In 2001 when the USGA contested its U.S. Women's Open at Pine Needles, Kendra Graham, director of women’s competitions for the USGA, summed it up best. Pine Needles, she says, “is a classic; it’s such a memorable golf course. You need every club in your bag and you remember every hole after you play it one time. The holes feel like they’ve been there forever.”  The 2007 United States Women's Open Championship returns to Pine Needles offering one of the finest Open Championship venues in the event's history.  This marks the 3rd time Pine Needles has hosted this event in the past on the 1927 Donald Ross design.