2009 U.S. Women's Open

September 2026 2009 U.S. Women's Open USWomensOpen2009Logo.svg July 9–12, 2009 Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. Saucon Valley Country ClubOld Course USGA LPGA Tour 71 6740 yd 0http://www.uswomensopen.com/news/fact_sheet.html USGA 2009 U.S. Women's Open Fact Sheet June 11, 2012 156 players, 72 after cut 151 (+9) $3.25 million $585,000 KOR Eun-Hee Ji 284 (E) 2008 2010 USA 1 Saucon Valley Country Club 40.556 -75.387 Location in the United States 5 240 USA Pennsylvania 1 Saucon Valley Country Club 40.556 -75.387 Location in Pennsylvania left 5 240 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.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8143612.stm Na Yeon Choi takes US Open lead July 10, 2009 BBC Sport July 13, 2009 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).http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/07/11/golf.women.usopen.kerr/ Kerr holds narrow lead in U.S. Women's Open July 11, 2009 CNN.com July 11, 2009 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.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8146409.stm Kerr holds on to lead at US Open July 12, 2009 BBC Sport July 13, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090713011758/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8146409.stm July 13, 2009 live Ji won the championship after sinking a 20 ft 0 on 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.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8147111.stm Ji holds off Kerr to win US Open July 13, 2009 BBC Sport July 13, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090714012827/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8147111.stm 14 July 2009 live Course layout Saucon Valley Country ClubOld Course Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards5494353731544095594533872103,5293321655554333993393741704443,2116,740Par544345443364354444343571 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:http://www.sauconvalleycc.org/club/scripts/library/view_document.asp?NS=PG&DN=USGA Saucon Valley Country Club USGA national championships held at SVCC June 12, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120307074141/http://www.sauconvalleycc.org/club/scripts/library/view_document.asp?NS=PG&DN=USGA March 7, 2012 dead mdy-allhttp://www.uswomensopen.com/2009/course/ USGA 2009 U.S. Women's Open - Course Map July 2009 June 29, 2013http://www.uswomensopen.com/scoring/dyn/csumall.html USGA U.S. Women's Open Championship - Course Statistics - All Rounds July 12, 2009 June 29, 2013 Round summaries First round Thursday, July 9, 2009 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 KOR Na Yeon Choi68−3T2 USA Cristie Kerr69−2 MEX Lorena Ochoa USA Jean Reynolds5 KOR Hee Young Park 70 −1T6 KOR Eun-Hee Ji71E KOR Young Kim USA Candie Kung USA Kristy McPherson SWE Anna Nordqvist USA Lexi Thompson (a) Second round Friday, July 10, 2009 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Cristie Kerr69-70=139−32 USA Paula Creamer72-68=140−23 USA Jean Reynolds69-72=141−1T4 ITA Giulia Sergas75-67=142E KOR Na Yeon Choi68-74=142T6 KOR Song-Hee Kim74-69=143+1 KOR Eun-Hee Ji71-72=143T8 AUS Lindsey Wright74-70=144+2 JPN Yuri Fudoh73-71=144 KOR I.K. Kim72-72=144 USA Brittany Lincicome72-72=144 USA Lexi Thompson (a)71-73=144 KOR Hee Young Park70-74=144 72 players made the cut at 151 (+9) or better Third round Saturday, July 11, 2009 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Cristie Kerr69-70-72=211−22 KOR Eun-Hee Ji71-72-70=213ET3 TWN Teresa Lu76-69-70=215+2 USA Jean Reynolds69-72-74=215T5 USA Candie Kung71-77-68=216+3 KOR I.K. Kim72-72-72=216 KOR Hee Young Park70-74-72=216T8 KOR Kyeong Bae75-73-69=217+4 NOR Suzann Pettersen74-71-72=217 USA Brittany Lincicome72-72-73=217 Final round Sunday, July 12, 2009 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 KOR Eun-Hee Ji71-72-70-71=284E585,0002 USA Candie Kung71-77-68-69=285+1350,000T3 KOR I.K. Kim72-72-72-70=286+2183,568 USA Cristie Kerr69-70-72-75=2865 USA Brittany Lincicome72-72-73-70=287+3122,415T6 USA Paula Creamer72-68-79-69=288+499,126 JPN Ai Miyazato74-74-71-69=288 NOR Suzann Pettersen74-71-72-71=288T9 KOR Na Yeon Choi68-74-76-71=289+576,711 KOR Kyeong Bae75-73-69-72=289 KOR Hee Young Park70-74-72-73=289 Source:https://sports.yahoo.com/golf/lpga/leaderboard/2009/195 Yahoo Sports 2009 U.S. Women's Open: final leaderboard July 12, 2009 June 11, 2012http://www.uswomensopen.com/scoring/dyn/alllb.html USGA U.S. Women'S Open Championship - Round 4 Full Leaderboard July 12, 2009 June 29, 2013http://www.uswomensopen.com/news/PrizeMoney.pdf USGA 2009 U.S. Women's Open Championship: Final Results July 12, 2009 June 11, 2012 Scorecard Final round Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par544345443 435444434KOR Ji E+1+1+2+2+1+2+1+1+3+3+3+2+1+1+1+1EUSA Kung +2+1+1+1+1+1+2+1+1+1+1EEEEE+1+1USA Kerr −1−1−2−2−1EEEEEEE+1+1+1+2+2+2KOR 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: References External links http://www.uswomensopen.com/2009/ Saucon Valley Country Club 2009 40.556 -75.387 type:event title Category:U.S. Women's Open Category:Golf tournaments in Pennsylvania Category:Women's sports in Pennsylvania Category:Sports in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open