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U.S. Women’s Open 17Largest 18-Hole Lead3 Louise Suggs, Prince Georges G. & C.C. (Bala Course),Landover, Md., 19493 Patty Berg, Country Club of Rochester (N.Y.), 19533 Ruth Jessen, Dunes G. & B.C., Myrtle Beach, S.C., 19623 Kathy Ahern, La Grange (Ill.) C.C., 19743 Helen Alfredsson, Indianwood G. & C.C., Lake Orion,Mich., 19943 Mhairi McKay, Pumpkin Ridge G.C. (Witch HollowCourse), North Plains, Ore., 2003Largest 36-Hole LeadLowest Score by Non-Winner, 72 Holes275 (9 under) Nancy Lopez, Pumpkin Ridge G.C. (WitchHollow Course), North Plains, Ore., 1997Players Who Led First Three Rounds But Did Not Win (6)Mickey Wright (1960)Ruth Jessen (1962)Kathy Whitworth (1981)Patty Sheehan (1990)Pat Bradley (1991)Helen Alfredsson (1993)9 Patty Sheehan, Atlanta Athletic Club, Duluth. Ga., 19908 Patty Berg, Country Club of Rochester (N.Y.), 19538 Fay Crocker, Wichita (Kan.) C.C., 1955Largest 54-Hole Lead10 Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Salem C.C., Peabody,Mass., 1954Best Start by Champion65 Juli Inkster, Old Waverly G.C., West Point, Miss., 199966 Patty Sheehan, Indianwood G. & C.C., Lake Orion,Mich., 199467 Liselotte Neumann, Baltimore (Md.) C.C. (Five Farms,East Course), 198867 Juli Inkster, Prairie Dunes C.C., Hutchinson, Kan., 2002Most Sub-Par Rounds, Championship135 Old Waverly G.C., West Point, Miss., 199991 Interlachen C.C., Edina, Minn., 200889 Crooked Stick G.C., Carmel, Ind., 1993Most Sub-Par Scores, One Round61 Second round, Old Waverly G.C., West Point, Miss.,199944 First round, Old Waverly G.C., West Point, Miss., 199938 Second round, Crooked Stick G.C., Carmel, Ind., 1993Lowest Cut144 (Even) Old Waverly G.C., West Point, Miss., 1999145 (3 over) Crooked Stick G.C., Carmel, Ind., 1993Women’sOpenBest Finish by Champion65 Meg Mallon, Orchards G.C., South Hadley, Mass., 200466 Pat Bradley, La Grange (Ill.) C.C., 198166 Annika Sorenstam, Pine Needles L. & G.C., SouthernPines, N.C., 199666 Juli Inkster, Prairie Dunes C.C., Hutchinson, Kan., 200267 Meg Mallon, Colonial C.C., Fort Worth, Texas, 1991Worst Start by Champion79 Susie Maxwell Berning, Winged Foot G.C. (EastCourse), 197278 Murle Lindstrom, Dunes G. & B.C., Myrtle Beach,S.C., 196278 Carol Mann, Atlantic City C.C., Northfield, N.J., 196578 Sandra Palmer, Atlantic City C.C., Northfield, N.J., 1975Worst Finish by Champion79 Kathy Cornelius, Northland C.C., Duluth, Minn., 195679 a-Catherine Lacoste, Virginia Hot Springs G. & T.C.(Cascades Course), Hot Springs, Va., 196778 Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Atlantic City C.C.,Northfield, N.J., 1948Highest Cut179 (35 over) Salem C.C., Peabody, Mass., 1954179 (31 over) Northland C.C., Duluth, Minn., 1956Best Comeback by Winner, Final Round5 strokes Murle Lindstrom (78-74-76-73), Dunes G.& B.C., Myrtle Beach, S.C., 19625 strokes Donna Caponi (74-76-75-73), Scenic HillsC.C., Pensacola, Fla., 19695 strokes Jane Geddes (74-74-70-69), NCR C.C.,Kettering, Ohio, 19865 strokes Betsy King (72-71-71-70), Atlanta AthleticClub (Riverside Course), Duluth, Ga., 19905 strokes Lauri Merten (71-71-70-68), Crooked StickG.C., Carmel, Ind., 19935 strokes Annika Sorenstam (67-71-72-68),Broadmoor G.C. (East Course) ColoradoSprings, Colo., 1995Best Comeback to Tie, Final Round8 strokes a-Barbara McIntire (75-79-77-71), Northland C.C.,Duluth, Minn., 1956 (lost playoff to Kathy Cornelius)