2001 U.S. Women's Open Explained

The 2001 U.S. Women's Open was the 56th U.S. Women's Open, held May 31 to June 3 at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2001.

Defending champion Karrie Webb repeated as champion, eight strokes ahead of runner-up Se Ri Pak, the largest margin in 21 years.^{[3] [4]} Webb became the seventh to win consecutive titles at the U.S. Women's Open, and the win was the fifth of her seven major titles.

Pine Needles previously hosted the championship in 1996 and it returned in 2007.^[5]

Course layout

Pine Needles Lodge and 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	481	413	134	360	175	393	401	327	376	3,060	451	367	351	200	401	409	177	429	411	3,196	6,256
Par	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	35	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	35	70

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 31, 2001

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	A.J. Eathorne	67	−3
T3		68	−2
Mi-Hyun Kim
T6		69	−1
Se Ri Pak
T10	Jean Bartholomew	70	E
Audra Burks
Terry-Jo Myers
Aki Nakano
Liselotte Neumann
Catrin Nilsmark
Michele Redman
Pearl Sinn
Annika Sörenstam
Sherri Steinhauer

Source:^[6]

Second round

Friday, June 1, 2001
Saturday, June 2, 2001

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		70-65=135	−5
2	A.J. Eathorne	67-71=138	−2
3	Se Ri Pak	69-70=139	−1
align=center rowspan=4	T4	Kristi Albers	71-69=140	align=center rowspan=4	E
Sophie Gustafson	74-66=140
Juli Inkster	68-72=140
Catriona Matthew	72-68=140
align=center rowspan=5	T8	Wendy Doolan	71-70=141	+1
Yuri Fudoh	73-68=141
Kelli Kuehne	70-71=141
Janice Moodie	71-70=141
Wendy Ward	70-71=141

Source:^[7]

Third round

Saturday, June 2, 2001

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		70-65-69=204	−6
2	Se Ri Pak	69-70-70=209	−1
3	Catriona Matthew	72-68-70=210	E
align=center rowspan=3	T4	Wendy Doolan	71-70-70=211	+1
Yuri Fudoh	73-68-70=211
Juli Inkster	68-72-71=211
align=center rowspan=10	T7	A.J. Eathorne	67-71-75=213	+3
Cristie Kerr	69-73-71=213
Kelli Kuehne	70-71-72=213
Dottie Pepper	74-69-70=213
Sherri Turner	72-70-71=213

Source:^[7]

Final round

Sunday, June 3, 2001

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Karrie Webb	70-65-69-69=273	−7	520,000
2	Se Ri Pak	69-70-70-72=281	+1	310,000
3	Dottie Pepper	74-69-70-69=282	+2	202,580
align=center rowspan=3	T4	Catriona Matthew	72-68-70-73=283	align=center rowspan=3	+3	align=center rowspan=3	118,697
Cristie Kerr	69-73-71-70=283
Sherri Turner	72-70-71-70=283
align=center rowspan=4	T7	Kelli Kuehne	70-71-72-71=284	align=center rowspan=4	+4	align=center rowspan=4	80,726
Kristi Albers	71-69-74-70=284
Lorie Kane	75-68-72-69=284
Wendy Doolan	71-70-70-73=284

Source:^[2]

External links

• U.S. Women's Open - past champions - 2001

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Notes and References

1. News: Open to all sizes . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Cox News Service . Tays . Alan . June 1, 2001 . C1.
2. News: Stat Sheet, Golf: U.S. Women's Open . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). June 4, 2001 . C5.
3. News: A Runaway . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Ferguson . Doug . Associated Press . June 4, 2001 . D-6.
4. Grin and bear it . Sports Illustrated . Esch . David . Garrity . John . June 11, 2001 . G4.
5. News: Open to return to Pine Needles. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Droschak . Dave . Associated Press . June 4, 2001 . D-6.
6. News: Scoreboard: U.S. Women's Open . Wilmington Morning Star . (North Carolina) . June 1, 2001 . 2C.
7. News: LPGA Tour . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . June 3, 2001 . 6F.