2005 Women's British Open

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2005 Women's British Open
Tournament information
Dates28–31 July 2005
LocationSouthport, England
Course(s)Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Organized byLadies' Golf Union
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Ladies European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,463 yards (5,910 m)[1]
Field150 players, 70 after cut
Cut149 (+5)
Prize fund$1,800,000
1,499,571
Winner's share$280,208
€233,440
Champion
South Korea Jeong Jang
272 (−16)
Location map
Royal Birkdale Golf Club is located in England
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Location in England
Royal Birkdale Golf Club is located in Merseyside
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Location in Merseyside, north of Liverpool
Royal Birkdale Golf Club is located in Southport
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Location in Southport
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The 2005 Women's British Open was held 28–31 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. It was the 29th edition of the Women's British Open, and the fifth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.

Jeong Jang led wire-to-wire, winning her first LPGA event and only major title, four strokes ahead of runner-up Sophie Gustafson. Michelle Wie, age 15, tied for third and was the low amateur in her final major before turning professional in the fall.[2]

Course layout[edit]

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 418 410 404 175 338 478 155 410 395 3,183 368 358 149 427 163 499 347 497 472 3,280 6,463
Par 4 4 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 35 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 5 5 37 72

Source:[1]

Round summaries[edit]

First round[edit]

Thursday, 28 July 2005

Place Player Score To par
1 South Korea Jeong Jang 68 −4
2 Sweden Sophie Gustafson 69 −3
3 Chile Nicole Perrot 70 −2
T4 United States Moira Dunn 71 −1
United States Emilee Klein
Sweden Liselotte Neumann
Italy Sophie Sandolo
United States Kim Williams
T9 Japan Ai Miyazato 72 E
Sweden Linda Wessberg

Second round[edit]

Friday, 29 July 2005

Place Player Score To par
1 South Korea Jeong Jang 68-66=134 −10
2 Sweden Louise Stahle (a) 73-65=138 −6
3 United States Cristie Kerr 73-66=139 −5
4 United States Pat Hurst 75-65=140 −4
T5 United States Moira Dunn 71-70=141 −3
Sweden Liselotte Neumann 71-70=141
Australia Karrie Webb 75-66=141
T8 Sweden Sophie Gustafson 69-73=142 −2
United States Juli Inkster 74-68=142
South Korea Young Kim 74-68=142
Chile Nicole Perrot 70-72=142
Sweden Annika Sörenstam 73-69=142
United States Michelle Wie (a) 73-69=142

Amateurs: Stahle (−6), Wie (−2), Ciganda (+1), Queen (+16).

Third round[edit]

Saturday, 30 July 2005

Place Player Score To par
1 South Korea Jeong Jang 68-66-69=203 −13
T2 United States Cristie Kerr 73-66-69=208 −8
Sweden Annika Sörenstam 73-69-66=208
T4 United States Paula Creamer 75-69-65=209 −7
Sweden Sophie Gustafson 69-73-67=209
South Korea Young Kim 74-68-67=209
Sweden Liselotte Neumann 71-70-68=209
United States Michelle Wie (a) 75-67-67=209
T10 United States Pat Hurst 75-65-70=210 −6
United States Juli Inkster 74-68-68=210
Sweden Carin Koch 76-68-66=210
England Karen Stupples 74-72-65=210
Australia Karrie Webb 75-66-69=210

Final round[edit]

Sunday, 31 July 2005

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 South Korea Jeong Jang 68-66-69-69=272 −16 280,028
2 Sweden Sophie Gustafson 69-73-67-67=276 −12 175,130
T3 South Korea Young Kim 74-68-67-69=278 −10 122,591
United States Michelle Wie (a) 75-67-67-69=278 0
T5 United States Cristie Kerr 73-66-69-71=279 −9 81,144
Sweden Liselotte Neumann 71-70-68-70=279
Sweden Annika Sörenstam 73-69-66-71=279
T8 United States Natalie Gulbis 76-70-68-66=280 −8 58,669
South Korea Grace Park 77-68-67-68=280
Sweden Louise Stahle (a) 73-65-73-69=280 0
(a) denotes amateur

Amateurs: Wie (−10), Stahle (−8), Ciganda (+2)

Source:[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Course Statistics: 2005 Weetabix Women's British Open". Ladies Golf Union. 31 July 2005. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Jang wins first LPGA event". ESPN. Associated Press. 3 August 2005. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Golf: Weetabix Women's British Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 1 August 2005. p. D-14. Retrieved 26 July 2013.

External links[edit]

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