2005 U.S. Women's Open Explained

2005 U.S. Women's Open
Dates:June 23–26, 2005
Location:Cherry Hills Village, Colorado
Course:Cherry Hills Country Club
Org:USGA
Tour:LPGA Tour
Par:71
Field:156 players, 63 after cut
Cut:150 (+8)
Purse:$3.1 million
Winners Share:$560,000
Champion: Birdie Kim
Score:287 (+3)
Previous:2004
Next:2006

The 2005 U.S. Women's Open was the 60th U.S. Women's Open, held June 23–26 at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, a suburb south of Denver. The par-71 course was set at, at an average elevation over 5300feet above sea level. The event was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports.

Birdie Kim holed out from a greenside bunker on the 72nd hole to win her only major (and only LPGA) title, two strokes ahead of runners-up Brittany Lang and Morgan Pressel, both teenage amateurs from the United States.[1] In the final pairing as a 54-hole co-leader, Pressel needed to hole her chip shot to tie, but it went 20feet past and she bogeyed. Lang had earlier missed a par putt from . Lorena Ochoa made four birdies on the back nine and led with one hole remaining, but made a quadruple-bogey on the 72nd hole to finish four strokes behind.[2] [3]

Pressel, 17, held a share of the 54-hole lead, with Karen Stupples and amateur Michelle Wie, age 15; Kim was one stroke back in a three-way tie for fourth, with 18-year-old Paula Creamer and Young Jo.[4] [5]

This was the first U.S. Women's Open at Cherry Hills, which previously hosted three U.S. Opens (1938, 1960, 1978) and two PGA Championships (1941, 1985).

Course layout

See main article: article and Cherry Hills Country Club.

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3464153274295391583742064183,2124145221793844331874285314593,5376,749
Par444453434354534434543671
Source:[6]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 23, 2005

Place Player Score To par
align=center rowspan=2T1 Angela Stanfordalign=center rowspan=269align=center rowspan=2−2
Michelle Wie (a)
align=center rowspan=4T3 Natalie Gulbisalign=center rowspan=470align=center rowspan=4−1
Liselotte Neumann
Nicole Perrot
Young-A Yang
align=center rowspan=4T7 Sophie Gustafsonalign=center rowspan=471align=center rowspan=4E
Meg Mallon
Morgan Pressel (a)
Annika Sörenstam
Source:[7] [8]

Second round

Friday, June 24, 2005

Place Player Score To par
1 Nicole Perrot70-70=140 −2
align=center rowspan=2T2 Lorena Ochoa74-68=142align=center rowspan=2E
69-73=142
align=center rowspan=3T4 Paula Creamer74-69=143 align=center rowspan=3+1
Rachel Hetherington74-69=143
Angela Stanford69-74=143
align=center rowspan=2T7 Karine Icher69-75=144 align=center rowspan=2+2
Morgan Pressel (a)71-73=144
align=center rowspan=13T9 Helen Alfredsson72-73=145 align=center rowspan=13+3
Amie Cochran (a) 76-69=145
Natalie Gulbis70-75=145
Young Jo74-71=145
Rosie Jones73-72=145
Lorie Kane74-71=145
Cristie Kerr74-71=145
Mi-Hyun Kim72-73=145
Meg Mallon71-74=145
Catriona Matthew73-72=145
Liselotte Neumann72-73=145
Se Ri Pak74-71=145
Karen Stupples75-70=145
Source:[9]

Third round

Saturday, June 25, 2005

Place Player Score To par
align=center rowspan=3T1 Morgan Pressel (a)71-73-70=214 align=center rowspan=3+1
Karen Stupples75-70-69=214
Michelle Wie (a)69-73-72=214
align=center rowspan=3T4 Paula Creamer74-69-72=215 align=center rowspan=3+2
Young Jo74-71-70=215
Birdie Kim74-72-69=215
align=center rowspan=2T7 Young Kim73-73-70=216 align=center rowspan=2+3
Angela Stanford69-74-73=216
align=center rowspan=3T9 Jamie Hullett 75-72-70=217 align=center rowspan=3+4
Cristie Kerr74-71-72=217
Candie Kung73-73-71=217
Source:[4] [5]

Final round

Sunday, June 26, 2005

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Birdie Kim74-72-69-72=287+3560,000
align=center rowspan=2T2 Brittany Lang (a)69-77-72-71=289align=center rowspan=2+5align=center rowspan=20
Morgan Pressel (a)71-73-70-75=289
align=center rowspan=2T4 Natalie Gulbis70-75-74-71=290 align=center rowspan=2+6align=center rowspan=2272,723
Lorie Kane74-71-76-69=290
align=center rowspan=4T6 Karine Icher69-75-75-72=291 align=center rowspan=4+7align=center rowspan=4116,310
Young Jo74-71-70-76=291
Candie Kung73-73-71-74=291
Lorena Ochoa74-68-77-72=291
align=center rowspan=3T10 Cristie Kerr74-71-72-75=292align=center rowspan=3+8align=center rowspan=380,523
Angela Stanford69-74-73-76=292
Karen Stupples75-70-69-78=292
Source:[10]

Scorecard

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12 131415161718
Par444453434 453443454
Kim +3+3+3+3+2+3+2+2+2+3+2+2+2+3+3+4+4+3
Lang +5+6+6+7+7+8+7+7+7+6+6+5+5+5+5+5+4+5
Pressel +1EE+1+2+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+4+4+4+4+4+5
Jo +3+4+4+4+4+4+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+6+6+6+7
Ochoa +6+6+6+7+7+7+7+7+7+6+5+5+4+4+4+3+3+7
Stanford +3+3+4+4+5+5+4+5+7+6+6+6+6+6+7+7+8+8
Stupples +2+1+1+1+2+3+4+4+5+5+5+6+6+7+7+7+7+8
Creamer +4+4+4+4+6+6+6+6+7+7+6+6+6+6+6+7+10+10
Sörenstam +7+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+9+9+8+8+8+8+9+10+11+12
Wie +3+3+4+5+5+5+5+6+8+9+8+9+11+11+12+11+11+12
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Double Eagle -->EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+
Source:[6]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. News: Watch the Birdie . Sports Illustrated . Shipnuck . Alan . July 4, 2005. June 28, 2013.
  2. News: A birdie for Birdie clinches Open title . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press . Ferguson . Doug . June 27, 2005 . D-1 .
  3. News: Birdie lives up to her name . Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . Bonk . Thomas . (Los Angeles Times) . June 27, 2005 . 1C.
  4. News: Teenagers in the spotlight on eve of U.S. Open's last act . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon. Associated Press . Ferguson . Doug . June 26, 2005. D1.
  5. News: U.S. Women's Open: Third Round . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon. June 26, 2005. D8.
  6. News: 2005 U.S. Women's Open - Round 4 Full Leaderboard. USGA. June 26, 2005. July 2, 2013.
  7. News: Sorenstam calms early butterflies . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon . Associated Press . Ferguson . Doug . June 24, 2005 . D1.
  8. News: USGA . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon . June 24, 2005 . D6.
  9. News: Sorenstam takes turn for the worse . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon . (Los Angeles Times) . Bonk . Thomas . June 25, 2005 . B1 .
  10. News: U.S. Women's Open results . Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . June 27, 2005. 3C.

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