2000 U.S. Women's Open

September 2026 2000 U.S. Women's Open July 20–23, 2000 Libertyville, Illinois Merit Club USGA LPGA Tour 72 6516 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OVdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6660%2C6096798 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Wind, greens play havoc at Open July 22, 2000 3D 150 players, 60 after cut 150 (+6) $2.75 million $500,000 AUS Karrie Webb 282 (−6) 1999 2001 USA 1 Libertyville  42.335 -87.955 Location in the United States 5 left 230 USA Illinois 1 MeritClub 42.335 -87.955 Location in Illinois 5 120 The 2000 U.S. Women's Open was the 55th U.S. Women's Open, held July 20–23 at the Merit Club in Libertyville, Illinois, a suburb north of Chicago and west of Waukegan. Karrie Webb won the first of two consecutive U.S. Women's Opens, five strokes ahead of runners-up Cristie Kerr and Meg Mallon.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=K4VIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=228DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6856%2C3642416 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Webb wins Women's Open by 5 shots July 24, 2000 D-2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8GRWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bPIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7174%2C4083530 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Webb spins a title Manoyan Dan July 24, 2000 1C It was the third of Webb's seven major titles. This was the first time in 19 years that the championship had been held in the Chicago metropolitan area; the Merit Club course opened eight years earlier in 1992. The purse was $2.75 million, an increase of over 57% from the previous year, with a winner's share of $500,000. Webb also picked up an additional $250,000 bonus from the Nabisco Grand Slam Challenge for winning two majors in the same year. This championship was scheduled concurrently with The Open Championship in Scotland, where Tiger Woods won his fourth straight major title at St. Andrews to secure his historic Tiger Slam. Course layout Merit Club Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards3991724993743593661515223883,2304101755333544063761673804853,2866,516Par435444354364354443453672 Round summaries First round Thursday, July 20, 2000 Place Player Score To par 1 USA Meg Mallon68 −4T2 AUS Shani Waugh69 −3 AUS Karrie WebbT4 USA Kellee Booth70 −2 USA Juli InksterT6 USA Kristi Albers71 −1 USA Beth Daniel USA Jackie Gallagher-Smith CAN Lorie Kane USA Betsy King USA Kelli Kuehne TWN Yu Ping Lin Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uI9XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W_IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3714%2C97119 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Mallon cuts corners July 21, 2000 C2 Second round Friday, July 21, 2000 Place Player Score To par 1 USA Meg Mallon68-72=140 −4T2 USA Betsy King71-70=141 −3 AUS Karrie Webb69-72=1414 USA Cristie Kerr72-71=143 −1 T5 ENG Laura Davies73-71=144 E USA Dorothy Delasin76-68=144 USA Rosie Jones73-71=144 USA Juli Inkster70-74=144 SCO Kathryn Marshall72-72=144 AUS Shani Waugh69-75=144 Source: Third round Saturday, July 22, 2000 Place Player Score To par 1 AUS Karrie Webb69-72-68=209−7 2 USA Meg Mallon68-72-73=213 −3T3 ENG Laura Davies73-71-72=216 E USA Dorothy Delasin76-68-72=216 USA Rosie Jones73-71-72=216 KOR Mi-Hyun Kim74-72-70=216T7 USA Beth Daniel71-74-72=217+1 USA Pat Hurst73-72-72=217 USA Juli Inkster70-74-73=217 CAN Lorie Kane71-74-72=217 USA Cristie Kerr72-71-74=217 AUS Shani Waugh69-75-73=217 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OldWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5334%2C6645389 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon USGA - Women's Open July 23, 2000 8F Final round Sunday, July 23, 2000 Place Player Score To par Money ($) 1 AUS Karrie Webb69-72-68-73=282−6500,000 T2 USA Cristie Kerr72-71-74-70=287−1240,228 USA Meg Mallon68-72-73-74=287 T4 USA Rosie Jones73-71-72-72=288E120,118 KOR Mi-Hyun Kim74-72-70-72=288T6 USA Kelli Kuehne71-74-73-71=289+190,458 KOR Grace Park74-72-73-70=289 8 USA Beth Daniel71-74-72-73=290+279,345 T9 ENG Laura Davies73-71-72-75=291 +367,368 USA Kelly Robbins74-73-71-73=291 SWE Annika Sörenstam73-75-73-70=291 Source: References External links U.S. Women's Open - past champions - 2000 2000 42.335 -87.955 type:event title Category:U.S. Women's Open Category:Golf tournaments in Illinois Category:Women's sports in Illinois Category:Libertyville, Illinois U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open