2006 U.S. Women's Open

The 2006 U.S. Women's Open was the 61st U.S. Women's Open, held June 30 to July 3 at Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island.

Delayed by fog for a day, the first round started on Friday and the final two rounds were played on Sunday. The champion was Annika Sörenstam, the winner of an 18-hole playoff on Monday over Pat Hurst by four strokes, The two had finished at even par (284) after 72 holes on Sunday, two strokes ahead of Se Ri Pak, Stacy Prammanasudh, and Michelle Wie. It was Sörenstam's third victory in the championship, the first in a decade after winning consecutive titles in 1995 and 1996, and was her tenth and final major championship victory. With the win, Sörenstam went over $20 million in career earnings.

American collegians Amanda Blumenherst and Jane Park were the low amateurs and finished tied for tenth.

This was the final full-round playoff in the U.S. Women's Open; the format was changed to a three-hole aggregate for 2007 and first used in 2011. The event was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports, with the Monday playoff on ESPN.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards5322984051371804263594404363,2134803633402114493865491854403,4036,616Par544334444355443445343671 Source:

Round summaries First round Friday, June 30, 2006 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Pat Hurst69 −2 Jane Park (a) Se Ri Pak Annika SörenstamT5 Amanda Blumenherst (a)70 −1 Becky Morgan Park Hee-jung Michelle Wie Yim Sung-ahT10 Shi Hyun Ahn71E Brandie Burton Silvia Cavalleri Paula Creamer Jee Young Lee Lorena Ochoa Kim Saiki Source:

Second round Saturday, July 1, 2006 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Pat Hurst69-71=140 −2 Annika Sörenstam69-71=140T3 Shi Hyun Ahn71-71=142E Jane Park (a)69-73=142 Michelle Wie70-72=142 T6 Paula Creamer 71-72=143 +1 Juli Inkster 73-70=143 Jeong Jang 72-71=143 Se Ri Pak69-74=143 Stacy Prammanasudh72-71=143 Source:

Third round Sunday, July 2, 2006 (morning) PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Brittany Lincicome 72-72-69=213 E Annika Sörenstam69-71-73=213 Michelle Wie70-72-71=213 T4 Juli Inkster 73-70-71=214 +1 Stacy Prammanasudh72-71-71=214 T6 Sophie Gustafson 72-72-71=215 +2 Pat Hurst69-71-75=215T8 Shi Hyun Ahn71-71-74=216+3 Jee Young Lee71-75-70=216 T10 Se Ri Pak69-74-74=217+4 Jane Park (a)69-73-75=217

Final round Sunday, July 2, 2006 (afternoon) PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T1 Annika Sörenstam69-71-73-71=284E Playoff Pat Hurst69-71-75-69=284 T3 Se Ri Pak69-74-74-69=286+2156,038 Stacy Prammanasudh72-71-71-72=286 Michelle Wie70-72-71-73=286 6 Juli Inkster73-70-71-73=287+3103,575 7 Brittany Lincicome72-72-69-78=291+793,026T8 Rachel Hetherington74-72-73-73=292+882,460 Shi Hyun Ahn71-71-74-76=292 T10 Amanda Blumenherst (a)70-77-73-73=293+90 Jane Park (a)69-73-75-76=293 Young Kim75-69-75-74=29366,174 Patricia Meunier-Lebouc72-73-73-75=293 Jee Young Lee71-75-70-77=293 Sophie Gustafson72-72-71-78=293

Scorecard Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 Par544334444 544344534 Sörenstam −1−2−2−2−2−2E+1+2+1+1+1+1+1E−1EE Hurst +1EE+1EEE−1EE+1+1+1EEEEE Pak +4+3+3+4+4+3+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+3+2+2+2 Prammanasudh +1+1+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+3+2+2+2+2+2+2+2 Wie EEEEE+1+1+1+2+2+2+1+2+2+2+2+2+2 Inkster EEEEEEEE+1+1+2+2+2+2+2+3+3+3 Lincicome EE+1+1+1+1+3+4+4+4+4+4+4+4+6+7+7+7 Gustafson +2+2+2+2+2+2+5+6+6+6+6+7+8+9+10+9+9+9 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |style="background: Olive;" width=10| |Triple bogey+ |} Source:

Playoff Monday, July 3, 2006 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Annika Sörenstam 34-36=70 −1560,0002 Pat Hurst 39-35=74 +3335,000

Scorecard Hole123456789101112131415161718Par544334444 544344534 Sörenstam −1−1−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−1−1−1−1−1−1 Hurst +1+1+1+1+1+3+3+3+4+4+4+4+4+4+4+4+4+3 {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |} Source:

References

External links

Golf Observer final leaderboard U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship U.S. Women's Open – past champions – 2006