2005 U.S. Women's Open

Tournament information
Dates	June 23–26, 2005
Location	Cherry Hills Village, Colorado
Course	Cherry Hills Country Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,749 yards (6,171 m)
Field	156 players, 63 after cut
Cut	150 (+8)
Prize fund	$3.1 million
Winner's share	$560,000
Champion
Birdie Kim
287 (+3)
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Cherry Hills Country Club

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Location in theUnited States

Cherry Hills
Country Club

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Location inColorado

The2005 U.S. Women's Open was the 60thU.S. Women's Open, held June 23–26 atCherry Hills Country Club inCherry Hills Village, Colorado, asuburb south ofDenver. The par-71 course was set at 6,749 yards (6,171 m), at an averageelevation over 5,300 feet (1,620 m) abovesea level. The event was televised byESPN andNBC Sports.

Birdie Kim holed out from a greenside bunker on the 72nd hole to win her onlymajor (and only LPGA) title, two strokes ahead of runners-upBrittany Lang andMorgan Pressel, both teenage amateurs from the United States.^[1] In the final pairing as a 54-hole co-leader, Pressel needed to hole herchip 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, withKaren Stupples and amateurMichelle Wie, age 15; Kim was one stroke back in a three-way tie for fourth, with 18-year-oldPaula Creamer and Young Jo.^[4][5]

This was the first U.S. Women's Open at Cherry Hills, which previously hosted threeU.S. Opens (1938,1960,1978) and twoPGA Championships (1941,1985).

Source:^[6]

• Averageelevation is over 5,300 feet (1,620 m) abovesea level

Thursday, June 23, 2005

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Angela Stanford	69	−2
	Michelle Wie(a)
T3	Natalie Gulbis	70	−1
	Liselotte Neumann
	Nicole Perrot
	Young-A Yang
T7	Sophie Gustafson	71	E
	Meg Mallon
	Morgan Pressel(a)
	Annika Sörenstam

Source:^[7][8]

Friday, June 24, 2005

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Nicole Perrot	70-70=140	−2
T2	Lorena Ochoa	74-68=142	E
	Michelle Wie(a)	69-73=142
T4	Paula Creamer	74-69=143	+1
	Rachel Hetherington	74-69=143
	Angela Stanford	69-74=143
T7	Karine Icher	69-75=144	+2
	Morgan Pressel(a)	71-73=144
T9	Helen Alfredsson	72-73=145	+3
	Amie Cochran (a)	76-69=145
	Natalie Gulbis	70-75=145
	Young Jo	74-71=145
	Rosie Jones	73-72=145
	Lorie Kane	74-71=145
	Cristie Kerr	74-71=145
	Mi-Hyun Kim	72-73=145
	Meg Mallon	71-74=145
	Catriona Matthew	73-72=145
	Liselotte Neumann	72-73=145
	Se Ri Pak	74-71=145
	Karen Stupples	75-70=145

Source:^[9]

Saturday, June 25, 2005

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Morgan Pressel(a)	71-73-70=214	+1
	Karen Stupples	75-70-69=214
	Michelle Wie(a)	69-73-72=214
T4	Paula Creamer	74-69-72=215	+2
	Young Jo	74-71-70=215
	Birdie Kim	74-72-69=215
T7	Young Kim	73-73-70=216	+3
	Angela Stanford	69-74-73=216
T9	Jamie Hullett	75-72-70=217	+4
	Cristie Kerr	74-71-72=217
	Candie Kung	73-73-71=217

Source:^[4][5]

Sunday, June 26, 2005

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Birdie Kim	74-72-69-72=287	+3	560,000
T2	Brittany Lang(a)	69-77-72-71=289	+5	0
	Morgan Pressel(a)	71-73-70-75=289
T4	Natalie Gulbis	70-75-74-71=290	+6	272,723
	Lorie Kane	74-71-76-69=290
T6	Karine Icher	69-75-75-72=291	+7	116,310
	Young Jo	74-71-70-76=291
	Candie Kung	73-73-71-74=291
	Lorena Ochoa	74-68-77-72=291
T10	Cristie Kerr	74-71-72-75=292	+8	80,523
	Angela Stanford	69-74-73-76=292
	Karen Stupples	75-70-69-78=292

Source:^[10]

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

Source:^[6]

• Official website
• Golf Observer final leaderboard^{[permanent dead link]}
• U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
• U.S. Women's Open – past champions – 2005

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