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 northwest of Wichita.
Juli Inkster won her second U.S. Women's Open, two strokes ahead of runner-up Annika Sörenstam, the 54-hole leader. 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
This was the first purse of $3 million at the U.S. Women's Open, it had tripled in the seven years since 1995, the first seven-figure purse.
Course layout
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards4011423211574053725124123993,1211604373633873421754005003823,1466,267Par434344544353444434543570 Source:
Round summaries First round Thursday, July 4, 2002 Place Player Score To par T1 Laura Diaz67 −3 Juli Inkster Shani Waugh4 Kim Saiki68 −2T5 Lorie Kane69 −1 Catriona MatthewT7 Audra Burks70 E Brandie Burton Jackie Gallagher-Smith Pamela Kerrigan Kelli Kuehne Mhairi McKay Cindy Schreyer Annika Sörenstam Sherri Steinhauer Source:
Second round Friday, July 5, 2002 Place Player Score To par T1 Laura Diaz67-72=139−1 Juli Inkster67-72=139 Annika Sörenstam70-69=139T4 Michele Redman71-69=140E Shani Waugh67-73=1406 Jill McGill71-70=141+1T7 Jenna Daniels72-70=142+2 Michelle Ellis71-71=142T9 Stephanie Keever72-71=143+3 Janice Moodie71-72=143 Charlotta Sörenstam73-70=143 Source:
Third round Saturday, July 6, 2002 Place Player Score To par 1 Annika Sörenstam70-69-69=208−2 T2 Juli Inkster67-72-71=210E Jill McGill71-70-69=2104 Shani Waugh67-73-71=211+15 Michele Redman71-69-73=213+3 6 Janice Moodie71-72-71=214 +4 T7 Lynnette Brooky73-73-69=215+5 Lorie Kane69-77-69=215 Carin Koch73-72-70=215T10 Laura Davies75-73-68=216+6 Laura Diaz67-72-77=216 Susan Ginter-Brooker74-72-70=216 Stephanie Keever72-71-73=216 Mi-Hyun Kim74-72-70=216 Mhairi McKay70-75-71=216 Liselotte Neumann72-74-70=216 Source:
Final round Sunday, July 7, 2002 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 Juli Inkster67-72-71-66=276−4535,000 2 Annika Sörenstam70-69-69-70=278−2315,000 3 Shani Waugh67-73-71-72=283+3202,568 4 Raquel Carriedo75-71-72-66=284+4141,219 5 Se Ri Pak74-75-68-68=285+5114,3706 Mhairi McKay70-75-71-70=286+6101,421 T7 Beth Daniel71-76-71-69=287+778,015 Janice Moodie71-72-71-73=287 Jennifer Rosales73-72-74-68=287 Kelli Kuehne70-76-72-69=287 Laura Diaz67-72-77-71=287 Source:
Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par434344544 344443454 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+1E+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 BirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ Source:
References
External links
U.S. Women's Open - past champions - 2002 Prairie Dunes Country Club