2005 U.S. Women's Open: Birdie Kim wins at Cherry Hills Country Club
Birdie Kim won the 2005 U.S. Women's Open at Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, United States with 287 (+3), by 2 strokes over Morgan Pressel (a) and Brittany Lang (a).
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the U.S. Women's Open winners list.
- Dates
- June 23, 2005 to June 26, 2005
- Course
- Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, United States
- Edition
- 60th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 71 · 6,749 yards
- Entries
- 1,158
- Field
- 156
- Made the cut
- 63 (cut at 150)
- Purse
- $3,100,000 · winner's share $560,000
- Champion
- Birdie Kim · age 23 · South Korea · born Iksan, South Korea
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 1st major
- Winning score
- 74-72-69-72 = 287 (+3) · won by 2 strokes
- Runners-up
- Morgan Pressel (a), Brittany Lang (a) (289 each)
- 54-hole leader
- Morgan Pressel (a), Karen Stupples, Michelle Wie West (a) · Birdie Kim was 1 stroke back
- Caddie
- Miles Nixon
- Low amateurs
- Brittany Lang, Morgan Pressel (289 each)
- Run by
- United States Golf Association
Winner and runners-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birdie Kim | 74 | 72 | 69 | 72 | 287 | +3 |
| T2 | Brittany Lang (a) | 69 | 77 | 72 | 71 | 289 | +5 |
| T2 | Morgan Pressel (a) | 71 | 73 | 70 | 75 | 289 | +5 |
What happened at the 2005 U.S. Women's Open
Lorena Ochoa led with one hole to play but hooked her drive into the water at No. 18 and made a quadruple bogey.
Tied for the lead on the 72nd hole, Birdie Kim holed out from a greenside bunker for birdie to win by two over amateurs Morgan Pressel and Brittany Lang.
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: 2005 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: Birdie Kim
- golfcompendium.com: 2005 us womens open
- golfcompendium.com: low amateurs us womens open
- web.archive.org: pastchamps
- web.archive.org: us womens open
- web.archive.org: alllb
- web.archive.org: USWOPacketRd4
- web.archive.org: prizemoney
- web.archive.org: sectional results
- web.archive.org: 2006 fact sheet
- gettyimages.com: image