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2001 U.S. Women's Open

Coordinates: 35°11′49″N 79°23′31″W / 35.197°N 79.392°W / 35.197; -79.392
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2001 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesMay 31 – June 3, 2001
LocationSouthern Pines,
North Carolina
Course(s)Pine Needles Lodge
and Golf Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length6,256 yards (5,720 m)[1][2]
Field150 players, 60 after cut
Cut146 (+6)
Prize fund$2.9 million
Winner's share$520,000
Champion
Australia Karrie Webb
273 (−7)
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Southern Pines  is located in the United States
Southern Pines 
Southern Pines 
Pine Needles Lodge & GC is located in North Carolina
Pine Needles Lodge & GC
Pine Needles Lodge & GC

The 2001 U.S. Women's Open was the 56th U.S. Women's Open, held May 31 to June 3 at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2001.

Defending champion Karrie Webb repeated as champion, eight strokes ahead of runner-up Se Ri Pak, the largest margin in 21 years.[3][4] Webb became the seventh to win consecutive titles at the U.S. Women's Open, and the win was the fifth of her seven major titles.

Pine Needles previously hosted the championship in 1996 and it returned in 2007.[5]

Course layout

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Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 481 413 134 360 175 393 401 327 376 3,060 451 367 351 200 401 409 177 429 411 3,196 6,256
Par 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 35 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 35 70

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, May 31, 2001

Place Player Score To par
T1 Canada A.J. Eathorne 67 −3
United States Cindy Figg-Currier
T3 United States Juli Inkster 68 −2
South Korea Mi-Hyun Kim
United States Jill McGill
T6 United States Danielle Ammaccapane 69 −1
United States Stephanie Kerr (a)
United States Cristie Kerr
South Korea Se Ri Pak
T10 United States Jean Bartholomew 70 E
United States Audra Burks
Sweden Maria Hjorth
United States Kelli Kuehne
United States Terry-Jo Myers
Japan Aki Nakano
Sweden Liselotte Neumann
Sweden Catrin Nilsmark
United States Michele Redman
United States Pearl Sinn
Sweden Annika Sörenstam
United States Sherri Steinhauer
United States Wendy Ward
Australia Karrie Webb

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Second round

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Friday, June 1, 2001
Saturday, June 2, 2001

Place Player Score To par
1 Australia Karrie Webb 70-65=135 −5
2 Canada A.J. Eathorne 67-71=138 −2
3 South Korea Se Ri Pak 69-70=139 −1
T4 United States Kristi Albers 71-69=140 E
Sweden Sophie Gustafson 74-66=140
United States Juli Inkster 68-72=140
Scotland Catriona Matthew 72-68=140
T8 Australia Wendy Doolan 71-70=141 +1
Japan Yuri Fudoh 73-68=141
United States Kelli Kuehne 70-71=141
Scotland Janice Moodie 71-70=141
United States Wendy Ward 70-71=141

Source:[7]

Third round

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Saturday, June 2, 2001

Place Player Score To par
1 Australia Karrie Webb 70-65-69=204 −6
2 South Korea Se Ri Pak 69-70-70=209 −1
3 Scotland Catriona Matthew 72-68-70=210 E
T4 Australia Wendy Doolan 71-70-70=211 +1
Japan Yuri Fudoh 73-68-70=211
United States Juli Inkster 68-72-71=211
T7 Canada A.J. Eathorne 67-71-75=213 +3
United States Cristie Kerr 69-73-71=213
United States Kelli Kuehne 70-71-72=213
United States Dottie Pepper 74-69-70=213
United States Sherri Turner 72-70-71=213

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Final round

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Sunday, June 3, 2001

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Australia Karrie Webb 70-65-69-69=273 −7 520,000
2 South Korea Se Ri Pak 69-70-70-72=281 +1 310,000
3 United States Dottie Pepper 74-69-70-69=282 +2 202,580
T4 Scotland Catriona Matthew 72-68-70-73=283 +3 118,697
United States Cristie Kerr 69-73-71-70=283
United States Sherri Turner 72-70-71-70=283
T7 United States Kelli Kuehne 70-71-72-71=284 +4 80,726
United States Kristi Albers 71-69-74-70=284
Canada Lorie Kane 75-68-72-69=284
Australia Wendy Doolan 71-70-70-73=284

Source:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Tays, Alan (June 1, 2001). "Open to all sizes". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Cox News Service. p. C1.
  2. ^ a b "Stat Sheet, Golf: U.S. Women's Open". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). June 4, 2001. p. C5.
  3. ^ Ferguson, Doug (June 4, 2001). "A Runaway". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D-6.
  4. ^ Esch, David; Garrity, John (June 11, 2001). "Grin and bear it". Sports Illustrated. p. G4.
  5. ^ Droschak, Dave (June 4, 2001). "Open to return to Pine Needles". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D-6.
  6. ^ "Scoreboard: U.S. Women's Open". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). June 1, 2001. p. 2C.
  7. ^ a b "LPGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). June 3, 2001. p. 6F.
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