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 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 Old Course Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards5494353731544095594533872103,5293321655554333993393741704443,2116,740Par544345443364354444343571 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.

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Round summaries First round Thursday, July 9, 2009 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Na Yeon Choi68−3T2 Cristie Kerr69−2 Lorena Ochoa Jean Reynolds5 Hee Young Park 70 −1T6 Eun-Hee Ji71E Young Kim Candie Kung Kristy McPherson Anna Nordqvist Lexi Thompson (a)

Second round Friday, July 10, 2009 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Cristie Kerr69-70=139−32 Paula Creamer72-68=140−23 Jean Reynolds69-72=141−1T4 Giulia Sergas75-67=142E Na Yeon Choi68-74=142T6 Song-Hee Kim74-69=143+1 Eun-Hee Ji71-72=143T8 Lindsey Wright74-70=144+2 Yuri Fudoh73-71=144 I.K. Kim72-72=144 Brittany Lincicome72-72=144 Lexi Thompson (a)71-73=144 Hee Young Park70-74=144 72 players made the cut at 151 (+9) or better

Third round Saturday, July 11, 2009 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Cristie Kerr69-70-72=211−22 Eun-Hee Ji71-72-70=213ET3 Teresa Lu76-69-70=215+2 Jean Reynolds69-72-74=215T5 Candie Kung71-77-68=216+3 I.K. Kim72-72-72=216 Hee Young Park70-74-72=216T8 Kyeong Bae75-73-69=217+4 Suzann Pettersen74-71-72=217 Brittany Lincicome72-72-73=217

Final round Sunday, July 12, 2009 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Eun-Hee Ji71-72-70-71=284E585,0002 Candie Kung71-77-68-69=285+1350,000T3 I.K. Kim72-72-72-70=286+2183,568 Cristie Kerr69-70-72-75=2865 Brittany Lincicome72-72-73-70=287+3122,415T6 Paula Creamer72-68-79-69=288+499,126 Ai Miyazato74-74-71-69=288 Suzann Pettersen74-71-72-71=288T9 Na Yeon Choi68-74-76-71=289+576,711 Kyeong Bae75-73-69-72=289 Hee Young Park70-74-72-73=289 Source:

Scorecard Final round Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par544345443 435444434 Ji E+1+1+2+2+1+2+1+1+3+3+3+2+1+1+1+1E Kung +2+1+1+1+1+1+2+1+1+1+1EEEEE+1+1 Kerr −1−1−2−2−1EEEEEEE+1+1+1+2+2+2 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:

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Saucon Valley Country Club