1999 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

1999 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
Dates June 3–6, 1999
Location West Point, Mississippi
Course(s) Old Waverly Golf Club
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 6,433 yards (5,882 m)
Field 150 players, 63 after cut
Cut 144 (E)
Prize fund $1.75 million
Winner's share $315,000
Champion
United States Juli Inkster
272 (−16)
Old Waverly Golf Club
Location in the United States
Old Waverly Golf Club
Location in Mississippi

The 1999 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 54th U.S. Women's Open, held June 3–6 at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Mississippi, northwest of Columbus.

In her twentieth attempt,[1] Juli Inkster won the first of her two U.S. Women's Open titles, five strokes ahead of runner-up Sherri Turner.[2][3] Inkster, 38, broke the under-par scoring record with a 272 (−16) and became the oldest champion since 1955.[4] It was the fourth of her seven major championships; she also won the next major, the LPGA Championship, three weeks later.

The win was the first by an American at the championship in five years, and Inkster became the first since JoAnne Carner to win the U.S. Women's Amateur and the U.S. Women's Open.[4] Carner won her amateur title in 1968 and Open titles in 1971 and 1976. Inkster won three consecutive amateur titles in 1980, 1981, and 1982; she won her second Open in 2002.

Grace Park set the amateur scoring record at 283 (−5) and turned professional shortly after.

Annika Sörenstam shot 146 (+2) and missed the cut by two strokes,[5] the second and last time she failed to play the weekend in her fifteen appearances. She previously missed the cut in 1997, as the two-time defending champion (1995, 1996).[6] Sörenstam won her third Open in 2006, the last of her ten major titles.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3394751633904033481774135123,2205204081513843574473881833753,2136,433
Par453444345365434454343672

Source:[7]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Meg Mallon United States199170706972281−7T5
Se Ri Pak South Korea199868707473285−3T14
Liselotte Neumann Sweden198873716973286−2T17
Betsy King United States1989, 199070707974293+5T47
Alison Nicholas England199772727180295+7T55

Source:[8]

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Hollis Stacy United States1977, 1978, 19847372145+1
Jane Geddes United States19867273145+1
Laura Davies England19877175146+2
Annika Sörenstam Sweden1995, 19967274146+2

Source:[9]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 3, 1999
Friday, June 4, 1999

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Kelli Kuehne United States64−8
2Juli Inkster United States65−7
3Moira Dunn United States67−5
T4Se Ri Pak South Korea68−4
Dottie Pepper United States
Sherri Steinhauer United States
T7Donna Andrews United States69−3
A. J. Eathorne Canada
Akiko Fukushima Japan
Catriona Matthew Scotland
Catrin Nilsmark Sweden
Sherri Turner United States

Source:[10]

Second round

Friday, June 4, 1999

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Juli Inkster United States65-69=134−10
Lorie Kane Canada70-64=134
3Kelli Kuehne United States64-71=135−9
4Becky Iverson United States72-64=136−8
T5Catriona Matthew Scotland69-68=137−7
Grace Park (a) South Korea70-67=137
Dottie Pepper United States68-69=137
Sherri Steinhauer United States68-69=137
T9Moira Dunn United States67-71=138−6
Lisa Riggens United States71-67=138
Se Ri Pak South Korea68-70=138
Sherri Turner United States69-69=138

Source:[11]

Third round

Saturday, June 5, 1999

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Juli Inkster United States65-69-67=201−15
T2Lorie Kane Canada70-64-71=205−11
Kelli Kuehne United States64-71-70=205
4Sherri Turner United States69-69-68=206−10
5Karrie Webb Australia70-70-68=208−8
T6Becky Iverson United States72-64-73=209−7
Carin Koch Sweden72-69-68=209
Meg Mallon United States70-70-69=209
Dottie Pepper United States68-69-72=209
T10Helen Alfredsson Sweden72-68-70=210−6
Akiko Fukushima Japan69-70-71=209
Catrin Nilsmark Sweden69-71-70=209
Grace Park (a) South Korea70-67-73=209
Sherri Steinhauer United States68-69-73=209

Source:[12]

Final round

Sunday, June 6, 1999

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Juli Inkster United States65-69-67-71=272−16315,000
2Sherri Turner United States69-69-68-71=277−11185,000
3Kelli Kuehne United States64-71-70-74=279−9118,227
4Lorie Kane Canada70-64-71-75=280−882,399
T5Carin Koch Sweden72-69-68-72=281−762,938
Meg Mallon United States70-70-69-72=281
7Karrie Webb Australia70-70-68-74=282−653,132
T8Catriona Matthew Scotland69-68-74-72=283−545,244
Helen Dobson England71-70-73-69=283
Maria Hjorth Sweden73-69-70-71=283
Grace Park (a) South Korea70-67-73-73=2830

Source:[8]

References

  1. ↑ Brown, Clifton (June 7, 1999). "In 20th try, Inkster wins the title she cherishes". The New York Times. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  2. ↑ Garrity, John (June 14, 1999). "Child's Play". Sports Illustrated. p. G6. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  3. ↑ Walker, Brandon (September 16, 2009). "Organizers remember US Women's Open at Old Waverly". USA Today. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  4. 1 2 Ferguson, Doug (June 7, 1999). "Inkster wins Open in record fashion". Pittsburgh Post=Gazette. Associated Press. p. C-2.
  5. ↑ "1999 U.S. Women's Open: Second-round scores". ESPN. June 4, 1999. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  6. ↑ Ferguson, Doug (June 5, 1999). "Kane, Inkster ease into lead". Pittsburgh Post=Gazette. Associated Press. p. B-7.
  7. ↑ "1999 U.S. Women's Open: Course map". ESPN. June 1999. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Golf: U.S. Women's Open". Toledo Blade. Ohio. June 7, 1999. p. 28.
  9. ↑ "Golf: U.S. Women's Open scores". Toledo Blade. Ohio. June 5, 1999. p. 33.
  10. ↑ "Kuehne keeps rollin'". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 4, 1999. p. C2.
  11. ↑ "LPGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. June 5, 1999. p. 6D.
  12. ↑ "USGA - U.S. Women's Open". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. June 6, 1999. p. 8B.

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