2008 Women's British Open

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2008 Women's British Open
Sunningdale Clubhouse
Tournament information
Dates31 July – 3 August 2008
LocationSunningdale, Berkshire, England
Course(s)Sunningdale Golf Club
Old Course
Organized byLadies' Golf Union
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Ladies European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,408 yards (5,859 m)[1]
Field156 players, 78 after cut
Cut145 (+1)
Prize fundUS$2,100,000
€1,351,213
Winner's share$314,464
€202,337
Champion
South Korea Jiyai Shin
270 (−18)
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The 2008 Women's British Open was held 31 July to 3 August at the Old Course of Sunningdale Golf Club in Sunningdale, Berkshire, England, west of London. It was the 32nd Women's British Open and the eighth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. Sunningdale hosted its fourth Women's British Open and its third as an LPGA major.

Jiyai Shin shot a final round 66 (−6) to win her first major championship, three strokes ahead of runner-up Yani Tseng.[2] Shin won the title again in 2012, while Tseng won consecutive titles in 2010 and 2011.

It was the final major for 2003 champion Annika Sörenstam, who finished a dozen strokes back.[2]

Field[edit]

1. Top 15 players from the 2007 championship.
Lorena Ochoa (champion), Maria Hjorth, Jee Young Lee, Reilly Rankin, Se Ri Pak, Ji Eun-hee, Miki Saiki, Paula Creamer, Linda Wessburg, Catriona Matthew, Inbee Park, Mhairi McKay, Yuri Fudoh, Na On Min, Brittany Lincicome

2. Top 10 players from the Ladies European Tour as specified by the Rolex Rankings.
Helen Alfredsson, Minea Blomqvist, Laura Davies, Louise Friberg, Sophie Gustafson, Suzann Pettersen, Song Bo-bae, Annika Sörenstam, Lindsey Wright

3. Top 30 players from the LPGA Tour as specified by the Rolex Rankings.
Shi Hyun Ahn, Nicole Castrale, Na Yeon Choi, Laura Diaz, Natalie Gulbis, Hee-Won Han, Juli Inkster, Jeong Jang, Cristie Kerr, Christina Kim, In-Kyung Kim, Mi-Hyun Kim, Brittany Lang, Seon Hwa Lee, Ai Miyazato, Angela Park, Stacy Prammanasudh, Morgan Pressel, Angela Stanford, Sherri Steinhauer, Yani Tseng, Momoko Ueda, Karrie Webb

4. Top 25 players in the 2008 Ladies European Tour Order of Merit who have not been specified yet.
Maria Boden, Stacy Bregman, Becky Brewerton, Anne-Lise Caudal, Martina Eberl, Nikki Garrett, Lisa Hall, Felicity Johnson, Ludivine Kreutz, Diana Luna, Paula Martí, Joanne Mills, Gwladys Nocera, Marta Prito, Melissa Reid, Marianne Skarpnord, Lisa Holm Sorensen, Louise Stahle, Maria Verchenova, Johanna Westerburg, Amy Yang, Emma Zackrisson, Veronica Zorzi

5. Top 40 players from the 2008 LPGA Tour Money List not already specified.
Kyeong Bae, Irene Cho, H.J. Choi, Diane D'Alessio, Allison Fouch, Sandra Gal, Russy Gulyanamitta, Johanna Head, Rachel Hetherington, Katherine Hull, Karine Icher, Kang Soo-yun, Young Kim, Carin Koch, Kelli Kuehne, Candie Kung, Meena Lee, Leta Lindley, Teresa Lu, Meg Mallon, Jill McGill, Kristy McPherson, Janice Moodie, Becky Morgan, Ji Young Oh, Hee Young Park, Jane Park, Alena Sharp, Karin Sjödin, Kris Tamulis, Wendy Ward, Sun Young Yoo, Heather Young

6. Top 5 players from the Japan LPGA Tour in 2008.
Yukari Baba, Ji-Hee Lee, Eun-A Lim, Sakura Yokomine

7. Winners of LPGA and Ladies European Tour tournaments in 2008 who have not been specified yet.
Trish Johnson

8. Winners of the 2007 LPGA, Korean LPGA Tour, Japan LPGA Tour, and Ladies European Tour money lists who have not been specified yet.
Jiyai Shin

9. Past ten winners of the Women's British Open.
None not already specified.

10. Past five winners of the U.S. Women's Open.
None not already specified.

11. Past five winners of the Kraft Nabisco Championship.
Grace Park

12. Past five winners of the LPGA Championship.
None not already specified.

13. Winner of the Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup.
None not already specified.

14. Top 5 finishers from the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic who are not otherwise exempt.
Moira Dunn, Shanshan Feng, Katie Futcher, Paige Mackenzie, Gloria Park

15. The 2008 Ladies British Amateur champ, the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur champ, the 2007 European Ladies Amateur champ (if all have not turned pro before championship).
Caroline Hedwall (a), Anna Nordqvist (a), Maria José Uribe (a)

16. Players successful in Final Qualifying (28 July)
Liz Bennett (a), Erica Blasberg, Krystle Caithness (a), Rebecca Coakley, Claire Coughlan-Ryan, Stefani Croce, Naomi Edwards (a), Tanya Elosegui Mayor, Lora Fairclough, Martina Gillen, Lydia Hall (a), Leah Hart, Samantha Head, Kiran Matharu, Anja Monke, Lee-Ann Pace, Margherita Rigon, Iben Tinning, Marjet van der Graff.

Course layout[edit]

Main article: Sunningdale Golf Club

Old Course

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 485 489 318 152 400 386 393 168 273 3,064 459 322 416 182 503 210 415 425 412 3,344 6,408
Par 5 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 36 5 4 4 3 5 3 4 4 4 36 72

Source:[1]

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

  • 2004: 6,392 yards (5,845 m), par 72
  • 2001: 6,255 yards (5,720 m), par 72

Round summaries[edit]

First round[edit]

Thursday, 31 July 2008

The first round lead belonged to 48-year-old Juli Inkster at 65 (−7),[3] as 64 players broke par. One stroke back were seven players at 66 (−6): Momoko Ueda, Laura Diaz, Johanna Head, Yuri Fudoh, Ji Young Oh, Jiyai Shin, and Stacy Prammanasudh. Four players were tied at two shots off the pace, including the 2004 champion at Sunningdale; Karen Stupples. Many well-known players stood at 69 (−3), including number-one ranked player Lorena Ochoa, Natalie Gulbis, and last week's Evian Masters winner Helen Alfredsson. However, many other top-ranked or well-known players struggled with their rounds, including Cristie Kerr at 71 and Paula Creamer, Karrie Webb, and Annika Sörenstam at even-par 72.[4]

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Juli Inkster 65 −7
T2 Japan Momoko Ueda 66 −6
United States Laura Diaz
South Korea Ji Young Oh
Japan Yuri Fudoh
England Johanna Head
United States Stacy Prammanasudh
South Korea Jiyai Shin
T9 United States Kristy McPherson 67 −5
England Karen Stupples
England Rebecca Hudson
United States Sherri Steinhauer

Source:[4]

Second round[edit]

Friday, 1 August 2008

Friday's low round of 65 (−7) belonged to Kerr, who jumped into a tie for fourth at 136 (−8). First-round leader Inkster shot a 70 for 135 (−9) and in sole possession of third place. The co-leaders after 36 holes were Fudoh and Shin; each shot 68 to improve to 134 (−10).

Place Player Score To par
T1 Japan Yuri Fudoh 66-68=134 −10
South Korea Jiyai Shin 66-68=134
3 United States Juli Inkster 65-70=135 −9
T4 United States Cristie Kerr 71-65=136 −8
South Korea Song Bo-bae 68-68=136
T6 United States Natalie Gulbis 69-68=137 −7
Japan Ai Miyazato 73-69=137
Mexico Lorena Ochoa 69-68=137
T9 United States Laura Diaz 66-72=138 −6
Japan Momoko Ueda 66-72=138
Sweden Sophie Gustafson 69-69=138
South Korea Ji Eun-hee 68-70=138

Amateurs: Nordqvist (−1), Uribe (+1), Bennett (+2), Feng (+2), Gal (+3), Edwards (+4), Hall (+8), Caithness (+11), Hedwall (+11).

Third round[edit]

Saturday, 2 August 2008

Place Player Score To par
1 Japan Yuri Fudoh 66-68-69=203 −13
2 South Korea Jiyai Shin 66-68-70=204 −12
3 Japan Ai Miyazato 68-69-68=205 −11
T4 United States Juli Inkster 65-70-71=206 −10
United States Cristie Kerr 71-65-70=206
T6 United States Natalie Gulbis 69-68-70=207 −9
South Korea Ji Eun-hee 68-70-69=207
South Korea Mi Hyun Kim 70-70-67=207
Taiwan Yani Tseng 70-69-68=207
T10 South Korea Na Yeon Choi 69-71-68=207 −8
Mexico Lorena Ochoa 69-68-71=207
Japan Momoko Ueda 66-72-70=207

Final round[edit]

Sunday, 3 August 2008

Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 South Korea Jiyai Shin 66-68-70-66=270 −18 314,464
2 Taiwan Yani Tseng 70-69-68-66=273 −15 196,540
T3 Japan Yuri Fudoh 66-68-69-71=274 −14 122,838
South Korea Ji Eun-hee 68-70-69-67=274
5 Japan Ai Miyazato 68-69-68-70=275 −13 88,443
6 United States Cristie Kerr 71-65-70-70=276 −12 76,651
T7 Mexico Lorena Ochoa 69-68-71-69=277 −11 65,841
Japan Momoko Ueda 66-72-70-69=277
T9 United States Paula Creamer 72-69-70-67=278 −10 47,563
United States Natalie Gulbis 69-68-70-71=278
South Korea Hee-Won Han 71-69-71-67=278
South Korea In-Kyung Kim 71-68-72-67=278
Australia Karrie Webb 72-69-69-68=278

Amateurs: Nordqvist (−3), Uribe (+6).

Scorecard[edit]

Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 5 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 5 3 4 4 4
South Korea Shin −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −16 −16 −16 −17 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18
Taiwan Tseng −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −14 −14 −14 −15
Japan Fudoh −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −14 −14 −14
South Korea Ji −10 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −13 −14 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14
Japan Miyazato −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −13
United States Kerr −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −10 −11 −12 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12
Mexico Ochoa −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11
Japan Ueda −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Course Statistics: 2008 Ricoh Women's British Open". Ladies Golf Union. 3 August 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2013.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b "Shin wins first major by 3 shots". ESPN. Associated Press. 3 August 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Not finished yet: Inkster leads British". Reading Eagle. 1 August 2008. p. D-3. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Scoreboard: LPGA". Reading Eagle. 1 August 2008. p. D-6. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  5. ^ "RICOH Women's British Open". Golf Channel. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

External links[edit]

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