2009 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

2009 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information

Dates	July 9–12, 2009
Location	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Course(s)	Saucon Valley Country Club Old Course
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,740 yards (6,163 m)^[1]
Field	156 players, 72 after cut
Cut	151 (+9)
Prize fund	$3.25 million
Winner's share	$585,000
Champion
Eun-Hee Ji
284 (E)
«2008 2010»

Saucon Valley Country Club

Location in the United States

Saucon Valley Country Club

Location in Pennsylvania

The 2009 United States Women's Open Golf Championship was the 64th U.S. Women's Open. Held July 9–12, it was the first U.S. Women's Open to be played at the Old Course of the Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. 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.

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]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Cristie Kerr	United States	2007	71	72	69	71	283	−1	T3
Laura Davies	England	1987	72	75	73	72	292	+8	T17
Juli Inkster	United States	1999, 2002	78	73	72	70	293	+9	T26
Inbee Park	South Korea	2008	75	71	77	70	293	+9	T26
Karrie Webb	Australia	2000, 2001	75	72	74	74	295	+11	T34

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Se Ri Pak	South Korea	1998	76	77	153	+11
Meg Mallon	United States	1991, 2004	78	82	160	+18
Birdie Kim	South Korea	2005	81	79	160	+18

Course layout

Main article: Saucon Valley Country Club

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

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 9, 2009

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

Second round

Friday, July 10, 2009

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

72 players made the cut at 151 (+9) or better^[9]

Third round

Saturday, July 11, 2009

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

Final round

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Eun-Hee Ji	South Korea	71-72-70-71=284	E	585,000
2	Candie Kung	United States	71-77-68-69=285	+1	350,000
T3	I.K. Kim	South Korea	72-72-72-70=286	+2	183,568
T3	Cristie Kerr	United States	69-70-72-75=286	+2	183,568
5	Brittany Lincicome	United States	72-72-73-70=287	+3	122,415
T6	Paula Creamer	United States	72-68-79-69=288	+4	99,126
	Ai Miyazato	Japan	74-74-71-69=288
	Suzann Pettersen	Norway	74-71-72-71=288
T9	Na Yeon Choi	South Korea	68-74-76-71=289	+5	76,711
	Kyeong Bae	South Korea	75-73-69-72=289
	Hee Young Park	South Korea	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	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	3	5	3	4	4	5	4
Ji	E	+1	+1	+2	+2	+1	+2	+1	+1	+3	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	E
Kung	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+1
Kerr	−1	−1	−2	−2	−1	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2
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 2 "2009 U.S. Women's Open Fact Sheet". USGA. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
↑ "Na Yeon Choi takes US Open lead". BBC Sport. July 10, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
↑ "Kerr holds narrow lead in U.S. Women's Open". CNN.com. July 11, 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
↑ "USGA national championships held at SVCC". Saucon Valley Country Club. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
↑ "2009 U.S. Women's Open - Course Map". USGA. July 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
↑ "U.S. Women's Open Championship - Course Statistics - All Rounds". USGA. July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
1 2 "2009 U.S. Women's Open: final leaderboard". Yahoo Sports. July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
1 2 "U.S. Women'S Open Championship - Round 4 Full Leaderboard". USGA. July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
↑ "2009 U.S. Women's Open Championship: Final Results" (PDF). USGA. July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 11, 2012.

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