1999 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

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1999 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
Dates June 3–6, 1999
Location West Point, Mississippi
Course(s) Old Waverly Golf Club
Organized by USGA
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 6,433 yards (5,882 m)
Field 150 players, 63 after cut
Cut 144 (E)
Prize fund $1.75 million
Winner's share $315,000
Champion
United States Juli Inkster
272 (−16)
Old Waverly Golf Club is located in USA
Old Waverly Golf Club
Old Waverly Golf Club
Location in the United States
Old Waverly Golf Club is located in Mississippi
Old Waverly Golf Club
Old Waverly Golf Club
Location in Mississippi

The 1999 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 54th U.S. Women's Open, held June 3–6 at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Mississippi, northwest of Columbus.

In her twentieth attempt,[1] Juli Inkster won the first of her two U.S. Women's Open titles, five strokes ahead of runner-up Sherri Turner.[2][3] Inkster, 38, broke the under-par scoring record with a 272 (−16) and became the oldest champion since 1955.[4] It was the fourth of her seven major championships; she also won the next major, the LPGA Championship, three weeks later.

The win was the first by an American at the championship in five years, and Inkster became the first since JoAnne Carner to win the U.S. Women's Amateur and the U.S. Women's Open.[4] Carner won her amateur title in 1968 and Open titles in 1971 and 1976. Inkster won three consecutive amateur titles in 1980, 1981, and 1982; she won her second Open in 2002.

Grace Park set the amateur scoring record at 283 (−5) and turned professional shortly after.

Annika Sörenstam shot 146 (+2) and missed the cut by two strokes,[5] the second and last time she failed to play the weekend in her fifteen appearances. She previously missed the cut in 1997, as the two-time defending champion (1995, 1996).[6] Sörenstam won her third Open in 2006, the last of her ten major titles.

Course layout

Old Waverly Golf Club

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 339 475 163 390 403 348 177 413 512 3,220 520 408 151 384 357 447 388 183 375 3,213 6,433
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 36 5 4 3 4 4 5 4 3 4 36 72

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Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Meg Mallon  United States 1991 70 70 69 72 281 −7 T5
Se Ri Pak  South Korea 1998 68 70 74 73 285 −3 T14
Liselotte Neumann  Sweden 1988 73 71 69 73 286 −2 T17
Betsy King  United States 1989, 1990 70 70 79 74 293 +5 T47
Alison Nicholas  England 1997 72 72 71 80 295 +7 T55

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Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Hollis Stacy  United States 1977, 1978, 1984 73 72 145 +1
Jane Geddes  United States 1986 72 73 145 +1
Laura Davies  England 1987 71 75 146 +2
Annika Sörenstam  Sweden 1995, 1996 72 74 146 +2

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Final leaderboard

Sunday, June 6, 1999

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Juli Inkster  United States 65-69-67-71=272 −16 315,000
2 Sherri Turner  United States 69-69-68-71=277 −11 185,000
3 Kelli Kuehne  United States 64-71-70-74=279 −9 118,227
4 Lorie Kane  Canada 70-64-71-75=280 −8 82,399
T5 Carin Koch  Sweden 72-69-68-72=281 −7 62,938
Meg Mallon  United States 70-70-69-72=281
7 Karrie Webb  Australia 70-70-68-74=282 −6 53,132
T8 Catriona Matthew  Scotland 69-68-74-72=283 −5 45,244
Helen Dobson  England 71-70-73-69=283
Maria Hjorth  Sweden 73-69-70-71=283
Grace Park (a)  South Korea 70-67-73-73=283 0

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