2006 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

2006 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
Dates June 30 - July 4, 2006
Location Newport, Rhode Island
Course(s) Newport Country Club
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par 71
Length 6,616 yards (6,050 m)
Field 155 players, 68 after cut
Cut 150 (+8)
Prize fund $3.1 million
Winner's share $560,000
Champion
Sweden Annika Sörenstam
284 (E), playoff
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Newport CC
Location in the United States
Newport CC  
Location in Rhode Island

The 2006 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 61st U.S. Women's Open, held June 30 to July 4 at Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island.

This event was delayed by rain and the final two rounds were played on Sunday. The champion was Annika Sörenstam, the winner of an 18-hole playoff on Monday over Pat Hurst, by a score of 70 to 74. The two had finished at even par (284) after 72 holes on Sunday, two strokes ahead of Se Ri Pak, Stacy Prammanasudh, and Michelle Wie. 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.[1][2]

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 was first used in 2011.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 TotalTo parFinish
Annika Sörenstam  Sweden 1995, 199669717371284E1
Se Ri Pak  United States 199869747469286+2T3
Juli Inkster United States 1999, 2002 73707173287+36
Karrie Webb  Australia 2000, 2001 73767476299+15T37

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Liselotte Neumann  Sweden 1988 7677153+11
Birdie Kim South Korea 20057975154+12
Meg Mallon  United States 1991, 2004 7579154+12
Laura Davies England 1987 7877155+13
Hilary Lunke United States 2003 7283155+13

Course layout

Main article: Newport Country Club
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards532298405137158
180		4263594404363,191
3,213		480363340181
211		4493865491854403,373
3,403		6,564
6,616
Par544334444355443445343671

Source:[4]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 3, 2006

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1Annika Sörenstam Sweden69-71-73-71=284E Playoff
Pat Hurst United States69-71-75-69=284
T3Se Ri Pak South Korea69-74-74-69=286+2156,038
Stacy Prammanasudh United States72-71-71-72=286
Michelle Wie United States70-72-71-73=286
6 Juli Inkster United States73-70-71-73=287+3103,575
7 Brittany Lincicome United States72-72-69-78=291+793,026
T8Rachel Hetherington Australia74-72-73-73=292+882,460
Shi Hyun Ahn South Korea71-71-74-76=292
T10Amanda Blumenherst (a) United States70-77-73-73=293+90
Jane Park (a) United States69-73-75-76=293
Young Kim South Korea75-69-75-74=29366,174
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc France72-73-73-75=293
Jee Young Lee South Korea71-75-70-77=293
Sophie Gustafson Sweden72-72-71-78=293

Source:[5]

Playoff

Monday, July 4, 2006

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Annika Sörenstam  Sweden 34-36=70 –1560,000
2 Pat Hurst  United States 39-35=74 +3335,000

Source:[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "U.S. Women's Open - History – 2006". Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  2. ↑ "LPGA – 2006 U.S. Women's Open – final round wrap-up". Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  3. ↑ "2006 U.S. Women's Open: final leaderboard". Yahoo Sports. July 4, 2006. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
  4. ↑ "LPGA – 2006 U.S. Women's Open – pre-tournament fact sheet". Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  5. ↑ "2006 U.S. Women's Open: leaderboard". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  6. ↑ "2006 U.S. Women's Open playoff – Hole by hole – 2006". ESPN. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  7. ↑ "2006 U.S. Women's Open - playoff scorecard". USGA. Retrieved August 1, 2011.

External links

Coordinates: 41°27′43″N 71°20′49″W / 41.462°N 71.347°W