2019 Women's British Open

The 2019 AIG Women's British Open was played from 1–4 August in England at Woburn Golf Club in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, fifty miles (80 km) northwest of London. It was the 43rd Women's British Open, the nineteenthth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour, and the eleventh at Woburn.[2]

2019 AIG Women's British Open
Tournament information
Dates1–4 August 2019
LocationMilton Keynes,
Buckinghamshire, England
51.991°N 0.665°W / 51.991; -0.665
Course(s)Woburn Golf Club
Organized byThe R&A
Tour(s)Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,463 yards (5,910 m)
Field144 players, 72 after cut
Cut145 (+1)
Prize fund$4,500,000[1]
€4,385,404
Winner's share$675,000
€657,811
Champion
Japan Hinako Shibuno
270 (−18)
Location Map
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Location in the United Kingdom
Woburn is located in England
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Location in England

Hinako Shibuno, playing for the first time outside of Japan and in her first major, won with 270 (−18), one stroke ahead of runner-up Lizette Salas of the United States. Shibuno, a twenty-year-old-rookie on the LPGA of Japan Tour, had already won twice on that tour in 2019,[3] and added two more in the fall.

Field

The field was 144 players, and most earned exemptions based on past performance on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA Tour, previous major championships, or with a high ranking in the Women's World Golf Rankings. The rest of the field earned entry by successfully competing in qualifying tournaments open to any female golfer, professional or amateur, with a low handicap.[4]

There were 16 exemption categories for the 2019 Women's British Open:

1. The top 15 finishers (and ties) from the 2018 Women's British Open.

Brittany Altomare, Carlota Ciganda, Shanshan Feng (8), Jaye Marie Green, Georgia Hall (9,11), Brooke Henderson (8,12), Mamiko Higa, Ariya Jutanugarn (9,11,12), Kim Sei-young (8), Lydia Ko (12), Lee Jeong-eun, Minjee Lee (8), Yu Liu, Teresa Lu, Su-Hyun Oh, Park Sung-hyun (8,12), Pornanong Phatlum, Ryu So-yeon (12), Thidapa Suwannapura

2. The top 10 Ladies European Tour members in the Women's World Golf Rankings not exempt under (1) as of 1 July.

Céline Boutier (5,8), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (5), Charley Hull (3,5,8), In-Kyung Kim (3,5,11), Bronte Law (3,5,8), Pernilla Lindberg (12), Caroline Masson (5), Azahara Muñoz (3,5), Anna Nordqvist (5,12), Madelene Sagström (5)

3. The top 30 LPGA Tour members in the Women's World Golf Rankings not exempt under (1) as of 1 July.

Marina Alex, Chun In-gee (12), Austin Ernst, Hannah Green (8,12), Nasa Hataoka (8), Ji Eun-hee (8), Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang (12), Cristie Kerr, Kim Hyo-joo, Ko Jin-young (8,12), Jessica Korda, Nelly Korda (8), Lee Jeong-eun (8,9,12), Lee Mi-hyang, Gaby López, Amy Olson, Annie Park, Inbee Park (11,12), Lizette Salas, Jenny Shin, Angela Stanford (12), Lexi Thompson (8), Amy Yang (8), Angel Yin

4. The top 25 on the current LET Order of Merit not exempt under (1) or (2) as of 1 July.

Beth Allen, Carly Booth, Lina Boqvist, Lynn Carlsson, Olivia Cowan, Gabriella Cowley, Tonje Daffinrud, Diksha Dagar (8), Annabel Dimmock (8), Laura Fuenfstueck, Jenny Haglund, Caroline Hedwall, Esther Henseleit, Céline Herbin (8), Nuria Iturrioz (8), Felicity Johnson, Sarah Kemp (5), Karolin Lampert, Camilla Lennarth, Meghan MacLaren (8), Katja Pogačar, Marianne Skarpnord (8), Charlotte Thompson, Anne Van Dam (8), Christine Wolf

5. The top 40 on the current LPGA Tour money list not exempt under (1) or (3) as of 1 July.

Pajaree Anannarukarn, Nicole Broch Larsen, Ashleigh Buhai, Chella Choi, Paula Creamer, Daniela Darquea, Lindy Duncan, María Fassi, Kristen Gillman, Wei-Ling Hsu, Haeji Kang, Megan Khang, Katherine Kirk, Mirim Lee, Brittany Lang, Stacy Lewis (11), Lin Xiyu, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Ally McDonald, Ryann O'Toole, Gerina Piller, Morgan Pressel, Melissa Reid, Sarah Schmelzel, Alena Sharp, Jennifer Song, Mariah Stackhouse, Lauren Stephenson, Charlotte Thomas, Maria Torres, Ayako Uehara, Jing Yan, Sakura Yokomine

6. The top five on the current LPGA of Japan Tour (JLPGA) money list not exempt under (1), (2), (3) as of 1 July.

Minami Katsu, Hinako Shibuno, Ai Suzuki, Momoko Ueda

7. The top two on the current LPGA of Korea Tour (KLPGA) money list not exempt under (1), (2), (3), or (6) as of 1 July.

Choi Hye-jin, Lee Da-yeon

8. Winners of any recognised LET or LPGA Tour events in the calendar year 2019.

Cydney Clanton, Atthaya Thitikul (a)

9. Winners of the 2018 LET, LPGA, JLPGA and KLPGA money lists.

10. The top 30 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, not exempt above as of 1 July.

11. Winners of the Women's British Open, under age 60, provided they are still active.

Laura Davies, Catriona Matthew, Karrie Webb

12. Winners of the last five editions of the U.S. Women's Open, ANA Inspiration, and Women's PGA Championship, and The Evian Championship.

Brittany Lang

13. The leading five LPGA Tour members in the 2019 Marathon Classic who have entered the Championship and who are not otherwise exempt.

Tiffany Joh, Jennifer Kupcho, Linnea Strom, Mariajo Uribe, Pavarisa Yoktuan

14. The leading three LET members in the 2019 Ladies European Thailand Championship,[5] who have entered the Championship and who are not otherwise exempt.

Carmen Alonso and Kanyalak Preedasuttijit did not play.

15. The 2019 Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific champion, 2019 Womens Amateur Championship champion, 2018 U.S. Women's Amateur champion, 2019 European Ladies Amateur Championship champion, the 2018 Mark H. McCormack Medal winner, and the highest ranked women in the World Amateur Golf Ranking from Great Britain and Ireland as of week 25, and provided they are still amateurs at the time of the Championship

Alice Hewson, Emily Toy, Yuka Yasuda

Kristen Gillman forfeited her exemption as U.S. Women's Amateur champion by turning professional in November 2018. (She qualified under category 5.)
Jennifer Kupcho forfeited her exemption as the Mark H. McCormack Medal winner by turning professional in May 2019. (She qualified under category 13.)
Olivia Mehaffey did not play.

16. Any player who did not compete in the previous year's Women's British Open due to maternity, who subsequently received an extension of membership for the maternity from the player's home tour in the previous year, provided she was otherwise qualified to compete in the previous year's Women's British Open.

Karine Icher

17. Balance of the 90 LPGA Tour members.

M. J. Hur

Qualifiers: Jacqui Concolino, Valentine Derrey, Sandra Gal, Kylie Henry, Whitney Hillier, Frida Kinhult (a), Cheyenne Knight, Noora Komulainen, Ingrid Lindblad (a), Agathe Sauzon, Emma Spitz (a)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 1 August 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1South Africa Ashleigh Buhai65−7
T2United States Danielle Kang66−6
Japan Hinako Shibuno
T4England Charley Hull67−5
Thailand Moriya Jutanugarn
United States Megan Khang
South Korea Park Sung-hyun
T8Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn68−4
South Korea Ko Jin-young
South Korea Lee Jeong-eun

Second round

Friday, 2 August 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1South Africa Ashleigh Buhai65-67=132−12
2Japan Hinako Shibuno66-69=135−9
3United States Lizette Salas69-67=136−8
T4France Céline Boutier71-66=137−7
England Charley Hull67-70=137
England Bronte Law70-67=137
Germany Caroline Masson69-68=137
South Korea Park Sung-hyun67-70=137
T9Spain Carlota Ciganda69-69=138−6
England Georgia Hall69-69=138
Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn68-70=138
United States Danielle Kang66-72=138
South Korea Ko Jin-young68-70=138

Third round

Saturday, 3 August 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Japan Hinako Shibuno66-69-67=202−14
2South Africa Ashleigh Buhai65-67-72=204−12
3South Korea Park Sung-hyun67-70-68=205−11
T4South Korea Ko Jin-young68-70-68=206−10
United States Morgan Pressel69-71-66=206
United States Lizette Salas69-67-70=206
T7Spain Carlota Ciganda69-69-69=207−9
England Charley Hull67-70-70=207
England Bronte Law70-67-70=207
T10South Korea Lee Jeong-eun68-71-69=208−8
China Jing Yan71-70-67=208

Final round

Sunday, 4 August 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1Japan Hinako Shibuno66-69-67-68=270−18675,000
2United States Lizette Salas69-67-70-65=271−17409,838
3South Korea Ko Jin-young68-70-68-66=272−16297,309
4United States Morgan Pressel69-71-66-67=273−15229,992
5South Africa Ashleigh Buhai65-67-72-70=274−14185,118
6France Céline Boutier71-66-73-66=276−12151,459
7Spain Carlota Ciganda69-69-69-70=277−11126,777
8South Korea Park Sung-hyun67-70-68-73=278−10111,072
T9United States Nelly Korda70-69-72-68=279−995,364
South Korea Lee Jeong-eun68-71-69-71=279

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454443534454435434
Japan Shibuno−14−14−12−12−13−13−14−13−13−14−14−15−16−16−17−17−17−18
United States Salas−11−12−12−13−13−12−13−13−14−15−16−16−16−16−17−17−17−17
South Korea Ko−10−10−10−10−11−12−13−13−13−14−14−15−16−16−16−16−16−16
United States Pressel−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−13−13−14−15−15−16−16−15
South Africa Buhai−11−11−11−12−12−13−13−13−12−13−13−14−15−15−15−14−14−14
France Boutier−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−9−9−9−9−10−11−12−12
Spain Ciganda−8−8−8−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−9−9−9−11−11−11−11
South Korea Park−11−11−10−10−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−12−12−11−11−11−11−10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[6]

Final round ratings

1.186 million on NBC, in the USA[7]

References
  1. "Women's Open raises prize fund to $4.5 million". ESPN. 8 July 2019.
  2. "AIG announced as new sponsor for Women's British Open from 2019". Sky Sports. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. "Shibuno wins Women's British Open on debut". ESPN. Associated Press. 4 August 2019.
  4. "The AIG Women's British Open Entry". AIG Women's British Open. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  5. "Three spots up for grabs in Thailand". AIG Women's British Open. 10 May 2019.
  6. "Final Scoreboard". AIG Women's British Open. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
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