U.S. Senior Women’s Open 1 U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship 3rd Record Book 2021 2 U.S. Senior Women’s Open Helen Alfredsson Wins the 2019 Championship Throughout her three-decade career, Helen Alfredsson has coming when she curled in a slow-moving putt from about 5 won wherever she’s played. A major champion. Seven wins on feet. the LPGA Tour. Eleven victories on the Ladies European Tour. And now, she can finally add USGA champion to her list of Johnson, who finished third in the 2018 U.S. Senior Women’s accolades. Open at Chicago Golf Club, was tied with Alfredsson through 12 holes, but stumbled with back-to-back bogeys on Nos. 13 With a final-round 72, Alfredsson, 54, topped Trish Johnson and 14. She hit her third shot on the par-5 15th hole to 2 feet and Juli Inkster by two strokes to capture the 2nd U.S. Senior to move within a stroke, but couldn’t convert birdie tries on Women’s Open Championship at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf the next two holes from 20 and 25 feet, respectively, all but Club, with a 72-hole total of 1-over 285. ending her chances. “Just to have something USGA, it feels very nice. Since one Inkster, who was the runner-up in 2018, also had opportuni- of my first years when I finished second, it was very spe- ties to move ahead late in the afternoon, but couldn’t quite cial,” said Alfredsson, who is a two-time U.S. Women’s Open capitalize. She had makeable birdie tries on holes 12 through runner-up. “I know one of the toughest tests you ever will do 15, the last one from 9 feet, but couldn’t find the bottom of in golf is play a U.S. Open. And I always like tough, I think. the hole, ultimately settling for a second straight runner-up Maybe not at 54, but yeah, it’s nice to have that USGA [cham- finish in the championship. pionship]. Michele Redman had the low round of the day, shooting a Alfredsson entered the final round tied at the top of the 3-under 68 to tie for fourth at 5-over 289 with Jane Crafter. leader board with Johnson, who took full advantage of mov- ing day with a third-round 66. Reigning champion Laura Davies, who started the day six strokes off the pace, shot a 2-over 73 to finish in a tie for What started out as a roller-coaster round for the Swede ninth place. turned into a steady stream of pars, many of them stress- free. After falling a stroke behind Johnson in the early going NOTABLE with a birdie and a bogey already on the scorecard, she hit With her victory, Alfredsson earns a 10-year exemption into her approach shot on the par-4 fourth hole to a foot to regain the U.S. Senior Women’s Open, a $180,000 winners’ share a tie for the lead. of the $1 million purse, and a full exemption into the 2019 Potential disaster struck on the very next hole, though, U.S. Women’s Open, which was contested May 30-June 2 at when her tee shot on the par-3 fifth missed short and right Country Club of Charleston (S.C.). She last played in the U.S. of the green. The ball paused for a moment but then rolled Women’s Open in 2010 at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club. back all the way down to the bottom of a collection area, a 2017 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur champion Judith Kyrinis, familiar result with the Donald Ross green complexes at Pine of Canada, and Sally Krueger, of San Francisco, Calif., shared Needles. It took Alfredsson three tries from there to find the low-amateur honors with 72-hole totals of 23-over 307. Both putting surface, and she was fortunate to walk away with a earn exemptions into the 2020 U.S. Senior Women’s Open, double-bogey 5. which will be played July 9-12 at Brooklawn Country Club, in Hole No. 5 would be the last time she would put anything but Fairfield, Conn. pars on her scorecard, and as her fellow competitors tussled Also earning exemptions into the 2020 championship with the challenging layout on Sunday afternoon, her position are all players who finished in the top 20 this week. That on the leader board began to look better and better. includes Donna Andrews, the lead instructor at Pine Needles Alfredsson had her chances to separate herself from Johnson Academy, who finished tied for 14th after a final-round 71. and Inkster, the latter shooting 2-under 33 on the front 9 to Alfredsson was tops in the field in driving distance and also put herself squarely in the mix after starting the day four in greens in regulation, despite being tied for 47th in fairways strokes back. A 12-foot birdie try on No. 11 went begging, and hit among the 51 players to make the 36-hole cut. a sharp approach shot on No. 15 to 7 feet yielded just another par. But her round will be remembered for her bend-not- break resilience throughout the day, particularly down the stretch. She got up and down for par after missing the green with her approach shots on Nos. 12, 14 and 16, the last one U.S. Senior Women’s Open 3 2nd U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship Results May 16-19, 2019 Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club Southern Pines, N.C. Par: 35-36—71, Yardage: 6,016 • Entries: 352, Purse: $1 million Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Final Pos. Pos. Pos. Pos. Player, Hometown Scores Money T8 1 T1 1 Helen Alfredsson, Sweden 75-69-69-72-285 $180,000 T32 T3 3 T2 Juli Inkster, Los Altos, Calif. 78-68-71-70-287 $88,423 T8 T5 T1 T2 Trish Johnson, England 75-72-66-74-287 $88,423 T26 T14 T11 T4 Michele Redman, Minneapolis, Minn. 77-72-72-68-289 $43,885 T18 T5 T5 T4 Jane Crafter, Australia 76-71-72-70-289 $43,885 T2 T10 4 6 Nanci Bowen, Travelers Rest, S.C. 73-75-70-72-290 $35,269 T2 T5 T11 T7 Barbara Moxness, Edina, Minn. 73-74-74-70-291 $30,281 1 T5 T5 T7 Danielle Ammaccapane, Phoenix, Ariz. 72-75-72-72-291 $30,281 T5 T3 T8 T9 Lisa DePaulo, Austin, Texas 74-72-74-73-292 $24,789 T8 2 T5 T9 Laura Davies, England 75-70-74-73-292 $24,789 T65 T14 T8 11 Wendy Doolan, Australia 81-68-71-74-294 $21,564 T32 T10 T11 T12 Tammie Green, Daytona Beach, Fla. 78-70-73-74-295 $18,995 T32 17 T8 T12 Suzy Green-Roebuck, Ann Arbor, Mich. 78-73-69-75-295 $18,995 T32 T21 T20 T14 Donna Andrews, Southern Pines, N.C. 78-75-74-71-298 $16,929 T8 T5 15 T14 Becky Iverson, Madison, Wis. 75-72-76-75-298 $16,929 T5 T18 T20 T16 Yuko Saito, Japan 74-78-75-74-301 $14,611 T8 T14 T17 T16 Jackie Gallagher-Smith, Jupiter, Fla. 75-74-77-75-301 $14,611 T8 T21 T17 T16 Cheryl Fox, Fort Pierce, Fla. 75-78-73-75-301 $14,611 T8 T28 T28 T19 Laura Shanahan Rowe, Hampton, N.H. 75-79-75-73-302 $12,436 T47 T41 T20 T19 Maggie Will, Richmond, Va. 79-77-71-75-302 $12,436 T5 T21 T24 T21 Christa Johnson, Tucson, Ariz. 74-79-75-75-303 $10,960 T57 T28 T24 T21 Cathy Johnston-Forbes, Kitty Hawk, N.C. 80-74-74-75-303 $10,960 T57 T45 T42 T23 Jamie Fischer, Lake Forest, Ill. 80-77-77-70-304 $9,050 T32 T28 T28 T23 Barb Mucha, Orlando, Fla. 78-76-75-75-304 $9,050 T26 T18 16 T23 Kimberly Williams, Bethesda, Md. 77-75-72-80-304 $9,050 T8 T10 14 T23 Sue Ginter, Jupiter, Fla. 75-73-74-82-304 $9,050 T32 T37 T35 T27 Pamela Kerrigan-Johnson, Hingham, Mass. 78-77-76-75-306 $7,763 T18 T21 T28 T27 Carolyn Hill, Placentia, Calif. 76-77-76-77-306 $7,763 T8 T37 T32 T29 Carolyn Barnett-Howe, Appleton, Wis. 75-80-75-77-307 $7,164 T57 T41 T32 T29 a-Judith Kyrinis, Canada 80-76-74-77-307 amateur T26 T28 T28 T29 a-Sally Krueger, San Francisco, Calif. 77-77-75-78-307 amateur T32 T28 T20 T29 Lori Kane, Canada 78-76-73-80-307 $7,164 T76 T45 T42 T33 a-Mary Ann Hayward, Canada 82-75-77-74-308 amateur T76 T45 T39 T33 Anne Marie Palli, Phoenix, Ariz. 82-75-75-76-308 $6,280 T18 T21 T35 T33 Jenny Lidback, Rio Verde, Ariz. 76-77-78-77-308 $6,280 T18 T28 T24 T33 Hollis Stacy, Holmes Beach, Fla. 76-78-74-80-308 $6,280 T47 T28 T24 T33 Elaine Crosby, Jackson, Mich. 79-75-74-80-308 $6,280 T8 T21 T39 T38 Leslie Spalding, Billings, Mont. 75-78-79-77-309 $5,539 T26 T10 T17 T38 Cindy Figg-Courier, Austin, Texas 77-71-78-83-309 $5,539 T2 T18 T42 T40 Liselotte Neumann, Sweden 73-79-82-76-310 $5,230 T57 T45 T32 T40 a-Ellen Port, St. Louis, Mo. 80-77-73-80-310 amateur T47 T45 T46 T42 a-Amy Ellertson, Free Union, Va.