List of Women's British Open champions

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Yani Tseng, the only golfer to date to win two Women's British Opens as a major championship consecutively in 2010 and 2011. Tseng is pictured with the championship trophy. 2011 Women's British Open - Tseng Yani (7) cropped.jpg
Yani Tseng, the only golfer to date to win two Women's British Opens as a major championship consecutively in 2010 and 2011. Tseng is pictured with the championship trophy.

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 R&A. Established in 1976, it has been recognised as a major championship by the Ladies European Tour (LET) since 1992, [1] became a recognised LPGA event in 1994, and became one of the LPGA's major championships in 2001. As of 2021 it is the fifth and last of the LPGA's five majors, preceded by the ANA Inspiration (formerly Kraft Nabisco Championship), U.S. Women's Open, the Women's PGA Championship and the Evian Championship (formerly Evian Masters). This event has always been conducted in stroke play competition. [2] [3]

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Yani Tseng's victories in 2010 and 2011 and Jiyai Shin's in 2008 and 2012 make them the only two golfers 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. [2] The Women's British Open has had two wire-to-wire champions as a major: Jang Jeong in 2005 and Lorena Ochoa in 2007. [4]

Key

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

Champions

Karen Stupples won in 2004 by the lowest score. 2009 Women's British Open - Karen Stupples (13).jpg
Karen Stupples won in 2004 by the lowest score.
Jiyai Shin won by the widest margin of nine strokes in 2012, and is a two-time champion. 2010 Women's British Open - Shin Jiyai (10).jpg
Jiyai Shin won by the widest margin of nine strokes in 2012, and is a two-time champion.
YearCountryChampionCourseCityRegionCountryTotal
score		To
par 		Notes
2001Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Se Ri Pak Sunningdale Golf Club Sunningdale Berkshire England 277−11 [5]
2002Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Karrie Webb Turnberry Golf Club, Ailsa Course South Ayrshire Ayrshire Scotland 273−15 [6]
2003Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Annika Sörenstam Royal Lytham & St Annes G.C. Lytham St Annes Lancashire England 278−10 [7]
2004Flag of England.svg  England Karen Stupples Sunningdale Golf Club Sunningdale Berkshire England 269−19 [8]
2005‡Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Jeong Jang Royal Birkdale Golf Club Southport Merseyside England 272−16 [9] [10]
2006Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Sherri Steinhauer Royal Lytham & St Annes G.C. Lytham St Annes Lancashire England 281−7 [11]
2007‡Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Lorena Ochoa Old Course at St Andrews St Andrews Fife Scotland 287−5 [12]
2008Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Jiyai Shin Sunningdale Golf Club Sunningdale Berkshire England 270−18 [13]
2009Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Catriona Matthew Royal Lytham & St Annes G.C. Lytham St Annes Lancashire England 285−3 [14]
2010Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan Yani Tseng Royal Birkdale Golf Club Southport Merseyside England 277−11 [15]
2011Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan Yani Tseng Carnoustie Golf Links Carnoustie Angus Scotland 272−16 [16]
2012Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Jiyai Shin Royal Liverpool Golf Club Hoylake Merseyside England 279−9
2013Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Stacy Lewis Old Course at St Andrews St Andrews Fife Scotland 280−8
2014Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Mo Martin Royal Birkdale Golf Club Southport Merseyside England 287−1
2015Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Inbee Park Trump Turnberry South Ayrshire Ayrshire Scotland 276−12
2016Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn Woburn Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire England 272−16
2017Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea In-Kyung Kim Kingsbarns Fife Fife Scotland 270−18
2018Flag of England.svg  England Georgia Hall Royal Lytham & St Annes G.C. Lytham St Annes Lancashire England 271−17
2019Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Hinako Shibuno Woburn Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire England 270−18
2020Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Sophia Popov Royal Troon Troon South Ayrshire Scotland 277−7
2021Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Anna Nordqvist Carnoustie Golf Links Carnoustie Angus Scotland 276−12
2022Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Ashleigh Buhai Muirfield Golf Links Gullane East Lothian Scotland 274−10
2023Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Lilia Vu Walton Heath Golf Club Surrey South East England 274−14

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
1First place
RankCountryGolferTotalYears
1Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan Yani Tseng 22010*, 2011*
1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Jiyai Shin 22008, 2012

Champions by nationality

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

RankNationalityWinsChampionsFirst titleLast title
1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 6520012017
2Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 4420062023
T3Flag of England.svg  England 2220042018
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2220032021
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 2120102011
T6Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 112002
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 112020
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 112019
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 112007
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 112009
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 112022
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 112016

Notes

a This tournament has had several names, which are the following; 2001–2006: Weetabix Women's British Open, 2007–2018: Ricoh Women's British Open, 2019: AIG Women's British Open, 2020–present AIG Women's Open. [17]

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