2007 Women's British Open

The 2007 Women's British Open was the 31st Women's British Open, held 2–5 August at the Old Course at St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. It was the seventh as a major championship on the LPGA Tour and the first-ever women's professional event at the Old Course.[4][5]

2007 Women's British Open
Tournament information
Dates2–5 August 2007
LocationSt Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Course(s)Old Course at St Andrews
Organized byLadies' Golf Union
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Ladies European Tour
Statistics
Par73
Length6,638 yards (6,070 m)[1]
Field149 players, 69 after cut[2]
Cut151 (+5)
Prize fund$2,000,000
€1,478,135
Winner's share$320,512
€236,880[3]
Champion
Lorena Ochoa
287 (−5)
St Andrews
Location in Scotland

Lorena Ochoa shot a bunker-free and bogey-free 67 (−6) in the opening round and led wire-to-wire to win the first of her two major titles, four strokes ahead of runners-up Maria Hjorth and Jee Young Lee.[4][5][6][7]

Prior to Ochoa, the last to win a first major at the Old Course was Tony Lema, 43 years earlier in 1964.[4] This was the first Women's British Open sponsored by Ricoh, the previous twenty were by Weetabix.

Field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Se Ri Pak South Korea200173737572293+1T5
Annika Sörenstam Sweden200372717776296+4T16
Sherri Steinhauer United States200672718074297+5T23
Karrie Webb Australia200277737475299+7T28
Karen Stupples England200475727876301+9T42

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Jeong Jang South Korea20057677153+7

Course
Main article: Old Course at St Andrews
HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Burn376410Bobby Jones3404
2Dyke400411High (In)1603
3Cartgate (Out)370412Heathery (In)3144
4Ginger Beer406413Hole O'Cross (In)4074
5Hole O'Cross (Out)514514Long5235
6Heathery (Out)369415Cartgate (In)4144
7High (Out)353416Corner of the Dyke3814
8Short154317Road4535
9End347418Tom Morris3574
Out3,28936In3,34937
Total6,63873

Source:[7][8]

  • The Road Hole, No. 17, was played as a par 5 for this championship, and was the easiest hole relative to par.[8][9]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 2 August 2007

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lorena Ochoa Mexico67−6
T2Louise Friberg Sweden69−4
Inbee Park South Korea
T4Rebecca Hudson England70−3
Ai Miyazato Japan
T6Joanne Mills Australia71−2
Meena Lee South Korea
Brittany Lincicome United States
Wendy Ward United States
T10Tullia Calzavara Italy72−1
Karine Icher France
In-Kyung Kim South Korea
Candie Kung Taiwan
Virginie Lagoutte-Clément France
Lee Jee-young South Korea
Sarah Lee South Korea
Min Na-on South Korea
Catrin Nilsmark Sweden
Annika Sörenstam Sweden
Sherri Steinhauer United States

Second round

Friday, 3 August 2007

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lorena Ochoa Mexico67-73=140−6
T2Catriona Matthew Scotland73-68=141−5
Wendy Ward United States71-70=141
T4Yuri Fudoh Japan74-69=143−3
Rebecca Hudson England70-73=143
Karine Icher France72-71=143
Annika Sörenstam Sweden72-71=143
Sherri Steinhauer United States72-71=143
9Ji Eun-hee South Korea73-71=144−2
T10Louise Friberg Sweden69-76=145−1
Sophie Gustafson Sweden73-72=145
Virginie Lagoutte-Clément France72-73=145
Lee Jee-young South Korea72-73=145

Third round

Saturday, 4 August 2007

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lorena Ochoa Mexico67-73-73=213−6
2Linda Wessberg Sweden74-73-72=219E
T3Maria Hjorth Sweden75-73-72=220+1
Karine Icher France72-71-77=220
Lee Jee-young South Korea72-73-75=220
Annika Sörenstam Sweden72-71-77=220
T7Ji Eun-hee South Korea73-71-77=221+2
Catriona Matthew Scotland73-68-80=221
Pak Se-ri South Korea73-73-75=221
Reilley Rankin United States73-74-74=221
Wendy Ward United States71-70-80=221

Final round

Sunday, 5 August 2007

PlacePlayerNationScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Lorena Ochoa Mexico67-73-73-74=287−5320,512
T2Maria Hjorth Sweden75-73-72-71=291−1170,272
Lee Jee-young South Korea72-73-75-71=291
4Reilley Rankin United States73-74-74-71=292E110,176
T5Eun-Hee Ji South Korea73-71-77-72=293+184,135
Pak Se-ri South Korea73-73-75-72=293
T7Paula Creamer United States73-75-74-72=294+261,098
Catriona Matthew Scotland73-68-80-73=294
Miki Saiki Japan76-70-81-67=294
Linda Wessberg Sweden74-73-72-75=294

Source:[1][2][4]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444454434434454454
Ochoa−6−6−6−6−7−8−8−7−8−8−7−7−7−7−6−6−5−5
Hjorth+1EE+1E−1−1−1−1−1−1−1E−1−1−1−1−1
Lee+1+1+1E−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−1E−1−2−1−1−1
Rankin+2+2+2+2+1+1EE−1−1−1EEE−1−1EE
Ji+3+3+3+3+2+2+2+2+2+2+1+2+2+2+2+2+1+1
Pak+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+1+1+1+2+1+1+1E+1+1+1
WessbergEE−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−3−2−2−2E+1+2+2+2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[10]

References
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