The 2008 U.S. Women's Open was the 63rd
U.S. Women's Open
The U.S. Women's Open, one of 15 national golf championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour's five major championships, which includes the Chevron Championship, Women's PGA Championship, W ...
, held June 26–29 at
Interlachen Country Club
The Interlachen Country Club is a private country club in Edina, Minnesota which has hosted several national golf tournaments, including the 1930 U.S. Open (golf), 1930 U.S. Open (won by Bobby Jones (golfer), Bobby Jones on his way to winning the ...
in
Edina, Minnesota
Edina ( ) is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States and a first-ring suburb of Minneapolis. The population was 53,494 at the 2020 census, making it the 18th most populous city in Minnesota.
Edina began as a small farming and mil ...
, a suburb southwest of
Minneapolis
Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with list of lakes in Minneapolis, thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. ...
. It was the first U.S. Women's Open played at the course, which hosted the
Solheim Cup
The Solheim Cup is a biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the United States. It is named after the Norwegian- American golf club manufacturer Karsten Solheim, who was a driving force ...
in
2002
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. The winner was 19-year-old
Inbee Park
Inbee Park (, or ; born 12 July 1988) is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour. She has been the number one ranked player in the Women's World Golf Rankings for four separate runs: April 2 ...
, four strokes ahead of runner-up
Helen Alfredsson
Helen Christine Alfredsson (born 9 April 1965) is a Swedish professional golfer who played primarily on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a life member of the Ladies European Tour. She won the LPGA major Nabisco Dinah Shore and twice finish ...
. The tournament was televised by
ESPN
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and
NBC Sports
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.
The course hosted the
U.S. Open in
1930
Events
January
* January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...
, part of the
grand slam
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* Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves
Grand Slam or Grand slam may also refer to:
Games and sports
* Grand slam, winning category te ...
of
Bobby Jones
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People
* Bobby (given name), a list of names
* Bobby (actress), from Bangladesh
* Bobby (rapper) (born 1995), from South Korea
* Bobby (screenwriter) (born 1983), Indian screenwriter
* Bobby, old slang for a const ...
.
Field
Exempt players
1. Last 10
U.S. Women's Open
The U.S. Women's Open, one of 15 national golf championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour's five major championships, which includes the Chevron Championship, Women's PGA Championship, W ...
Champions
Juli Inkster
Juli Inkster (born Juli Simpson; June 24, 1960) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. With a professional career spanning 29 years to date, Inkster's 31 wins rank her second in wins among all active players on the LPGA ...
,
Birdie Kim
Birdie Kim (Korean 김주연) (born Ju-Yun Kim 26 August 1981, in Iksan) is a South Korean professional golfer. Her career highlight is winning the 2005 U.S. Women's Open at Cherry Hills Country Club. In the last round, she was tied for the lead ...
,
Cristie Kerr
Cristie Kerr (born October 12, 1977) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She has 20 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $19 million in career earnings. Kerr was the number one-ranked go ...
,
Hilary Lunke
Hilary Lunke (born Hilary Homeyer on June 7, 1979) is a retired American professional golfer best known for winning the 2003 U.S. Women's Open.
Homeyer was born in Edina, Minnesota. She attended Stanford University and became a member of the LP ...
,
Meg Mallon
Meg Mallon (born April 14, 1963) is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1987 and won 18 LPGA Tour events, including four major championships, during her career. Mallon was inducted into the World Golf Hall o ...
,
Se Ri Pak
Pak Se-ri or Se-ri Pak ( ko, 박세리, ; born 28 September 1977) is a South Korean former professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour from 1998 to 2016. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2007.
Career overview
Born in D ...
,
Annika Sörenstam
Annika Charlotta Sörenstam (; born 9 October 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer. She is regarded as one of the best female golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she had won 90 intern ...
,
Karrie Webb
Karrie Ann Webb (born 21 December 1974) is an Australian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of ...
2. Top two finishers in the 2007
U.S. Women's Amateur
The U.S. Women's Amateur is the leading golf tournament in the United States for female amateur golfers. It is played annually and is one of the 13 United States national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association (USGA). F ...
and winner of the 2006 U.S. Women's Amateur
Amanda Blumenherst
Amanda Blumenherst (born November 4, 1986) is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She was a three-time National Player of the Year at Duke University and won the U.S. Women's Amateur title in 2008. In 2013, ...
(a),
Kimberly Kim
Kimberly Kim (born August 23, 1991) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Kim was born in Hilo, Hawaii. She attended the University of Denver in 2009–10, leading the team with a 73.67 scoring average an ...
(a),
Mariajo Uribe (a)
3. Last five
LPGA
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of week ...
Champions
Suzann Pettersen
Suzann Pettersen (born 7 April 1981) is a retired Norwegian professional golfer. She played mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and was also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking was second and she held that position ...
,
Yani Tseng
Yani Tseng (; born 23 January 1989) is a Taiwanese professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships and was ranked number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rank ...
4. Last five
Women's British Open
The Women's Open (originally known as the Women's British Open, and still widely referred to by that name outside the UK) is a major championship in women's professional golf. It is recognised by both the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour ...
Champions
Jeong Jang
Jeong Jang ( ko, 장정, born 11 June 1980) is a South Korean professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She was also a member of the LPGA of Korea Tour.
Jang was born in Daejeon, South Korea. She started playing golf at the a ...
,
Lorena Ochoa
Lorena Ochoa Reyes (; born 15 November 1981) is a Mexican former professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour from 2003 to 2010. She was the top-ranked female golfer in the world for 158 consecutive and total weeks (both are LPGA ...
,
Sherri Steinhauer
Sherri Steinhauer (born December 27, 1962) is an American professional golfer who plays on the Legends Tour. She retired from the LPGA Tour in 2012 after a 26-year career. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin and attended The University of Texas a ...
,
Karen Stupples
Karen may refer to:
* Karen (name), a given name and surname
* Karen (slang), a term and meme for a demanding woman displaying certain behaviors
People
* Karen people, an ethnic group in Myanmar and Thailand
Thailand ( ), histor ...
5. Last five
Kraft Nabisco Champions
Grace Park,
Morgan Pressel
Morgan Pressel (born May 23, 1988) is an American professional golfer and golf commentator who played on the LPGA Tour. In 2001, as a 12-year-old, she became the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open. She was the 2005 American Ju ...
6. From the 2007
U.S. Women's Open
The U.S. Women's Open, one of 15 national golf championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour's five major championships, which includes the Chevron Championship, Women's PGA Championship, W ...
, the 20 lowest scorers and ties.
Kyeong Bae,
Paula Creamer
Paula Creamer (born August 5, 1986)''Current Biography Yearbook 2011''p. 128 is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 12 tournaments, including 10 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high ...
,
Julieta Granada
Julieta Granada (born 17 November 1986) is a Paraguayan professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.
Amateur career
Born in Asunción, Paraguay, Granada moved to the United States with her mother at the age of 14 ...
,
Amy Hung
Amy Hung (; Wade-Giles: Hung Chih-Huei; born 7 March 1980) is a professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur wins
*1992 Junior World Golf Championships (11-12 age group)
*1993 Greg Norman Junior Masters
*1994 Greg Norman Junior Masters
*2003 R ...
,
Jimin Kang
Kang Ji-min ( ko, 강지민, born 28 January 1980) is a South Korean professional golfer who plays primarily on the LPGA Tour.
Kang had a distinguished amateur career including finishing runner-up in 1999 U.S. Women's Amateur. She attended Ariz ...
,
Christina Kim
Christina Kim (born March 15, 1984) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour (LET). She is known for her animated style of play, flamboyant dress, and outgoing personality.
Kim compet ...
,
Mi Hyun Kim
Mi-Hyun Kim ( ko, 김미현, born 13 January 1977) is a professional golfer from South Korea. She turned professional in 1996 and won 11 events on the LPGA of Korea Tour (KLPGA) between 1996 and 2000. In 1999, she joined the LPGA Tour and was ...
,
Jee Young Lee
Jee-Young Lee (born 2 December 1985) is a South Korean professional golfer now playing on the United States LPGA Tour.
Born in Seoul, South Korea, Lee began playing golf at age 14 and turned professional in 2004, playing on the LPGA of Korea To ...
,
Brittany Lincicome
Brittany Grace Lincicome (born September 19, 1985) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She currently resides in Gulfport, Florida.
Lincicome is one of the longest drivers in women's golf. In her rookie year, 2005, sh ...
,
Catriona Matthew
Catriona Isobel Matthew (née Lambert; born 25 August 1969) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the US-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.
Amateur career
Catriona Lambert was born in Edinburgh, a ...
,
Ai Miyazato
is a former Japanese professional golfer who competed on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour (JLPGA). She was the top-ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings on three occasions in 2010.
Early life, family and amateur c ...
,
Angela Park
Angela Park ( ko, 박혜인, born August 25, 1988) is a Brazilian-American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She holds dual citizenship in Brazil and the United States.
Childhood and personal life
Park was born in Foz do Iguaç ...
,
Inbee Park
Inbee Park (, or ; born 12 July 1988) is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour. She has been the number one ranked player in the Women's World Golf Rankings for four separate runs: April 2 ...
,
Jiyai Shin
Jiyai Shin (Korean: 신지애 ''Shin Ji-ae'', ; born 28 April 1988) is a former world No. 1 ranked South Korean professional golfer who primarily plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour as of the 2020 golf season. She previously played primarily on th ...
,
Angela Stanford
Angela Gwen Stanford (born November 28, 1977) is an American professional golfer who currently competes on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Born and raised in Saginaw, Texas, Stanford won the Fort Worth Girls Championship four times (1993–1996), ...
7. From the
2007 LPGA Tour money list, the top 40 money leaders
Shi Hyun Ahn
Ahn Shi-hyun, or Shi Hyun Ahn (; 15 September 1984) is a South Korean professional golfer.
Pro golf career
Ahn turned professional in 2002 and that year she topped the order of merit on the Apache Dream Tour (the KLPGA's developmental tour) af ...
,
Nicole Castrale
Nicole Castrale (pronounced "cass-TRAHL-ee", née Dalkas, born March 24, 1979) is an American professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.
Castrale was born in Glendale, California, and started playing golf at the age of 10. She graduated from Palm De ...
,
Laura Davies
Dame Laura Jane Davies, (born 5 October 1963) is an English female professional golfer. She has achieved the status of her nation's most accomplished female golfer of modern times, being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA ...
,
Laura Diaz
Laura Diaz (born April 27, 1975) is an American professional golfer.
Diaz was born Laura Philo in Scotia, New York. She won the 1995 North and South Women's Amateur at Pinehurst. In 1996 she won the Eastern Women's Amateur Championship and mad ...
,
Meaghan Francella
Meaghan Francella (born May 12, 1982) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Early life and amateur career
Francella was born in Port Chester, New York and was twice the New York State Junior Champion. She attend ...
,
Natalie Gulbis
Natalie Anne Gulbis (born January 7, 1983) is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.
Golf career
Gulbis was born and raised in the Sacramento, California, area. She has Latvian ancestry. Gulbis started finding ...
,
Sophie Gustafson
Sophie Gustafson (born 27 December 1973) is a Swedish professional golfer. She was a member of the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is a life member of the Ladies European Tour (LET).
She has five LPGA Tour and 23 international wins in her career, incl ...
,
Rachel Hetherington
Rachel Hetherington (born 23 April 1972) is an Australian professional golfer playing on the American LPGA Tour. Hetherington played under her married name, Rachel Teske, from 2001–04.
Career overview
Hetherington was born in Port Macquarie, ...
,
Maria Hjorth
Maria Anna Hjorth (born 15 October 1973) is a Swedish professional golfer.
Early years
Hjorth was born in Falun. As the youngest of three daughters to Kjell and Monica Hjorth, she first gripped a golf club at three years of age. Six years old, ...
,
Pat Hurst
Pat Hurst (born May 23, 1969) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.
Hurst's mother is originally from Japan and her father is an American of German heritage. She was born in San Leandro, California, and raised in the B ...
,
I.K. Kim
Kim In-Kyung, also called In-Kyung Kim and I. K. Kim (born 13 June 1988), is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Kim was a member of the Korean National Team in 2003 and 2004 and won three tou ...
,
Young Kim
Young Oak Kim (; born October 18, 1962) is an American politician and businesswoman serving as the U.S. representative for California's 39th congressional district. Her district includes northern parts of Orange County. In the 2020 United Sta ...
,
Brittany Lang
Brittany Lang (born August 22, 1985) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She has won one major championship, the 2016 U.S. Women's Open.
Amateur career
Born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in McKinney, Texas, Lang h ...
,
Sarah Lee,
Seon Hwa Lee
Lee Seon-hwa (Korean 이선화) (born 10 February 1986) is a South Korean professional golfer now playing on the United States LPGA Tour.
Born in Cheonan, South Korea, Lee began playing golf at age 4 and turned professional at age 14, the youn ...
,
Na On Min
Min Na-on ( ko, 민나온, born 5 November 1988) is a South Korean professional golfer who has played on the LPGA Tour.
Min won the Sun City Nedbank Challenge as an amateur in 2002 and turned professional after earning non-exempt status on the ...
,
Stacy Prammanasudh
Stacy Prammanasudh (born September 23, 1979) is a retired American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour from 2004 to 2013.
Amateur career
Prammanasudh was born in Enid, Oklahoma, to an American mother and a native Thai father who imm ...
,
Reilley Rankin
Reilley Rankin (born April 17, 1979) is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Rankin was a three-time American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Rolex All-American from 1995 to 1997. She was a three-ti ...
,
Lindsey Wright
Lindsey Elizabeth Wright (born 31 December 1979) is an Australian professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. She earned exempt status for the 2004 LPGA season in 2003, and has been competing full-time on the Tour since.
Personal life
Wright w ...
8. From the 2008
LPGA Tour
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of wee ...
money, the top 35 money leaders through June 1
Minea Blomqvist
Minea "Minni" Blomqvist, (born 12 March 1985 in Espoo, Finland) is a professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour in the early 2000s. She won twice on the Ladies European Tour.
Amateur career
Blomqvist was a member of the Finnish Nat ...
,
Na Yeon Choi
Na Yeon Choi ( ko, 최나연 ; born 28 October 1987) is a South Korean professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. In July 2012, she won the U.S. Women's Open for her first major championship.
Amateur career
At age 17 in 2004, Ch ...
,
Allison Fouch
Allison may refer to:
People
* Allison (given name)
* Allison (surname) (includes a list of people with this name)
* Eugene Allison Smith (1922-1980), American politician and farmer
Companies
* Allison Engine Company, American aircraft engine ...
,
Hee-Won Han
Han Hee-won (Korean 한희원) (born 10 June 1978 in Seoul) is a retired South Korean professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. She was a member of the LPGA Tour from 2001 until her retirement in 2014 and won six LPGA Tour events during her career. ...
,
Song-Hee Kim
Song-Hee Kim ( ko, 김송희, born 16 July 1988) is a South Korean professional golfer who played on the United States-based LPGA Tour.
Professional wins (5) Futures Tour (5)
*2006 (5) Louisiana Pelican Classic, IOS Golf Classic, Aurora Healt ...
,
Candie Kung
Candie Kung (; born 8 August 1981) is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Kung was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She was a three-time American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) All-American and was n ...
,
Leta Lindley
Leta Lindley (born June 1, 1972) is an American professional golfer who captured her first LPGA Tour title after 15 years on tour at the 2008 LPGA Corning Classic.
Lindley, whose first golf job was painting stripes on range balls as an 11-year-o ...
,
Teresa Lu
Teresa Lu (born 13 October 1987) is a Taiwanese professional golfer.
Lu played on the Ladies Asian Golf Tour in 2006 and 2007, on the LPGA Tour from 2006 to 2010 and on the LPGA of Japan Tour (JLPGA) since 2010. She won the Mizuno Classic in 20 ...
,
Jane Park
Jane Park (born December 15, 1986) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. Before turning professional, Park reached the finals of the 2003 U.S. Women's Amateur and 2004 U.S. Girls' Junior, and won the 2004 U.S. Women's Ama ...
,
Momoko Ueda
is a Japanese female professional golfer who in 2007 at the age of 21 became the youngest player in the history of the LPGA of Japan Tour (JLPGA) to finish first on the money list. She also played on the United States-based LPGA Tour for six yea ...
,
Sun Young Yoo
Yoo Sun-young (Korean 유선영 ''Yu Seon-Yeong'' ; born 13 December 1986), also known as Sun Young Yoo, is a South Korean female professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She won the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship, which was her first maj ...
9. Winner of tournaments from the conclusion of last year's
U.S. Women's Open
The U.S. Women's Open, one of 15 national golf championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour's five major championships, which includes the Chevron Championship, Women's PGA Championship, W ...
until now
Louise Friberg
10. Top 3 players from the
Japan LPGA Tour
The LPGA of Japan Tour is a professional golf tour for women organised by the Japan Ladies Professional Golfers' Association. It is the second richest women's golf tour in the world. The U.S.-based LPGA Tour is the most important women's tour, but ...
,
LPGA of Korea Tour
The LPGA of Korea Tour is a South Korean professional golf tour for women. LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association. LPGA of Korea runs this tour, not the American LPGA. It is one of the world's five leading women's golf tours.
Based o ...
, and
Ladies European Tour
The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. It is based at Buckinghamshire Golf Club near London in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal str ...
Sun-Ju Ahn
Ahn Sun-ju, or Sun-ju Ahn ( ko, 안선주, born 31 August 1987) is a South Korean professional golfer
A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skil ...
,
Bettina Hauert
Bettina Alexandra Hauert (born 18 June 1982) is a German professional golfer and member of the Ladies European Tour.
Amateur career
Born in Hagen, Germany, Hauert was the individual champion at the 2003 Sherry Cup. She was also a member of the 2 ...
,
Jeon Mi-jeong Jeon may refer to:
* Jeon (Korean surname)
* Jeon (food), a Korean pancake
* Jeon or chŏn, a subunit of various currencies of the Korean peninsula, including:
** North Korean won
** South Korean won (1945–1953)
** The former Korean won
** The f ...
,
Eun-Hee Ji
Ji Eun-hee (; ; born 13 May 1986 in Gapyeong, South Korea), also known as Eun-Hee Ji, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is also a member of the South Korean KLPGA.
LPGA career
Ji joined the LPGA T ...
,
Gwladys Nocera
Gwladys Nocera (born 22 May 1975) is a French professional golfer. She currently resides in Biarritz, France.
Amateur career
Nocera was born in Moulins, Allier. She had a successful amateur career. She finished runner up at the 1998 British ...
,
Sakura Yokomine
is a Japanese professional golfer. She is one of the leading players on the LPGA of Japan Tour and was in the top twenty of the February 2006 debut edition of the Women's World Golf Rankings. She finished T-11 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tourn ...
Qualifiers
*
Helen Alfredsson
Helen Christine Alfredsson (born 9 April 1965) is a Swedish professional golfer who played primarily on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a life member of the Ladies European Tour. She won the LPGA major Nabisco Dinah Shore and twice finish ...
*
Sarah Almond (a)
*
Chieko Amanuma
Chieko (written: , , , , or ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*, Japanese sprint canoeist
*, blind Japanese computer scientist
*, Japanese actress and singer
*, Japanese voice actress and singer
*, Japanes ...
*
Rachel Bailey
Acting Detective Inspector (A/DI) Rachel Bailey is a fictional character in the English television series ''Scott & Bailey''. Portrayed by actress Suranne Jones, Bailey initially held the rank of Detective Constable, and prior to her appointment ...
*
Vanessa Brockett
*
Laurie Brower
*
Silvia Cavalleri
Silvia Cavalleri (born 10 October 1972) is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour. She was the first Italian to win a tournament on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career and education
Cavalleri wa ...
*
Jeanne Cho-Hunicke
*
Il Mi Chung
Chung Il-mi, or Il-Mi Chung (Korean: 정일미; born 15 January 1972) is a South Korean professional golfer. She was born in Busan and attended Ewha Womans University. She turned professional in 1995 and joined the LPGA of Korea Tour where she ...
*
Cydney Clanton
Cydney Clanton (born July 18, 1989) is an American professional golfer who has played on the LPGA Tour and the Symetra Tour. She has won twice on the Symetra Tour and once on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Clanton played college golf at Auburn ...
(a)
*
Eva Dahllof
*
Diana D'Alessio
Diana most commonly refers to:
* Diana (name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)
* Diana (mythology), ancient Roman goddess of the hunt and wild animals; later associated with the Moon
* Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997 ...
*
Heather Daly-Donofrio
Heather Daly-Donofrio (born September 10, 1969) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.
Early life and amateur career
Daly-Donofrio was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She attended Yale University and played on the Yale ...
*
Wendy Doolan
Wendy Doolan (born 16 December 1968) is a former Australian professional golfer who played mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.
Doolan was born in Sydney, Australia. She started playing golf at the age of 14. In 1991 she was runner-up at the ...
*
Lauren Doughtie
Lauren may be a given name or surname.The name's meaning may be "laurel tree", "sweet of honor", or "wisdom". It is derived from the French name Laurence, a feminine version of Laurent, which is in turn derived from the Roman surname Laurentius.
...
(a)
*
Moira Dunn
Moira C. Dunn (born August 3, 1971) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.
Dunn has won once on the LPGA Tour in 2004.Kathleen Ekey
Kathleen Ekey (born November 8, 1986) is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Early life
Ekey was born in Cleveland, Ohio on November 8, 1986 to Sam and Laura Ekey. She is a graduate of Walsh Jesuit High Sc ...
(a)
*
Courtney Ellenbogen
Courtney is a name of Old French origin, introduced into England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. It has two quite distinct interpretations: firstly, the surname may be locational, from places called Courtenay in the regions of Loiret and Gât ...
(a)
*
Shanshan Feng
Shanshan Feng (, ; born 5 August 1989) is a Chinese former professional golfer who previously played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She was the first player from China to become a member of the LPGA Tour, which she joined in 2008. Feng had 10 vi ...
*
Jamie Fischer
Jamie is a unisex name. It is a diminutive form of James or, more rarely, other names. It is also given as a name in its own right.
People Female
* Jamie Anne Allman (born 1977), American actress
* Jamie Babbit (born 1970), American film an ...
*
Danah Ford
*
Tara Goedeken (a)
*
Anna Grzebien
*
Nicole Hage
Nicole may refer to:
People
* Nicole (name)
* Nicole (American singer) (born 1958), a contestant in season 3 of the American ''The X Factor''
* Nicole (Chilean singer) (born 1977)
* Nicole (German singer) (born 1964), winner of the 1982 Eu ...
*
Kim Hall
*
Sin Ham
*
Candy Hannemann
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*
Mina Harigae
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As an amateur golfer, she won the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links. Harigae won the California Women's Amateur Championship for fou ...
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Course layout
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Round summaries
First round
''Thursday, June 26, 2008''
The Open kicked off on Thursday with the field playing in threesomes starting from either the first tee or the tenth tee. Featured threesomes included
Annika Sörenstam
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Suzann Pettersen
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, and
Paula Creamer
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, ranked 2, 3, and 4 respectively in the
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. Sorenstam and Petterssen opened their U.S. Opens with scores of 75 (+2) and 77 (+4) respectively. Creamer shot a 70 to move three shots off the pace. The other featured threesome included number one ranked player
Lorena Ochoa
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, defending U.S. Open champion
Cristie Kerr
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, and 2007
U.S. Women's Amateur
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champion
Maria José Uribe
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. Uribe led that group with a 69 to lead all amateurs and end the day in a tie for fourth overall; Kerr shot a 1-under 72; Ochoa had an up-and-down round of even-par 73. The rounds of the day belonged to
Ji Young Oh
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Amateur career
Oh started playing golf at the age of 12 and was named to the Korean National Team in 2005 at the age of 1 ...
, who had eight birdies and two bogeys and to
Pat Hurst
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Hurst's mother is originally from Japan and her father is an American of German heritage. She was born in San Leandro, California, and raised in the B ...
who had six birdies and an eagle. Oh and Hurst tied after Round 1 at six-under par 67.
Second round
''Friday, June 27, 2008''
''Saturday, June 28, 2008''
With Thursday's rounds completed many well-known American players took a step down on the competition while many lesser-known and international players took a step up. A two-hour weather delay required some to finish their rounds on Saturday morning.
Angela Park
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had an even round on Thursday, and a 6-under 67 in the second round. She held a one-stroke lead over three others:
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of Korea,
Helen Alfredsson
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of Sweden, and the only Finnish player in the tournament,
Minea Blomqvist
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Amateur career
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. The two leading Americans were
Paula Creamer
Paula Creamer (born August 5, 1986)''Current Biography Yearbook 2011''p. 128 is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 12 tournaments, including 10 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high ...
and
Cristie Kerr
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at 4-under 142. Both first-round leaders took a severe fall on Friday, with
Ji Young Oh
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Amateur career
Oh started playing golf at the age of 12 and was named to the Korean National Team in 2005 at the age of 1 ...
, who had to finish her second round on Saturday due to the weather delay, shooting a 76 and
Pat Hurst
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Hurst's mother is originally from Japan and her father is an American of German heritage. She was born in San Leandro, California, and raised in the B ...
turning in a 5-over 78. Many top-ranked or well-known players missed the cut, including
Laura Davies
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(70-81),
Natalie Gulbis
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Golf career
Gulbis was born and raised in the Sacramento, California, area. She has Latvian ancestry. Gulbis started finding ...
(73-80), 13-year-old
Alexis Thompson
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(75-77), 2003 champion and Minnesotan
Hilary Lunke
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Homeyer was born in Edina, Minnesota. She attended Stanford University and became a member of the LP ...
(74-78),
Juli Inkster
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(74-81), and
Michelle Wie
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(81-75).
Third round
''Saturday, June 28, 2008''
Final round
''Sunday, June 29, 2008''
Source:
Scorecard
''Final round''
''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''
Source:
References
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