1999 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

1999 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
Dates	June 3–6, 1999
Location	West Point, Mississippi
Course(s)	Old Waverly Golf Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,433 yards (5,882 m)
Field	150 players, 63 after cut
Cut	144 (E)
Prize fund	$1.75 million
Winner's share	$315,000
Champion
Juli Inkster
272 (−16)
«1998 2000»

Old Waverly Golf Club

Location in the United States

Old Waverly Golf Club

Location in Mississippi

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

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

Main article: Old Waverly Golf Club

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

Source:^[7]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Meg Mallon	United States	1991	70	70	69	72	281	−7	T5
Se Ri Pak	South Korea	1998	68	70	74	73	285	−3	T14
Liselotte Neumann	Sweden	1988	73	71	69	73	286	−2	T17
Betsy King	United States	1989, 1990	70	70	79	74	293	+5	T47
Alison Nicholas	England	1997	72	72	71	80	295	+7	T55

Source:^[8]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Hollis Stacy	United States	1977, 1978, 1984	73	72	145	+1
Jane Geddes	United States	1986	72	73	145	+1
Laura Davies	England	1987	71	75	146	+2
Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	1995, 1996	72	74	146	+2

Source:^[9]

Round summaries

First round

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

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

Source:^[10]

Second round

Friday, June 4, 1999

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

Source:^[11]

Third round

Saturday, June 5, 1999

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

Source:^[12]

Final round

Sunday, June 6, 1999

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

Source:^[8]

References

↑ Brown, Clifton (June 7, 1999). "In 20th try, Inkster wins the title she cherishes". The New York Times. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
↑ Garrity, John (June 14, 1999). "Child's Play". Sports Illustrated. p. G6. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
↑ Walker, Brandon (September 16, 2009). "Organizers remember US Women's Open at Old Waverly". USA Today. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
1 2 Ferguson, Doug (June 7, 1999). "Inkster wins Open in record fashion". Pittsburgh Post=Gazette. Associated Press. p. C-2.
↑ "1999 U.S. Women's Open: Second-round scores". ESPN. June 4, 1999. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
↑ Ferguson, Doug (June 5, 1999). "Kane, Inkster ease into lead". Pittsburgh Post=Gazette. Associated Press. p. B-7.
↑ "1999 U.S. Women's Open: Course map". ESPN. June 1999. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
1 2 "Golf: U.S. Women's Open". Toledo Blade. Ohio. June 7, 1999. p. 28.
↑ "Golf: U.S. Women's Open scores". Toledo Blade. Ohio. June 5, 1999. p. 33.
↑ "Kuehne keeps rollin'". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 4, 1999. p. C2.
↑ "LPGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. June 5, 1999. p. 6D.
↑ "USGA - U.S. Women's Open". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. June 6, 1999. p. 8B.

External links

U.S. Women's Open - past champions - 1999
ESPN.com - 1999 U.S. Women's Open

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