2009 U.S. Women's Open

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2009 U.S. Women's Open
Eun-Hee Ji
284 (E)
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The 2009 U.S. Women's Open was the 64th

Eun-Hee Ji won her only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up Candie Kung. The event was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports
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Na Yeon Choi shot a 68 (−3) in the first round to take a one-shot lead.[2] Cristie Kerr led the way after the second round after shooting a one-under par 70 for 139 (−3). Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa struggled to a second round 79 (+8) and was nine strokes back at 148 (+6).[3] The 36-hole cut was at 151 (+9) or better, which included seven amateurs among the 72 players who advanced to the weekend. In the third round, Kerr shot 72 (+1) for 211 (−2) and kept the lead, two strokes up on the field after 54 holes.[4]

Ji won the championship after sinking a 20-foot (6 m) birdie putt on the 72nd hole to finish with an even-par 71 and 284, one stroke ahead of runner-up Kung. Ji held off the challenge of playing partner and third-round leader Cristie Kerr, who was chasing a second Open title but carded a 75 (+4) and finished two strokes back.[5]

Course layout

Old Course

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 549 435 373 154 409 559 453 387 210 3,529 332 165 555 433 399 339 374 170 444 3,211 6,740
Par 5 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 36 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 35 71
  • Note: Holes 16–18 normally play as holes 10–12 for the members, while holes 10–15 normally play as holes 13–18, but they were re-routed for this championship.

Source:[1][6][7][8]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Place Player Score To par
1
Na Yeon Choi
68 −3
T2 United States Cristie Kerr 69 −2
Mexico Lorena Ochoa
United States Jean Reynolds
5
Hee Young Park
70 −1
T6
Eun-Hee Ji
71 E
South Korea Young Kim
United States Candie Kung
United States Kristy McPherson
Sweden Anna Nordqvist
United States Lexi Thompson (a)

Second round

Friday, July 10, 2009

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Cristie Kerr 69-70=139 −3
2 United States Paula Creamer 72-68=140 −2
3 United States Jean Reynolds 69-72=141 −1
T4 Italy Giulia Sergas 75-67=142 E
Na Yeon Choi
68-74=142
T6 South Korea Song-Hee Kim 74-69=143 +1
Eun-Hee Ji
71-72=143
T8 Australia Lindsey Wright 74-70=144 +2
Japan Yuri Fudoh 73-71=144
I.K. Kim
72-72=144
United States Brittany Lincicome 72-72=144
United States Lexi Thompson (a) 71-73=144
Hee Young Park
70-74=144
  • 72 players made the cut at 151 (+9) or better[9]

Third round

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Cristie Kerr 69-70-72=211 −2
2
Eun-Hee Ji
71-72-70=213 E
T3 Taiwan Teresa Lu 76-69-70=215 +2
United States Jean Reynolds 69-72-74=215
T5 United States Candie Kung 71-77-68=216 +3
I.K. Kim
72-72-72=216
Hee Young Park
70-74-72=216
T8 South Korea Kyeong Bae 75-73-69=217 +4
Norway Suzann Pettersen 74-71-72=217
United States Brittany Lincicome 72-72-73=217

Final round

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1
Eun-Hee Ji
71-72-70-71=284 E 585,000
2 United States Candie Kung 71-77-68-69=285 +1 350,000
T3
I.K. Kim
72-72-72-70=286 +2 183,568
United States Cristie Kerr 69-70-72-75=286
5 United States Brittany Lincicome 72-72-73-70=287 +3 122,415
T6 United States Paula Creamer 72-68-79-69=288 +4 99,126
Japan Ai Miyazato 74-74-71-69=288
Norway Suzann Pettersen 74-71-72-71=288
T9
Na Yeon Choi
68-74-76-71=289 +5 76,711
South Korea Kyeong Bae 75-73-69-72=289
Hee Young Park
70-74-72-73=289

Source:[9][10][11]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 5 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 3 4
South Korea Ji E +1 +1 +2 +2 +1 +2 +1 +1 +3 +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 E
United States Kung +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E E E E +1 +1
United States Kerr −1 −1 −2 −2 −1 E E E E E E E +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2
South Korea Kim +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +4 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "2009 U.S. Women's Open Fact Sheet". USGA. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  2. ^ "Na Yeon Choi takes US Open lead". BBC Sport. July 10, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
  3. ^ "Kerr holds narrow lead in U.S. Women's Open". CNN.com. July 11, 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
  4. ^ "Kerr holds on to lead at US Open". BBC Sport. July 12, 2009. Archived from the original on July 13, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
  5. ^ "Ji holds off Kerr to win US Open". BBC Sport. July 13, 2009. Archived from the original on 14 July 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
  6. ^ "USGA national championships held at SVCC". Saucon Valley Country Club. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  7. ^ "2009 U.S. Women's Open - Course Map". USGA. July 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  8. ^ "U.S. Women's Open Championship - Course Statistics - All Rounds". USGA. July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  9. ^ a b "2009 U.S. Women's Open: final leaderboard". Yahoo Sports. July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  10. ^ a b "U.S. Women'S Open Championship - Round 4 Full Leaderboard". USGA. July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  11. ^ "2009 U.S. Women's Open Championship: Final Results" (PDF). USGA. July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 11, 2012.

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