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)
Field	149 players, 69 after cut
Cut	151 (+5)
Prize fund	$2,000,000; €1,478,135
Winner's share	$320,512; €236,880
Champion
	Lorena Ochoa
	287 (−5)
	← 2006 2008 →

The 2007 Women's British Open was the 31st 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]

St Andrews

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Location in Scotland

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.

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]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 2 August 2007

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Lorena Ochoa	67	−6
T2	Louise Friberg	69	−4
T2	Inbee Park	69	−4
T4	Rebecca Hudson	70	−3
T4	Ai Miyazato	70	−3
T6	Joanne Mills	71	−2
	Meena Lee
	Brittany Lincicome
	Wendy Ward
T10	Tullia Calzavara	72	−1
	Karine Icher
	In-Kyung Kim
	Candie Kung
	Virginie Lagoutte-Clément
	Lee Jee-young
	Sarah Lee
	Min Na-on
	Catrin Nilsmark
	Annika Sörenstam
	Sherri Steinhauer

Second round

Friday, 3 August 2007

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Lorena Ochoa	67-73=140	−6
T2	Catriona Matthew	73-68=141	−5
T2	Wendy Ward	71-70=141	−5
T4	Yuri Fudoh	74-69=143	−3
	Rebecca Hudson	70-73=143
	Karine Icher	72-71=143
	Annika Sörenstam	72-71=143
	Sherri Steinhauer	72-71=143
9	Ji Eun-hee	73-71=144	−2
T10	Louise Friberg	69-76=145	−1
	Sophie Gustafson	73-72=145
	Virginie Lagoutte-Clément	72-73=145
	Lee Jee-young	72-73=145

Amateurs: Mozo (+1), Reid (+2), Choi (+4), Bell (+5), Edwards (+5), Nordqvist (+5), Smith (+5), Watson (+5), Ciganda (+7), McVeigh (+8)

Third round

Saturday, 4 August 2007

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Lorena Ochoa	67-73-73=213	−6
2	Linda Wessberg	74-73-72=219	E
T3	Maria Hjorth	75-73-72=220	+1
	Karine Icher	72-71-77=220
	Lee Jee-young	72-73-75=220
	Annika Sörenstam	72-71-77=220
T7	Ji Eun-hee	73-71-77=221	+2
	Catriona Matthew	73-68-80=221
	Se-ri Pak	73-73-75=221
	Reilley Rankin	73-74-74=221
	Wendy Ward	71-70-80=221

Final round

Sunday, 5 August 2007

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

Amateurs: Reid (+4), Smith (+9), Choi (+11), Bell (+12), Watson (+12), Mozo (+13), Nordqvist (+14), Edwards (+20)

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

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	5	4
Ochoa	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−7	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−5	−5
Hjorth	+1	E	E	+1	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1
Lee	+1	+1	+1	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	E	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1
Rankin	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	E	E	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	−1	−1	E	E
Ji	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1
Pak	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1	E	+1	+1	+1
Wessberg	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2	E	+1	+2	+2	+2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey

Source:^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b "Golf: Women's British Open". Spokesman-Review. 6 August 2007. p. C4. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Leaderboard: 2007 Ricoh Women's British Open". Yahoo! Sports. 5 August 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
^ "Ricoh Women's British Open: 2007 Leaderboard". Ladies European Tour. 5 August 2007. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Millward, Robert (6 August 2007). "Major relief". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D-9. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b Anderson, Kelli (13 August 2007). "Long Time Coming". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
^ "Ochoa opens with 67 at British". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 3 August 2007. p. D-3. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Lorena Ochoa: 2007 Ricoh Women's British Open". Ladies European Tour. 5 August 2007. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b "2007 Ricoh Women's British Open: Course Statistics". Ladies Golf Union. 5 August 2007. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
^ "Ochoa early leader at St. Andrews; Wie shoots 73". ESPN. Associated Press. 3 August 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
^ "RICOH WOMEN'S BRITISH OPEN". LPGA. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

External links

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

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[srscbdwbo-1] "Golf: Women's British Open". Spokesman-Review. 6 August 2007. p. C4. Retrieved 26 July 2013.

[yah07-2] "Leaderboard: 2007 Ricoh Women's British Open". Yahoo! Sports. 5 August 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2013.

[rwbo07-3] "Ricoh Women's British Open: 2007 Leaderboard". Ladies European Tour. 5 August 2007. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.

[mjrel-4] Millward, Robert (6 August 2007). "Major relief". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D-9. Retrieved 26 July 2013.

[ltcmg-5] Anderson, Kelli (13 August 2007). "Long Time Coming". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.

[oow67ab-6] "Ochoa opens with 67 at British". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 3 August 2007. p. D-3. Retrieved 26 July 2013.

[loclet07-7] "Lorena Ochoa: 2007 Ricoh Women's British Open". Ladies European Tour. 5 August 2007. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.

[lgustat07-8] "2007 Ricoh Women's British Open: Course Statistics". Ladies Golf Union. 5 August 2007. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2013.

[oelasta-9] "Ochoa early leader at St. Andrews; Wie shoots 73". ESPN. Associated Press. 3 August 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2013.

[rd4scr-10] "RICOH WOMEN'S BRITISH OPEN". LPGA. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

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