2009 U.S. Women's Open

2009 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
Dates	July 9–12, 2009
Location	Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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)
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

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Location in the United States

Saucon Valley Country Club

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Location in Pennsylvania

The 2009 U.S. Women's Open 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 Upper Saucon Township, 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]

Course layout

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

Note: Holes 16–18 normally play as holes 10–12 for the members, while holes 10–15 normally play as holes 13–18, but they were re-routed for this championship.

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 9, 2009

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

Second round

Friday, July 10, 2009

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

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

Third round

Saturday, July 11, 2009

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

Final round

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Eun-Hee Ji	71-72-70-71=284	E	585,000
2	Candie Kung	71-77-68-69=285	+1	350,000
T3	I.K. Kim	72-72-72-70=286	+2	183,568
T3	Cristie Kerr	69-70-72-75=286	+2	183,568
5	Brittany Lincicome	72-72-73-70=287	+3	122,415
T6	Paula Creamer	72-68-79-69=288	+4	99,126
	Ai Miyazato	74-74-71-69=288
	Suzann Pettersen	74-71-72-71=288
T9	Na Yeon Choi	68-74-76-71=289	+5	76,711
	Kyeong Bae	75-73-69-72=289
	Hee Young Park	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	5	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	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

^ ^a ^b "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. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. 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.
^ ^a ^b "2009 U.S. Women's Open: final leaderboard". Yahoo Sports. July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "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.

External links

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[uswofs09-1] "2009 U.S. Women's Open Fact Sheet". USGA. Retrieved June 11, 2012.

[2] "Na Yeon Choi takes US Open lead". BBC Sport. July 10, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.

[3] "Kerr holds narrow lead in U.S. Women's Open". CNN.com. July 11, 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2009.

[4] "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.

[5] "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.

[6] "USGA national championships held at SVCC". Saucon Valley Country Club. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2012.

[csemap-7] "2009 U.S. Women's Open - Course Map". USGA. July 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2013.

[csestat-8] "U.S. Women's Open Championship - Course Statistics - All Rounds". USGA. July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2013.

[yahuswo09-9] "2009 U.S. Women's Open: final leaderboard". Yahoo Sports. July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 11, 2012.

[stusw4l-10] "U.S. Women'S Open Championship - Round 4 Full Leaderboard". USGA. July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2013.

[11] "2009 U.S. Women's Open Championship: Final Results" (PDF). USGA. July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 11, 2012.

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