2008 U.S. Women's Open

Coordinates: 44°54′54″N 93°22′48″W / 44.915°N 93.380°W / 44.915; -93.380
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2008 U.S. Women's Open
LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par73
Length6,789 yards (6,208 m)
Field156 players, 74 after cut
Cut150 (+4)
Prize fund$3.25 million
Winner's share$585,000
Champion
South Korea Inbee Park
283 (−9)
Interlachen   Country Club is located in the United States
Interlachen   Country Club
Interlachen  
Country Club
Interlachen   Country Club is located in Minnesota
Interlachen   Country Club
Interlachen  
Country Club

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

LPGA
Champions
Suzann Pettersen, Yani Tseng

4. Last five Women's British Open Champions

5. Last five

Kraft Nabisco
Champions
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

LPGA Tour
money, the top 35 money leaders through June 1
Sun Young Yoo

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

(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

Ji Young Oh, who had eight birdies and two bogeys and to Pat Hurst
who had six birdies and an eagle. Oh and Hurst tied after Round 1 at six-under par 67.

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Pat Hurst 67 −6
Ji Young Oh
3 South Korea Song-Hee Kim 68 −5
T4 Sweden Louise Friberg 69 −4
South Korea Jiyai Shin
Colombia Mariajo Uribe (a)
T7 Sweden Helen Alfredsson 70 −3
United States Paula Creamer
England Laura Davies
Scotland Catriona Matthew
United States 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.

Michelle Wie
(81-75).

Place Player Score To par
1 Brazil Angela Park
 United States
73-67=140 −6
T2 Sweden Helen Alfredsson 70-71=141 −5
Finland Minea Blomqvist 72-69=141
South Korea Inbee Park 72-69=141
T5
Jeong Jang
73-69=142 −4
United States Cristie Kerr 72-70=142
United States Candie Kung 72-70=142
United States Paula Creamer 70-72=142
T9 United States Stacy Lewis 73-70=143 −3
Japan Momoko Ueda 72-71=143
Taiwan Teresa Lu 71-72=143
Japan Ai Miyazato 71-72=143
Sweden Louise Friberg 69-74=143
South Korea Jiyai Shin 69-74=143
Colombia Mariajo Uribe (a) 69-74=143
Ji Young Oh
67-72=143

Third round

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Stacy Lewis 73-70-67=210 −9
2 United States Paula Creamer 70-72-69=211 −8
T3 Sweden Helen Alfredsson 70-71-71=212 −7
South Korea 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 Colombia Mariajo Uribe (a) 69-74-72=215 −4
Brazil Angela Park
 United States
73-67-75=215
T9 South Korea Young Kim 74-71-71=216 −3
Japan Momoko Ueda 72-71-73=216
Taiwan 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 South Korea Inbee Park 72-69-71-71=283 −9 585,000
2 Sweden Helen Alfredsson 70-71-71-75=287 −5 350,000
T3 Brazil Angela Park 73-67-75-73=288 −4 162,487
In-Kyung Kim
71-73-69-75=288
United States Stacy Lewis 73-70-67-78=288
T6 Italy Giulia Sergas 73-74-72-70=289 −3 94,117
United States Nicole Castrale 74-70-74-71=289
Mi Hyun Kim
72-72-70-75=289
United States Paula Creamer 70-72-69-78=289
T10 Taiwan Teresa Lu 71-72-73-74=290 −2 75,734
Colombia Mariajo Uribe (a) 69-74-72-75=290 0

Source:[2][3]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 3 5 3 4 4 4 5
South Korea Park −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −9
Sweden Alfredsson −7 −8 −7 −6 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −5
South Korea I.K. Kim −6 −7 −6 −6 −5 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4 −3 −4 −5 −4 −5 −3 −4
United States Lewis −9 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −5 −5 −5 −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4
United States Creamer −8 −6 −6 −7 −7 −6 −6 −5 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3
South Korea M.H. Kim −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −2 −3 −3 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[4]

References

  1. ^ "63rd U.S. Women's Open - Course Statistics - All Rounds". USGA. June 29, 2008. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  2. ^ "2008 U.S. Women's Open Championship: Final Results" (PDF). USGA. July 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  3. ^ "2008 U.S. Women's Open: leaderboard". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  4. ^ "63rd U.S. Women's Open - Round 4 Full Leaderboard". USGA. June 28, 2008. Retrieved June 28, 2013.

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