2001 Women's British Open

The 2001 Women's British Open was held 2–5 August in England at Sunningdale Golf Club, southwest of London in Sunningdale, Berkshire. It was the 25th edition of the Women's British Open, and the first as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. It replaced the du Maurier Classic in Canada as the fourth and final major of the season.

2001 Women's British Open
Tournament information
Dates2–5 August 2001
LocationSunningdale, Berkshire, England
Course(s)Sunningdale Golf Club
Old Course
Organized byLadies' Golf Union
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Ladies European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,255 yards (5,720 m)[1]
Field144 players, 70 after cut
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fund$1,500,000
€1,712,307
£1,048,951
Winner's share$221,650
€253,022
£155,000
Champion
South Korea Se-ri Pak
277 (−11)
SunningdaleGolf Club is located in England
SunningdaleGolf Club
Sunningdale
Golf Club
Location in England

On Sunningdale's Old Course, Se-ri Pak won the third of her five major titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Mi -Hyun Kim.[2] Four strokes behind leader Catriona Matthew after 54 holes and tied for ninth,[3] Pak eagled the first hole on Sunday and shot a final round 66 (−6) for 277 (−11).[2][4]

The event was televised by ESPN and ABC Sports in the United States and BBC Sport in the United Kingdom.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 2 August 2001

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Scotland Janice Moodie67−5
T2England Laura Davies68−4
England Johanna Head
T4Germany Elisabeth Esterl69−3
United States Kelly Robbins
T6Sweden Marlene Hedblom70−2
England Trish Johnson
United States Rosie Jones
Canada Lorie Kane
Scotland Catriona Matthew
United States Jill McGill
Scotland Mhairi McKay
France Marine Monnet
South Korea Grace Park
Sweden Annika Sörenstam

Second round

Friday, 3 August 2001

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Scotland Catriona Matthew70-65=135−9
T2England Trish Johnson70-67=137−7
South Korea Mi-Hyun Kim72-65=137
Scotland Janice Moodie67-70=137
5England Johanna Head68-70=138−6
6United States Rosie Jones70-69=139−5
T7Sweden Helen Alfredsson71-69=140−4
United States Dorothy Delasin71-69=140
Australia Wendy Doolan72-68=140
Germany Elisabeth Esterl69-71=140
United States Jill McGill70-70=140
Denmark Iben Tinning71-69=140

Amateurs: Hudson (−3), Prieto (+6)

Third round

Saturday, 4 August 2001

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Scotland Catriona Matthew70-65-72=207−9
T2England Lora Fairclough71-70-67=208−8
South Korea Mi-Hyun Kim72-65-71=208
Scotland Janice Moodie67-70-71=208
T5England Trish Johnson70-67-72=209−7
Australia Karrie Webb74-67-68=209
T7England Laura Davies68-73-69=210−6
United States Rosie Jones70-69-71=210
T9Japan Kasumi Fujii71-71-69=211−5
United States Tracy Hanson72-69-70=211
England Rebecca Hudson (a)71-70-70=211
South Korea Se-ri Pak71-70-70=211

Final round

Sunday, 5 August 2001

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1South Korea Se-ri Pak71-70-70-66=277−11221,650
2South Korea Mi-Hyun Kim72-65-71-71=279−9143,000
T3United States Laura Diaz74-70-69-67=280−874,092
Scotland Catriona Matthew70-65-72-73=280
Scotland Janice Moodie67-70-71-72=280
Denmark Iben Tinning71-69-72-68=280
T7Spain Marina Arruti71-73-70-67=281−736,608
Japan Kasumi Fujii71-71-69-70=281
Scotland Kathryn Imrie75-71-68-67=281
United States Kelli Kuehne71-70-71-69=281
United States Kristal Parker-Manzo72-71-71-67=281

Amateur: Hudson (−3)

Source:[1][4]

References
  1. "Scoreboard: Women's British Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). 6 August 2001. p. 5E.
  2. Garrity, John (13 August 2001). "Major accomplishment". Sports Illustrated. p. G11.
  3. "Matthew weathers Webb's round". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. 5 August 2001. p. 3G.
  4. Millward, Robert (6 August 2001). "Major step". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. C-2.

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