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Sunday 23 July 2000Women’s majorsYear in Review
Webb wins U.S. Women's Open
Merit Club, Libertyville, Illinois · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 July 2000 · purse $2,750,000 · winner's share $500,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 33 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/15°C · wind 20 km/h W, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/16°C · wind 18 km/h NW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/16°C · wind 15 km/h N, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/15°C · wind 16 km/h NE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Open
1946–2026 in our record, 81 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
150 started, 60 (cut at 150) made it
Same week
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
The Merit Club, Gurnee
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Cristie Kerr, Meg Mallon
The golfer
b. 1974-12-21, Ayr, Queensland, Australia; Australia; age 25 at the win (year page); 3rd major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet