2007 U.S. Women's Open Winner and Scores
The 2007 U.S. Women's Open was the 62nd time this major championship was played. Cristie Kerr outlasted several pursuers to claim her first major title.
Winner: Cristie Kerr, 279
Where it was played: Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina
Tournament dates: June 28-July 1, 2007
Leader after first round: Angela Park, 68
Leader after second round: Angela Park, 137
Leader after third round: Cristie Kerr, 209
What Happened in the 2007 U.S. Women's Open
Cristie Kerr took the lead with a 66 in the third round, then held on in the final round to claim the 2007 U.S. Women's Open and her first major championship.Kerr began the tournament with rounds of 71 and 72 and was outside the Top 10 at the halfway mark. Her third-round 66 vaulted her up the leaderboard, putting her one stroke in front after 54 holes. The second-place golfers at that point were Lorena Ochoa, Jiyai Shin and Morgan Pressel. Angela Park, the first- and second-round leader, was in third, two behind Kerr.
Pressel had a 77 and Shin a 74 in the final round, falling off the pace. Kerr and Ochoa were tied at 4-under over the first four holes of the back nine. But Kerr birdied the 14th to move one in front. Kerr parred out from there while her pursuers each had bogeys. Ochoa bogeyed the 17th hole to fall two behind; Park closed with a birdie, but only after bogeying the 16th and 17th holes.
Kerr wound up winning by two strokes over Ochoa and Park. The victory was Kerr's 10th win on the LPGA Tour and her first in a major. She eventually won 20 LPGA titles including a second major, the 2010 LPGA Championship.
Co-runner-up Angela Park, 18 years old, was the LPGA Rookie of the Year in 2007. But within just a couple years of her second-place finish here, Park quit the tour, citing burnout, and took a job as a desk clerk in a hotel. She made a couple comeback attempts years later, but never made it back on tour.
Future LPGA major winner Lexi Thompson made her tournament and major championship debut here. She scored 76-82 and missed the cut. But, then, she was only 12 years old.
2007 U.S. Women's Open Final Scores
| Cristie Kerr | 71-72-66-70—279 |
| Angela Park | 68-69-74-70—281 |
| Lorena Ochoa | 71-71-68-71—281 |
| Se Ri Pak | 74-72-68-68—282 |
| Inbee Park | 69-73-71-69—282 |
| Jiyai Shin | 70-69-71-74—284 |
| Jee Young Lee | 72-71-71-71—285 |
| Mi Hyun Kim | 71-75-70-70—286 |
| Jeong Jang | 72-71-70-73—286 |
| Ai Miyazato | 73-73-72-69—287 |
| Kyeong Bae | 74-71-72-70—287 |
| Julieta Granada | 70-69-75-73—287 |
| Morgan Pressel | 71-70-69-77—287 |
| Brittany Lincicome | 71-74-71-72—288 |
| Joo Mi Kim | 70-73-70-75—288 |
| Jimin Kang | 73-73-73-70—289 |
| Paula Creamer | 72-74-71-72—289 |
| Angela Stanford | 72-71-73-73—289 |
| Catriona Matthew | 75-67-74-73—289 |
| Birdie Kim | 73-70-71-75—289 |
| Amy Hung | 70-69-75-75—289 |
| Dina Ammaccapane | 75-72-70-73—290 |
| Sakura Yokomine | 72-71-74-73—290 |
| Shiho Oyama | 69-73-73-75—290 |
| Mi Jeong Jeon | 76-72-73-70—291 |
| Sherri Steinhauer | 75-72-72-72—291 |
| Ilmi Chung | 73-72-74-72—291 |
| Young Kim | 75-71-72-73—291 |
| Katherine Kirk | 72-74-71-74—291 |
| Seon Hwa Lee | 72-73-71-75—291 |
| Hye Jung Choi | 77-68-70-76—291 |
| Laura Davies | 72-75-72-73—292 |
| Annika Sorenstam | 70-77-72-73—292 |
| Moira Dunn-Bohls | 73-71-74-74—292 |
| Charlotte Mayorkas | 70-73-78-72—293 |
| Natalie Gulbis | 74-72-74-73—293 |
| Nicole Castrale | 75-73-70-75—293 |
| Kris Tamulis | 72-71-74-76—293 |
| Janice Moodie | 71-76-74-73—294 |
| Becky Morgan | 75-72-73-74—294 |
| a-Jennie Lee | 71-74-75-74—294 |
| Laura Diaz | 74-72-73-75—294 |
| a-Jennifer Song | 72-73-73-76—294 |
| Erica Blasberg | 74-69-75-76—294 |
| Shi Hyun Ahn | 70-72-76-76—294 |
| Sherri Turner | 73-74-73-75—295 |
| Meena Lee | 71-75-74-75—295 |
| Diana D'Alessio | 73-70-77-75—295 |
| Wendy Doolan | 73-70-75-77—295 |
| Sung Ah Yim | 75-73-78-70—296 |
| Su A Kim | 73-74-78-71—296 |
| a-Amanda Blumenherst | 72-76-74-74—296 |
| Teresa Lu | 75-72-75-74—296 |
| Jimin Jeong | 74-71-77-74—296 |
| Song-Hee Kim | 77-69-75-75—296 |
| Leta Lindley | 72-73-76-75—296 |
| Amy Yang | 74-72-74-76—296 |
| Jane Park | 73-75-76-73—297 |
| Candie Kung | 74-74-74-75—297 |
| Katie Futcher | 73-72-77-75—297 |
| Pat Hurst | 74-72-79-73—298 |
| In Kyung Kim | 73-72-74-79—298 |
| Allison Duncan | 75-73-79-73—300 |
| Karin Sjodin | 74-74-78-74—300 |
| Aree Song | 75-73-76-77—301 |
| Karine Icher | 71-75-82-77—305 |
| a-Mina Harigae | 72-75-78-80—305 |
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