2007 Women's British Open

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]

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)[1]
Field	149 players, 69 after cut[2]
Cut	151 (+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

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.

Field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Se Ri Pak	South Korea	2001	73	73	75	72	293	+1	T5
Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	2003	72	71	77	76	296	+4	T16
Sherri Steinhauer	United States	2006	72	71	80	74	297	+5	T23
Karrie Webb	Australia	2002	77	73	74	75	299	+7	T28
Karen Stupples	England	2004	75	72	78	76	301	+9	T42

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Jeong Jang	South Korea	2005	76	77	153	+7

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

Second round

Friday, 3 August 2007

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

Third round

Saturday, 4 August 2007

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

Final round

Sunday, 5 August 2007

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

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

1. "Golf: Women's British Open". Spokesman-Review. 6 August 2007. p. C4. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
2. "Leaderboard: 2007 Ricoh Women's British Open". Yahoo! Sports. 5 August 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
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. Millward, Robert (6 August 2007). "Major relief". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. D-9. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
5. Anderson, Kelli (13 August 2007). "Long Time Coming". Sports Illustrated. 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. "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. "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 October 20, 2018.

External links

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