List of Women's British Open champions

The Women's British Open[a] is an annual golf competition held at the end of July start of August, and is conducted by the Ladies' Golf Union. Established in 1976, it has been recognised as a major championship by the Ladies European Tour (LET) since that tour's inception in 1979, became a recognised LPGA event in 1994, and became one of the LPGA's major championships in 2001. Currently, it is the last of the LPGA's four majors, preceded by the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the LPGA Championship, and the U.S. Women's Open.[1][2] This event has always been conducted in stroke play competition.[1][3] Beginning in 2013, it will be the next-to-last major championship of the season, as the Evian Masters, a tournament held in France that is also an LET major, will become the LPGA's fifth major and move to September.[4]

Yani Tseng's victories in 2010 and 2011 make her the only golfer to date to win the event twice since it became an LPGA major. The only other golfers to successfully defend their titles are Debbie Massey in 1980 and 1981, before the tournament became a part of the LPGA tour, and Sherri Steinhauer in 1998 and 1999, when it was a sanctioned LPGA event but not yet a major.

The lowest winning score in the tournament's history as an LPGA major is Karen Stupples's 19-under par 269 aggregate in 2004, equalling the record score set by Karrie Webb in 1997.[1] The Women's British Open has had two wire-to-wire champions as a major, which are the following: Jang Jeong in 2005 and Lorena Ochoa in 2007.[5] Yani Tseng is the two-time defending champion.[1]

Contents

Key

† Tournament won in a playoff
Wire-to-wire victory (as a major)

Champions

Year Country Champion Course City Region Country Total
score		 To
par		 Notes
2001  KOR Pak, Se RiSe Ri Pak Sunningdale Golf Club Sunningdale Berkshire England 277 -11 [6]
2002  AUS Webb, KarrieKarrie Webb Turnberry Golf Club, Ailsa Course South Ayrshire Ayrshire Scotland 273 -15 [7]
2003  SWE Sörenstam, AnnikaAnnika Sörenstam Royal Lytham & St Annes G.C. Lytham St Annes Lancashire England 278 -10 [8]
2004  ENG Stupples, KarenKaren Stupples Sunningdale Golf Club Sunningdale Berkshire England 269 -19 [9]
2005  KOR Jang, JeongJeong Jang Royal Birkdale Golf Club Southport Merseyside England 272 -16 [10][11]
2006  USA Steinhauer, SherriSherri Steinhauer Royal Lytham & St Annes G.C. Lytham St Annes Lancashire England 281 -7 [12]
2007  MEX Ochoa, LorenaLorena Ochoa Old Course at St Andrews St Andrews Fife Scotland 287 -5 [13]
2008  KOR Shin, Ji-YaiJi-Yai Shin Sunningdale Golf Club Sunningdale Berkshire England 270 -18 [14]
2009  SCO Matthew, CatrionaCatriona Matthew Royal Lytham & St Annes G.C. Lytham St Annes Lancashire England 285 -3 [15]
2010  TWN Tseng, YaniYani Tseng Royal Birkdale Golf Club Southport Merseyside England 277 -11 [16]
2011  TWN Tseng, YaniYani Tseng Carnoustie Golf Links Carnoustie Angus Scotland 272 -16 [17]

Multiple champions

This table lists the golfers who have won more than one Women's British Open as a major. Champions who won in consecutive years are indicated by the years with italics*.

Key
1 First place
Rank Country Golfer Total Years
1  Taiwan Tseng, YaniYani Tseng 2 2010*, 2011*

Champions by nationality

This table lists the total number of titles won by golfers of each nationality as an LPGA major (2001-present).

Rank Nationality Wins Champions First title Last title
1  South Korea 3 3 2001 2008
2  Taiwan 2 1 2010 2011
T3  Australia 1 1 2002
 England 1 1 2004
 Mexico 1 1 2007
 Sweden 1 1 2003
 United States 1 1 2006
 Scotland 1 1 2009

Notes

a This tournament has had two name changes, which are the following; 2001–2006 Weetabix Women's British Open and 2007–present Ricoh Women's British Open.[2]

See also

References

General
Specific
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  2. ^ a b Ricoh Women’s British Open. "History". Ricoh Women’s British Open. http://www.ricohwomensbritishopen.com/History.aspx. Retrieved 2010-07-06. 
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  4. ^ Associated Press (2011-07-20). "Evian Masters to be 5th major in 2013". ESPN.com. http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/6786719/evian-masters-now-fifth-major-lpga-tour-2013. Retrieved 2011-07-21. 
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  7. ^ AP (2002-08-12). "Webb super in slams". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1JINAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YnADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6385,2864894&dq=women's+british+open&hl=en. Retrieved 2010-07-06. 
  8. ^ AP (2003-08-04). "Annika completes career grand slam with win at women’s British Open". The Argus-Press. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z0EiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Mq0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6105,3094346&dq=women's+british+open&hl=en. Retrieved 2010-07-06. 
  9. ^ AP (2004-08-02). "Stupples wins Women’s British Open". The Argus-Press. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oAgoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CAUGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2670,2787607&dq=women's+british+open&hl=en. Retrieved 2010-07-06. 
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  12. ^ Swift, E. M. (2006-08-14). "Going Steady". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1105136. Retrieved 2010-12-10. 
  13. ^ AP (2007-08-06). "Ochoa get the big one". The Milwaukee Sentinel. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=r-IqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=skUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4986,3633847&dq=women's+british+open&hl=en. Retrieved 2010-07-06. 
  14. ^ AP (2008-08-04). "Golf: Shin wins Women's British Open". Malaysia Star. http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/8/4/apworld/20080804113559&sec=apworld. Retrieved 2010-07-06. 
  15. ^ BBC Sports (2009-08-02). "Matthew wins maiden British Open". BBC Sports. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8180553.stm. Retrieved 2010-07-06. 
  16. ^ Neenan, Bill (2010-08-01). "Yani Tseng wins Women's Open at Birkdale". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/aug/01/yani-tseng-womens-british-open. Retrieved 2010-08-02. 
  17. ^ "At Only 22, Tseng Wins Fifth Major". The New York Times. The Associated Press. 2011-07-31. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/sports/golf/2011-womens-british-open-yani-tseng-wins-fifth-major.html. Retrieved 2011-08-01. 

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2001 Se Ri Pak · 2002 Karrie Webb · 2003 Annika Sörenstam · 2004 Karen Stupples · 2005‡ Jang Jeong · 2006 Sherri Steinhauer · 2007‡ Lorena Ochoa · 2008 Jiyai Shin · 2009 Catriona Matthew · 2010 Yani Tseng · 2011 Yani Tseng
‡ event won wire-to-wire