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2007 Women's British Open

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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

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]

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 Mexico Lorena Ochoa 67 −6
T2 Sweden Louise Friberg 69 −4
South Korea Inbee Park
T4 England Rebecca Hudson 70 −3
Japan Ai Miyazato
T6 Australia Joanne Mills 71 −2
South Korea Meena Lee
United States Brittany Lincicome
United States Wendy Ward
T10 Italy Tullia Calzavara 72 −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

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Friday, 3 August 2007

Place Player Score To par
1 Mexico Lorena Ochoa 67-73=140 −6
T2 Scotland Catriona Matthew 73-68=141 −5
United States Wendy Ward 71-70=141
T4 Japan Yuri Fudoh 74-69=143 −3
England Rebecca Hudson 70-73=143
France Karine Icher 72-71=143
Sweden Annika Sörenstam 72-71=143
United States Sherri Steinhauer 72-71=143
9 South Korea Ji Eun-hee 73-71=144 −2
T10 Sweden Louise Friberg 69-76=145 −1
Sweden Sophie Gustafson 73-72=145
France Virginie Lagoutte-Clément 72-73=145
South Korea 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 Mexico Lorena Ochoa 67-73-73=213 −6
2 Sweden Linda Wessberg 74-73-72=219 E
T3 Sweden Maria Hjorth 75-73-72=220 +1
France Karine Icher 72-71-77=220
South Korea Lee Jee-young 72-73-75=220
Sweden Annika Sörenstam 72-71-77=220
T7 South Korea Ji Eun-hee 73-71-77=221 +2
Scotland Catriona Matthew 73-68-80=221
South Korea Se-ri Pak 73-73-75=221
United States Reilley Rankin 73-74-74=221
United States Wendy Ward 71-70-80=221

Final round

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Sunday, 5 August 2007

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Mexico Lorena Ochoa 67-73-73-74=287 −5 320,512
T2 Sweden Maria Hjorth 75-73-72-71=291 −1 170,272
South Korea Lee Jee-young 72-73-75-71=291
4 United States Reilley Rankin 73-74-74-71=292 E 110,176
T5 South Korea Ji Eun-hee 73-71-77-72=293 +1 84,135
South Korea Se-ri Pak 73-73-75-72=293
T7 United States Paula Creamer 73-75-74-72=294 +2 61,098
Scotland Catriona Matthew 73-68-80-73=294
Japan Miki Saiki 76-70-81-67=294
Sweden 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
Mexico Ochoa −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 −8 −7 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −5 −5
Sweden Hjorth +1 E E +1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1
South Korea Lee +1 +1 +1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 E −1 −2 −1 −1 −1
United States Rankin +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 E E −1 −1 −1 E E E −1 −1 E E
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 +1 E +1 +1 +1
Sweden 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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