2001 Women's British Open

2001 Women's British Open
Tournament information
Dates2–5 August 2001
LocationSunningdale, Berkshire, England
Course(s)Sunningdale Golf Club
Old Course
Organized byLadies' Golf Union
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Ladies European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,255 yards (5,720 m)[1]
Field144 players, 70 after cut
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fund$1,500,000
1,712,307
£1,048,951
Winner's share$221,650
€253,022
£155,000
Champion
Se-ri Pak
277 (−11)
Sunningdale
Golf Club
Location in England

The 2001 Women's British Open was held 2–5 August in England at Sunningdale Golf Club, southwest of London in Sunningdale, Berkshire. It was the 25th edition of the Women's British Open, and the first as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. It replaced the du Maurier Classic in Canada as the fourth and final major of the season.

On Sunningdale's Old Course, Se-ri Pak won the third of her five major titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Mi -Hyun Kim.[2] Four strokes behind leader Catriona Matthew after 54 holes and tied for ninth,[3] Pak eagled the first hole on Sunday and shot a final round 66 (−6) for 277 (−11).[2][4]

The event was televised by ESPN and ABC Sports in the United States and BBC Sport in the United Kingdom.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 2 August 2001

Place Player Score To par
1 Janice Moodie 67 −5
T2 Laura Davies 68 −4
Johanna Head
T4 Elisabeth Esterl 69 −3
Kelly Robbins
T6 Marlene Hedblom 70 −2
Trish Johnson
Rosie Jones
Lorie Kane
Catriona Matthew
Jill McGill
Mhairi McKay
Marine Monnet
Grace Park
Annika Sörenstam

Second round

Friday, 3 August 2001

Place Player Score To par
1 Catriona Matthew 70-65=135 −9
T2 Trish Johnson 70-67=137 −7
Mi-Hyun Kim 72-65=137
Janice Moodie 67-70=137
5 Johanna Head 68-70=138 −6
6 Rosie Jones 70-69=139 −5
T7 Helen Alfredsson 71-69=140 −4
Dorothy Delasin 71-69=140
Wendy Doolan 72-68=140
Elisabeth Esterl 69-71=140
Jill McGill 70-70=140
Iben Tinning 71-69=140

Amateurs: Hudson (−3), Prieto (+6)

Third round

Saturday, 4 August 2001

Place Player Score To par
1 Catriona Matthew 70-65-72=207 −9
T2 Lora Fairclough 71-70-67=208 −8
Mi-Hyun Kim 72-65-71=208
Janice Moodie 67-70-71=208
T5 Trish Johnson 70-67-72=209 −7
Karrie Webb 74-67-68=209
T7 Laura Davies 68-73-69=210 −6
Rosie Jones 70-69-71=210
T9 Kasumi Fujii 71-71-69=211 −5
Tracy Hanson 72-69-70=211
Rebecca Hudson (a) 71-70-70=211
Se-ri Pak 71-70-70=211

Final round

Sunday, 5 August 2001

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Se-ri Pak 71-70-70-66=277 −11 221,650
2 Mi-Hyun Kim 72-65-71-71=279 −9 143,000
T3 Laura Diaz 74-70-69-67=280 −8 74,092
Catriona Matthew 70-65-72-73=280
Janice Moodie 67-70-71-72=280
Iben Tinning 71-69-72-68=280
T7 Marina Arruti 71-73-70-67=281 −7 36,608
Kasumi Fujii 71-71-69-70=281
Kathryn Imrie 75-71-68-67=281
Kelli Kuehne 71-70-71-69=281
Kristal Parker-Manzo 72-71-71-67=281

Amateur: Hudson (−3)

Source:[1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Scoreboard: Women's British Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). 6 August 2001. p. 5E.
  2. ^ a b Garrity, John (13 August 2001). "Major accomplishment". Sports Illustrated. p. G11.
  3. ^ "Matthew weathers Webb's round". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. 5 August 2001. p. 3G.
  4. ^ a b Millward, Robert (6 August 2001). "Major step". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. C-2.

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