2009 U.S. Women's Open

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.

2009 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJuly 9–12, 2009
LocationUpper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Course(s)Saucon Valley Country Club
Old Course
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length6,740 yards (6,163 m)[1]
Field156 players, 72 after cut
Cut151 (+9)
Prize fund$3.25 million
Winner's share$585,000
Champion
South Korea Eun-Hee Ji
284 (E)
Saucon Valley Country Club is located in the United States
Saucon Valley Country Club
Saucon Valley Country Club
Location in the United States
Saucon Valley Country Club is located in Pennsylvania
Saucon Valley Country Club
Saucon Valley Country Club
Location in Pennsylvania

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
Main article: Saucon Valley Country Club

Old Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards5494353731544095594533872103,5293321655554333993393741704443,2116,740
Par544345443364354444343571
  • 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

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1South Korea Na Yeon Choi68−3
T2United States Cristie Kerr69−2
Mexico Lorena Ochoa
United States Jean Reynolds
5South Korea Hee Young Park70−1
T6South Korea Eun-Hee Ji71E
South Korea Young Kim
United States Candie Kung
United States Kristy McPherson
Sweden Anna Nordqvist
United States Lexi Thompson (a)

Second round

Friday, July 10, 2009

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Cristie Kerr69-70=139−3
2United States Paula Creamer72-68=140−2
3United States Jean Reynolds69-72=141−1
T4Italy Giulia Sergas75-67=142E
South Korea Na Yeon Choi68-74=142
T6South Korea Song-Hee Kim74-69=143+1
South Korea Eun-Hee Ji71-72=143
T8Australia Lindsey Wright74-70=144+2
Japan Yuri Fudoh73-71=144
South Korea I.K. Kim72-72=144
United States Brittany Lincicome72-72=144
United States Lexi Thompson (a)71-73=144
South Korea Hee Young Park70-74=144
  • 72 players made the cut at 151 (+9) or better[9]

Third round

Saturday, July 11, 2009

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Cristie Kerr69-70-72=211−2
2South Korea Eun-Hee Ji71-72-70=213E
T3Taiwan Teresa Lu76-69-70=215+2
United States Jean Reynolds69-72-74=215
T5United States Candie Kung71-77-68=216+3
South Korea I.K. Kim72-72-72=216
South Korea Hee Young Park70-74-72=216
T8South Korea Kyeong Bae75-73-69=217+4
Norway Suzann Pettersen74-71-72=217
United States Brittany Lincicome72-72-73=217

Final round

Sunday, July 12, 2009

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1South Korea Eun-Hee Ji71-72-70-71=284E585,000
2United States Candie Kung71-77-68-69=285+1350,000
T3South Korea I.K. Kim72-72-72-70=286+2183,568
United States Cristie Kerr69-70-72-75=286
5United States Brittany Lincicome72-72-73-70=287+3122,415
T6United States Paula Creamer72-68-79-69=288+499,126
Japan Ai Miyazato74-74-71-69=288
Norway Suzann Pettersen74-71-72-71=288
T9South Korea Na Yeon Choi68-74-76-71=289+576,711
South Korea Kyeong Bae75-73-69-72=289
South Korea Hee Young Park70-74-72-73=289

Source:[9][10][11]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par544345443435444434
South Korea JiE+1+1+2+2+1+2+1+1+3+3+3+2+1+1+1+1E
United States Kung+2+1+1+1+1+1+2+1+1+1+1EEEEE+1+1
United States Kerr−1−1−2−2−1EEEEEEE+1+1+1+2+2+2
South Korea 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
  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.
  7. "2009 U.S. Women's Open - Course Map". USGA. July 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  8. "U.S. Women's Open Championship - Course Statistics - All Rounds". USGA. July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  9. "2009 U.S. Women's Open: final leaderboard". Yahoo Sports. July 12, 2009. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  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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