1996 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

1996 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
Dates	May 30 – June 2, 1996
Location	Southern Pines, North Carolina
Course(s)	Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,207 yards (5,676 m)^[1]^[2]
Cut	148 (+8)
Prize fund	$1.2 million
Winner's share	$212,500
Champion
Annika Sörenstam
272 (−8)
«1995 1997»

Pine Needles
Lodge & GC

Location in the United States

Pine Needles
Lodge & GC

Location in North Carolina

The 1996 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 51st U.S. Women's Open, held May 30 to June 2 at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina.

Defending champion Annika Sörenstam retained the title, six strokes ahead of runner-up Kris Tschetter.^[2]^[3]^[4] It was the second of her ten major titles; her third came nearly five years later. ESPN and NBC Sports televised the tournament.

Sörenstam was the sixth of seven to win consecutive titles at the U.S. Women's Open, most recently accomplished by Karrie Webb in 2001, also at Pine Needles. The championship returned to the venue for a third time in 2007, won by Cristie Kerr.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	1995	70	67	69	66	272	−8	1
Pat Bradley	United States	1981	74	70	67	69	288	E	T3
Jane Geddes	United States	1986	71	69	70	70	280	E	T3
Laura Davies	England	1987	74	68	70	69	281	+1	6
Liselotte Neumann	Sweden	1988	74	69	70	70	283	+3	T8
Patty Sheehan	United States	1992, 1994	74	71	72	69	286	+6	T14
Meg Mallon	United States	1991	77	69	72	70	287	+7	T19
Jan Stephenson	Australia	1983	77	70	75	73	295	+15	T54

Source:^[3]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Hollis Stacy	United States	1977, 1978, 1984	74	75	149	+9
JoAnne Carner	United States	1971, 1976	74	77	151	+11
Lauri Merten	United States	1993	77	74	151	+11
Betsy King	United States	1989, 1990	81	77	158	+18

Source:^[5]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, May 30, 1996

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Beth Daniel	United States	69	−1
T1	Kim Williams	United States	69	−1
T3	Brandie Burton	United States	70	E
	Riko Higashio (a)	Japan
	Jenny Lidback	Peru Sweden
	Michele Redman	United States
	Annika Sörenstam	Sweden
	Kris Tschetter	United States
T9	Jane Geddes	United States	71	+1
	Trish Johnson	England
	Rosie Jones	United States
	Emilee Klein	United States
	Catriona Matthew	Scotland
	Missie McGeorge	United States
	Joan Pitcock	United States
	Maggie Will	United States

Source:^[6]

Second round

Friday, May 31, 1996

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	70-67=137	−3
T2	Brandie Burton	United States	70-70=140	E
	Jane Geddes	United States	71-69=140
	Emilee Klein	United States	71-69=140
5	Rosie Jones	United States	71-70=141	+1
T6	Stefania Croce	Italy	72-70=142	+2
	Laura Davies	England	74-68=142
	Gail Graham	Canada	72-70=142
	Tammie Green	United States	72-70=142
	Joan Pitcock	United States	71-71=142
	Val Skinner	United States	74-68=142

Source:^[7]

Third round

Saturday, June 1, 1996

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	70-67-69=206	−4
2	Brandie Burton	United States	70-70-69=209	−1
3	Jane Geddes	United States	71-69-70=210	E
T4	Pat Bradley	United States	74-70-67=211	+1
T4	Tammie Green	United States	72-70-69=211	+1
T6	Laura Davies	England	74-68-70=212	+2
	Nancy Harvey	Canada	72-71-69=212
	Mayumi Hirase	Japan	74-69-69=212
	Michele Redman	United States	70-73-69=212
	Kris Tschetter	United States	70-74-68=212

Source:^[8]

Final round

Sunday, June 2, 1996

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	70-67-69-66=272	−8	212,500
2	Kris Tschetter	United States	70-74-68-66=278	−2	125,000
T3	Brandie Burton	United States	70-70-69-71=280	E	60,373
	Jane Geddes	United States	71-69-70-70=280
	Pat Bradley	United States	74-70-67-69=280
6	Laura Davies	England	74-68-70-69=281	+1	40,077
7	Catrin Nilsmark	Sweden	72-73-68-69=282	+2	35,995
T8	Cindy Rarick	United States	73-70-72-68=283	+3	29,584
	Liselotte Neumann	Sweden	74-69-70-70=283
	Tammie Green	United States	72-70-69-72=283
	Val Skinner	United States	74-68-71-70=283

Source:^[3]

References

↑ Garrity, John (June 10, 1996). "Timeless Track". Sports Illustrated. p. G6.
1 2 "Sorenstam strolls to victory". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. (New York Times), Associated Press. June 3, 1996. p. 4C.
1 2 3 Sirak, Ron (June 3, 1996). "Sorenstam makes Open a closed affair". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. p. 1C.
↑ Bamberger, Michael (June 10, 1996). "Second Coming". Sports Illustrated. p. G2.
↑ "U.S. Women's Open: Friday's scores". Wilmington Morning Star. North Carolina. June 1, 1996. p. 4C.
↑ "U.S. Women's Open". Wilmington Morning Star. North Carolina. May 31, 1996. p. 4C.
↑ "Sorenstam halfway to defending title". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. June 1, 1996. p. 3D.
↑ "Women's Open far from closed by 3-shot lead". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. June 2, 1996. p. 8F.

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