2004 U.S. Women's Open Winner and Scores
The 2004 U.S. Women's Open was the 59th time this major championship was played. Meg Mallon outduelled Annika Sorenstam in the final round for the win.
Winner: Meg Mallon, 274
Where it was played: Orchards Golf Club in South Hadley, Massachusetts
Tournament dates: July 1-4, 2004
Leader after first round: a-Brittany Lincicome, 66
Leader after second round: Jennifer Rosales, 137
Leader after third round: Jennifer Rosales, 206
What Happened in the 2004 U.S. Women's Open
Meg Mallon and Annika Sorenstam, along with Kelly Robbins, were tied for second place after the third round of the 2004 U.S. Women's Open, three strokes off the lead of Jennifer Rosales.Rosales slipped to a 75 in the final round and finished fourth. But all three of those who started the final round in second place scored well in Round 4. Sorenstam and Robbins gave chase, but they just couldn't keep up with Mallon.
In that final round, Mallon shot 65, which tied the tournament record at the time for lowest final-round score, and set a new record for lowest final-round score by the winner. Sorenstam bogeyed the first hole of the last round, and neither Robbins nor Sorenstam could keep up when Mallon started dropping birdies. Mallon had six birdies in the 12 holes from No. 3 through No. 14, at which point she led by three over Robbins and by four over Sorenstam. Sorenstam did birdie the final two holes to shoot 67, with Robbins carding 69. But Mallon was in control and won by two strokes.
At age 42, Mallon was the third-oldest winner in U.S. Women's Open history to that point. It was her second USWO victory — she also won the 1991 U.S. Women's Open. And that 13-year gap between wins was a new tournament record.
This turned out to be Mallon's final top 10 finish in any major. She was a 4-time major winner. It was the 16th of her 18 career wins on the LPGA Tour.
There was good scoring all around in the 2004 USWO, including for amateurs. Playing in her first major, future 2-time major winner Brittany Lincicome was the first-round leader with a 66. That tied the then-tournament record for lowest 18-hole score by an amateur. The low amateurs turned out to be 14-year-old Michelle Wie and 17-year-old Paula Creamer, both future USWO champs. Their score of 285 was one off the then-tournament record for 72-hole score by an amateur.
Betsy King, 6-time major champ including two USWO titles, missed the cut. But it was her 30th consecutive start in a U.S. Women's Open, and she was just the second golfer (after Hollis Stacy) to reach that plateau. King played the USWO only once more, in 2011.
2004 U.S. Women's Open Final Scores
| Meg Mallon | 73-69-67-65—274 |
| Annika Sorenstam | 71-68-70-67—276 |
| Kelly Robbins | 74-67-68-69—278 |
| Jennifer Rosales | 70-67-69-75—281 |
| Michele Redman | 70-72-73-67—282 |
| Candie Kung | 70-68-74-70—282 |
| Jeong Jang | 72-74-71-66—283 |
| Pat Hurst | 70-71-71-71—283 |
| Moira Dunn-Bohls | 73-67-72-71—283 |
| Carin Hjalmarsson | 72-67-75-70—284 |
| Michelle Ellis | 70-69-72-73—284 |
| Rachel Hetherington | 71-69-70-74—284 |
| Patricia Meunier-Lebouc | 67-75-74-69—285 |
| a-Paula Creamer | 72-69-72-72—285 |
| a-Michelle Wie | 71-70-71-73—285 |
| Suzann Pettersen | 74-72-71-69—286 |
| Mi Hyun Kim | 76-68-71-71—286 |
| Karrie Webb | 72-71-71-72—286 |
| Catriona Matthew | 73-71-72-71—287 |
| Young Kim | 71-73-76-68—288 |
| Rosie Jones | 74-72-72-70—288 |
| Kate Golden | 74-71-72-71—288 |
| Liselotte Neumann | 72-72-72-72—288 |
| Dawn Coe-Jones | 71-73-72-72—288 |
| Johanna Mundy | 76-69-70-73—288 |
| Kim Saiki-Maloney | 70-68-74-76—288 |
| Cristie Kerr | 73-71-74-71—289 |
| Beth Daniel | 69-74-71-75—289 |
| Lorie Kane | 75-70-72-73—290 |
| Shi Hyun Ahn | 73-71-72-74—290 |
| Deb Richard | 71-73-72-74—290 |
| Allison Hanna | 71-75-74-71—291 |
| Karen Stupples | 71-72-77-71—291 |
| Sherri Steinhauer | 74-71-73-73—291 |
| Becky Morgan | 71-74-73-73—291 |
| Se Ri Pak | 70-76-71-74—291 |
| Christina Kim | 74-71-76-71—292 |
| Gloria Park | 76-71-73-72—292 |
| Jamie Hullett | 72-74-74-72—292 |
| A.J. Eathorne | 73-72-75-72—292 |
| Jenna Daniels | 76-71-72-73—292 |
| Natalie Gulbis | 73-71-75-73—292 |
| Jill McGill | 71-75-71-75—292 |
| Laura Diaz | 73-72-78-70—293 |
| Donna Andrews | 74-69-78-72—293 |
| Mhairi McKay | 76-69-75-73—293 |
| Ji Hee Lee | 75-72-71-75—293 |
| Jennifer Greggain | 73-71-72-77—293 |
| Lorena Ochoa | 75-71-69-78—293 |
| a-Jennie Lee | 73-72-75-74—294 |
| Katherine Kirk | 70-76-75-74—295 |
| Hee-Won Han | 71-75-78-72—296 |
| Catherine Tumbleson | 74-73-74-75—296 |
| Tina Barrett | 73-72-76-75—296 |
| a-Brittany Lincicome | 66-77-76-78—297 |
| Aree Song | 77-70-78-73—298 |
| Loraine Lambert | 71-76-77-74—298 |
| Liz Earley | 72-75-74-78—299 |
| Juli Inkster | 71-71-78-79—299 |
| Allison Finney | 72-75-72-80—299 |
| Seol-An Jeon | 73-73-79-75—300 |
| Meena Lee | 74-73-76-77—300 |
| Courtney Trimble | 73-71-76-80—300 |
| Hilary Lunke | 72-74-81-74—301 |
| Grace Park | 71-74-77-79—301 |
| Liying Ye | 73-74-83-74—304 |
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