2007 Women's British Open

2007 Women's British Open
Mhairi McKay during practice round
Tournament information
Dates2–5 August 2007
LocationSt Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Course(s)Old Course at St Andrews
Organized byLadies' Golf Union
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Ladies European Tour
Statistics
Par73
Length6,638 yards (6,070 m)[1]
Field149 players, 69 after cut[2]
Cut151 (+5)
Prize fund$2,000,000
€1,478,135
Winner's share$320,512
€236,880[3]
Champion
Lorena Ochoa
287 (−5)
St Andrews
Location in Scotland

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]

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

Main article: Old Course at St Andrews
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
Inbee Park
T4 Rebecca Hudson 70 −3
Ai Miyazato
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
Wendy Ward 71-70=141
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
Lee Jee-young 72-73-75-71=291
4 Reilley Rankin 73-74-74-71=292 E 110,176
T5 Ji Eun-hee 73-71-77-72=293 +1 84,135
Se-ri Pak 73-73-75-72=293
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

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  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.
  4. ^ a b c d Millward, Robert (6 August 2007). "Major relief". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D-9. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  5. ^ a b Anderson, Kelli (13 August 2007). "Long Time Coming". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Ochoa opens with 67 at British". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 3 August 2007. p. D-3. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Ochoa early leader at St. Andrews; Wie shoots 73". ESPN. Associated Press. 3 August 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  10. ^ "RICOH WOMEN'S BRITISH OPEN". LPGA. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

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