Golf tournament
Cherry Hills Country Club
The 2005 U.S. Women's Open was the 60th U.S. Women's Open , held June 23–26 at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado , a suburb south of Denver . The par-71 course was set at 6,749 yards (6,171 m), at an average elevation over 5,300 feet (1,620 m) above sea level . The event was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports .
Birdie Kim holed out from a greenside bunker on the 72nd hole to win her only major (and only LPGA) title, two strokes ahead of runners-up Brittany Lang and Morgan Pressel , both teenage amateurs from the United States.[ 1] In the final pairing as a 54-hole co-leader, Pressel needed to hole her chip shot to tie, but it went 20 feet (6 m) past and she bogeyed. Lang had earlier missed a par putt from 8 feet (2.4 m). Lorena Ochoa made four birdies on the back nine and led with one hole remaining, but made a quadruple-bogey on the 72nd hole to finish four strokes behind.[ 2] [ 3]
Pressel, 17, held a share of the 54-hole lead, with Karen Stupples and amateur Michelle Wie , age 15; Kim was one stroke back in a three-way tie for fourth, with 18-year-old Paula Creamer and Young Jo.[ 4] [ 5]
This was the first U.S. Women's Open at Cherry Hills, which previously hosted three U.S. Opens (1938 , 1960 , 1978 ) and two PGA Championships (1941 , 1985 ).
Course layout
Hole
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Out
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
In
Total
Yards
346
415
327
429
539
158
374
206
418
3,212
414
522
179
384
433
187
428
531
459
3,537
6,749
Par
4
4
4
4
5
3
4
3
4
35
4
5
3
4
4
3
4
5
4
36
71
Source: [ 6]
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Source: [ 7] [ 8]
Second round
Friday, June 24, 2005
Source: [ 9]
Third round
Saturday, June 25, 2005
Source: [ 4] [ 5]
Final round
Sunday, June 26, 2005
Source: [ 10]
Scorecard
Hole
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Par
4
4
4
4
5
3
4
3
4
4
5
3
4
4
3
4
5
4
Kim
+3
+3
+3
+3
+2
+3
+2
+2
+2
+3
+2
+2
+2
+3
+3
+4
+4
+3
Lang
+5
+6
+6
+7
+7
+8
+7
+7
+7
+6
+6
+5
+5
+5
+5
+5
+4
+5
Pressel
+1
E
E
+1
+2
+3
+3
+3
+3
+3
+3
+3
+4
+4
+4
+4
+4
+5
Jo
+3
+4
+4
+4
+4
+4
+5
+5
+5
+5
+5
+5
+5
+5
+6
+6
+6
+7
Ochoa
+6
+6
+6
+7
+7
+7
+7
+7
+7
+6
+5
+5
+4
+4
+4
+3
+3
+7
Stanford
+3
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+4
+5
+7
+6
+6
+6
+6
+6
+7
+7
+8
+8
Stupples
+2
+1
+1
+1
+2
+3
+4
+4
+5
+5
+5
+6
+6
+7
+7
+7
+7
+8
Creamer
+4
+4
+4
+4
+6
+6
+6
+6
+7
+7
+6
+6
+6
+6
+6
+7
+10
+10
Sörenstam
+7
+8
+8
+8
+8
+8
+8
+8
+9
+9
+8
+8
+8
+8
+9
+10
+11
+12
Wie
+3
+3
+4
+5
+5
+5
+5
+6
+8
+9
+8
+9
+11
+11
+12
+11
+11
+12
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle
Birdie
Bogey
Double bogey
Triple bogey+
Source: [ 6]
References
^ Shipnuck, Alan (July 4, 2005). "Watch the Birdie" . Sports Illustrated . Retrieved June 28, 2013 .
^ Ferguson, Doug (June 27, 2005). "A birdie for Birdie clinches Open title" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press. p. D-1.
^ Bonk, Thomas (June 27, 2005). "Birdie lives up to her name" . Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . (Los Angeles Times) . p. 1C.
^ a b Ferguson, Doug (June 26, 2005). "Teenagers in the spotlight on eve of U.S. Open's last act" . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon. Associated Press. p. D1.
^ a b "U.S. Women's Open: Third Round" . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon. June 26, 2005. p. D8.
^ a b "2005 U.S. Women's Open - Round 4 Full Leaderboard" . USGA. June 26, 2005. Retrieved July 2, 2013 .
^ Ferguson, Doug (June 24, 2005). "Sorenstam calms early butterflies" . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon. Associated Press. p. D1.
^ "USGA" . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon. June 24, 2005. p. D6.
^ Bonk, Thomas (June 25, 2005). "Sorenstam takes turn for the worse" . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon. (Los Angeles Times) . p. B1.
^ "U.S. Women's Open results" . Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . June 27, 2005. p. 3C.
External links
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