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2007 U.S. Women's Open: Cristie Kerr wins at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club

Cristie Kerr won the 2007 U.S. Women's Open at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, Southern Pines, North Carolina, United States with 279 (−5), by 2 strokes over Lorena Ochoa and Angela Park.

Updated October 23, 2026

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

Dates
June 28, 2007 to July 1, 2007
Course
Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, Southern Pines, North Carolina, United States
Edition
62nd edition
Counted as a major
yes
Format
stroke play, 4 rounds
Par
71 · 6,664 yards
Entries
1,251
Field
156
Made the cut
67 (cut at 148)
Purse
$3,100,000 · winner's share $560,000
Champion
Cristie Kerr · age 29 · United States · born Miami, Florida, United States
Champion's title
1st title at this event · 1st major
World ranking
No. 5 (Rolex Rankings)
Winning score
71-72-66-70 = 279 (−5) · won by 2 strokes
Runners-up
Lorena Ochoa, Angela Park (281 each)
54-hole leader
Cristie Kerr
Caddie
Jason Gilroyed
Low amateurs
Jennifer Song, Jennie Lee (294 each)
Run by
United States Golf Association

Winner and runners-up

Pos.PlayerR1R2R3R4TotalTo par
1Cristie Kerr71726670279−5
T2Angela Park68697470281−3
T2Lorena Ochoa71716871281−3

What happened at the 2007 U.S. Women's Open

Cristie Kerr, outside the top 10 at the halfway point, shot a third-round 66 to take the 54-hole lead by one.

Tied with world No. 1 Lorena Ochoa after four holes of the back nine, Kerr birdied the 14th to take the lead and parred in, while Ochoa bogeyed the 17th.

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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