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
Mexico Lorena Ochoa
287 (−5)
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St Andrews is located in Scotland
St Andrews
St Andrews

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.

Course

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Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 Burn 376 4 10 Bobby Jones 340 4
2 Dyke 400 4 11 High (In) 160 3
3 Cartgate (Out) 370 4 12 Heathery (In) 314 4
4 Ginger Beer 406 4 13 Hole O'Cross (In) 407 4
5 Hole O'Cross (Out) 514 5 14 Long 523 5
6 Heathery (Out) 369 4 15 Cartgate (In) 414 4
7 High (Out) 353 4 16 Corner of the Dyke 381 4
8 Short 154 3 17 Road 453 5
9 End 347 4 18 Tom Morris 357 4
Out 3,289 36 In 3,349 37
Total 6,638 73

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

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First round

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Thursday, 2 August 2007

Place Player Score To par
1   Lorena Ochoa 67 −6
T2   Louise Friberg 69 −4
  Inbee Park
T4   Rebecca Hudson 70 −3
  Ai Miyazato
T6   Joanne Mills 71 −2
  Meena Lee
  Brittany Lincicome
  Wendy Ward
T10   Tullia Calzavara 72 −1
  Karine Icher
  In-Kyung Kim
  Candie Kung
  Virginie Lagoutte-Clément
  Lee Jee-young
  Sarah Lee
  Min Na-on
  Catrin Nilsmark
  Annika Sörenstam
  Sherri Steinhauer

Second round

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Friday, 3 August 2007

Place Player Score To par
1   Lorena Ochoa 67-73=140 −6
T2   Catriona Matthew 73-68=141 −5
  Wendy Ward 71-70=141
T4   Yuri Fudoh 74-69=143 −3
  Rebecca Hudson 70-73=143
  Karine Icher 72-71=143
  Annika Sörenstam 72-71=143
  Sherri Steinhauer 72-71=143
9   Ji Eun-hee 73-71=144 −2
T10   Louise Friberg 69-76=145 −1
  Sophie Gustafson 73-72=145
  Virginie Lagoutte-Clément 72-73=145
  Lee Jee-young 72-73=145

Amateurs: Mozo (+1), Reid (+2), Choi (+4), Bell (+5), Edwards (+5), Nordqvist (+5), Smith (+5), Watson (+5), Ciganda (+7), McVeigh (+8)

Third round

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Saturday, 4 August 2007

Place Player Score To par
1   Lorena Ochoa 67-73-73=213 −6
2   Linda Wessberg 74-73-72=219 E
T3   Maria Hjorth 75-73-72=220 +1
  Karine Icher 72-71-77=220
  Lee Jee-young 72-73-75=220
  Annika Sörenstam 72-71-77=220
T7   Ji Eun-hee 73-71-77=221 +2
  Catriona Matthew 73-68-80=221
  Se-ri Pak 73-73-75=221
  Reilley Rankin 73-74-74=221
  Wendy Ward 71-70-80=221

Final round

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Sunday, 5 August 2007

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Lorena Ochoa 67-73-73-74=287 −5 320,512
T2   Maria Hjorth 75-73-72-71=291 −1 170,272
  Lee Jee-young 72-73-75-71=291
4   Reilley Rankin 73-74-74-71=292 E 110,176
T5   Ji Eun-hee 73-71-77-72=293 +1 84,135
  Se-ri Pak 73-73-75-72=293
T7   Paula Creamer 73-75-74-72=294 +2 61,098
  Catriona Matthew 73-68-80-73=294
  Miki Saiki 76-70-81-67=294
  Linda Wessberg 74-73-72-75=294

Amateurs: Reid (+4), Smith (+9), Choi (+11), Bell (+12), Watson (+12), Mozo (+13), Nordqvist (+14), Edwards (+20)

Source:[1][2][4]

Scorecard

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Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 5 4
  Ochoa −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 −8 −7 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −5 −5
  Hjorth +1 E E +1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1
  Lee +1 +1 +1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 E −1 −2 −1 −1 −1
  Rankin +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 E E −1 −1 −1 E E E −1 −1 E E
  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 +1 E +1 +1 +1
  Wessberg E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −3 −2 −2 −2 E +1 +2 +2 +2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Golf: Women's British Open". Spokesman-Review. 6 August 2007. p. C4. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Leaderboard: 2007 Ricoh Women's British Open". Yahoo! Sports. 5 August 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Ricoh Women's British Open: 2007 Leaderboard". Ladies European Tour. 5 August 2007. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d Millward, Robert (6 August 2007). "Major relief". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D-9. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  5. ^ a b Anderson, Kelli (13 August 2007). "Long Time Coming". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Ochoa opens with 67 at British". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 3 August 2007. p. D-3. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Lorena Ochoa: 2007 Ricoh Women's British Open". Ladies European Tour. 5 August 2007. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  8. ^ a b "2007 Ricoh Women's British Open: Course Statistics". Ladies Golf Union. 5 August 2007. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  9. ^ "Ochoa early leader at St. Andrews; Wie shoots 73". ESPN. Associated Press. 3 August 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  10. ^ "RICOH WOMEN'S BRITISH OPEN". LPGA. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
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