2006 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
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Tournament information | |
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Dates | June 30 – July 3, 2006 |
Location | Newport, Rhode Island |
Course(s) | Newport Country Club |
Organized by | USGA |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 71 |
Length | 6,616 yards (6,050 m) |
Field | 155 players, 68 after cut |
Cut | 150 (+8) |
Prize fund | $3.1 million |
Winner's share | $560,000 |
Champion | |
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284 (E), playoff | |
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The 2006 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 61st U.S. Women's Open, held June 30 to July 3 at Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island.
Delayed by fog for a day,[1] the first round started on Friday and the final two rounds were played on Sunday. The champion was Annika Sörenstam, the winner of an 18-hole playoff on Monday over Pat Hurst, by a score of 70 to 74. The two had finished at even par (284) after 72 holes on Sunday, two strokes ahead of Se Ri Pak, Stacy Prammanasudh, and Michelle Wie. It was Sörenstam's third victory in the championship, the first in a decade after winning consecutive titles in 1995 and 1996, and was her tenth and final major championship victory. With the win, Sörenstam went over $20 million in career earnings.[2][3]
American collegians Amanda Blumenherst and Jane Park were the low amateurs and finished tied for tenth.
This was the final full-round playoff in the U.S. Women's Open; the format was changed to a three-hole aggregate for 2007, first used in 2011. The event was televised ESPN and NBC Sports, with ESPN covering the Monday playoff.
Past champions in the field
Made the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
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Annika Sörenstam | ![]() | 1995, 1996 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 284 | E | 1 |
Se Ri Pak | ![]() | 1998 | 69 | 74 | 74 | 69 | 286 | +2 | T3 |
Juli Inkster | ![]() | 1999, 2002 | 73 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 287 | +3 | 6 |
Karrie Webb | ![]() | 2000, 2001 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 76 | 299 | +15 | T37 |
Missed the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
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Liselotte Neumann | ![]() | 1988 | 76 | 77 | 153 | +11 |
Birdie Kim | ![]() | 2005 | 79 | 75 | 154 | +12 |
Meg Mallon | ![]() | 1991, 2004 | 75 | 79 | 154 | +12 |
Laura Davies | ![]() | 1987 | 78 | 77 | 155 | +13 |
Hilary Lunke | ![]() | 2003 | 72 | 83 | 155 | +13 |
- 68 players made the cut at 150 (+8) or better[4]
Course layout
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Yards | 532 | 298 | 405 | 137 | 180 | 426 | 359 | 440 | 436 | 3,213 | 480 | 363 | 340 | 211 | 449 | 386 | 549 | 185 | 440 | 3,403 | 6,616 |
Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 71 |
Source:[5]
Round summaries
First round
Friday, June 30, 2006
Source:[6]
Second round
Saturday, July 1, 2006
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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T1 | Pat Hurst | ![]() | 69-71=140 | −2 |
Annika Sörenstam | ![]() | 69-71=140 | ||
T3 | Shi Hyun Ahn | ![]() | 71-71=142 | E |
Jane Park (a) | ![]() | 69-73=142 | ||
Michelle Wie | ![]() | 70-72=142 | ||
T6 | Paula Creamer | ![]() | 71-72=143 | +1 |
Juli Inkster | ![]() | 73-70=143 | ||
Jeong Jang | ![]() | 72-71=143 | ||
Se Ri Pak | ![]() | 69-74=143 | ||
Stacy Prammanasudh | ![]() | 72-71=143 |
Source:[7]
Third round
Sunday, July 2, 2006 (morning)
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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T1 | Brittany Lincicome | ![]() | 72-72-69=213 | E |
Annika Sörenstam | ![]() | 69-71-73=213 | ||
Michelle Wie | ![]() | 70-72-71=213 | ||
T4 | Juli Inkster | ![]() | 73-70-71=214 | +1 |
Stacy Prammanasudh | ![]() | 72-71-71=214 | ||
T6 | Sophie Gustafson | ![]() | 72-72-71=215 | +2 |
Pat Hurst | ![]() | 69-71-75=215 | ||
T8 | Shi Hyun Ahn | ![]() | 71-71-74=216 | +3 |
Jee Young Lee | ![]() | 71-75-70=216 | ||
T10 | Se Ri Pak | ![]() | 69-74-74=217 | +4 |
Jane Park (a) | ![]() | 69-73-75=217 |
Final round
Sunday, July 2, 2006 (afternoon)
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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T1 | Annika Sörenstam | ![]() | 69-71-73-71=284 | E | Playoff |
Pat Hurst | ![]() | 69-71-75-69=284 | |||
T3 | Se Ri Pak | ![]() | 69-74-74-69=286 | +2 | 156,038 |
Stacy Prammanasudh | ![]() | 72-71-71-72=286 | |||
Michelle Wie | ![]() | 70-72-71-73=286 | |||
6 | Juli Inkster | ![]() | 73-70-71-73=287 | +3 | 103,575 |
7 | Brittany Lincicome | ![]() | 72-72-69-78=291 | +7 | 93,026 |
T8 | Rachel Hetherington | ![]() | 74-72-73-73=292 | +8 | 82,460 |
Shi Hyun Ahn | ![]() | 71-71-74-76=292 | |||
T10 | Amanda Blumenherst (a) | ![]() | 70-77-73-73=293 | +9 | 0 |
Jane Park (a) | ![]() | 69-73-75-76=293 | |||
Young Kim | ![]() | 75-69-75-74=293 | 66,174 | ||
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc | ![]() | 72-73-73-75=293 | |||
Jee Young Lee | ![]() | 71-75-70-77=293 | |||
Sophie Gustafson | ![]() | 72-72-71-78=293 |
Scorecard
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[8]
Playoff
Monday, July 3, 2006
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Annika Sörenstam | ![]() | 34-36=70 | −1 | 560,000 |
2 | Pat Hurst | ![]() | 39-35=74 | +3 | 335,000 |
Scorecard
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
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Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
![]() | −1 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 |
![]() | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +3 |
References
- ↑ "Fog plagues U.S. Women's Open". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. June 30, 2006. p. C2.
- ↑ "U.S. Women's Open - History – 2006". Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "LPGA – 2006 U.S. Women's Open – final round wrap-up". Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "2006 U.S. Women's Open: final leaderboard". Yahoo Sports. July 4, 2006. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
- ↑ "LPGA – 2006 U.S. Women's Open – pre-tournament fact sheet". Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Sorenstam among pace-setters". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated erss. July 1, 2006. p. B5.
- ↑ "Sorenstam shares lead heading into big day". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. July 2, 2006. p. D7.
- ↑ "2006 U.S. Women's Open Championship: Real-time scoring". USGA. 2006. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ↑ "2006 U.S. Women's Open playoff – Hole by hole – 2006". ESPN. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "2006 U.S. Women's Open - playoff scorecard". USGA. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
External links
- Official website
- Golf Observer final leaderboard
- U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
- U.S. Women's Open – past champions – 2006
Coordinates: 41°27′43″N 71°20′49″W / 41.462°N 71.347°W