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2009 U.S. Women's Open

Field	Value
name	2009 U.S. Women's Open
image	USWomensOpen2009Logo.svg
dates	July 9–12, 2009
location	Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
course	Saucon Valley Country Club
Old Course
org	USGA
tour	LPGA Tour
par	71
yardage	6740 yd
field	156 players, 72 after cut
cut	151 (+9)
purse	$3.25 million
winners_share	$585,000
champion	KOR Eun-Hee Ji
score	284 (E)
previous	[2008](2008-u-s-women-s-open)
next	[2010](2010-u-s-women-s-open)

Old Course |USA |USA Pennsylvania The 2009 U.S. Women's Open was the 64th U.S. Women's Open. Held July 9–12, it was the first U.S. Women's Open to be played at the Old Course of the Saucon Valley Country Club in Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania. Eun-Hee Ji won her only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up Candie Kung. The event was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports.

Na Yeon Choi shot a 68 (−3) in the first round to take a one-shot lead. Cristie Kerr led the way after the second round after shooting a one-under par 70 for 139 (−3). Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa struggled to a second round 79 (+8) and was nine strokes back at 148 (+6). The 36-hole cut was at 151 (+9) or better, which included seven amateurs among the 72 players who advanced to the weekend. In the third round, Kerr shot 72 (+1) for 211 (−2) and kept the lead, two strokes up on the field after 54 holes.

Ji won the championship after sinking a 20 ft birdie putt on the 72nd hole to finish with an even-par 71 and 284, one stroke ahead of runner-up Kung. Ji held off the challenge of playing partner and third-round leader Cristie Kerr, who was chasing a second Open title but carded a 75 (+4) and finished two strokes back.

Course layout

Main article: Saucon Valley Country Club

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	549	435	373	154	409	559	453	387	210	3,529	332	165	555	433	399	339	374	170	444	3,211	6,740
Par	5	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	36	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	35	71

Note: Holes 16–18 normally play as holes 10–12 for the members, while holes 10–15 normally play as holes 13–18, but they were re-routed for this championship.

Source:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	KOR Na Yeon Choi	68	−3
T2	USA Cristie Kerr	69	−2
MEX Lorena Ochoa
USA Jean Reynolds
5	KOR Hee Young Park	70	−1
T6	KOR Eun-Hee Ji	71	E
KOR Young Kim
USA Candie Kung
USA Kristy McPherson
SWE Anna Nordqvist
USA Lexi Thompson (a)

Second round

Friday, July 10, 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Cristie Kerr	69-70=139	−3
2	USA Paula Creamer	72-68=140	−2
3	USA Jean Reynolds	69-72=141	−1
T4	ITA Giulia Sergas	75-67=142	E
KOR Na Yeon Choi	68-74=142
T6	KOR Song-Hee Kim	74-69=143	+1
KOR Eun-Hee Ji	71-72=143
T8	AUS Lindsey Wright	74-70=144	+2
JPN Yuri Fudoh	73-71=144
KOR I.K. Kim	72-72=144
USA Brittany Lincicome	72-72=144
USA Lexi Thompson (a)	71-73=144
KOR Hee Young Park	70-74=144

72 players made the cut at 151 (+9) or better

Third round

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Cristie Kerr	69-70-72=211	−2
2	KOR Eun-Hee Ji	71-72-70=213	E
T3	TWN Teresa Lu	76-69-70=215	+2
USA Jean Reynolds	69-72-74=215
T5	USA Candie Kung	71-77-68=216	+3
KOR I.K. Kim	72-72-72=216
KOR Hee Young Park	70-74-72=216
T8	KOR Kyeong Bae	75-73-69=217	+4
NOR Suzann Pettersen	74-71-72=217
USA Brittany Lincicome	72-72-73=217

Final round

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	KOR Eun-Hee Ji	71-72-70-71=284	E	585,000
2	USA Candie Kung	71-77-68-69=285	+1	350,000
T3	KOR I.K. Kim	72-72-72-70=286	+2	183,568
USA Cristie Kerr	69-70-72-75=286
5	USA Brittany Lincicome	72-72-73-70=287	+3	122,415
T6	USA Paula Creamer	72-68-79-69=288	+4	99,126
JPN Ai Miyazato	74-74-71-69=288
NOR Suzann Pettersen	74-71-72-71=288
T9	KOR Na Yeon Choi	68-74-76-71=289	+5	76,711
KOR Kyeong Bae	75-73-69-72=289
KOR Hee Young Park	70-74-72-73=289

Source:{{cite web|url=http://www.uswomensopen.com/scoring/dyn/alllb.html

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	5	4	4	3	4	5	4	4		3	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	4
KOR Ji	E	+1	+1	+2	+2	+1	+2	+1	+1	+3	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	E
USA Kung	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+1
USA Kerr	−1	−1	−2	−2	−1	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2
KOR Kim	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+4	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Source:

References

"2009 U.S. Women's Open Fact Sheet". USGA.
(July 10, 2009). "Na Yeon Choi takes US Open lead". BBC Sport.
(July 11, 2009). "Kerr holds narrow lead in U.S. Women's Open". CNN.com.
(July 12, 2009). "Kerr holds on to lead at US Open". BBC Sport.
(July 13, 2009). "Ji holds off Kerr to win US Open". BBC Sport.
"USGA national championships held at SVCC". Saucon Valley Country Club.
(July 2009). "2009 U.S. Women's Open - Course Map". USGA.
(July 12, 2009). "U.S. Women's Open Championship - Course Statistics - All Rounds". USGA.
(July 12, 2009). "2009 U.S. Women's Open: final leaderboard". Yahoo Sports.
(July 12, 2009). "2009 U.S. Women's Open Championship: Final Results". USGA.

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