1999 U.S. Women's Open

The 1999 U.S. Women's Open 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, Juli Inkster won the first of her two U.S. Women's Open titles, five strokes ahead of runner-up Sherri Turner. Inkster, 38, broke the under-par scoring record with a 272 (−16) and became the oldest champion since 1955. 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. 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, 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). Sörenstam won her third Open in 2006, the last of her ten major titles.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards3394751633904033481774135123,2205204081513843574473881833753,2136,433Par453444345365434454343672 Source:

Round summaries First round Thursday, June 3, 1999 Friday, June 4, 1999 Place Player Score To par1 Kelli Kuehne64 −82 Juli Inkster65−73 Moira Dunn67−5T4 Se Ri Pak68−4 Dottie Pepper Sherri SteinhauerT7 Donna Andrews69−3 A. J. Eathorne Akiko Fukushima Catriona Matthew Catrin Nilsmark Sherri Turner Source:

Second round Friday, June 4, 1999 Place Player Score To parT1 Juli Inkster65-69=134−10 Lorie Kane70-64=1343 Kelli Kuehne64-71=135 −94 Becky Iverson72-64=136−8T5 Catriona Matthew69-68=137−7 Grace Park (a)70-67=137 Dottie Pepper68-69=137 Sherri Steinhauer68-69=137T9 Moira Dunn67-71=138−6 Lisa Riggens71-67=138 Se Ri Pak68-70=138 Sherri Turner69-69=138 Source:

Third round Saturday, June 5, 1999 Place Player Score To par1 Juli Inkster65-69-67=201−15T2 Lorie Kane70-64-71=205−11 Kelli Kuehne64-71-70=2054 Sherri Turner69-69-68=206−10 5 Karrie Webb70-70-68=208−8T6 Becky Iverson72-64-73=209−7 Carin Koch72-69-68=209 Meg Mallon70-70-69=209 Dottie Pepper68-69-72=209T10 Helen Alfredsson72-68-70=210−6 Akiko Fukushima69-70-71=209 Catrin Nilsmark69-71-70=209 Grace Park (a)70-67-73=209 Sherri Steinhauer68-69-73=209 Source:

Final round Sunday, June 6, 1999 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 Juli Inkster65-69-67-71=272−16315,0002 Sherri Turner69-69-68-71=277−11185,000 3 Kelli Kuehne64-71-70-74=279−9118,227 4 Lorie Kane70-64-71-75=280−882,399T5 Carin Koch72-69-68-72=281−762,938 Meg Mallon70-70-69-72=2817 Karrie Webb70-70-68-74=282−653,132T8 Catriona Matthew69-68-74-72=283−545,244 Helen Dobson71-70-73-69=283 Maria Hjorth73-69-70-71=283 Grace Park (a)70-67-73-73=2830 Source:

References

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