2009 Women's British Open

The 2009 Women's British Open was held 30 July – 2 August at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. It was the 33rd Women's British Open and the ninth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. Catriona Matthew won her only major, three strokes ahead of runner-up Karrie Webb.[2][3]

2009 Women's British Open
Tournament information
Dates30 July – 2 August 2009
LocationLancashire, England
Course(s)Royal Lytham & St Annes
Golf Club
Organized byLadies' Golf Union
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Ladies European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,492 yards (5,936 m)[1]
Field144 players, 71 after cut
Cut153 (+9)
Prize fund$2,200,000
€1,543,520
Winner's share$335,000
€235,036
Champion
Scotland Catriona Matthew
285 (−3)
Lytham &St Annes is located in England
Lytham &St Annes
Lytham &
St Annes
Location in England

It was the fourth Women's British Open at Royal Lytham and the third as an LPGA major, most recently in 2006. The course had also hosted ten Open Championships, most recently in 2001. The par-72 course was set by the Ladies Golf Union at 6,492 yards (5,936 m),[1] 413 yards (378 m) shorter than the par-71 set-up for The Open Championship in 2001.

Matthew became the first Scot to win the title, just eleven weeks after giving birth to her second child in mid-May.[2][3]

Course layout
Main article: Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards1994014193711704925423891563,1393344871603404204643434193863,3536,492
Par344435543354534454443772

Source:[1]

Previous lengths of the course for the Women's British Open (since 2001):

  • 2006: 6,480 yards (5,925 m), par 72
  • 2003: 6,308 yards (5,768 m), par 72

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 30 July 2009

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Germany Sandra Gal69−3
T2South Korea Song-Hee Kim70−2
United States Angela Stanford
T4Japan Yuko Mitsuka71−1
South Korea Hee-Young Park
6Sweden Maria Hjorth72E
T7South Korea Kyeong Eun Bae73+1
United States Christina Kim
Scotland Vikki Laing
United States Michelle Wie

Second round

Friday, 31 July 2009

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Scotland Catriona Matthew74-67=141−3
Italy Giulia Sergas74-67=141
3Japan Yuko Mitsuka71-71=142−2
4South Korea Song-Hee Kim70-73=143−1
T5South Korea Kyeong Eun Bae73-71=144E
United States Christina Kim73-71=144
Taiwan Yani Tseng74-70=144
T8Sweden Sophie Gustafson74-71=145+1
Norway Marianne Skarpnord76-69=145
T10South Korea Hee-Young Park71-75=146+2
United States Jane Park74-72=146
Japan Ai Miyazato75-71=146
United States Angela Stanford70-76=146

Third round

Saturday, 1 August 2009

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Scotland Catriona Matthew74-67-71=212−4
2United States Christina Kim73-71-71=215−1
T3Japan Ai Miyazato75-71-70=216E
South Korea Jiyai Shin77-71-68=216
T5South Korea Song-Hee Kim70-73-74=217+1
Japan Mika Miyazato76-72-69=217
T7South Korea Kyeong Eun Bae73-71-74=218+2
United States Paula Creamer74-74-70=218
Japan Shinobu Moromizato74-73-71=218
United States Jane Park74-72-72=218

Final round

Sunday, 2 August 2009

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Scotland Catriona Matthew74-67-71-73=285−3335,000
2Australia Karrie Webb77-71-72-68=288E210,000
T3United States Paula Creamer74-74-70-71=289+1109,500
South Korea Hee-Won Han77-73-69-70=289
United States Christina Kim73-71-71-74=289
Japan Ai Miyazato75-71-70-73=289
7United States Kristy McPherson74-74-72-70=290+274,000
T8South Korea Na Yeon Choi80-71-70-70=291+361,000
United States Cristie Kerr76-71-75-69=291
South Korea Jiyai Shin77-71-68-75=291

Source:[4]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par344435543453445444
Scotland Matthew−3−3−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−2−3−4−4−3−3
Australia Webb+4+4+4+4+4+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+1EEE
United States Creamer+3+2+2+2+2+2+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1E−1−1+1
South Korea Han+3+2+2+2+3+3+3+3+3+2+1+1+1+2+1+1+1+1
United States Kim−1EE+1+2+2+1+1+1+1+1EE+1E+1+1+1
Japan Miyazato+1E+1+1+1E−1−1−1−1−1−1−1E−1−1+1+1
United States McPherson+4+4+5+5+5+4+4+4+4+3+2+2+2+3+3+3+2+2
South Korea ShinEEEE+1+1+1+2+2+1+1+2+2+2+1+1+1+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

References
  1. "Course Statistics: 2009 Ricoh Women's British Open". Ladies Golf Union. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  2. Reason, Mark (2 August 2009). "Catriona Matthew wins Women's British Open". The Telegraph. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  3. Murray, Ewan (2 August 2009). "Catriona Matthew takes British Open to be first Scot to win a women's major". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  4. "RICOH Women's British Open". Golf Channel. Retrieved 4 September 2018.

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