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2004 U.S. Women's Open: Meg Mallon wins at The Orchards Golf Club

Meg Mallon won the 2004 U.S. Women's Open at The Orchards Golf Club, South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States with 274 (−10), by 2 strokes over Annika Sörenstam.

Updated October 23, 2026

Every year is on the U.S. Women's Open winners list.

Dates
July 1, 2004 to July 4, 2004
Course
The Orchards Golf Club, South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States
Edition
59th edition
Counted as a major
yes
Format
stroke play, 4 rounds
Par
71 · 6,473 yards
Entries
1,097
Field
156
Made the cut
66 (cut at 147)
Purse
$3,100,000 · winner's share $560,000
Champion
Meg Mallon · age 41 · United States · born Natick, Massachusetts, United States
Champion's title
2nd title at this event · 4th major
Winning score
73-69-67-65 = 274 (−10) · won by 2 strokes
Runner-up
Annika Sörenstam (276)
54-hole leader
Jennifer Rosales · Meg Mallon was 3 strokes back
Caddie
John Killeen
Low amateurs
Paula Creamer, Michelle Wie West (285 each)
Run by
United States Golf Association

Winner and runner-up

Pos.PlayerR1R2R3R4TotalTo par
1Meg Mallon73696765274−10
2Annika Sorenstam71687067276−8

What happened at the 2004 U.S. Women's Open

Meg Mallon closed with a 65, the lowest final round ever by a U.S. Women's Open champion, to come from three strokes behind Jennifer Rosales, who shot 75.

Mallon won by two over Annika Sörenstam, ending a record 13-year gap between U.S. Women's Open titles (1991 and 2004).

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).

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