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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | June 30 – July 3, 2006 | 
| Location | Newport, Rhode Island | 
| Course(s) | Newport Country Club | 
| Organized by | USGA | 
| Tour(s) | LPGA Tour | 
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71 | 
| Length | 6,616 yards (6,050 m) | 
| Field | 155 players, 68 after cut | 
| Cut | 150 (+8) | 
| Prize fund | $3.1 million | 
| Winner's share | $560,000 | 
| Champion | |
|  Annika Sörenstam | |
| 284 (E), playoff | |




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,[1] 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, 70 to 74.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4][5]
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
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards | 532 | 298 | 405 | 137 | 180 | 426 | 359 | 440 | 436 | 3,213 | 480 | 363 | 340 | 211 | 449 | 386 | 549 | 185 | 440 | 3,403 | 6,616 | 
| Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 71 | 
Source:[6]
Round summaries
First round
Friday, June 30, 2006
| Place | Player | Score | To par | 
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 |  Pat Hurst | 69 | −2 | 
|  Jane Park (a) | |||
|  Se Ri Pak | |||
|  Annika Sörenstam | |||
| T5 |  Amanda Blumenherst (a) | 70 | −1 | 
|  Becky Morgan | |||
|  Park Hee-jung | |||
|  Michelle Wie | |||
|  Yim Sung-ah | |||
| T10 |  Shi Hyun Ahn | 71 | E | 
|  Brandie Burton | |||
|  Silvia Cavalleri | |||
|  Paula Creamer | |||
|  Jee Young Lee | |||
|  Lorena Ochoa | |||
|  Kim Saiki | 
Source:[7]
Second round
Saturday, July 1, 2006
| Place | Player | Score | To par | 
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 |  Pat Hurst | 69-71=140 | −2 | 
|  Annika Sörenstam | 69-71=140 | ||
| T3 |  Shi Hyun Ahn | 71-71=142 | E | 
|  Jane Park (a) | 69-73=142 | ||
|  Michelle Wie | 70-72=142 | ||
| T6 |  Paula Creamer | 71-72=143 | +1 | 
|  Juli Inkster | 73-70=143 | ||
|  Jeong Jang | 72-71=143 | ||
|  Se Ri Pak | 69-74=143 | ||
|  Stacy Prammanasudh | 72-71=143 | 
Source:[8]
Third round
Sunday, July 2, 2006 (morning)
| Place | Player | Score | To par | 
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 |  Brittany Lincicome | 72-72-69=213 | E | 
|  Annika Sörenstam | 69-71-73=213 | ||
|  Michelle Wie | 70-72-71=213 | ||
| T4 |  Juli Inkster | 73-70-71=214 | +1 | 
|  Stacy Prammanasudh | 72-71-71=214 | ||
| T6 |  Sophie Gustafson | 72-72-71=215 | +2 | 
|  Pat Hurst | 69-71-75=215 | ||
| T8 |  Shi Hyun Ahn | 71-71-74=216 | +3 | 
|  Jee Young Lee | 71-75-70=216 | ||
| T10 |  Se Ri Pak | 69-74-74=217 | +4 | 
|  Jane Park (a) | 69-73-75=217 | 
Final round
Sunday, July 2, 2006 (afternoon)
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 |  Annika Sörenstam | 69-71-73-71=284 | E | Playoff | 
|  Pat Hurst | 69-71-75-69=284 | |||
| T3 |  Se Ri Pak | 69-74-74-69=286 | +2 | 156,038 | 
|  Stacy Prammanasudh | 72-71-71-72=286 | |||
|  Michelle Wie | 70-72-71-73=286 | |||
| 6 |  Juli Inkster | 73-70-71-73=287 | +3 | 103,575 | 
| 7 |  Brittany Lincicome | 72-72-69-78=291 | +7 | 93,026 | 
| T8 | .svg.png.webp) Rachel Hetherington | 74-72-73-73=292 | +8 | 82,460 | 
|  Shi Hyun Ahn | 71-71-74-76=292 | |||
| T10 |  Amanda Blumenherst (a) | 70-77-73-73=293 | +9 | 0 | 
|  Jane Park (a) | 69-73-75-76=293 | |||
|  Young Kim | 75-69-75-74=293 | 66,174 | ||
|  Patricia Meunier-Lebouc | 72-73-73-75=293 | |||
|  Jee Young Lee | 71-75-70-77=293 | |||
|  Sophie Gustafson | 72-72-71-78=293 | 
Scorecard
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 
|  Sörenstam | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | E | +1 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | E | −1 | −1 | E | E | 
|  Hurst | +1 | E | E | +1 | E | E | E | −1 | E | E | +1 | +1 | +1 | E | E | E | E | E | 
|  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 | E | E | E | E | E | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | 
|  Inkster | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +3 | 
|  Lincicome | E | E | +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
- Birdie - Bogey - Double bogey - Triple bogey+ 
Source:[9]
Playoff
Monday, July 3, 2006
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Annika Sörenstam | 34-36=70 | −1 | 560,000 | 
| 2 |  Pat Hurst | 39-35=74 | +3 | 335,000 | 
Scorecard
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 
|  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 | 
- Birdie - Bogey - Double bogey 
References
- ↑ "Fog plagues U.S. Women's Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 30, 2006. p. C2.
- 1 2 Ferguson, Doug (July 4, 2006). "Sorenstam wins in major fashion". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. B1.
- 1 2 Ferguson, Doug (July 3, 2006). "It's not over yet: Sorenstam, Hurst face 18-hole playoff". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. d1.
- ↑ "U.S. Women's Open - History – 2006". Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "LPGA – 2006 U.S. Women's Open – final round wrap-up". Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "LPGA – 2006 U.S. Women's Open – pre-tournament fact sheet". Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Sorenstam among pace-setters". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated erss. July 1, 2006. p. B5.
- ↑ "Sorenstam shares lead heading into big day". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. July 2, 2006. p. D7.
- ↑ "2006 U.S. Women's Open Championship: Real-time scoring". USGA. 2006. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ↑ "2006 U.S. Women's Open playoff – Hole by hole – 2006". ESPN. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "2006 U.S. Women's Open - playoff scorecard". USGA. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
External links
- Official website
- Golf Observer final leaderboard
- U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
- U.S. Women's Open – past champions – 2006