2007 Women's British Open
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2–5 August 2007 |
| Location | St Andrews, Fife, Scotland |
| Course(s) | Old Course at St Andrews |
| Organized by | Ladies' Golf Union |
| Tour(s) | LPGA Tour Ladies European Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 73 |
| Length | 6,638 yards (6,070 m)[1] |
| Field | 149 players, 69 after cut[2] |
| Cut | 151 (+5) |
| Prize fund | $2,000,000 €1,478,135 |
| Winner's share | $320,512 €236,880[3] |
| Champion | |
 Lorena Ochoa | |
| 287 (−5) | |
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[edit]
| 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 | ||||||
- 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[edit]
First round[edit]
Thursday, 2 August 2007
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorena Ochoa | 67 | −6 |
| T2 |  Louise Friberg | 69 | −4 |
 Inbee Park | |||
| T4 |  Rebecca Hudson | 70 | −3 |
 Ai Miyazato | |||
| T6 |  Joanne Mills | 71 | −2 |
| Meena Lee | |||
 Brittany Lincicome | |||
| Wendy Ward | |||
| T10 |  Tullia Calzavara | 72 | −1 |
 Karine Icher | |||
| In-Kyung Kim | |||
 Candie Kung | |||
| Virginie Lagoutte-Clément | |||
| Lee Jee-young | |||
| Sarah Lee | |||
| Min Na-on | |||
| Catrin Nilsmark | |||
| Annika Sörenstam | |||
| Sherri Steinhauer |
Second round[edit]
Friday, 3 August 2007
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorena Ochoa | 67-73=140 | −6 |
| T2 |  Catriona Matthew | 73-68=141 | −5 |
| Wendy Ward | 71-70=141 | ||
| T4 | Yuri Fudoh | 74-69=143 | −3 |
| Rebecca Hudson | 70-73=143 | ||
| Karine Icher | 72-71=143 | ||
| Annika Sörenstam | 72-71=143 | ||
| Sherri Steinhauer | 72-71=143 | ||
| 9 | Ji Eun-hee | 73-71=144 | −2 |
| T10 | Louise Friberg | 69-76=145 | −1 |
| Sophie Gustafson | 73-72=145 | ||
| Virginie Lagoutte-Clément | 72-73=145 | ||
| 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[edit]
Saturday, 4 August 2007
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorena Ochoa | 67-73-73=213 | −6 |
| 2 | Linda Wessberg | 74-73-72=219 | E |
| T3 | Maria Hjorth | 75-73-72=220 | +1 |
| Karine Icher | 72-71-77=220 | ||
| Lee Jee-young | 72-73-75=220 | ||
| Annika Sörenstam | 72-71-77=220 | ||
| T7 | Ji Eun-hee | 73-71-77=221 | +2 |
| Catriona Matthew | 73-68-80=221 | ||
| Se-ri Pak | 73-73-75=221 | ||
| Reilley Rankin | 73-74-74=221 | ||
| Wendy Ward | 71-70-80=221 |
Final round[edit]
Sunday, 5 August 2007
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorena Ochoa | 67-73-73-74=287 | −5 | 320,512 |
| T2 | Maria Hjorth | 75-73-72-71=291 | −1 | 170,272 |
| Lee Jee-young | 72-73-75-71=291 | |||
| 4 | Reilley Rankin | 73-74-74-71=292 | E | 110,176 |
| T5 | Ji Eun-hee | 73-71-77-72=293 | +1 | 84,135 |
| Se-ri Pak | 73-73-75-72=293 | |||
| T7 | Paula Creamer | 73-75-74-72=294 | +2 | 61,098 |
| Catriona Matthew | 73-68-80-73=294 | |||
| Miki Saiki | 76-70-81-67=294 | |||
| Linda Wessberg | 74-73-72-75=294 |
Amateurs: Reid (+4), Smith (+9), Choi (+11), Bell (+12), Watson (+12), Mozo (+13), Nordqvist (+14), Edwards (+20)
Scorecard[edit]
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 |
| Ochoa | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −5 |
| Hjorth | +1 | E | E | +1 | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 |
| Lee | +1 | +1 | +1 | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −1 | E | −1 | −2 | −1 | −1 | −1 |
| Rankin | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +1 | E | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | E | E | E | −1 | −1 | E | E |
| Ji | +3 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +1 |
| Pak | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | E | +1 | +1 | +1 |
| 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[edit]
- ^ a b "Golf: Women's British Open". Spokesman-Review. 6 August 2007. p. C4. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ^ a b "Leaderboard: 2007 Ricoh Women's British Open". Yahoo! Sports. 5 August 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d Millward, Robert (6 August 2007). "Major relief". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D-9. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ^ a b Anderson, Kelli (13 August 2007). "Long Time Coming". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ^ "Ochoa opens with 67 at British". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 3 August 2007. p. D-3. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ochoa early leader at St. Andrews; Wie shoots 73". ESPN. Associated Press. 3 August 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ^ "RICOH WOMEN'S BRITISH OPEN". LPGA. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
External links[edit]
- Ladies European Tour: 2007 Ricoh Women's British Open results
- LPGA: 2007 Ricoh Women's British Open results