Meg Mallon Wins Successful 2004
U.S. Women's Open at Mount Holyoke

The 2004 U.S. Women's Open at the Orchards Golf Club on the College campus, the world's most prestigious women's golf championship, is history, with a victory by LPGA tour veteran Meg Mallon--her 2nd Open title in 13 years.

And it is history in a bigger sense, too, with a remarkably successful presentation that drew record crowds, featured gorgeous weather (if you're not counting Thursday's thunderstorms, that is) and showcased one of America's truly premier golf courses--an integral part of one of the country's most beautiful campuses. David Fay, executive director of the U.S. golf association, told the Daily Hampshire Gazette, "There is a theme of this college--'Uncommon women.' This is a week of seeing uncommon women, uncommonly great athletes. It's just had a nice feel to it. It's resonated."

The Open at Mount Holyoke is one that will be long remembered in golfing circles and by all those who attended this historic showcase event at the College. You can continue to relive the Women's Open at Mount Holyoke right here. Check out our information on:

• The official site for the 2004 U.S. Women's Open (opens in new window)
  • Headlines from the official Open site
  • A daily gallery of Open photos
• An interview with Bradley S. Klein, a senior writer for Golfweek magazine and author of the critically acclaimed Discovering Donald Ross: The Architect and His Golf Courses, who calls the Ross-designed Orchards "the Fenway Park" of golf courses
• Information on the MHC Art Museum's Open-associated exhibit, The Sporting Woman: The Female Athlete in American Culture, a special exhibition about the history of American women in sports running through August 1
• Information on the Orchards Golf Club exhibit at the Wistariahurst Museum in Holyoke
• A history of The Orchards Golf Club at Mount Holyoke College
• A profile of champion MHC golfer Audry Longo
• Information on Mount Holyoke College at a glance