2012 Women's British Open

The 2012 Ricoh Women's British Open was held 13–16 September at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Merseyside, England. It was the 36th Women's British Open, and the 12th as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. It was scheduled later in the year due to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Jiyai Shin won her second Women's British Open, nine strokes ahead of runner-up Inbee Park.

2012 Ricoh Women's British Open
Tournament information
Dates13–16 September 2012
LocationMerseyside, England
Course(s)Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Organized byLadies' Golf Union
Tour(s)Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,657 yards (6,087 m)[1]
Field144 players, 57 after cut
Cut149 (+5)
Prize fund$2,750,000
€2,129,532
£1,707,437
Winner's share$428,650
€331,936
£266,143
Champion
Jiyai Shin
279 (−9)
Hoylake
Location in England
Hoylake
Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, Merseyside, west of Liverpool, England

Weather was a factor, as the second round on Friday was halted before 8:30 a.m. due to high winds. The scores were thrown out and the round was restarted on Saturday, with the final two rounds played on Sunday.

Exemptions and qualifying events

The field for the tournament was 144, and golfers gained a place in three ways. Most players earn exemptions based on good past performances on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA Tour and in previous major championships and top-ranked players in the Women's World Golf Rankings. The rest of the field earned entry by successfully competing in qualifying tournaments open to any professional female golfer or amateur with a low handicap. The final qualifying tournament was held at Caldy Golf Club just up the road from the famous links.

There were 15 exemption categories for the 2012 Women's British Open. These are:[2]

  • The top 30 finishers (and ties) from the 2011 Women's British Open.
  • The top 10 Ladies European Tour members in the Women's World Golf Rankings who did not finish in the top 30 of the 2011 Women's British Open.
  • The top 30 LPGA Tour members in the Women's World Golf Rankings who did not finish in the top 30 of the 2011 Women's British Open.
  • The top 25 on the current LET money list not already exempt from the 2011 Women's British Open or the world rankings.
  • The top 40 on the current LPGA Tour money list not already exempt from the 2011 Women's British Open or the world rankings.
  • The top five on the current LPGA of Japan Tour money list not already exempt from the 2011 Women's British Open or through the world rankings if they are also members of the LET or LPGA. (Note that these six categories will account for approximately 125 entries — or 5/6ths of the players in the final field.)
  • Winners of any recognised LET or LPGA Tour events in the calendar year 2012.
  • Winners of the 2011 LET, LPGA, JLPGA and KLPGA money lists.
  • Winners of the last 10 editions of the Women's British Open.
  • Winners of the last five editions of one of the other three LPGA majors.
  • Winner of the 2011 Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup.
  • The leading five LPGA Tour members upon completion of 36 holes in the 2012 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic who have entered the Championship and who are not otherwise exempt.
  • The leading 3 LET members in the 2012 ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters, who have entered the Championship and who are not otherwise exempt.
  • The 2012 British Ladies Amateur champion, 2011 Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play champion, 2011 U.S. Women's Amateur champion and 2011 European Ladies' Amateur champion, provided they are still amateurs at the time of the Championship and a maximum of two other leading amateurs at the discretion of the Ladies’ Golf Union.
  • Any players granted special exemptions from qualifying by the Championship Committee.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Jiyai Shin South Korea200871647173279−91
Karrie Webb Australia200271706882291+3T5
Catriona Matthew Scotland200976737175295+7T10
Yani Tseng Taiwan2010, 201172727679299+11T26

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Karen Stupples England20047681157+13

Course
Main article: Royal Liverpool Golf Club
HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
117 - Royal392410 8 - Far4935
218 - Stand377411 9 - Punch Bowl3824
3 1 - Course40541210 - Dee3974
4 2 - Road35841311 - Alps1513
5 3 - Long52851412 - Hilbre4004
6 4 - New15731513 - Rushes1613
7 5 - Telegraph38041614 - Field5195
8 6 - Briars38241715 - Lake4574
9 7 - Dowie17831816 - Dun5405
Out3,15735In3,50037
Source:[1][3]Total6,65772
  • The Open Championship in 2006 was also set as a par 72, but at 7,258 yards (6,637 m), 601 yards (550 m) longer.
  • Both layouts started on club hole #17 (Royal) and ended at the par-5 #16 (Dun).[3]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 13 September 2012

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Haeji Kang South Korea70−2
So Yeon Ryu South Korea
T3Katie Futcher United States71−1
Lydia Hall Wales
Charley Hull (a) England
Vicky Hurst United States
Stacey Keating Australia
Ai Miyazato Japan
Mika Miyazato Japan
Jiyai Shin South Korea
Karrie Webb Australia

Source:[4]

Second round

Saturday, 15 September 2012

Second round play began on Friday morning in adverse wind conditions, which worsened with gusts of 60 mph (100 km/h). Play was stopped at 8:25 a.m. and did not resume; all scores for the day were declared null and void and were scrapped.[5] The second round was restarted on Saturday morning, with the third and fourth rounds both scheduled for Sunday off of split tees, as the Monday forecast was for weather similar to Friday's. In order to complete the final 36 holes on Sunday in the reduced daylight of mid-September, the cut was reduced by fifteen players, to the top fifty and ties. Professionals within the top 65 and ties earned official prize money.[6][7]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jiyai Shin South Korea71-64=135−9
2Inbee Park South Korea72-68=140−4
T3Mika Miyazato Japan71-70=141−3
Karrie Webb Australia71-70=141
5Katie Futcher United States71-71=142−2
T6Vicky Hurst United States71-72=143−1
Lydia Ko (a) New Zealand72-71=143
Carin Koch Sweden72-71=143
Ai Miyazato Japan71-72=143
Jenny Shin South Korea75-68=143

Source:[8]

Amateurs: Ko (−1), Clyburn (+1), Law (+2), Yan (+5), Hull (+7), Taylor (+7), Peters (+9), Boulden (+10), Maguire (+13), Thompson (+14).

Third round

Sunday, 16 September 2012 (morning)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jiyai Shin South Korea71-64-71=206−10
2Karrie Webb Australia71-70-68=209−7
3Inbee Park South Korea72-68-72=212−4
4Mika Miyazato Japan71-70-72=213−3
5Jenny Shin South Korea75-68-71=214−2
T6Katie Futcher United States71-71-73=215−1
So Yeon Ryu South Korea70-74-71=215
T8Yuki Ichinose Japan72-72-72=216E
Ai Miyazato Japan71-72-73=216
T10Chella Choi South Korea72-73-72=217+1
Paula Creamer United States73-72-72=217
Michelle Wie United States75-70-72=217

Source:[9]

Final round

Sunday, 16 September 2012 (afternoon)

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Jiyai Shin South Korea71-64-71-73=279−9428,650
2Inbee Park South Korea72-68-72-76=288E249,668
3Paula Creamer United States73-72-72-72=289+1174,768
4Mika Miyazato Japan71-70-72-77=290+2136,724
T5So Yeon Ryu South Korea70-74-71-76=291+3104,623
Karrie Webb Australia71-70-68-82=291
7Julieta Granada Paraguay74-71-74-74=293+587,979
T8Katie Futcher United States71-71-73-79=294+676,090
Stacy Lewis United States74-70-76-74=294
T10Chella Choi South Korea72-73-72-78=295+759,841
I.K. Kim South Korea75-72-73-75=295
Catriona Matthew Scotland76-73-71-75=295

Source:[10][11]

Amateurs: Ko (+9), Clyburn (+11), Law (+12), Yan (+16).

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444453443544343545
Shin−7−7−7−7−7−8−9−8−8−8−7−7−8−8−9−10−9−9
Park−3−3−1−1−1−1−1EE+1+1+2+2+2+2+1+1E
Creamer+1+1+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+3+4+4+4+5+4+2+2+1
Miyazato−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1E+2+2+2+2+1+2+2
Ryu+2+3+3+3+3+2+3+3+3+3+3+2+2+2+1+2+3+3
Webb−5−4−3−3−3−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1+1E+1+3+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[12]

References
  1. "2012 Ricoh Women's British Open – Course Details". Ladies' Golf Union. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  2. "2012 Ricoh Women's British Open – Competition Entry Conditions". Ladies' Golf Union. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  3. "2012 Ricoh Women's British Open". Royal Liverpool Golf Club. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  4. "First round leaderboard, 2012 Ricoh Women's British Open". LPGA. 13 September 2012. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  5. "Second-round at the RICOH Women's British Open suspended". LPGA. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  6. "Women's British Open: Wind cancels round two & scores wiped". BBC Sport. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  7. "Championship Committee statement". Ricoh Women's British Open. 14 September 2012. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  8. "Second round leaderboard, 2012 Ricoh Women's British Open". LPGA. 15 September 2012. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  9. "Third round leaderboard, 2012 Ricoh Women's British Open". LPGA. 16 September 2012. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  10. "Fourth round leaderboard, 2012 Ricoh Women's British Open". LPGA. 16 September 2012. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  11. "2012 Ricoh Women's British Open". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  12. "RICOH Women's British Open". Golf Channel. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
Preceded by
2012 U.S. Women's Open		 Major Championships Succeeded by
2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship

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