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1999 U.S. Women's Open

Field	Value
name	1999 U.S. Women's Open
dates	June 3–6, 1999
location	West Point, Mississippi
course	Old Waverly Golf Club
org	USGA
tour	LPGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6433 yd
field	150 players, 63 after cut
cut	144 (E)
purse	$1.75 million
winners_share	$315,000
champion	USA Juli Inkster
score	272 (−16)
previous	[1998](1998-u-s-women-s-open)
next	[2000](2000-u-s-women-s-open)

|USA |USA Mississippi 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

Main article: Old Waverly 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	339	475	163	390	403	348	177	413	512	3,220	520	408	151	384	357	447	388	183	375	3,213	6,433
Par	4	5	3	4	4	4	3	4	5	36	5	4	3	4	4	5	4	3	4	36	72

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 3, 1999

Friday, June 4, 1999

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Kelli Kuehne	64	−8
2	USA Juli Inkster	65	−7
3		USA Moira Dunn	67	−5
T4	KOR Se Ri Pak	68	−4
USA Dottie Pepper
USA Sherri Steinhauer
T7	USA Donna Andrews	69	−3
CAN A. J. Eathorne
JPN Akiko Fukushima
SCO Catriona Matthew
SWE Catrin Nilsmark
USA Sherri Turner

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Second round

Friday, June 4, 1999

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Juli Inkster	65-69=134	−10
CAN Lorie Kane	70-64=134
3	USA Kelli Kuehne	64-71=135	−9
4		USA Becky Iverson	72-64=136	−8
T5		SCO Catriona Matthew	69-68=137	−7
KOR Grace Park (a)	70-67=137
USA Dottie Pepper	68-69=137
USA Sherri Steinhauer	68-69=137
T9		USA Moira Dunn	67-71=138	−6
USA Lisa Riggens	71-67=138
KOR Se Ri Pak	68-70=138
USA Sherri Turner	69-69=138

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Third round

Saturday, June 5, 1999

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Juli Inkster	65-69-67=201	−15
T2		CAN Lorie Kane	70-64-71=205	−11
USA Kelli Kuehne	64-71-70=205
4	USA Sherri Turner	69-69-68=206	−10
5	AUS Karrie Webb	70-70-68=208	−8
T6		USA Becky Iverson	72-64-73=209	−7
SWE Carin Koch	72-69-68=209
USA Meg Mallon	70-70-69=209
USA Dottie Pepper	68-69-72=209
T10		SWE Helen Alfredsson	72-68-70=210	−6
JPN Akiko Fukushima	69-70-71=209
SWE Catrin Nilsmark	69-71-70=209
KOR Grace Park (a)	70-67-73=209
USA Sherri Steinhauer	68-69-73=209

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Final round

Sunday, June 6, 1999

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Juli Inkster	65-69-67-71=272	−16	315,000
2	USA Sherri Turner	69-69-68-71=277	−11	185,000
3	USA Kelli Kuehne	64-71-70-74=279	−9	118,227
4	CAN Lorie Kane	70-64-71-75=280	−8	82,399
T5	SWE Carin Koch	72-69-68-72=281	−7	62,938
USA Meg Mallon	70-70-69-72=281
7	AUS Karrie Webb	70-70-68-74=282	−6	53,132
T8	SCO Catriona Matthew	69-68-74-72=283	−5	45,244
ENG Helen Dobson	71-70-73-69=283
SWE Maria Hjorth	73-69-70-71=283
KOR Grace Park (a)	70-67-73-73=283	0

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References

Brown, Clifton. (June 7, 1999). "In 20th try, Inkster wins the title she cherishes". The New York Times.
Garrity, John. (June 14, 1999). "Child's Play".
Walker, Brandon. (September 16, 2009). "Organizers remember US Women's Open at Old Waverly". USA Today.
Ferguson, Doug. (June 7, 1999). "Inkster wins Open in record fashion". Pittsburgh Post=Gazette.
(June 4, 1999). "1999 U.S. Women's Open: Second-round scores". ESPN.
Ferguson, Doug. (June 5, 1999). "Kane, Inkster ease into lead". Pittsburgh Post=Gazette.
(June 1999). "1999 U.S. Women's Open: Course map". ESPN.
(June 4, 1999). "Kuehne keeps rollin'". Spokesman-Review.
(June 5, 1999). "LPGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard.
(June 6, 1999). "USGA - U.S. Women's Open". Eugene Register-Guard.
(June 7, 1999). "Golf: U.S. Women's Open". Toledo Blade.

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