2007 Women's British Open

2007 Women's British Open

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)
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St Andrews

Location in Scotland

The 2007 Women's British Open was the 32nd 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.

Field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Se Ri Pak	South Korea	2001	73	73	75	72	293	+1	T5
Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	2003	72	71	77	76	296	+4	T16
Sherri Steinhauer	United States	2006	72	71	80	74	297	+5	T23
Karrie Webb	Australia	2002	77	73	74	75	299	+7	T28
Karen Stupples	England	2004	75	72	78	76	301	+9	T42

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Jeong Jang	South Korea	2005	76	77	153	+7

Course

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]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, 5 August 2007

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

Source:^[1][2][4]

References

1. "Golf: Women's British Open". Spokesman-Review. 6 August 2007. p. C4. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
2. "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. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
4. Millward, Robert (6 August 2007). "Major relief". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D-9. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
5. Anderson, Kelli (13 August 2007). "Long Time Coming". Sports Illustrated. 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. "Lorena Ochoa: 2007 Ricoh Women's British Open". Ladies European Tour. 5 August 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
8. "2007 Ricoh Women's British Open: Course Statistics". Ladies Golf Union. 5 August 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
9. "Ochoa early leader at St. Andrews; Wie shoots 73". ESPN. Associated Press. 3 August 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2013.

External links

• Ladies European Tour: 2007 Ricoh Women's British Open results
• LPGA: 2007 Ricoh Women's British Open results

Coordinates: 56°20′36″N 2°48′10″W / 56.3433°N 2.8028°W