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. It was the third of Webb's seven major titles.
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 $250,000 bonus from the Nabisco Grand Slam Challenge for winning two majors in the same year.
This championship was scheduled concurrently with The Open Championship in Scotland, where Tiger Woods won his fourth straight major title at St. Andrews to secure his historic Tiger Slam.
Course layout
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Round summaries
First round Thursday, July 20, 2000 Place Player Score To par 1 Meg Mallon68 −4T2 Shani Waugh69 −3 Karrie WebbT4 Kellee Booth70 −2 Juli InksterT6 Kristi Albers71 −1 Beth Daniel Jackie Gallagher-Smith Lorie Kane Betsy King Kelli Kuehne Yu Ping Lin Source:
Second round Friday, July 21, 2000 Place Player Score To par 1 Meg Mallon68-72=140 −4T2 Betsy King71-70=141 −3 Karrie Webb69-72=1414 Cristie Kerr72-71=143 −1 T5 Laura Davies73-71=144 E Dorothy Delasin76-68=144 Rosie Jones73-71=144 Juli Inkster70-74=144 Kathryn Marshall72-72=144 Shani Waugh69-75=144 Source:
Third round Saturday, July 22, 2000 Place Player Score To par 1 Karrie Webb69-72-68=209−7 2 Meg Mallon68-72-73=213 −3T3 Laura Davies73-71-72=216 E Dorothy Delasin76-68-72=216 Rosie Jones73-71-72=216 Mi-Hyun Kim74-72-70=216T7 Beth Daniel71-74-72=217+1 Pat Hurst73-72-72=217 Juli Inkster70-74-73=217 Lorie Kane71-74-72=217 Cristie Kerr72-71-74=217 Shani Waugh69-75-73=217 Source:
Final round Sunday, July 23, 2000 Place Player Score To par Money ($) 1 Karrie Webb69-72-68-73=282−6500,000 T2 Cristie Kerr72-71-74-70=287−1240,228 Meg Mallon68-72-73-74=287 T4 Rosie Jones73-71-72-72=288E120,118 Mi-Hyun Kim74-72-70-72=288T6 Kelli Kuehne71-74-73-71=289+190,458 Grace Park74-72-73-70=289 8 Beth Daniel71-74-72-73=290+279,345 T9 Laura Davies73-71-72-75=291 +367,368 Kelly Robbins74-73-71-73=291 Annika Sörenstam73-75-73-70=291 Source:
References
External links U.S. Women's Open - past champions - 2000