2006 U.S. Women's Open: Annika Sörenstam wins at Newport Country Club
Annika Sörenstam won the 2006 U.S. Women's Open at Newport Country Club, Newport, Rhode Island, United States with 284 (E), beating Pat Hurst in a playoff.
Updated October 23, 2026
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- Dates
- June 30, 2006 to July 3, 2006
- Course
- Newport Country Club, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
- Edition
- 61st edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 71 · 6,616 yards
- Entries
- 1,097
- Field
- 155
- Made the cut
- 68 (cut at 150)
- Purse
- $3,100,000 · winner's share $560,000
- Champion
- Annika Sörenstam · age 35 · Sweden · born Bro, Stockholm County, Sweden
- Champion's title
- 3rd title at this event · 10th major
- World ranking
- No. 1 (Rolex Rankings)
- Winning score
- 69-71-73-71 = 284 (E)
- Runner-up
- Pat Hurst (284)
- 54-hole leader
- Annika Sörenstam, Michelle Wie West, Brittany Lincicome
- Playoff
- 18-hole stroke-play playoff (Monday, July 3): Sörenstam 70, Hurst 74; 18 holes; beat Pat Hurst; 18-hole total (70-74); Sörenstam birdied the first hole as Hurst bogeyed and led by four by the sixth
- Caddie
- Terry McNamara
- Low amateurs
- Amanda Blumenherst, Jane Park (293 each)
- Run by
- United States Golf Association
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annika Sörenstam | 69 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 284 | E |
| 2 | Pat Hurst | 69 | 71 | 75 | 69 | 284 | E |
What happened at the 2006 U.S. Women's Open
Fog wiped out Thursday's play, pushing the first round to Friday and forcing a 36-hole final day on Sunday.
In the Monday 18-hole playoff Annika Sörenstam birdied the first hole while Pat Hurst bogeyed, led by four by the sixth hole and won 70-74.
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: 2006 U.S. Women's Open
- golfcompendium.com: 2006 us womens 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
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- Wikipedia: Annika Sörenstam
- golfcompendium.com: low amateurs us womens open
- Wikipedia: Women's World Golf Rankings
- web.archive.org: pastchamps
- web.archive.org: us womens open
- web.archive.org: 2006 fact sheet
- web.archive.org: cut sat
- web.archive.org: jang ruling
- web.archive.org: sat morning
- web.archive.org: playoff
- web.archive.org: full exempt
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