2005 U.S. Women's Open

September 2026 2005 U.S. Women's Open USWomensOpen2005Logo.svg June 23–26, 2005 Cherry Hills Village, Colorado Cherry Hills Country Club USGA LPGA Tour 71 6749 yd 156 players, 63 after cut 150 (+8) $3.1 million $560,000 KOR Birdie Kim 287 (+3) 2004 2006 USA 1 Cherry Hills Country Club 39.643 -104.963 5 Location in the United States 230 USA Colorado 1 Cherry HillsCountry Club 39.643 -104.963 Location in Colorado 5 180 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 6749 yd, at an average elevation over 5300 ft -1 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.https://www.si.com/vault/2005/07/04/8265401/watch-the-birdie Sports Illustrated Shipnuck Alan Watch the Birdie July 4, 2005 June 28, 2013 In the final pairing as a 54-hole co-leader, Pressel needed to hole her chip shot to tie, but it went 20 ft 0 past and she bogeyed. Lang had earlier missed a par putt from 8 ft. 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n-dRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2XADAAAAIBAJ&pg=3475%2C4185313 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Ferguson Doug A birdie for Birdie clinches Open title June 27, 2005 D-1 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tkoqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F0UEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1851%2C6268384 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Bonk Thomas (Los Angeles Times) Birdie lives up to her name June 27, 2005 1C 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NtVYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s_ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=1779%2C6450094 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Ferguson Doug Teenagers in the spotlight on eve of U.S. Open's last act June 26, 2005 D1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NtVYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s_ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4918%2C6477225 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon U.S. Women's Open: Third Round June 26, 2005 D8 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 Cherry Hills Country Club Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards3464153274295391583742064183,2124145221793844331874285314593,5376,749Par444453434354534434543671 Source:http://www.uswomensopen.com/2005/scoring/alllb.htm USGA 2005 U.S. Women's Open - Round 4 Full Leaderboard June 26, 2005 July 2, 2013 Average elevation is over 5300 ft -1 above sea level Round summaries First round Thursday, June 23, 2005 Place Player Score To par T1 USA Angela Stanford69−2 USA Michelle Wie (a) T3 USA Natalie Gulbis70−1 SWE Liselotte Neumann CHL Nicole Perrot KOR Young-A YangT7 SWE Sophie Gustafson71E USA Meg Mallon USA Morgan Pressel (a) SWE Annika Sörenstam Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NNVYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s_ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2372%2C5741559 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Ferguson Doug Sorenstam calms early butterflies June 24, 2005 D1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NNVYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s_ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=3390%2C5760490 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon USGA June 24, 2005 D6 Second round Friday, June 24, 2005 Place Player Score To par1 CHL Nicole Perrot70-70=140 −2 T2 MEX Lorena Ochoa74-68=142E USA Michelle Wie (a) 69-73=142 T4 USA Paula Creamer74-69=143 +1 AUS Rachel Hetherington74-69=143 USA Angela Stanford69-74=143 T7 FRA Karine Icher69-75=144 +2 USA Morgan Pressel (a)71-73=144 T9 SWE Helen Alfredsson72-73=145 +3 USA Amie Cochran (a) 76-69=145 USA Natalie Gulbis70-75=145 KOR Young Jo74-71=145 USA Rosie Jones73-72=145 CAN Lorie Kane74-71=145 USA Cristie Kerr74-71=145 KOR Mi-Hyun Kim72-73=145 USA Meg Mallon71-74=145 SCO Catriona Matthew73-72=145 SWE Liselotte Neumann72-73=145 KOR Se Ri Pak74-71=145 ENG Karen Stupples75-70=145 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NdVYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s_ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2289%2C5999555 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon (Los Angeles Times) Bonk Thomas Sorenstam takes turn for the worse June 25, 2005 B1 Third round Saturday, June 25, 2005 Place Player Score To par T1 USA Morgan Pressel (a)71-73-70=214 +1 ENG Karen Stupples75-70-69=214 USA Michelle Wie (a)69-73-72=214 T4 USA Paula Creamer74-69-72=215 +2 KOR Young Jo74-71-70=215 KOR Birdie Kim74-72-69=215 T7 KOR Young Kim73-73-70=216 +3 USA Angela Stanford69-74-73=216 T9 USA Jamie Hullett 75-72-70=217 +4 USA Cristie Kerr74-71-72=217 TWN Candie Kung73-73-71=217 Source: Final round Sunday, June 26, 2005 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 KOR Birdie Kim74-72-69-72=287+3560,000 T2 USA Brittany Lang (a)69-77-72-71=289+50 USA Morgan Pressel (a)71-73-70-75=289T4 USA Natalie Gulbis70-75-74-71=290 +6272,723 CAN Lorie Kane74-71-76-69=290T6 FRA Karine Icher69-75-75-72=291 +7116,310 KOR Young Jo74-71-70-76=291 TWN Candie Kung73-73-71-74=291 MEX Lorena Ochoa74-68-77-72=291T10 USA Cristie Kerr74-71-72-75=292+880,523 USA Angela Stanford69-74-73-76=292 ENG Karen Stupples75-70-69-78=292 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tkoqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F0UEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4815%2C6275003 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel U.S. Women's Open results June 27, 2005 3C Scorecard Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12 131415161718Par444453434 453443454KOR Kim +3+3+3+3+2+3+2+2+2+3+2+2+2+3+3+4+4+3USA Lang +5+6+6+7+7+8+7+7+7+6+6+5+5+5+5+5+4+5USA Pressel +1EE+1+2+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+4+4+4+4+4+5KOR Jo +3+4+4+4+4+4+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+5+6+6+6+7MEX Ochoa +6+6+6+7+7+7+7+7+7+6+5+5+4+4+4+3+3+7USA Stanford +3+3+4+4+5+5+4+5+7+6+6+6+6+6+7+7+8+8ENG Stupples +2+1+1+1+2+3+4+4+5+5+5+6+6+7+7+7+7+8USA Creamer +4+4+4+4+6+6+6+6+7+7+6+6+6+6+6+7+10+10SWE Sörenstam +7+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+9+9+8+8+8+8+9+10+11+12USA 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 EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ Source: References External links http://www.uswomensopen.com/2005/ Golf Observer final leaderboardAugust 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship U.S. Women's Open – past champions – 2005 2005 39.643 -104.963 type:event title Category:U.S. Women's Open Category:Golf tournaments in Colorado Category:Women's sports in Colorado U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open