselotte Neumann
- Virada Nirapathpongporn
- Angela Oh(a)
- Ji Young Oh
- Sunny Oh
- Cyd Okino (a)
- Kristen Park (a)
- Emily Powers (a)
- Michele Redman
- Jean Reynolds
- Jennifer Rosales
- Kristen Samp
- Giulia Sergas
- Alena Sharp
- Jenny Shin (a)
- Ashleigh Simon
- Karin Sjödin
- Jennifer Song (a)
- Bomi Suh
- Victoria Tanco (a)
- Alexis Thompson(a)
- Sherri Turner
- Gina Umeck
- Lynn Valentine
- Whitney Wade
- Alison Walshe (a)
- Linda Wessberg
- Michelle Wie
- Leah Wigger
- Carri Wood
- Amy Yang
- Aiko Yoshida
- Heather Young
(a) - amateur
Course layout
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yardage | 344 | 473 | 557 | 178 | 438 | 412 | 316 | 227 | 413 | 3,358 | 528 | 353 | 164 | 525 | 185 | 345 | 360 | 441 | 530 | 3,431 | 6,789 |
Par | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 73 |
Source:[1]
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, June 26, 2008
The Open kicked off on Thursday with the field playing in threesomes starting from either the first tee or the tenth tee. Featured threesomes included
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
T1 | Pat Hurst | 67 | −6 |
Ji Young Oh
| |||
3 | Song-Hee Kim | 68 | −5 |
T4 | Louise Friberg | 69 | −4 |
Jiyai Shin | |||
Mariajo Uribe (a) | |||
T7 | Helen Alfredsson | 70 | −3 |
Paula Creamer | |||
Laura Davies | |||
Catriona Matthew | |||
Linda Wessberg |
Second round
Friday, June 27, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008
With Thursday's rounds completed many well-known American players took a step down on the competition while many lesser-known and international players took a step up. A two-hour weather delay required some to finish their rounds on Saturday morning.
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Angela Park United States |
73-67=140 | −6 |
T2 | Helen Alfredsson | 70-71=141 | −5 |
Minea Blomqvist | 72-69=141 | ||
Inbee Park | 72-69=141 | ||
T5 | Jeong Jang |
73-69=142 | −4 |
Cristie Kerr | 72-70=142 | ||
Candie Kung | 72-70=142 | ||
Paula Creamer | 70-72=142 | ||
T9 | Stacy Lewis | 73-70=143 | −3 |
Momoko Ueda | 72-71=143 | ||
Teresa Lu | 71-72=143 | ||
Ai Miyazato | 71-72=143 | ||
Louise Friberg | 69-74=143 | ||
Jiyai Shin | 69-74=143 | ||
Mariajo Uribe (a) | 69-74=143 | ||
Ji Young Oh |
67-72=143 |
Third round
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Stacy Lewis | 73-70-67=210 | −9 |
2 | Paula Creamer | 70-72-69=211 | −8 |
T3 | Helen Alfredsson | 70-71-71=212 | −7 |
Inbee Park | 72-69-71=212 | ||
5 | I.K. Kim |
71-73-69=213 | −6 |
6 | Mi Hyun Kim |
72-72-70=214 | −5 |
T7 | Mariajo Uribe (a) | 69-74-72=215 | −4 |
Angela Park United States |
73-67-75=215 | ||
T9 | Young Kim | 74-71-71=216 | −3 |
Momoko Ueda | 72-71-73=216 | ||
Teresa Lu | 71-72-73=216 | ||
Jeong Jang |
73-69-74=216 |
Final round
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Inbee Park | 72-69-71-71=283 | −9 | 585,000 |
2 | Helen Alfredsson | 70-71-71-75=287 | −5 | 350,000 |
T3 | Angela Park | 73-67-75-73=288 | −4 | 162,487 |
In-Kyung Kim |
71-73-69-75=288 | |||
Stacy Lewis | 73-70-67-78=288 | |||
T6 | Giulia Sergas | 73-74-72-70=289 | −3 | 94,117 |
Nicole Castrale | 74-70-74-71=289 | |||
Mi Hyun Kim |
72-72-70-75=289 | |||
Paula Creamer | 70-72-69-78=289 | |||
T10 | Teresa Lu | 71-72-73-74=290 | −2 | 75,734 |
Mariajo Uribe (a) | 69-74-72-75=290 | 0 |
Scorecard
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[4]
References
- ^ "63rd U.S. Women's Open - Course Statistics - All Rounds". USGA. June 29, 2008. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
- ^ "2008 U.S. Women's Open Championship: Final Results" (PDF). USGA. July 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- ^ "2008 U.S. Women's Open: leaderboard". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
- ^ "63rd U.S. Women's Open - Round 4 Full Leaderboard". USGA. June 28, 2008. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
External links
- Official website
- U.S. Women's Open – past champions – 2008