1999 U.S. Women's Open: Juli Inkster wins at Old Waverly Golf Club
Juli Inkster won the 1999 U.S. Women's Open at Old Waverly Golf Club, West Point, Mississippi, United States with 272 (−16), by 5 strokes over Sherri Turner.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the U.S. Women's Open winners list.
- Dates
- June 3, 1999 to June 6, 1999
- Course
- Old Waverly Golf Club, West Point, Mississippi, United States
- Edition
- 54th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 72 · 6,433 yards
- Entries
- 844
- Field
- 150
- Made the cut
- 63 (cut at 144)
- Purse
- $1,750,000 · winner's share $315,000
- Champion
- Juli Inkster · age 38 · United States · born Santa Cruz, California, United States
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 4th major
- Winning score
- 65-69-67-71 = 272 (−16) · won by 5 strokes
- Runner-up
- Sherri Turner (277)
- 54-hole leader
- Juli Inkster
- Caddie
- Greg Johnston
- Low amateur
- Grace Park (283)
- Run by
- United States Golf Association
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juli Inkster | 65 | 69 | 67 | 71 | 272 | −16 |
| 2 | Sherri Turner | 69 | 69 | 68 | 71 | 277 | −11 |
What happened at the 1999 U.S. Women's Open
Kelli Kuehne opened with a 64, the first 64 in U.S. Women's Open history, as the field set a championship record of 135 sub-par rounds at Old Waverly.
Juli Inkster finished at 16-under 272, the most strokes under par in championship history, and won by five in her 20th attempt.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Women's Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).
Also from GNN's U.S. Women's Open set (entries, runners-up round by round, values the majors set does not hold).
Sources
- usga.org: 26USWomensOpen
- Wikipedia: 1999 U.S. Women's Open
- mediacenter.usga.org: 2026 U.S. Women's Open Fact Sheet V2
- Wikipedia: Women's major golf championships
- Wikipedia: U.S. Women's Open
- Wikipedia: Juli Inkster
- golfcompendium.com: 1999 us womens open
- golfcompendium.com: low amateurs us womens open
- asapsports.com: show interview
- asapsports.com: show interview
- asapsports.com: show interview
- asapsports.com: show interview
- where2golf.com: juli inkster
- web.archive.org: exempt players