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spt_golf_USWomensOpen_historyandrecords[i-1].body = "The first U.S. Women's Open was unique in more ways than just being an inaugural event. It is also the only one conducted at match play. Patty Berg was a double winner, coming out on top in the 36-hole qualifying rounds before defeating Betty Jameson, 5 and 4, in the 36-hole final. ";
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spt_golf_USWomensOpen_historyandrecords[i-1].body = "Prior to 1950, a small group called the Women's Professional Golfers Association ran the U.S. Women's Open, but the popularity of the sport necessitated a larger organization. Thirteen women -- Alice Bauer, Patty Berg, Bettye Danoff, Helen Dettweiler, Marlene Bauer Hagge, Helen Hicks, Opal Hill, Betty Jameson, Sally Sessions, Marilynn Smith, Shirley Spork, Louise Suggs and Babe Zaharias -- founded the Ladies Professional Golf Association, which ran the U.S. Women's Open for four years before asking the USGA to oversee the championship.";
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spt_golf_USWomensOpen_historyandrecords[i-1].body = "The first U.S. Women's Open the USGA organized was played in 1953. Betty Rawls captured the second of her four titles at the event, winning in a playoff. The tournament has been played every year since, making it the oldest championship open to women professionals and amateurs.";
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spt_golf_USWomensOpen_historyandrecords[i-1].body = "When Carol Mann won the U.S. Women's Open in 1965, she did so in front of a national TV audience. It marked the first time the tournament's final round was televised nationally.";
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A three-time Olympic medallist (with two golds and a silver) in track and field and an All-American basketball player, Babe Didrikson Zaharias was also a standout golfer. Among her 41 LPGA Tour wins was a U.S. Women's Open championship in 1954 at the age of 43 years and six days old. She remains the oldest champion ever at the event.";
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In her first full year on the LPGA Tour, Se Ri Pak captured the title at the U.S. Women's Open. She was just 20 years, nine months and eight days old at the time she hoisted the trophy in 1998, making her the tournament's youngest champion.";
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Playing in the 2007 U.S. Women's Open at the age of 12 years, four months and one day old, Alexis Thompson is the event's youngest qualifier.";
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Catherine Lacoste had athleticism in her genes -- she was the daughter of French tennis player Rene Lacoste, who won seven Grand Slam singles titles and three doubles titles, and golfer Simone Thion de la Chaume, who won the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 1927. Like her mother, Catherine pursued golf. She is the only amateur ever to win the U.S. Women's Open, achieving that feat in 1967.";
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En route to an eighth-place finish at the U.S. Women's Open in 1999, Grace Park recorded a four-round score of 283. It stands as the best 72-hole score by an amateur.";
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Second on the all-time wins list with 82 LPGA Tour victories, Mickey Wright (pictured) is also second in terms of major championships won, capturing 13 titles. Four of those came at the U.S. Women's Open (1958, 1959, 1961, 1964), tying her for most victories at the event. Betsy Rawls (1951, 1953, 1957, 1960) also has four U.S. Women's Open titles.";
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Ten times in the tournament's 62 years a foreign-born player has won the U.S. Women's Open. With her victory in 2006, Sweden's Annika Sorenstam (pictured), who also won in 1995 and 1996, was the most recent to do it. The other foreign-born players are Uruguay's Fay Crocker (1955), France's Catherine Lacoste (1967), Australia's Jan Stephenson (1983) and Karrie Webb (2000, 2001), England's Laura Davies (1987) and Alison Nicholas (1997), Sweden's Liselotte Neumann (1988) and Korea's Se Ri Pak (1998) and Birdie Kim (2005).";
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Juli Inkster (pictured) only won the U.S. Women's Open once, but her victory put her in an elite group. She is one of seven golfers to win both the U.S. Women's Open and the Women's Amateur. Inkster actually won the Amateur title three times, picking up consecutive wins in 1980, 1981 and 1982. Other golfers to achieve at feat are Patty Berg (1938 Amateur; 1946 Open), Betty Jameson (1939, 1940 Amateurs; 1947 Open), Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1946 Amateur; 1948, 1950, 1954 Opens), Louise Suggs (1947 Amateur; 1949, 1952 Opens), Catherine Lacoste (1969 Amateur, 1967 Open) and JoAnne Gunderson Carner (1957, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1968 Amateurs; 1971, 1976 Opens).";
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Only one golfer has won the U.S. Women's Open, Women's Amateur and Girls' Junior titles: JoAnne Gunderson Carner. She won the Girls' Junior championhip in 1956, then the following year won the first of her five Amateur titles (also winning in 1960, 1962, 1966 and 1968). Finally, she added two Open titles (in 1971 and 1976) to her career resume.";
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Fourteen women have earned their first professional victories at the U.S. Women's Open. With her win in 2005, Birdie Kim (pictured) became the most recent to do so. She joins the company of Murle Breer (1962), Mary Mills (1963), Sandra Spuzich (1966), Catherine Lacoste (1967), Donna Caponi (1969), Jerilyn Britz (1979), Janet Anderson (1982), Kathy Baker (1985), Jane Geddes (1986), Laura Davies (1987), Liselotte Neumann (1988), Annika Sorenstam (1995) and Hilary Lunke (2003). ";
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Louise Suggs, an LPGA founder and World Golf Hall of Fame honoree, holds the record for most top-five finishes and most top-10 finishes at the U.S. Women's Open. She finished in the top five 14 times and in the top 10 19 times.";
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When the golfers descended on Cherry Hills Country Club (pictured) outside of Denver in 2005, they played on the longest course used in U.S. Women's Open history. It spanned 6,749 yards. The shortest course used was at Brooklawn Country Club in Fairfield, Conn. in the 1979 tournament. It was just 6,010 yards.";
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Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club (pictured) in Southern Pines, N.C. has hosted three U.S. Women's Opens, with tournaments in 1996, 2001 and 2007. Only Atlantic City Country Club has hosted that many, with golfers traveling to Northfield, N.J. in 1948, 1965 and 1975.";
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Eighteen-year-old amateur Brittany Lincicome (pictured) followed a first-round 36 on the front nine with a spectacular 30 on the second nine in 2004, tying the record for lowest nine-hole score at the U.S. Women's Open. Pamela Wright (1994), Juli Inkster (1997) and Raquel Carriedo (2002) have also recorded nine-hole scores of 30. None of them went on to win the title that year.";
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In the first round at Indianwood Golf and Country Club in 1994, Helen Alfredsson took command of the U.S. Women's Open by shooting a 63. Not only is it the lowest score in the first round at the event, but also it's the lowest score overall. Alfredsson did not hold on to that advantage, failing to win the tournament. ";
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In order to win the U.S. Women's Open title in 2004, Meg Mallon (pictured) needed an extremely strong fourth round. That's exactly what she delivered at Orchards Golf Club, shooting a 65 and earning the championship. Sally Little (1978), Ayako Okamoto (1989) and Tammie Green (1997) have also shot record low scores of 65 in the final round. ";
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Annika Sorenstam (pictured) and Juli Inkster share the record for lowest 72-hole score in U.S. Women's Open action. Sorenstam achieved the low mark in 1996 with rounds of 70, 67, 69 and 66, while Inkster recorded her score in 1999 with rounds of 65, 69, 67 and 71.";
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En route to winning the U.S. Women's Open title in 1999, Juli Inkster set the record for most under par in 72 holes. She finished at an impressive 16-under for the tournament.";
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After 72 holes had been played in the 1953 U.S. Women's Open, Betsy Rawls (right) and Jacqueline Pung (left) were tied with scores of 302. That marked the highest leading score in tournament history, a point matched by Kathy Cornelius and amateur Barbara McIntire in 1956.";
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Louise Suggs recorded the largest winning margin at the U.S. Women's Open when she earned a 14-stroke victory in 1949";
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Six golfers have opened up three-stroke leads after the first 18 holes at the U.S. Women's Open. Only one of them (Louise Suggs, 1949) has gone on to win the title that year, while the other five (Patty Berg, 1953; Ruth Jessen, 1962; Kathy Ahern, 1974; Helen Alfredsson, 1994; and Mhairi McKay (pictured), 2003) have lost those leads.";
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After opening up a three-stroke lead after 18 holes in 1953, Patty Berg (pictured) extended that advantage to eight-strokes following the second 18 holes. Unlike the other golfer who shares the record for largest U.S. Women's Open lead after 36 holes -- Fay Crocker (1955) -- Berg didn't win the title that year.";
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Babe Didrikson Zaharias had a 10-stroke lead after 54 holes in the 1954 U.S. Women's Open, the largest advantage in tournament history with that many holes in the books.";
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Juli Inkster's (pictured) quest for the U.S. Women's Open title in 1999 was helped immeasurably by her strong first round. Recording a 65 in the first 18 holes, she put herself in position for the win and holds the record for the best start by a champion. Despite starting her 1972 U.S. Women's Open campaign with a 79, Susie Maxwell Berning (pictured) didn't give up her title hopes. She rebounded to win the title, becoming the record-holder for worst start by a champion.";
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Finishing the 2004 U.S. Women's Open with a 65 in the final round, Meg Mallon (pictured) holds the record for best finish by a champion. Both Kathy Cornelius (1956) and Catherine Lacoste (1967) hold similar honors, as their final-round scores of 79 give them the records for worst finish by a champion.";
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Leading a tournament from start to finish with no ties is a difficult task, but nine women have accomplished that feat at the U.S. Women's Open. Babe Didrikson Zaharias (pictured) was the first, earning her wire-to-wire win in 1954. Fay Crocker (1955), Mickey Wright (1958), Mary Mills (1963), Catherine Lacoste (1967), Susie Maxwell Berning (1968), Donna Caponi (1970), JoAnne Gunderson Carner (1971) and Hollis Stacy (1977) also have similarly dominant victories.";
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Five golfers have gone on to win the U.S. Women's Open after leading from start to finish with ties. Annika Sorenstam (pictured) was the most recent female golfer to win this way, going on to win in 2006. She joined the ranks of Mickey Wright (1964), Amy Alcott (1980), Liselotte Neumann (1988) and Betsy King (1989).";
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When Annika Sorenstam captured her first U.S. Women's Open title in 1995, she had to overcome a considerable deficit to do so. After rounds of 67, 71 and 72 in her first three rounds, she trailed by five strokes. A final-round 68, however, helped her move up in the field and win the championship.";
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When Brandie Burton aced the 13th hole in the U.S. Women's Open in 1998, she recorded the third hole-in-one at the tournament that year. Eighteen holes-in-one have been shot in U.S. Women's Open play. ";
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Hollis Stacy played in a record 31 straight U.S. Women's Opens from 1970 to 2000. During that time she won three titles at the event, picking up victories in 1977, 1978 and 1984.";
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Marlene Bauer Hagge (left) played in 33 U.S. Women's Opens and holds the record for most appearances in the event. However, she never earned a championship at the tournament.";
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A member of the PGA Tour since 1977, Betsy King holds the record for the most sub-par rounds at the U.S. Women's Open. She has finished below par 24 time, winning the tournament title in 1989 and 1990.";
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Beth Daniel has shot a round in the 60s a record 14 times at the U.S. Women's Open.";
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