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Tournament Stats:
U.S. Women's Open
June 26 - 29, 2008
Results & Scores 2007 U.S. Women's Open
Box Score of 2007 U.S. Women's Open
Last year Cristie Kerr, a 29-year-old Miami native, held off Lorena Ochoa of Mexico with a final-round, 1-under-par 70 at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C. to register a two-stroke victory. Kerr played 6-under-par golf over the final 36 holes of a marathon weekend that was interrupted by storms to post a 72-hole score of 279 (five under par). Ochoa, who had won three LPGA tournaments in 2007 prior to the Women's Open, posted an even-par 71 to share second place with 18-year-old rookie Angela Park of Brazil at 281. Park, who had the 18- and 36-hole leads, shot a 70 for her third sub-par round of the championship.
This year's Open will be played at Interlachen Country Club, just outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The course was designed by William Watson and opened in 1911. The course was completely redesigned by Donald Ross and re-opened in 1921. Revisions were done by Robert Trent Jones in 1963.
The club was an integral part of the Grand Slam as it hosted the 1930 U.S. Open, won by Bob Jones, who also won the U.S. Amateur, British Open and British Amateur that year. Glenna Collett Vare won her sixth and final U.S. Women's Amateur at the club in 1935, defeating Interlachen member Patty Berg, 3 and 2, in the final. The 1986 USGA Senior Amateur, won by R.S. (Bo) Williams, and the 1993 Walker Cup Match, won by the USA, were also held at Interlachen.
The course will play at 6,789 yards and to a par of 73. It will be the longest course in U.S. Women's Open history, surpassing the previous record set at the 2005 championship when Cherry Hills Country Club played to a length of 6,749 yards. The fairways will range in width from approximately 24 to 33 yards. On either side of the fairways, a 6-foot wide swath of intermediate rough running the length of each hole will be set to one inche. Then, there will be an 11-foot band of first cut of primary rough (height to be determined) and a second cut of deepest rough left and right of the landing areas (height to be determined). The greens will be set to run at 11 on the Stimpmeter for the duration of the championship. Based on the course setup, the Course Rating for Interlachen Country Club is 79.9. Its Slope Rating is 145.
Interlachen Country Club
Edina, MN
Par: 73 / Yardage: 6,789
Purse: $3.1 million with $560,000 going to the winner
Defending Champion: Cristie KerrTournament and course information:
This is the 63rd U.S. Women's Open, which was first played in 1946. In those 62 previous Opens, 14 players have won multiple times with two players, Betsy Rawls (1951, 1953, 1957, 1960) and Mickey Wright (1958, 1959, 1961, 1964) winning four each. Four players have won the event three times: Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1948, 1950, 1954), Susie Maxwell Berning (1968, 1972, 1973), Hollis Stacy (1977, 1978, 1984) and Annika Sorenstam (1995, 1996, 2006). Here are some things to look for this week:
Here are some of the secrets that it will take to play well this week at the U.S. Women's Open:
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This year's U.S. Women's Open is being played on the longest course in the history of the championship. So many will say that long hitters will have an advantage, don't bet on it. It's a long fashion course that has a lot of dogleg holes and pinched fairways, which means that driver is going to get the girls into nothing but trouble. The holes have so many problems, that even the five par 5s will be hard for the girls to reach in two. So distance will not be the key as much as it will be keeping it not only in the fairway, but on the right side of the fairway to have the best shot into the greens.
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Key stat for the winner:
Of course, many say that you have to hit the most greens at a Women's Open, but that isn't right because if you look at the last six winners of the Open, only two were in the top-10 in greens hit. But if you look at the same six winners, five of the six were in the top 6 of putting with one leading it and two finishing second. So look for the good scramblers and putters to play well this week. - So who will be the favorites this week? Lorena and Annika are on the top of that list. Both have played great this year and Annika has the edge because of her retirement. Everyone wants to see Annika win in what they are calling "Her last Open". Unfortunely I don't buy that and think that she will play in many others in the future. Still, will Interlachen be kind to her? Yes, she has won three of them, but those three were on links-style courses. Courses that have been "old fashion" in there style have been more difficult for her. Still you have to think that she has a great edge as she seems to be more in peace with herself and her game. Look for her to contend.
- As for Ochoa, she has had a tough time in previous Opens, only finishing in the top-ten in two of her seven starts. Her best shot at winning came at both Cherry Hills, where she stumbled on the weekend and last year when she was outplayed on the final day by Cristie Kerr. Still her length will help her and if her putting is on she will be hard to beat. But of anyone, she may have the most pressure as many eyes will be looking for her to finish first and start really establishing herself as a really great player.
- One player we should leave you with the thought that she could pull a big surprise is Michelle Wie. She has not played well in two years now and has dropped off most people's minds. But she now knows what has gone wrong the last couple of years and looks like she is drastically improving. I can see her surprising a lot of folks and being in contention coming down the final nine holes on Sunday. If by chance she could win, it would be a even bigger story than having Annika or Lorena winning.
A perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the U.S. Women's Open are these performance charts, one with the players listed alphabetically and the other with the players listed by average finish.
One last way to check who is the best is through a special formula worked out in Golfstats that gives us the best average performances at the U.S. Women's Open in the last five years.
Time to look at our who's hot and who isn't:
| Who's Hot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | Corona | Ginn Open | Stanford | SemGroup | Michelob | Sybase | Corning | Ginn Tribute | McDonald's | Wegmans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yani Tseng
(583.33 pts) | DNP | 2 (33.33) | T28 (7.33) | DNP | T16 (11.33) | T15 (23.33) | DNP | T14 (24) | Win (450) | T16 (34) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lorena Ochoa
(566 pts) | Win (50) | Win (50) | DNP | T5 (23.33) | T12 (12.67) | Win (100) | DNP | DNP | T3 (270) | T6 (60) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Annika Sorenstam
(428 pts) | DNP | T44 (3) | Win (50) | DNP | Win (50) | T11 (26) | DNP | T32 (12) | T3 (270) | T33 (17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maria Hjorth
(342.67 pts) | DNP | CUT (-3.33) | T36 (4.67) | T53 (2) | T9 (15) | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | 2 (300) | T19 (31) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jeong Jang
(337 pts) | DNP | T13 (12.33) | CUT (-3.33) | T3 (30) | T2 (33.33) | DNP | 2 (66.67) | T32 (12) | T18 (96) | T3 (90) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Morgan Pressel
(301.67 pts) | DNP | T25 (8.33) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | T2 (66.67) | DNP | T25 (16.67) | T6 (180) | T10 (40) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seon Hwa Lee
(301.67 pts) | DNP | T25 (8.33) | T6 (20) | T29 (7) | CUT (-3.33) | T42 (6) | T31 (12.67) | Win (100) | T10 (120) | T19 (31) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Laura Diaz
(295.67 pts) | DNP | CUT (-3.33) | T14 (12) | T23 (9) | T26 (8) | DNP | T21 (19.33) | T60 (2.67) | 5 (210) | T12 (38) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paula Creamer
(290.67 pts) | DNP | T66 (0.67) | 2 (33.33) | Win (50) | T16 (11.33) | DNP | T15 (23.33) | T32 (12) | T10 (120) | T10 (40) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Na Yeon Choi
(274.33 pts) | T5 (23.33) | T17 (11) | DNP | T29 (7) | T29 (7) | T2 (66.67) | T15 (23.33) | T6 (40) | T18 (96) | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cristie Kerr
(268.33 pts) | DNP | T35 (5) | T6 (20) | T23 (9) | T44 (3) | T18 (21.33) | DNP | T20 (20) | T10 (120) | 5 (70) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eun-Hee Ji
(233 pts) | DNP | T25 (8.33) | T9 (15) | T57 (1.67) | T57 (1.67) | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | T29 (63) | Win (150) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Suzann Pettersen
(232.33 pts) | DNP | T3 (30) | T20 (10) | DNP | T16 (11.33) | DNP | DNP | T9 (30) | T34 (51) | 2 (100) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shi Hyun Ahn
(226.33 pts) | DNP | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | DNP | T12 (12.67) | T31 (12.67) | DNP | WD (-3.33) | T6 (180) | T19 (31) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mi Hyun Kim
(224.33 pts) | DNP | CUT (-3.33) | T24 (8.67) | T49 (2.67) | WD (-1.67) | DNP | T3 (60) | T32 (12) | T10 (120) | T24 (26) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Giulia Sergas
(224 pts) | T23 (9) | T66 (0.67) | T39 (3.67) | DNP | CUT (-3.33) | T42 (6) | T11 (26) | T14 (24) | T10 (120) | T12 (38) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inbee Park
(205.67 pts) | T3 (30) | T11 (13) | T39 (3.67) | T23 (9) | T16 (11.33) | T18 (21.33) | CUT (-6.67) | T6 (40) | T46 (24) | T6 (60) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Candie Kung
(200 pts) | DNP | T5 (23.33) | T46 (2.67) | T29 (7) | T7 (18.33) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-6.67) | T20 (20) | T10 (120) | T28 (22) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brittany Lang
(199.33 pts) | DNP | T17 (11) | T24 (8.67) | T5 (23.33) | T50 (2.33) | T2 (66.67) | DNP | T67 (1.33) | T18 (96) | CUT (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Irene Cho
(199 pts) | T32 (6) | DNP | DNP | T53 (2) | DNP | T31 (12.67) | 71 (0) | CUT (-6.67) | T6 (180) | T56 (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Player | Corona | Ginn Open | Stanford | SemGroup | Michelob | Sybase | Corning | Ginn Tribute | McDonald's | Wegmans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jackie Gallagher-Smith
(-70 pts) | DNP | T80 (0) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Miriam Nagl
(-70 pts) | DNP | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | WD (-3.33) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seol-An Jeon
(-68.33 pts) | DNP | CUT (-3.33) | DNP | WD (-1.67) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Violeta Retamoza
(-56.67 pts) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Heather Daly-Donofrio
(-52 pts) | DNP | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | DNP | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-30) | T48 (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Becky Iverson
(-51.67 pts) | DNP | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-6.67) | 72 (0) | WD (-15) | CUT (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mollie Fankhauser
(-50 pts) | DNP | CUT (-3.33) | T14 (12) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | T67 (1.33) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kim Hall
(-48.67 pts) | DNP | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-6.67) | T43 (6) | T49 (5.33) | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Virada Nirapathpongporn
(-48 pts) | CUT (-3.33) | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) | DNP | T60 (2.67) | T59 (2.67) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sarah Lee
(-46.33 pts) | DNP | T71 (0) | T69 (0.33) | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sarah Kemp
(-46 pts) | T62 (1) | T57 (1.67) | DNP | T43 (3) | T57 (1.67) | CUT (-6.67) | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Birdie Kim
(-45.33 pts) | DNP | 82 (0) | T61 (1.33) | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Reilley Rankin
(-43.33 pts) | DNP | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | DNP | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-6.67) | T64 (2) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-30) | T48 (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vicki Goetze-Ackerman
(-40 pts) | DNP | CUT (-3.33) | DNP | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-6.67) | DNP | CUT (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nicole Perrot
(-40 pts) | T15 (11.67) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | T35 (5) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-6.67) | DNP | DNP | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Carri Wood
(-39 pts) | DNP | CUT (-3.33) | T52 (2.33) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | T31 (12.67) | CUT (-6.67) | T60 (2.67) | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Liz Janangelo
(-39 pts) | T67 (0.67) | CUT (-3.33) | DNP | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-6.67) | T64 (2) | 75 (0) | CUT (-30) | T56 (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seo-Jae Lee
(-37.33 pts) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | T49 (2.67) | CUT (-3.33) | WD (-3.33) | T15 (23.33) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sung Ah Yim
(-37.33 pts) | DNP | CUT (-3.33) | 76 (0) | CUT (-3.33) | T61 (1.33) | T42 (6) | T37 (8.67) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patricia Meunier-Lebouc
(-37 pts) | DNP | CUT (-3.33) | T74 (0) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-3.33) | DNP | T37 (8.67) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-30) | T70 (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Who to watch for at the U.S. Women's Open
Best Bets:
| Annika Sorenstam | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
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| T32 | Win | T23 | 2 | 4 | 2 | T16 | T9 | CUT | T41 | CUT | Win |
You know she really would like to go out with a bag and winning a fourth Women's Open is very possible this week.
| Lorena Ochoa | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
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| T2 | T20 | T6 | T44 | T13 | WD | CUT | |||||
Lots of pressure for her to come through in this one event, of course we know that she can perform well and do it.
| Michelle Wie | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
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| WD | T3 | T23 | T13 | T39 | |||||||
Why do I sense that winning the Open would be a much bigger deal than either Annika or Lorena winning it? She has flown under the radar as of late. what a perfect year for her to "steal" it.
Best of the rest:
| Suzann Pettersen | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
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| CUT | T28 | T52 | T16 | T10 | |||||||
Her game looks like it's peaking at just the right time, don't let this surprise you.
| Morgan Pressel | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
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| T10 | T28 | T2 | 52 | CUT | |||||||
Has been steadily improving in his last four starts, look for a good week from her.
| Paula Creamer | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
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| T16 | T16 | T19 | T13 | CUT | |||||||
Could she be on the verge, some good starts of late plus playing a course that she will do well on.
Solid contenders:
| Cristie Kerr | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
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| Win | T28 | T10 | T27 | T13 | T32 | T4 | T2 | CUT | 60 | T36 | |
Solid year, looking forward to defending and she could win it again.
| Yani Tseng | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
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| CUT | CUT | ||||||||||
Having a great rookie year, look for her to contend just have to see if she can hold on like she did at McDonald's.
| Jeong Jang | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
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| T8 | T28 | T50 | T7 | T6 | T22 | CUT | |||||
Just feeling that she is ready to bust out and win something big like this event.
| Karrie Webb | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
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| CUT | T37 | T31 | T16 | CUT | CUT | Win | Win | 7 | T31 | 4 | T19 |
Has had a up and down year, looking to break out of her U.S. Open funk in which she has played terrible in this championship since back to back wins in '01.
Long shots that could come through:
| Ji-Yai Shin | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
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| 6 | |||||||||||
Has had some good finishes, even though she doesn't play much in American. Still she in 9th in the Rolex rankings so look for a good week from her.
| Hee-Won Han | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
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| CUT | T47 | T52 | T43 | T32 | |||||||
Been a roller-coaster year from her but don't be surprise to she her play well this week.
| AI Miyazato | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
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| T10 | T28 | CUT | |||||||||
Playing well, this is a good opportunity for her to play well in a important roll.
