2000 U.S. Women's Open

The 2000 U.S. Women's Open was the 55th U.S. Women's Open, held July 20–23 at the Merit Club in Libertyville, Illinois, a suburb north of Chicago and west of Waukegan. Karrie Webb won the first of two consecutive U.S. Women's Opens, five strokes ahead of runners-up Cristie Kerr and Meg Mallon.^[2][3] It was the third of Webb's seven major titles.

2000 U.S. Women's Open

Tournament information
Dates	July 20–23, 2000
Location	Libertyville, Illinois
Course(s)	Merit Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,516 yards (5,958 m)[1]
Field	150 players, 60 after cut[1]
Cut	150 (+6)[1]
Prize fund	$2.75 million
Winner's share	$500,000
Champion
Karrie Webb
282 (−6)
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Libertyville 

Location in the United States

Merit
Club

Location in Illinois

This was the first time in 19 years that the championship had been held in the Chicago metropolitan area; the Merit Club course opened eight years earlier in 1992. The purse was $2.75 million, an increase of over 57% from the previous year, with a winner's share of $500,000. Webb also picked up an additional $250,000 bonus from the Nabisco Grand Slam Challenge for winning two majors in the same year.^[2]

This championship was scheduled concurrently with The Open Championship in Scotland, where Tiger Woods won his fourth straight major title at St. Andrews to secure his historic Tiger Slam.

Course layout

Main article: Merit Club

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	399	172	499	374	359	366	151	522	388	3,230	410	175	533	354	406	376	167	380	485	3,286	6,516
Par	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	36	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	36	72

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 20, 2000

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Meg Mallon	68	−4
T2	Shani Waugh	69	−3
	Karrie Webb
T4	Kellee Booth	70	−2
	Juli Inkster
T6	Kristi Albers	71	−1
	Beth Daniel
	Jackie Gallagher-Smith
	Lorie Kane
	Betsy King
	Kelli Kuehne
	Yu Ping Lin

Source:^[4]

Second round

Friday, July 21, 2000

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Meg Mallon	68-72=140	−4
T2	Betsy King	71-70=141	−3
	Karrie Webb	69-72=141
4	Cristie Kerr	72-71=143	−1
T5	Laura Davies	73-71=144	E
	Dorothy Delasin	76-68=144
	Rosie Jones	73-71=144
	Juli Inkster	70-74=144
	Kathryn Marshall	72-72=144
	Shani Waugh	69-75=144

Source:^[1]

Third round

Saturday, July 22, 2000

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Karrie Webb	69-72-68=209	−7
2	Meg Mallon	68-72-73=213	−3
T3	Laura Davies	73-71-72=216	E
	Dorothy Delasin	76-68-72=216
	Rosie Jones	73-71-72=216
	Mi-Hyun Kim	74-72-70=216
T7	Beth Daniel	71-74-72=217	+1
	Pat Hurst	73-72-72=217
	Juli Inkster	70-74-73=217
	Lorie Kane	71-74-72=217
	Cristie Kerr	72-71-74=217
	Shani Waugh	69-75-73=217

Source:^[5]

Final round

Sunday, July 23, 2000

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Karrie Webb	69-72-68-73=282	−6	500,000
T2	Cristie Kerr	72-71-74-70=287	−1	240,228
	Meg Mallon	68-72-73-74=287
T4	Rosie Jones	73-71-72-72=288	E	120,118
	Mi-Hyun Kim	74-72-70-72=288
T6	Kelli Kuehne	71-74-73-71=289	+1	90,458
	Grace Park	74-72-73-70=289
8	Beth Daniel	71-74-72-73=290	+2	79,345
T9	Laura Davies	73-71-72-75=291	+3	67,368
	Kelly Robbins	74-73-71-73=291
	Annika Sörenstam	73-75-73-70=291

Source:^[2]