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. 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.

Course layout Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards4814131343601753934013273763,0604513673512004014091774294113,1966,256Par543434444355443443443570

Round summaries

First round Thursday, May 31, 2001 Place Player Score To par T1 A.J. Eathorne67−3 Cindy Figg-Currier T3 Juli Inkster 68−2 Mi-Hyun Kim Jill McGill T6 Danielle Ammaccapane 69−1 Stephanie Kerr (a) Cristie Kerr Se Ri PakT10 Jean Bartholomew 70E Audra Burks Maria Hjorth Kelli Kuehne Terry-Jo Myers Aki Nakano Liselotte Neumann Catrin Nilsmark Michele Redman Pearl Sinn Annika Sörenstam Sherri Steinhauer Wendy Ward Karrie Webb Source:

Second round Friday, June 1, 2001 Saturday, June 2, 2001 Place Player Score To par 1 Karrie Webb 70-65=135 −52 A.J. Eathorne67-71=138−2 3 Se Ri Pak69-70=139−1T4 Kristi Albers71-69=140E Sophie Gustafson74-66=140 Juli Inkster68-72=140 Catriona Matthew72-68=140T8 Wendy Doolan71-70=141 +1 Yuri Fudoh73-68=141 Kelli Kuehne70-71=141 Janice Moodie71-70=141 Wendy Ward70-71=141 Source:

Third round Saturday, June 2, 2001 Place Player Score To par 1 Karrie Webb 70-65-69=204 −62 Se Ri Pak69-70-70=209−13 Catriona Matthew72-68-70=210ET4 Wendy Doolan71-70-70=211 +1 Yuri Fudoh73-68-70=211 Juli Inkster68-72-71=211T7 A.J. Eathorne67-71-75=213 +3 Cristie Kerr69-73-71=213 Kelli Kuehne70-71-72=213 Dottie Pepper74-69-70=213 Sherri Turner72-70-71=213 Source:

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 Pak69-70-70-72=281+1310,000 3 Dottie Pepper74-69-70-69=282+2202,580 T4 Catriona Matthew72-68-70-73=283+3118,697 Cristie Kerr69-73-71-70=283 Sherri Turner72-70-71-70=283T7 Kelli Kuehne70-71-72-71=284+480,726 Kristi Albers71-69-74-70=284 Lorie Kane75-68-72-69=284 Wendy Doolan71-70-70-73=284 Source:

References

External links U.S. Women's Open - past champions - 2001