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2002 U.S. Women's Open

Field	Value
name	2002 U.S. Women's Open
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dates	July 4–7, 2002
location	Hutchinson, Kansas
course	Prairie Dunes Country Club
org	USGA
tour	LPGA Tour
par	70
yardage	6267 yd
field	156 players, 69 after cut
cut	149 (+9)
purse	$3.0 million
winners_share	$535,000
champion	USA Juli Inkster
score	276 (−4)
previous	[2001](2001-u-s-women-s-open)
next	[2003](2003-u-s-women-s-open)

|USA |USA Kansas 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 40 mi 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 40.

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

Main article: Prairie Dunes 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	401	142	321	157	405	372	512	412	399	3,121	160	437	363	387	342	175	400	500	382	3,146	6,267
Par	4	3	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	35	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	35	70

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 4, 2002

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1		USA Laura Diaz	67	−3
USA Juli Inkster
AUS Shani Waugh
4		USA Kim Saiki	68	−2
T5		CAN Lorie Kane	69	−1
SCO Catriona Matthew
T7	USA Audra Burks	70	E
USA Brandie Burton
USA Jackie Gallagher-Smith
USA Pamela Kerrigan
USA Kelli Kuehne
SCO Mhairi McKay
USA Cindy Schreyer
SWE Annika Sörenstam
USA Sherri Steinhauer

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Second round

Friday, July 5, 2002

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1		USA Laura Diaz	67-72=139	−1
USA Juli Inkster	67-72=139
SWE Annika Sörenstam	70-69=139
T4	USA Michele Redman	71-69=140	E
AUS Shani Waugh	67-73=140
6	USA Jill McGill	71-70=141	+1
T7	USA Jenna Daniels	72-70=142	+2
AUS Michelle Ellis	71-71=142
T9	USA Stephanie Keever	72-71=143	+3
SCO Janice Moodie	71-72=143
SWE Charlotta Sörenstam	73-70=143

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Third round

Saturday, July 6, 2002

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	SWE Annika Sörenstam	70-69-69=208	−2
T2	USA Juli Inkster	67-72-71=210	E
USA Jill McGill	71-70-69=210
4	AUS Shani Waugh	67-73-71=211	+1
5	USA Michele Redman	71-69-73=213	+3
6	SCO Janice Moodie	71-72-71=214	+4
T7	NZL Lynnette Brooky	73-73-69=215	+5
CAN Lorie Kane	69-77-69=215
SWE Carin Koch	73-72-70=215
T10	ENG Laura Davies	75-73-68=216	+6
USA Laura Diaz	67-72-77=216
USA Susan Ginter-Brooker	74-72-70=216
USA Stephanie Keever	72-71-73=216
KOR Mi-Hyun Kim	74-72-70=216
SCO Mhairi McKay	70-75-71=216
SWE Liselotte Neumann	72-74-70=216

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Final round

Sunday, July 7, 2002

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Juli Inkster	67-72-71-66=276	−4	535,000
2	SWE Annika Sörenstam	70-69-69-70=278	−2	315,000
3	AUS Shani Waugh	67-73-71-72=283	+3	202,568
4	ESP Raquel Carriedo	75-71-72-66=284	+4	141,219
5	KOR Se Ri Pak	74-75-68-68=285	+5	114,370
6	SCO Mhairi McKay	70-75-71-70=286	+6	101,421
T7	USA Beth Daniel	71-76-71-69=287	+7	78,015
SCO Janice Moodie	71-72-71-73=287
PHL Jennifer Rosales	73-72-74-68=287
USA Kelli Kuehne	70-76-72-69=287
USA Laura Diaz	67-72-77-71=287

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Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	3	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4
USA Inkster	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−4	−4
SWE Sörenstam	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−2	−1	−2	−2
AUS Waugh	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	+1	+3	+3	+2	+3	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3
ESP Carriedo	+7	+6	+5	+5	+4	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4
KOR Pak	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+5	+6	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7	+7	+6	+6	+6	+5	+5
SCO McKay	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+6	+5	+6	+7	+6	+5	+6	+6	+6	+6	+7	+6	+6
SCO Moodie	+4	+5	+4	+6	+6	+5	+4	+4	+4	+5	+5	+4	+5	+5	+5	+6	+6	+7
USA 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

Double Eagle		Eagle --		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey		Triple bogey+

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References

(July 7, 2002). "2002 U.S. Women's Open Championship - Course Summary - All Rounds". USGA.
(July 7, 2002). "Sorenstam takes two-stroke lead at Open". Eugene Register-Guard.
Ferguson, Doug. (July 8, 2002). "Strong finish lifts Inkster to victory". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(July 5, 2002). "Scoreboard - Golf: Women's Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(July 7, 2002). "2002 U.S. Women's Open Championship - Round 4 Full Leaderboard". USGA.
(July 6, 2002). "U.S. Women's Open". Spokesman-Review.
(July 7, 2002). "USGA - U.S. Women's Open". Eugene Register-Guard.

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