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2009 U.S. Women's Open: Eun-Hee Ji wins at Saucon Valley Country Club (Old Course)

Eun-Hee Ji won the 2009 U.S. Women's Open at Saucon Valley Country Club (Old Course), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States with 284 (E), by 1 stroke over Candie Kung.

Updated October 23, 2026

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

Dates
July 9, 2009 to July 12, 2009
Course
Saucon Valley Country Club (Old Course), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
Edition
64th edition
Counted as a major
yes
Format
stroke play, 4 rounds
Par
71 · 6,740 yards
Entries
1,278
Field
156
Made the cut
72 (cut at 151)
Purse
$3,250,000 · winner's share $585,000
Champion
Eun-Hee Ji · age 23 · South Korea · born Gapyeong, South Korea
Champion's title
1st title at this event · 1st major
Winning score
71-72-70-71 = 284 (E) · won by 1 stroke
Runner-up
Candie Kung (285)
54-hole leader
Cristie Kerr · Eun-Hee Ji was 2 strokes back
Caddie
Zac Austin
Low amateur
Jennifer Song (291)
Run by
United States Golf Association

Winner and runner-up

Pos.PlayerR1R2R3R4TotalTo par
1Eun-Hee Ji71727071284E
2Candie Kung71776869285+1

What happened at the 2009 U.S. Women's Open

Eun-Hee Ji double-bogeyed in the middle of her final round, then birdied Nos. 13 and 14 to get back into contention.

Ji holed a 20-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to win by one over Candie Kung, while 54-hole leader Cristie Kerr shot 75.

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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  1. usga.org: 26USWomensOpen
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