2008 Women's British Open

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2008 Women's British Open
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Sunningdale Clubhouse
Tournament information
Dates31 July – 3 August 2008
Location Sunningdale, Berkshire, England
Course(s) Sunningdale Golf Club
Old Course
Organized by Ladies' 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
Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin
270 (−18)
  2007
2009  
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Sunningdale
Golf Club
Location in England

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.

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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

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

Old Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4854893181524003863931682733,0644593224161825032104154254123,3446,408
Par554344434365443534443672

Source: [1]

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

Round summaries

First round

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]

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

Source: [4]

Second round

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).

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

Saturday, 2 August 2008

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

Final round

Sunday, 3 August 2008

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1 Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin 66-68-70-66=270−18314,464
2 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yani Tseng 70-69-68-66=273−15196,540
T3 Flag of Japan.svg Yuri Fudoh 66-68-69-71=274−14122,838
Flag of South Korea.svg Ji Eun-hee 68-70-69-67=274
5 Flag of Japan.svg Ai Miyazato 68-69-68-70=275−1388,443
6 Flag of the United States.svg Cristie Kerr 71-65-70-70=276−1276,651
T7 Flag of Mexico.svg Lorena Ochoa 69-68-71-69=277−1165,841
Flag of Japan.svg Momoko Ueda 66-72-70-69=277
T9 Flag of the United States.svg Paula Creamer 72-69-70-67=278−1047,563
Flag of the United States.svg Natalie Gulbis 69-68-70-71=278
Flag of South Korea.svg Hee-Won Han 71-69-71-67=278
Flag of South Korea.svg In-Kyung Kim 71-68-72-67=278
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb 72-69-69-68=278

Amateurs: Nordqvist (−3), Uribe (+6).

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par554344434544353444
Flag of South Korea.svg Shin−13−13−13−13−14−14−14−14−15−16−16−16−17−18−18−18−18−18
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Tseng−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−10−11−12−12−12−12−13−14−14−14−15
Flag of Japan.svg Fudoh−14−14−14−14−14−14−14−14−13−14−14−14−14−14−15−14−14−14
Flag of South Korea.svg Ji−10−12−12−11−11−11−11−11−12−13−14−13−13−13−13−13−13−14
Flag of Japan.svg Miyazato−12−13−13−13−13−13−12−13−13−14−14−14−14−15−15−15−15−13
Flag of the United States.svg Kerr−10−11−11−12−12−12−11−10−11−12−13−12−12−12−12−12−12−12
Flag of Mexico.svg Ochoa−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−10−10−10−10−11
Flag of Japan.svg 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

EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey

Source: [5]

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