2008 U.S. Women's Open

The 2008 U.S. Women's Open was the 63rd U.S. Women's Open, held June 26–29 at Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minnesota, a suburb southwest of Minneapolis. It was the first U.S. Women's Open played at the course, which hosted the Solheim Cup in 2002. The winner was 19-year-old Inbee Park, four strokes ahead of runner-up Helen Alfredsson. The tournament was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports.

2008 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 26–29, 2008
LocationEdina, Minnesota
Course(s)Interlachen Country Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par73
Length6,789 yards (6,208 m)
Field156 players, 74 after cut
Cut150 (+4)
Prize fund$3.25 million
Winner's share$585,000
Champion
Inbee Park
283 (−9)
Interlachen  
Country Club
Location in the United States
Interlachen  
Country Club
Location in Minnesota

The course hosted the U.S. Open in 1930, part of the grand slam of Bobby Jones.

Field

Exempt players

1. Last 10 U.S. Women's Open Champions
Juli Inkster, Birdie Kim, Cristie Kerr, Hilary Lunke, Meg Mallon, Se Ri Pak, Annika Sörenstam, Karrie Webb

2. Top two finishers in the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur and winner of the 2006 U.S. Women's Amateur
Amanda Blumenherst (a), Kimberly Kim (a), Mariajo Uribe (a)

3. Last five LPGA Champions
Suzann Pettersen, Yani Tseng

4. Last five Women's British Open Champions
Jeong Jang, Lorena Ochoa, Sherri Steinhauer, Karen Stupples

5. Last five Kraft Nabisco Champions
Grace Park, Morgan Pressel

6. From the 2007 U.S. Women's Open, the 20 lowest scorers and ties.
Kyeong Bae, Paula Creamer, Julieta Granada, Amy Hung, Jimin Kang, Christina Kim, Mi Hyun Kim, Jee Young Lee, Brittany Lincicome, Catriona Matthew, Ai Miyazato, Angela Park, Inbee Park, Jiyai Shin, Angela Stanford

7. From the 2007 LPGA Tour money list, the top 40 money leaders
Shi Hyun Ahn, Nicole Castrale, Laura Davies, Laura Diaz, Meaghan Francella, Natalie Gulbis, Sophie Gustafson, Rachel Hetherington, Maria Hjorth, Pat Hurst, I.K. Kim, Young Kim, Brittany Lang, Sarah Lee, Seon Hwa Lee, Na On Min, Stacy Prammanasudh, Reilley Rankin, Lindsey Wright

8. From the 2008 LPGA Tour money, the top 35 money leaders through June 1
Minea Blomqvist, Na Yeon Choi, Allison Fouch, Hee-Won Han, Song-Hee Kim, Candie Kung, Leta Lindley, Teresa Lu, Jane Park, Momoko Ueda, Sun Young Yoo

9. Winner of tournaments from the conclusion of last year's U.S. Women's Open until now
Louise Friberg

10. Top 3 players from the Japan LPGA Tour, LPGA of Korea Tour, and Ladies European Tour
Sun-Ju Ahn, Bettina Hauert, Mi-Jeong Jeon, Eun-Hee Ji, Gwladys Nocera, Sakura Yokomine

Qualifiers

(a) - amateur

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) WonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Cristie Kerr United States200772707575292ET13
Annika Sörenstam Sweden1995, 1996, 200675707278295+3T24
Karrie Webb Australia2000, 200175757276298+6T38
Meg Mallon United States1991, 200475728274303+11T58

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) WonR1R2TotalTo par
Laura Davies England19877081151+5
Hilary Lunke United States20037478152+6
Se Ri Pak South Korea19987678154+8
Juli Inkster United States1999, 20027481155+9
Birdie Kim South Korea20057977156+10
Liselotte Neumann Sweden19887878156

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yardage3444735571784384123162274133,3585283531645251853453604415303,4316,789
Par455344434365435344453773

Source:[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 26, 2008

The Open kicked off on Thursday with the field playing in threesomes starting from either the first tee or the tenth tee. Featured threesomes included Annika Sörenstam, Suzann Pettersen, and Paula Creamer, ranked 2, 3, and 4 respectively in the world rankings. Sorenstam and Petterssen opened their U.S. Opens with scores of 75 (+2) and 77 (+4) respectively. Creamer shot a 70 to move three shots off the pace. The other featured threesome included number one ranked player Lorena Ochoa, defending U.S. Open champion Cristie Kerr, and 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur champion Maria José Uribe. Uribe led that group with a 69 to lead all amateurs and end the day in a tie for fourth overall; Kerr shot a 1-under 72; Ochoa had an up-and-down round of even-par 73. The rounds of the day belonged to Ji Young Oh, who had eight birdies and two bogeys and to Pat Hurst who had six birdies and an eagle. Oh and Hurst tied after Round 1 at six-under par 67.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Pat Hurst United States67−6
Ji Young Oh South Korea
3Song-Hee Kim South Korea68−5
T4Louise Friberg Sweden69−4
Jiyai Shin South Korea
Mariajo Uribe (a) Colombia
T7Helen Alfredsson Sweden70−3
Paula Creamer United States
Laura Davies England
Catriona Matthew Scotland
Linda Wessberg United States

Second round

Friday, June 27, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008

With Thursday's rounds completed many well-known American players took a step down on the competition while many lesser-known and international players took a step up. A two-hour weather delay required some to finish their rounds on Saturday morning. Angela Park had an even round on Thursday, and a 6-under 67 in the second round. She held a one-stroke lead over three others: Inbee Park of Korea, Helen Alfredsson of Sweden, and the only Finnish player in the tournament, Minea Blomqvist. The two leading Americans were Paula Creamer and Cristie Kerr at 4-under 142. Both first-round leaders took a severe fall on Friday, with Ji Young Oh, who had to finish her second round on Saturday due to the weather delay, shooting a 76 and Pat Hurst turning in a 5-over 78. Many top-ranked or well-known players missed the cut, including Laura Davies (70-81), Natalie Gulbis (73-80), 13-year-old Alexis Thompson (75-77), 2003 champion and Minnesotan Hilary Lunke (74-78), Juli Inkster (74-81), and Michelle Wie (81-75).

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Angela Park Brazil
 United States
73-67=140−6
T2Helen Alfredsson Sweden70-71=141−5
Minea Blomqvist Finland72-69=141
Inbee Park South Korea72-69=141
T5Jeong Jang South Korea73-69=142−4
Cristie Kerr United States72-70=142
Candie Kung United States72-70=142
Paula Creamer United States70-72=142
T9Stacy Lewis United States73-70=143−3
Momoko Ueda Japan72-71=143
Teresa Lu Taiwan71-72=143
Ai Miyazato Japan71-72=143
Louise Friberg Sweden69-74=143
Jiyai Shin South Korea69-74=143
Mariajo Uribe (a) Colombia69-74=143
Ji Young Oh South Korea67-72=143

Third round

Saturday, June 28, 2008

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Stacy Lewis United States73-70-67=210−9
2Paula Creamer United States70-72-69=211−8
T3Helen Alfredsson Sweden70-71-71=212−7
Inbee Park South Korea72-69-71=212
5I.K. Kim South Korea71-73-69=213−6
6Mi Hyun Kim South Korea72-72-70=214−5
T7Mariajo Uribe (a) Colombia69-74-72=215−4
Angela Park Brazil
 United States
73-67-75=215
T9Young Kim South Korea74-71-71=216−3
Momoko Ueda Japan72-71-73=216
Teresa Lu Taiwan71-72-73=216
Jeong Jang South Korea73-69-74=216

Final round

Sunday, June 29, 2008

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Inbee Park South Korea72-69-71-71=283−9585,000
2Helen Alfredsson Sweden70-71-71-75=287−5350,000
T3Angela Park Brazil
 United States
73-67-75-73=288−4162,487
In-Kyung Kim South Korea71-73-69-75=288
Stacy Lewis United States73-70-67-78=288
T6Giulia Sergas Italy73-74-72-70=289−394,117
Nicole Castrale United States74-70-74-71=289
Mi Hyun Kim South Korea72-72-70-75=289
Paula Creamer United States70-72-69-78=289
T10Teresa Lu Taiwan71-72-73-74=290−275,734
Mariajo Uribe (a) Colombia69-74-72-75=2900

Source:[2][3]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par455344434543534445
Park−8−9−9−9−9−8−8−7−7−7−8−8−9−9−9−9−8−9
Alfredsson−7−8−7−6−5−5−5−4−4−4−4−3−5−5−5−4−4−5
I.K. Kim−6−7−6−6−5−4−4−3−3−3−4−3−4−5−4−5−3−4
Lewis−9−7−7−7−7−7−7−6−5−5−5−4−5−5−4−4−4−4
Creamer−8−6−6−7−7−6−6−5−3−3−3−2−2−2−2−3−3−3
M.H. Kim−4−4−4−5−5−4−4−2−3−3−4−5−4−4−4−4−3−3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[4]

References

  1. "63rd U.S. Women's Open - Course Statistics - All Rounds". USGA. June 29, 2008. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  2. "2008 U.S. Women's Open Championship: Final Results" (PDF). USGA. July 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  3. "2008 U.S. Women's Open: leaderboard". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  4. "63rd U.S. Women's Open - Round 4 Full Leaderboard". USGA. June 28, 2008. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
Preceded by
2008 LPGA Championship
Major Championships Succeeded by
2008 Women's British Open

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