2005 U.S. Women's Open Winner and Scores
The 2005 U.S. Women's Open was the 60th time this major championship was played. It ended with a dramatic hole-out on the last hole and two amateurs tied for second place.
Winner: Birdie Kim, 287
Where it was played: Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado
Tournament dates: June 23-26, 2005
Leaders after first round: Angela Stanford and Michelle Wie (a), 69
Leader after second round: Nicole Perrot, 140
Leaders after third round: Morgan Pressel (a), Karen Stupples and Michelle Wie (a), 214
What Happened in the 2005 U.S. Women's Open
Amateurs Michelle Wie (age 15), Morgan Pressel (17) and Brittany Lang (19) were on the leaderboard. So was 18-year-old pro Paula Creamer. And LPGA star Lorena Ochoa made a back nine charge and held the lead with one hole to go in her round.But in the end, it was unheralded (but properly named) Birdie Kim who stole the show and won the trophy. Kim won the 2005 U.S. Women's Open for not just her only win in a major, but the only LPGA victory of her career — her only professional win anywhere other than the Futures Tour.
The third-round co-leaders were Wie, Pressel and Karen Stupples. Creamer and Kim were in second place, one stroke behind. Ochoa wasn't in the Top 10.
But the very tough scoring conditions in the final round at Cherry Hills battered the contenders. Stupples, winner of the 2004 Women's British Open, had a 78. Creamer had a 79 and Wie an 82. But a 71 by amateur Brittany Lang moved her from outside the Top 10 at the start of the final round into the clubhouse lead at 5-over 289.
Ochoa went on a back-nine birdie binge, with birdies on the 10th, 11th, 13th and 16th. One of the LPGA's best but still looking for her first major title, as Ochoa stood on the 18th tee she was one stroke in front. But she hit a horrible drive that duck hooked into water and wound up with a quadruple bogey on the hole.
It came down to a question of whether Kim or Pressel could best Lang's clubhouse score. The final hole was producing many more bogeys than pars in the final round, and Kim's approach to the green landed in a greenside bunker. But with Pressel watching from the fairway one group behind, Kim blasted out of the bunker and watched her ball roll across the green and drop right into the hole.
Among all the contenders, Kim was the only one who managed to birdie the final hole. Most, including Pressel, who followed with a bogey, couldn't even par it. Pressel and Lang wound up tied for second place, two strokes behind Kim.
2005 U.S. Women's Open Final Scores
| Birdie Kim | 74-72-69-72—287 |
| a-Brittany Lang | 69-77-72-71—289 |
| a-Morgan Pressel | 71-73-70-75—289 |
| Lorie Kane | 74-71-76-69—290 |
| Natalie Gulbis | 70-75-74-71—290 |
| Karine Icher | 69-75-75-72—291 |
| Lorena Ochoa | 74-68-77-72—291 |
| Candie Kung | 73-73-71-74—291 |
| Young Jo | 74-71-70-76—291 |
| Cristie Kerr | 74-71-72-75—292 |
| Angela Stanford | 69-74-73-76—292 |
| Karen Stupples | 75-70-69-78—292 |
| Soo-Yun Kang | 74-74-74-71—293 |
| Meg Mallon | 71-74-75-73—293 |
| Heather Bowie Young | 77-73-69-74—293 |
| a-Paige Mackenzie | 75-75-69-74—293 |
| Tina Barrett | 73-74-71-75—293 |
| Jamie Hullett | 75-72-70-76—293 |
| Leta Lindley | 73-76-73-72—294 |
| Rosie Jones | 73-72-74-75—294 |
| Liselotte Neumann | 70-75-73-76—294 |
| Paula Creamer | 74-69-72-79—294 |
| Sarah Huarte | 74-76-73-73—296 |
| Gloria Park | 74-75-74-73—296 |
| Jennifer Rosales | 72-76-73-75—296 |
| Laura Diaz | 75-73-72-76—296 |
| Annika Sorenstam | 71-75-73-77—296 |
| Helen Alfredsson | 72-73-74-77—296 |
| Nicole Perrot | 70-70-78-78—296 |
| a-Michelle Wie West | 69-73-72-82—296 |
| Brittany Lincicome | 74-74-78-71—297 |
| Karrie Webb | 76-73-73-75—297 |
| Mi Hyun Kim | 72-73-76-76—297 |
| Catriona Matthew | 73-72-75-77—297 |
| Rachel Hetherington | 74-69-76-78—297 |
| Wendy Ward | 74-74-75-75—298 |
| Kim Saiki-Maloney | 74-73-74-77—298 |
| Sarah Lee | 79-70-75-75—299 |
| Juli Inkster | 77-71-75-76—299 |
| Johanna Mundy | 74-73-75-77—299 |
| Ilmi Chung | 75-71-76-77—299 |
| a-Amanda McCurdy | 75-75-71-78—299 |
| Aree Song | 77-70-72-80—299 |
| Young Kim | 73-73-70-83—299 |
| Se Ri Pak | 74-71-81-74—300 |
| Nancy Scranton | 78-72-73-77—300 |
| Dorothy Delasin | 80-69-77-75—301 |
| Hee-Won Han | 75-72-75-79—301 |
| Beth Bader | 75-74-71-81—301 |
| a-Amie Cochran | 76-69-80-77—302 |
| Jeong Jang | 76-73-75-78—302 |
| Eva Dahllof | 78-72-76-77—303 |
| Suzann Pettersen | 76-74-75-78—303 |
| Stephanie Louden | 76-74-75-78—303 |
| Katie Allison | 74-74-76-79—303 |
| Kris Tschetter | 76-74-73-80—303 |
| Grace Park | 76-72-74-81—303 |
| Carri Wood | 78-72-78-76—304 |
| Kaori Higo | 74-76-77-77—304 |
| Katie Futcher | 73-76-76-79—304 |
| Sophie Gustafson | 71-78-75-80—304 |
| Candy Hannemann | 76-73-80-78—307 |
| Jean Bartholomew | 73-77-81-78—309 |
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