2004 U.S. Women's Open

The 2004 U.S. Women's Open was the 59th U.S. Women's Open, held July 1–4 at the Orchards Golf Club in South Hadley, Massachusetts, a suburb north of Springfield. The event was televised by ESPN and NBC Sports.

2004 U.S. Women's Open

Tournament information
Dates	July 1–4, 2004
Location	South Hadley, Massachusetts
Course(s)	Orchards Golf Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,473 yards (5,919 m)[1]
Field	156 players, 66 after cut
Cut	147 (+5)
Prize fund	$3.1 million
Winner's share	$560,000
Champion
Meg Mallon
274 (−10)
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Orchards
Golf Club

Location in the United States

Orchards GC

Location in Massachusetts

Meg Mallon won her second U.S. Women's Open title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Annika Sörenstam. The 54-hole leader was Jennifer Rosales at 206 (−7), with Mallon, Sörenstam, and Kelly Robbins three strokes back at 209 (−4).^[2][3]

In the final round, Mallon shot 65 (−6) to Sorenstam's 67 (−4), and Rosales fell down to fourth with a 75 (+4). It was Mallon's fourth and final major title; her first was thirteen years earlier in 1991, also at the U.S. Open.^[4]

Course layout

The Orchards 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	408	359	502	421	158	384	185	388	527	3,322	163	370	344	456	402	377	439	178	412	3,141	6,473
Par	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	36	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	35	71

Source:^[5]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 1, 2004
Friday, July 2, 2004

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Brittany Lincicome	66	−5
2	Patricia Meunier-Lebouc	67	−4
3	Beth Daniel	69	−2
T4	Michelle Ellis	70	−1
	Katherine Hull
	Pat Hurst
	Candie Kung
	Se Ri Pak
	Michele Redman
	Jennifer Rosales
	Kim Saiki

Source:

Second round

Friday, July 2, 2004

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jennifer Rosales	70-67=137	−5
T2	Candie Kung	70-68=138	−4
	Kim Saiki	70-68=138
T4	Michelle Ellis	70-69=139	−3
	Carin Koch	72-67=139
	Annika Sörenstam	71-68=139
T7	Moira Dunn	73-67=140	−2
	Rachel Teske	71-69=140
T9	Paula Creamer (a)	72-69=141	−1
	Pat Hurst	70-71=141
	Kelly Robbins	74-67=141
	Michelle Wie (a)	71-70=141

Source:^[6]

Third round

Saturday, July 3, 2004

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jennifer Rosales	70-67-69=206	−7
T2	Meg Mallon	73-69-67=209	−4
	Kelly Robbins	74-67-68=209
	Annika Sörenstam	71-68-70=209
5	Rachel Teske	71-69-70=210	−3
6	Michelle Ellis	70-69-72=211	−2
T7	Moira Dunn	73-67-72=212	−1
	Pat Hurst	70-71-71=212
	Candie Kung	70-68-74=212
	Kim Saiki	70-68-74=212
	Michelle Wie (a)	71-70-71=212

Source:^[3]

Final round

Sunday, July 4, 2004

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Meg Mallon	73-69-67-65=274	−10	560,000
2	Annika Sörenstam	71-68-70-67=276	−8	335,000
3	Kelly Robbins	74-67-68-69=278	−6	208,863
4	Jennifer Rosales	70-67-69-75=281	−3	145,547
T5	Candie Kung	70-68-74-70=282	−2	111,173
	Michele Redman	70-72-73-67=282
T7	Jeong Jang	72-74-71-66=283	−1	86,744
	Moira Dunn	73-67-72-71=283
	Pat Hurst	70-71-71-71=283
T10	Carin Koch	72-67-75-70=284	E	68,813
	Michelle Ellis	70-69-72-73=284
	Rachel Teske	71-69-70-74=284

Source:^[4]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	4	3	5
Mallon	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10
Sörenstam	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8
Robbins	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6
Rosales	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−3	−3	−3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Source:^[5]

References

1. Ferguson, Doug (July 2, 2004). "Amateur teen in lead after five-under 66". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. B-8.
2. "Intense Rosales maintains tenuous Open lead". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. July 4, 2004. p. D6.
3. "U.S. Women's Open Third Round lead". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. July 5, 2004. p. D8.
4. Ferguson, Doug (July 5, 2004). "Mallon saves best for last with a 65". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. B-1.
5. "2004 U.S. Women's Open - Round 4 Full Leaderboard". USGA. July 4, 2004. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
6. Ferguson, Doug (July 3, 2004). "Second round eschews norm". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. p. D2.

External links

• Official website
• Golf Observer final leaderboard
• U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
• The Orchards Golf Club
• U.S. Women's Open – past champions – 2004

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