2004 U.S. Women's Open Explained

2004 U.S. Women's Open
Dates:	July 1–4, 2004
Location:	South Hadley, Massachusetts
Course:	Orchards Golf Club
Org:	USGA
Tour:	LPGA Tour
Par:	71
Yardage:	^[1]
Field:	156 players, 66 after cut
Cut:	147 (+5)
Purse:	$3.1 million
Winners Share:	$560,000
Champion:	Meg Mallon
Score:	274 (−10)
Previous:	2003
Next:	2005

The 2004 U.S. Women's Open was the 59th U.S. Women's Open, held July 1–4 at the Orchards Golf Club in South Hadley, Massachusetts, a suburb north of Springfield. The event was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports.

Meg Mallon won her second U.S. Women's Open title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Annika Sörenstam. The 54-hole leader was Jennifer Rosales at 206 (−7), with Mallon, Sörenstam, and Kelly Robbins three strokes back at 209 (−4).^{[2] [3]}

In the final round, Mallon shot 65 (−6) to Sorenstam's 67 (−4), and Rosales fell down to fourth with a 75 (+4). It was Mallon's fourth and final major title; her first was thirteen years earlier in 1991, also at the U.S. Open.^[4]

Course layout

The Orchards 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	408	359	502	421	158	384	185	388	527	3,322	163	370	344	456	402	377	439	178	412	3,141	6,473
Par	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	36	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	35	71

Source:^[5]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 1, 2004
Friday, July 2, 2004

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Brittany Lincicome	66	−5
2	Patricia Meunier-Lebouc	67	−4
3	Beth Daniel	69	−2
align=center rowspan=8	T4		Michelle Ellis	70	align=center rowspan=8	−1
Katherine Hull
Pat Hurst
Candie Kung
Se Ri Pak
Michele Redman
Jennifer Rosales
Kim Saiki

Source:

Second round

Friday, July 2, 2004

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jennifer Rosales	70-67=137	−5
align=center rowspan=2	T2	Candie Kung	70-68=138	align=center rowspan=2	−4
Kim Saiki	70-68=138
align=center rowspan=3	T4		Michelle Ellis	70-69=139	align=center rowspan=3	−3
Carin Koch	72-67=139
Annika Sörenstam	71-68=139
align=center rowspan=2	T7	Moira Dunn	73-67=140	align=center rowspan=2	−2
Rachel Teske	71-69=140
align=center rowspan=4	T9	Paula Creamer (a)	72-69=141	align=center rowspan=4	−1
Pat Hurst	70-71=141
Kelly Robbins	74-67=141
Michelle Wie (a)	71-70=141

Source:^[6]

Third round

Saturday, July 3, 2004

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jennifer Rosales	70-67-69=206	−7
T2	Meg Mallon	73-69-67=209	−4
Kelly Robbins	74-67-68=209
Annika Sörenstam	71-68-70=209
5	Rachel Teske	71-69-70=210	−3
6	Michelle Ellis	70-69-72=211	−2
align=center rowspan=5	T7	Moira Dunn	73-67-72=212	align=center rowspan=5	−1
Pat Hurst	70-71-71=212
Candie Kung	70-68-74=212
Kim Saiki	70-68-74=212
Michelle Wie (a)	71-70-71=212

Source:^[3]

Final round

Sunday, July 4, 2004

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Meg Mallon	73-69-67-65=274	−10	560,000
2	Annika Sörenstam	71-68-70-67=276	−8	335,000
3	Kelly Robbins	74-67-68-69=278	−6	208,863
4	Jennifer Rosales	70-67-69-75=281	−3	145,547
align=center rowspan=2	T5	Candie Kung	70-68-74-70=282	align=center rowspan=2	−2	align=center rowspan=2	111,173
Michele Redman	70-72-73-67=282
align=center rowspan=3	T7	Jeong Jang	72-74-71-66=283	align=center rowspan=3	−1	align=center rowspan=3	86,744
Moira Dunn	73-67-72-71=283
Pat Hurst	70-71-71-71=283
align=center rowspan=3	T10	Carin Koch	72-67-75-70=284	align=center rowspan=3	E	align=center rowspan=3	68,813
Michelle Ellis	70-69-72-73=284
Rachel Teske	71-69-70-74=284

Source:^[4]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	4	3	5
Mallon	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10
Sörenstam	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8
Robbins	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6
Rosales	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−3	−3	−3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Double Eagle -->

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey+ -->

Source:^[5]

External links

• • Golf Observer final leaderboard
• U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
• The Orchards Golf Club
• U.S. Women's Open – past champions – 2004

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Notes and References

1. News: Amateur teen in lead after five-under 66 . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press . Ferguson . Doug . July 2, 2004 . B-8.
2. News: Intense Rosales maintains tenuous Open lead. Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon . Associated Press . July 4, 2004 . D6.
3. News: U.S. Women's Open Third Round lead. Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon . Associated Press . July 5, 2004 . D8.
4. News: Mallon saves best for last with a 65 . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press . Ferguson . Doug . July 5, 2004 . B-1 .
5. News: 2004 U.S. Women's Open - Round 4 Full Leaderboard . USGA. July 4, 2004 . July 2, 2013.
6. News: Second round eschews norm . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon . Ferguson . Doug . Associated Press . July 3, 2004 . D2 .