2008 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

2008 U.S. Women's Open

Tournament information
Dates	June 26–29, 2008
Location	Edina, Minnesota
Course(s)	Interlachen Country Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	73
Length	6,789 yards (6,208 m)
Field	156 players, 74 after cut
Cut	150 (+4)
Prize fund	$3.25 million
Winner's share	$585,000
Champion
Inbee Park
283 (−9)
«2007 2009»

Interlachen  
Country Club

Location in the United States

Interlachen  
Country Club

Location in Minnesota

The 2008 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 63rd U.S. Women's Open, held June 26–29 at Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minnesota, a suburb southwest of Minneapolis. It was the first U.S. Women's Open played at the course, which hosted the Solheim Cup in 2002. The winner was 19-year-old Inbee Park, four strokes ahead of runner-up Helen Alfredsson. The tournament was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports.

The course hosted the U.S. Open in 1930, part of the grand slam of Bobby Jones.

Field

Exempt players

1. Last 10 U.S. Women's Open Champions
Juli Inkster, Birdie Kim, Cristie Kerr, Hilary Lunke, Meg Mallon, Se Ri Pak, Annika Sörenstam, Karrie Webb

2. Top two finishers in the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur and winner of the 2006 U.S. Women's Amateur
Amanda Blumenherst (a), Kimberly Kim (a), Mariajo Uribe (a)

3. Last five LPGA Champions
Suzann Pettersen, Yani Tseng

4. Last five Women's British Open Champions
Jeong Jang, Lorena Ochoa, Sherri Steinhauer, Karen Stupples

5. Last five Kraft Nabisco Champions
Grace Park, Morgan Pressel

6. From the 2007 U.S. Women's Open, the 20 lowest scorers and ties.
Kyeong Bae, Paula Creamer, Julieta Granada, Amy Hung, Jimin Kang, Christina Kim, Mi Hyun Kim, Jee Young Lee, Brittany Lincicome, Catriona Matthew, Ai Miyazato, Angela Park, Inbee Park, Ji-Yai Shin, Angela Stanford

7. From the 2007 LPGA Tour money list, the top 40 money leaders
Shi Hyun Ahn, Nicole Castrale, Laura Davies, Laura Diaz, Meaghan Francella, Natalie Gulbis, Sophie Gustafson, Rachel Hetherington, Maria Hjorth, Pat Hurst, I.K. Kim, Young Kim, Brittany Lang, Sarah Lee, Seon Hwa Lee, Na On Min, Stacy Prammanasudh, Reilley Rankin, Lindsey Wright

8. From the 2008 LPGA Tour money, the top 35 money leaders through June 1
Minea Blomqvist, Na Yeon Choi, Allison Fouch, Hee-Won Han, Song-Hee Kim, Candie Kung, Leta Lindley, Teresa Lu, Jane Park, Momoko Ueda, Sun Young Yoo

9. Winner of tournaments from the conclusion of last year's U.S. Women's Open until now
Louise Friberg

10. Top 3 players from the Japan LPGA Tour, LPGA of Korea Tour, and Ladies European Tour
Sun-Ju Ahn, Bettina Hauert, Mi-Jeong Jeon, Eun-Hee Ji, Gwladys Nocera, Sakura Yokomine

Qualifiers

(a) - amateur

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) Won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Cristie Kerr	United States	2007	72	70	75	75	292	E	T13
Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	1995, 1996, 2006	75	70	72	78	295	+3	T24
Karrie Webb	Australia	2000, 2001	75	75	72	76	298	+6	T38
Meg Mallon	United States	1991, 2004	75	72	82	74	303	+11	T58

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) Won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Laura Davies	England	1987	70	81	151	+5
Hilary Lunke	United States	2003	74	78	152	+6
Se Ri Pak	South Korea	1998	76	78	154	+8
Juli Inkster	United States	1999, 2002	74	81	155	+9
Birdie Kim	South Korea	2005	79	77	156	+10
Liselotte Neumann	Sweden	1988	78	78	156

Course layout

Source:^[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 26, 2008

The Open kicked off on Thursday with the field playing in threesomes starting from either the first tee or the tenth tee. Featured threesomes included Annika Sörenstam, Suzann Pettersen, and Paula Creamer, ranked 2, 3, and 4 respectively in the world rankings. Sorenstam and Petterssen opened their U.S. Opens with scores of 75 (+2) and 77 (+4) respectively. Creamer shot a 70 to move three shots off the pace. The other featured threesome included number one ranked player Lorena Ochoa, defending U.S. Open champion Cristie Kerr, and 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur champion Maria José Uribe. Uribe led that group with a 69 to lead all amateurs and end the day in a tie for fourth overall; Kerr shot a 1-under 72; Ochoa had an up-and-down round of even-par 73. The rounds of the day belonged to Ji Young Oh, who had eight birdies and two bogeys and to Pat Hurst who had six birdies and an eagle. Oh and Hurst tied after Round 1 at six-under par 67.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Pat Hurst	United States	67	−6
	Ji Young Oh	South Korea
3	Song-Hee Kim	South Korea	68	−5
T4	Louise Friberg	Sweden	69	−4
	Ji-Yai Shin	South Korea
	Mariajo Uribe (a)	Colombia
T7	Helen Alfredsson	Sweden	70	−3
	Paula Creamer	United States
	Laura Davies	England
	Catriona Matthew	Scotland
	Linda Wessberg	United States

Second round

Friday, June 27, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008

With Thursday's rounds completed many well-known American players took a step down on the competition while many lesser-known and international players took a step up. A two-hour weather delay required some to finish their rounds on Saturday morning. Angela Park had an even round on Thursday, and a 6-under 67 in the second round. She held a one-stroke lead over three others: Inbee Park of Korea, Helen Alfredsson of Sweden, and the only Finnish player in the tournament, Minea Blomqvist. The two leading Americans were Paula Creamer and Cristie Kerr at 4-under 142. Both first-round leaders took a severe fall on Friday, with Ji Young Oh, who had to finish her second round on Saturday due to the weather delay, shooting a 76 and Pat Hurst turning in a 5-over 78. Many top-ranked or well-known players missed the cut, including Laura Davies (70-81), Natalie Gulbis (73-80), 13-year-old Alexis Thompson (75-77), 2003 champion and Minnesotan Hilary Lunke (74-78), Juli Inkster (74-81), and Michelle Wie (81-75).

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Angela Park	Brazil  United States	73-67=140	−6
T2	Helen Alfredsson	Sweden	70-71=141	−5
	Minea Blomqvist	Finland	72-69=141
	Inbee Park	South Korea	72-69=141
T5	Jeong Jang	South Korea	73-69=142	−4
	Cristie Kerr	United States	72-70=142
	Candie Kung	United States	72-70=142
	Paula Creamer	United States	70-72=142
T9	Stacy Lewis	United States	73-70=143	−3
	Momoko Ueda	Japan	72-71=143
	Teresa Lu	Taiwan	71-72=143
	Ai Miyazato	Japan	71-72=143
	Louise Friberg	Sweden	69-74=143
	Jiyai Shin	South Korea	69-74=143
	Mariajo Uribe (a)	Colombia	69-74=143
	Ji Young Oh	South Korea	67-72=143

Third round

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Stacy Lewis	United States	73-70-67=210	−9
2	Paula Creamer	United States	70-72-69=211	−8
T3	Helen Alfredsson	Sweden	70-71-71=212	−7
	Inbee Park	South Korea	72-69-71=212
5	I.K. Kim	South Korea	71-73-69=213	−6
6	Mi Hyun Kim	South Korea	72-72-70=214	−5
T7	Mariajo Uribe (a)	Colombia	69-74-72=215	−4
	Angela Park	Brazil  United States	73-67-75=215
T9	Young Kim	South Korea	74-71-71=216	−3
	Momoko Ueda	Japan	72-71-73=216
	Teresa Lu	Taiwan	71-72-73=216
	Jeong Jang	South Korea	73-69-74=216

Final round

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Inbee Park	South Korea	72-69-71-71=283	−9	585,000
2	Helen Alfredsson	Sweden	70-71-71-75=287	−5	350,000
T3	Angela Park	Brazil  United States	73-67-75-73=288	−4	162,487
	In-Kyung Kim	South Korea	71-73-69-75=288
	Stacy Lewis	United States	73-70-67-78=288
T6	Giulia Sergas	Italy	73-74-72-70=289	−3	94,117
	Nicole Castrale	United States	74-70-74-71=289
	Mi Hyun Kim	South Korea	72-72-70-75=289
	Paula Creamer	United States	70-72-69-78=289
T10	Teresa Lu	Taiwan	71-72-73-74=290	−2	75,734
	Mariajo Uribe (a)	Colombia	69-74-72-75=290		0

Source:^[2][3]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	3	5	3	4	4	5	4
Park	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−9
Alfredsson	−7	−8	−7	−6	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5
I.K. Kim	−6	−7	−6	−6	−5	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−4	−3	−4	−5	−4	−5	−3	−4
Lewis	−9	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−5	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4
Creamer	−8	−6	−6	−7	−7	−6	−6	−5	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3
M.H. Kim	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−4	−4	−2	−3	−3	−4	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[4]

References

External links

• Official website
• U.S. Women's Open – past champions – 2008

Coordinates: 44°54′54″N 93°22′48″W / 44.915°N 93.380°W / 44.915; -93.380