2002 U.S. Women's Open

The 2002 U.S. Women's Open was the 57th U.S. Women's Open, held July 4–7 in Kansas at Prairie Dunes Country Club, northeast of Hutchinson, about forty miles (64 km) northwest of Wichita.

2002 U.S. Women's Open

Tournament information
Dates	July 4–7, 2002
Location	Hutchinson, Kansas
Course(s)	Prairie Dunes Country Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,267 yards (5,731 m)[1]
Field	156 players, 69 after cut
Cut	149 (+9)
Prize fund	$3.0 million
Winner's share	$535,000
Champion
Juli Inkster
276 (−4)
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Hutchinson

Location in the United States

Prairie Dunes Country Club

Location in Kansas

Juli Inkster won her second U.S. Women's Open, two strokes ahead of runner-up Annika Sörenstam, the 54-hole leader.^[2] Inkster, 42, shot a final round 66 (−4) to gain her seventh and final major title. She joined Babe Zaharias as the only women to win two majors after age 40.^[3]

This was the first purse of $3 million at the U.S. Women's Open, it had tripled in the seven years since 1995, the first seven-figure purse.

Course layout

Main article: Prairie Dunes 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	401	142	321	157	405	372	512	412	399	3,121	160	437	363	387	342	175	400	500	382	3,146	6,267
Par	4	3	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	35	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	35	70

Source:^[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 4, 2002

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Laura Diaz	67	−3
	Juli Inkster
	Shani Waugh
4	Kim Saiki	68	−2
T5	Lorie Kane	69	−1
	Catriona Matthew
T7	Audra Burks	70	E
	Brandie Burton
	Jackie Gallagher-Smith
	Pamela Kerrigan
	Kelli Kuehne
	Mhairi McKay
	Cindy Schreyer
	Annika Sörenstam
	Sherri Steinhauer

Source:^[4][5]

Second round

Friday, July 5, 2002

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Laura Diaz	67-72=139	−1
	Juli Inkster	67-72=139
	Annika Sörenstam	70-69=139
T4	Michele Redman	71-69=140	E
	Shani Waugh	67-73=140
6	Jill McGill	71-70=141	+1
T7	Jenna Daniels	72-70=142	+2
	Michelle Ellis	71-71=142
T9	Stephanie Keever	72-71=143	+3
	Janice Moodie	71-72=143
	Charlotta Sörenstam	73-70=143

Source:^[6]

Third round

Saturday, July 6, 2002

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Annika Sörenstam	70-69-69=208	−2
T2	Juli Inkster	67-72-71=210	E
	Jill McGill	71-70-69=210
4	Shani Waugh	67-73-71=211	+1
5	Michele Redman	71-69-73=213	+3
6	Janice Moodie	71-72-71=214	+4
T7	Lynnette Brooky	73-73-69=215	+5
	Lorie Kane	69-77-69=215
	Carin Koch	73-72-70=215
T10	Laura Davies	75-73-68=216	+6
	Laura Diaz	67-72-77=216
	Susan Ginter-Brooker	74-72-70=216
	Stephanie Keever	72-71-73=216
	Mi-Hyun Kim	74-72-70=216
	Mhairi McKay	70-75-71=216
	Liselotte Neumann	72-74-70=216

Source:^[7]

Final round

Sunday, July 7, 2002

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Juli Inkster	67-72-71-66=276	−4	535,000
2	Annika Sörenstam	70-69-69-70=278	−2	315,000
3	Shani Waugh	67-73-71-72=283	+3	202,568
4	Raquel Carriedo	75-71-72-66=284	+4	141,219
5	Se Ri Pak	74-75-68-68=285	+5	114,370
6	Mhairi McKay	70-75-71-70=286	+6	101,421
T7	Beth Daniel	71-76-71-69=287	+7	78,015
	Janice Moodie	71-72-71-73=287
	Jennifer Rosales	73-72-74-68=287
	Kelli Kuehne	70-76-72-69=287
	Laura Diaz	67-72-77-71=287

Source:^[3][5]

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	3	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4
Inkster	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−4	−4
Sörenstam	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−2	−1	−2	−2
Waugh	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	+1	+3	+3	+2	+3	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3
Carriedo	+7	+6	+5	+5	+4	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4
Pak	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+5	+6	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7	+6	+6	+6	+5	+5
McKay	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+5	+6	+7	+6	+5	+6	+6	+6	+6	+7	+6	+6
Moodie	+4	+5	+4	+6	+6	+5	+4	+4	+4	+5	+5	+4	+5	+5	+5	+6	+6	+7
McGill	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+6	+8	+8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey+

Source:^[5]