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)
St Andrews is located in Scotland
St Andrews
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.

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

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Mexico Lorena Ochoa67−6
T2Sweden Louise Friberg69−4
South Korea Inbee Park
T4England Rebecca Hudson70−3
Japan Ai Miyazato
T6Australia Joanne Mills71−2
South Korea Meena Lee
United States Brittany Lincicome
United States Wendy Ward
T10Italy Tullia Calzavara72−1
France Karine Icher
South Korea In-Kyung Kim
Taiwan Candie Kung
France Virginie Lagoutte-Clément
South Korea Lee Jee-young
South Korea Sarah Lee
South Korea Min Na-on
Sweden Catrin Nilsmark
Sweden Annika Sörenstam
United States Sherri Steinhauer

Second round

Friday, 3 August 2007

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Mexico Lorena Ochoa67-73=140−6
T2Scotland Catriona Matthew73-68=141−5
United States Wendy Ward71-70=141
T4Japan Yuri Fudoh74-69=143−3
England Rebecca Hudson70-73=143
France Karine Icher72-71=143
Sweden Annika Sörenstam72-71=143
United States Sherri Steinhauer72-71=143
9South Korea Ji Eun-hee73-71=144−2
T10Sweden Louise Friberg69-76=145−1
Sweden Sophie Gustafson73-72=145
France Virginie Lagoutte-Clément72-73=145
South Korea Lee Jee-young72-73=145

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

Third round

Saturday, 4 August 2007

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Mexico Lorena Ochoa67-73-73=213−6
2Sweden Linda Wessberg74-73-72=219E
T3Sweden Maria Hjorth75-73-72=220+1
France Karine Icher72-71-77=220
South Korea Lee Jee-young72-73-75=220
Sweden Annika Sörenstam72-71-77=220
T7South Korea Ji Eun-hee73-71-77=221+2
Scotland Catriona Matthew73-68-80=221
South Korea Se-ri Pak73-73-75=221
United States Reilley Rankin73-74-74=221
United States Wendy Ward71-70-80=221

Final round

Sunday, 5 August 2007

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Mexico Lorena Ochoa67-73-73-74=287−5320,512
T2Sweden Maria Hjorth75-73-72-71=291−1170,272
South Korea Lee Jee-young72-73-75-71=291
4United States Reilley Rankin73-74-74-71=292E110,176
T5South Korea Ji Eun-hee73-71-77-72=293+184,135
South Korea Se-ri Pak73-73-75-72=293
T7United States Paula Creamer73-75-74-72=294+261,098
Scotland Catriona Matthew73-68-80-73=294
Japan Miki Saiki76-70-81-67=294
Sweden Linda Wessberg74-73-72-75=294

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

Source:[1][2][4]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444454434434454454
Mexico Ochoa−6−6−6−6−7−8−8−7−8−8−7−7−7−7−6−6−5−5
Sweden Hjorth+1EE+1E−1−1−1−1−1−1−1E−1−1−1−1−1
South Korea Lee+1+1+1E−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−1E−1−2−1−1−1
United States Rankin+2+2+2+2+1+1EE−1−1−1EEE−1−1EE
South Korea Ji+3+3+3+3+2+2+2+2+2+2+1+2+2+2+2+2+1+1
South Korea Pak+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+1+1+1+2+1+1+1E+1+1+1
Sweden 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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  2. "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. Millward, Robert (6 August 2007). "Major relief". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D-9. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  5. Anderson, Kelli (13 August 2007). "Long Time Coming". Sports Illustrated. 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. "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. "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.
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