2006 U.S. Women's Open

The 2006 U.S. Women's Open was the 61st U.S. Women's Open, held June 30 to July 3 at Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island.

2006 U.S. Women's Open

Tournament information
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
Annika Sörenstam
284 (E), playoff
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Newport 

Location in the United States

Newport

Location in 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 four strokes, 70 to 74.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4][5]

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 and first used in 2011. The event was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports, with the Monday playoff on ESPN.

Course layout

Main article: Newport Country Club

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
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:^[6]

Round summaries

First round

Friday, June 30, 2006

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Pat Hurst	69	−2
	Jane Park (a)
	Se Ri Pak
	Annika Sörenstam
T5	Amanda Blumenherst (a)	70	−1
	Becky Morgan
	Park Hee-jung
	Michelle Wie
	Yim Sung-ah
T10	Shi Hyun Ahn	71	E
	Brandie Burton
	Silvia Cavalleri
	Paula Creamer
	Jee Young Lee
	Lorena Ochoa
	Kim Saiki

Source:^[7]

Second round

Saturday, July 1, 2006

Place	Player	Score	To par
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:^[8]

Third round

Sunday, July 2, 2006 (morning)

Place	Player	Score	To par
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	Score	To par	Money ($)
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

Source:^[2][3]

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	4
Sörenstam	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	E	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	−1	−1	E	E
Hurst	+1	E	E	+1	E	E	E	−1	E	E	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	E	E
Pak	+4	+3	+3	+4	+4	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+2	+2	+2
Prammanasudh	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2
Wie	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2
Inkster	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3
Lincicome	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+3	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+6	+7	+7	+7
Gustafson	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+5	+6	+6	+6	+6	+7	+8	+9	+10	+9	+9	+9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey+

Source:^[9]

Playoff

Monday, July 3, 2006

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
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
Par	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	4
Sörenstam	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1
Hurst	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+3	+3	+3	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+3

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Source:^[10][11]