Annika Sorenstam continues her quest for history as she guns for the third leg of the Grand Slam at the U.S. Women’s Open beginning Thursday at Cherry Hills Country Club in Colorado.
Sorenstam will be joined by Lorena Ochoa and Rosie Jones for the first two rounds starting with a Thursday tee time of 8:28 a.m. (MST) followed by a Friday tee time at 1:43 p.m.
Sorenstam, currently tied with Tiger Woods with nine majors apiece, will be trying to win her first U.S. Open since 1996. Last year, Sorenstam finished alone in second, two shots behind winner Meg Mallon. In 2003, Sorenstam missed out of a playoff after a bogey on the final hole.
Other marquee groupings include Michelle Wie, Laura Davies and Brittany Lincicome and Stacy Prammanasudh, Paula Creamer and Jimin Kang.
Wie finished runner-up to Sorenstam at the McDonald’s LPGA Championship last week.
Groupings and starting times for the first two rounds of the U.S. Womens Open, Thursday (June 23) and Friday (June 24), at the par 35-36'71, 6,749-yard, Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colo.
(A=amateur) - All times MDT
Thursday (June 23), hole #1; Friday (June 24), hole#10
7:00 a.m.'12:15 p.m. --A-AngelaPark,Torrance, Calif.;NancyHarvey,Canada;Seul KiKim,Korea
7:11 a.m.'12:26 p.m. --CelesteTroche,Paraguay;AnnaAcker-Macosko,Marshfield, Wis.;JamieHullett,Mesquite, Texas
7:22 a.m.'12:37 p.m. --SarahHuarte,Shingle Springs, Calif.;Amy Chin HueiHung,Chinese Taipei;DianaD’Alessio,Flanders, N.J.
7:33 a.m.'12:48p.m.--MollieFankhauser,Columbus,Ohio;JanaPeterkova,CzechRepublic;NadinaTaylor,Australia
7:44 a.m.'12:59p.m.--JoanneMorley,England;MarcyHart,Scottsdale,Ariz.;YoungJo,Korea
7:55 a.m.'1:10 p.m. --MegMallon,Ocean Ridge, Fla.;A-JanePark,Rancho Cucamonga,Calif.;KarenStupples,England
8:06 a.m.'1:21p.m.--AngelaStanford,Saginaw,Texas;MiHyunKim,Keene’sPointe,Fla.;AreeSong,Korea
8:17 a.m.'1:32p.m.--SophieGustafson,Sweden;KimSaiki,LasVegas,Nev.;JeongJang,Korea
8:28 a.m.'1:43p.m.--LiselotteNeumann,Sweden;A-Ya-NiTseng,ChineseTaipei;LetaLindley,West PalmBeach,Fla.
8:39 a.m.'1:54p.m.--BethDaniel,DelrayBeach,Fla.;WendyDoolan,Australia;BeckyMorgan,Wales
8:50 a.m.'2:05p.m.--HanaKim,LosAngeles,Calif.;BethBader,Eldridge,Iowa;KelliKuehne,Dallas,Texas
9:01 a.m.'2:16p.m.--BernadetteLuse,Orlando,Fla.;NareeSong,Korea;DanahFord,Indianapolis,Ind.
9:12 a.m.'2:27 p.m. --KristenSamp,Moberly, Mo.;A-DoriCarter,Valdosta, Ga.;KatieFutcher,The Woodlands, Texas
Thursday (June 23), hole #10;Friday (June 24), hole #1
7:00 a.m.'12:15p.m.--MeganHeckeroth,LosAngeles,Calif.;KellyLagedrost,Brooksville,Fla.;MiriamNagl,Brazil
7:11 a.m.'12:26 p.m. --A-MarloweBoukis,Lutherville, Md.;KatieAllison,Mahwah, N.J.;StephanieLouden,Las Vegas, Nev.
7:22 a.m.'12:37p.m.--YuriFudoh,Japan;LauraDiaz,Scotia,N.Y.;StephanieArricau,France
7:33 a.m.'12:48p.m.--HelenAlfredsson,Sweden;KimWilliams,Bethesda,Md.;KrisTschetter,SiouxFalls,S.D.
7:44 a.m.'12:59p.m.--StacyPrammanasudh,Enid,Okla.;PaulaCreamer,Pleasanton,Calif.;JiminKang,Korea
7:55 a.m.'1:10p.m.--PatriciaMeunier-Lebouc,France;ReilleyRankin,Hilton HeadIsland,S.C.;ViradaNirapathpongporn,Thailand
8:06 a.m.'1:21p.m.--JenniferRosales,Philippines;SherriSteinhauer,Madison,Wis.;ShiHyunAhn,Korea
8:17 a.m.'1:32 p.m. --NicolePerrot,Chile;A-MorganPressel,Boca Raton, Fla.;Se RiPak,Korea
8:28 a.m.'1:43p.m.--RosieJones,Atlanta,Ga.;AnnikaSorenstam,Orlando,Fla.;LorenaOchoa,Mexico
8:39 a.m.'1:54p.m.--Siew-AiLim,Malaysia;TinaBarrett,Scottsdale,Ariz.;MarisaBaena,Colombia
8:50 a.m.'2:05p.m.--DinaAmmaccapane,Phoenix,Ariz.;Il-MiChung,Korea;CharlottaSorenstam,Sweden
9:01 a.m.'2:16p.m.--Young-AYang,Korea;PatriciaBaxter-Johnson,LakeWorth,Fla.;ChiharuYamaguchi,Japan
9:12 a.m.'2:27p.m.--DanaDormann,Pleasanton,Calif.;KristyMcPherson,Conway,S.C.;A-EstherChoe,Scottsdale,Ariz.
Thursday (June 23), hole #1; Friday (June 24), hole#10
12:15p.m.'7:00 a.m. --ChristiCano,San Antonio, Texas;A-LauraTerebey,St Michaels, Md.;NicoleCastrale,Palm Desert,Calif.
12:26 p.m.'7:11 a.m. --MarilynLovander,Gainesville, Fla.;Joo MiKim,Korea;NancyScranton,Centralia, Ill.
12:37 p.m.'7:22 a.m. --AiMiyazato,Japan;NatalieGulbis,Henderson, Nev.;MoiraDunn,Utica, N.Y.
12:48 p.m.'7:33a.m.--LorieKane,Canada;A-BrittanyLang,McKinney,Texas;SarahLee,Korea
12:59 p.m.'7:44a.m.--MichelleEllis,Australia;CatherineCartwright,BonitaSprings,Fla.;JohannaHead,England
1:10 p.m.'7:55a.m.--GracePark,Korea;PatHurst,Scottsdale,Ariz.;Hee-WonHan,Korea
1:21 p.m.'8:06 a.m. --ChristinaKim,San Jose, Calif.;CristieKerr,Miami, Fla.;CarinKoch,Sweden
1:32 p.m.'8:17 a.m. --A-NicoleHage,Coral Springs, Fla.;MariaHjorth,Sweden;BirdieKim,Korea
1:43 p.m.'8:28 a.m. --A-MichelleWie,Honolulu, Hawaii;LauraDavies,England;BrittanyLincicome,Seminole, Fla.
1:54 p.m.'8:39a.m.--KatherineHull,Australia;SuzannPettersen,Norway;KateGolden,Jasper,Texas
2:05 p.m.'8:50a.m.--EmilyBastel,UpperSandusky,Ohio;TracyHanson,Holland,Mich.;TBD
2:16 p.m.'9:01 a.m. --A-AmieCochran,Torrance, Calif.;KarenWeiss,St Paul, Minn.;CourtneyWood,Brentwood, Tenn.
2:27 p.m.'9:12a.m.--KimberlyAdams,Canada;A-EileenVargas,Colombia;CarriWood,Palm BeachGardens,Fla.
Thursday (June 23), hole #10; Friday (June 24), hole#1
12:15p.m.'7:00 a.m.--AramCho,Orlando,Fla.;LeahHart,Australia;EvaDahllof,Sweden
12:26 p.m.'7:11a.m.--AllisonHanna,Portland,Ore.;YuPingLin,ChineseTaipei;A-PaigeMackenzie,Yakima,Wash.
12:37 p.m.'7:22a.m.--LindseyWright,Australia;JeanBartholomew,Garden City, N.Y.;KaoriHigo,Japan
12:48 p.m.'7:33a.m.--HeatherDaly-Donofrio,Jupiter,Fla.;SilviaCavalleri,Italy;DawnCoe-Jones,Canada
12:59 p.m.'7:44a.m.--JuliInkster,Pasatiempo,Calif.;WendyWard,SanAntonio,Texas;KarrieWebb,Australia
1:10 p.m.'7:55a.m.--CandieKung,ChineseTaipei;CatrionaMatthew,Scotland;MicheleRedman,Minneapolis,Minn.
1:21 p.m.'8:06a.m.--TrishJohnson,England;HeatherBowie,FortWorth,Texas;GloriaPark,Korea
1:32 p.m.'8:17 a.m. --HilaryLunke,Edina, Minn.;A-AmandaMcCurdy,El Dorado, Ark.;JillMcGill,San Diego, Calif.
1:43 p.m.'8:28 a.m. --Soo-YunKang,Korea;DorothyDelasin,San Francisco, Calif.;RachelHetherington,Australia
1:54 p.m.'8:39a.m.--EmileeKlein,Graeagle,Calif.;YoungKim,Korea;KarineIcher,Switzerland
2:05 p.m.'8:50a.m.--KristiAlbers,ElPaso,Texas;CandyHannemann,Brazil;RikoHigashio,Japan
2:16 p.m.'9:01a.m.--LisaChang,LosAngeles,Calif.;LaurieRinker,Stuart,Fla.;A-TaylorLeon,Dallas,Texas
2:27 p.m.'9:12 a.m. --BethHermes,Dixon, Ill.;A-TinaMiller,Miami, Fla.;KimBrozer,Canada