1999 U.S. Women's Open

The 1999 U.S. Women's Open was the 54th U.S. Women's Open, held June 3–6 at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Mississippi, northwest of Columbus.

1999 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 3–6, 1999
LocationWest Point, Mississippi
Course(s)Old Waverly Golf Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,433 yards (5,882 m)
Field150 players, 63 after cut
Cut144 (E)
Prize fund$1.75 million
Winner's share$315,000
Champion
United States Juli Inkster
272 (−16)
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Old Waverly Golf Club is located in the United States
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Old Waverly Golf Club is located in Mississippi
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In her twentieth attempt,[1] Juli Inkster won the first of her two U.S. Women's Open titles, five strokes ahead of runner-up Sherri Turner.[2][3] Inkster, 38, broke the under-par scoring record with a 272 (−16) and became the oldest champion since 1955.[4] It was the fourth of her seven major championships; she also won the next major, the LPGA Championship, three weeks later.

The win was the first by an American at the championship in five years, and Inkster became the first since JoAnne Carner to win the U.S. Women's Amateur and the U.S. Women's Open.[4] Carner won her amateur title in 1968 and Open titles in 1971 and 1976. Inkster won three consecutive amateur titles in 1980, 1981, and 1982; she won her second Open in 2002.

Grace Park set the amateur scoring record at 283 (−5) and turned professional shortly after.

Annika Sörenstam shot 146 (+2) and missed the cut by two strokes,[5] the second and last time she failed to play the weekend in her fifteen appearances. She previously missed the cut in 1997, as the two-time defending champion (1995, 1996).[6] Sörenstam won her third Open in 2006, the last of her ten major titles.

Course layout

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Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 339 475 163 390 403 348 177 413 512 3,220 520 408 151 384 357 447 388 183 375 3,213 6,433
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 36 5 4 3 4 4 5 4 3 4 36 72

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Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, June 3, 1999
Friday, June 4, 1999

Place Player Score To par
1   Kelli Kuehne 64 −8
2   Juli Inkster 65 −7
3   Moira Dunn 67 −5
T4   Se Ri Pak 68 −4
  Dottie Pepper
  Sherri Steinhauer
T7   Donna Andrews 69 −3
  A. J. Eathorne
  Akiko Fukushima
  Catriona Matthew
  Catrin Nilsmark
  Sherri Turner

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Second round

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Friday, June 4, 1999

Place Player Score To par
T1   Juli Inkster 65-69=134 −10
  Lorie Kane 70-64=134
3   Kelli Kuehne 64-71=135 −9
4   Becky Iverson 72-64=136 −8
T5   Catriona Matthew 69-68=137 −7
  Grace Park (a) 70-67=137
  Dottie Pepper 68-69=137
  Sherri Steinhauer 68-69=137
T9   Moira Dunn 67-71=138 −6
  Lisa Riggens 71-67=138
  Se Ri Pak 68-70=138
  Sherri Turner 69-69=138

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Third round

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Saturday, June 5, 1999

Place Player Score To par
1   Juli Inkster 65-69-67=201 −15
T2   Lorie Kane 70-64-71=205 −11
  Kelli Kuehne 64-71-70=205
4   Sherri Turner 69-69-68=206 −10
5   Karrie Webb 70-70-68=208 −8
T6   Becky Iverson 72-64-73=209 −7
  Carin Koch 72-69-68=209
  Meg Mallon 70-70-69=209
  Dottie Pepper 68-69-72=209
T10   Helen Alfredsson 72-68-70=210 −6
  Akiko Fukushima 69-70-71=209
  Catrin Nilsmark 69-71-70=209
  Grace Park (a) 70-67-73=209
  Sherri Steinhauer 68-69-73=209

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Final round

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Sunday, June 6, 1999

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Juli Inkster 65-69-67-71=272 −16 315,000
2   Sherri Turner 69-69-68-71=277 −11 185,000
3   Kelli Kuehne 64-71-70-74=279 −9 118,227
4   Lorie Kane 70-64-71-75=280 −8 82,399
T5   Carin Koch 72-69-68-72=281 −7 62,938
  Meg Mallon 70-70-69-72=281
7   Karrie Webb 70-70-68-74=282 −6 53,132
T8   Catriona Matthew 69-68-74-72=283 −5 45,244
  Helen Dobson 71-70-73-69=283
  Maria Hjorth 73-69-70-71=283
  Grace Park (a) 70-67-73-73=283 0

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References

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  1. ^ Brown, Clifton (June 7, 1999). "In 20th try, Inkster wins the title she cherishes". The New York Times. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  2. ^ Garrity, John (June 14, 1999). "Child's Play". Sports Illustrated. p. G6. Archived from the original on July 3, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  3. ^ Walker, Brandon (September 16, 2009). "Organizers remember US Women's Open at Old Waverly". USA Today. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Ferguson, Doug (June 7, 1999). "Inkster wins Open in record fashion". Pittsburgh Post=Gazette. Associated Press. p. C-2.
  5. ^ "1999 U.S. Women's Open: Second-round scores". ESPN. June 4, 1999. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  6. ^ Ferguson, Doug (June 5, 1999). "Kane, Inkster ease into lead". Pittsburgh Post=Gazette. Associated Press. p. B-7.
  7. ^ "1999 U.S. Women's Open: Course map". ESPN. June 1999. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  8. ^ "Kuehne keeps rollin'". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 4, 1999. p. C2.
  9. ^ "LPGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. June 5, 1999. p. 6D.
  10. ^ "USGA - U.S. Women's Open". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. June 6, 1999. p. 8B.
  11. ^ "Golf: U.S. Women's Open". Toledo Blade. Ohio. June 7, 1999. p. 28.
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