2001 U.S. Women's Open: Karrie Webb wins at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club

Karrie Webb won the 2001 U.S. Women's Open at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, Southern Pines, North Carolina, United States with 273 (−7), by 8 strokes over Se Ri Pak.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Dates: May 31, 2001 to June 3, 2001
Course: Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, Southern Pines, North Carolina, United States
Edition: 56th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 70 · 6,256 yards
Entries: 980
Field: 150
Made the cut: 60 (cut at 146)
Purse: $2,900,000 · winner's share $520,000
Champion: Karrie Webb · age 26 · Australia · born Ayr, Queensland, Australia
Champion's title: 2nd title at this event · 4th major
Winning score: 70-65-69-69 = 273 (−7) · won by 8 strokes
Runner-up: Se Ri Pak (281)
54-hole leader: Karrie Webb
Caddie: Mike Paterson
Low amateur: Candy Hannemann (291)
Run by: United States Golf Association

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Karrie Webb	70	65	69	69	273	−7
2	Se Ri Pak	69	70	70	72	281	+1

What happened at the 2001 U.S. Women's Open

Karrie Webb shot a second-round 65 and led by five strokes after 54 holes.

Webb won by eight over Se Ri Pak, the largest margin in 21 years, and became the seventh player to win back-to-back U.S. Women's Opens.

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).

2001 U.S. Women's Open: Karrie Webb wins at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 2001 U.S. Women's Open

How this was built

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