2009 Women's British Open

The 2009 Women's British Open was held 30 July – 2 August at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. It was the 33rd Women's British Open and the ninth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. Catriona Matthew won her only major, three strokes ahead of runner-up Karrie Webb.[2][3]

2009 Women's British Open

Tournament information
Dates	30 July – 2 August 2009
Location	Lancashire, England
Course(s)	Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Organized by	Ladies' Golf Union
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour Ladies European Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,492 yards (5,936 m)[1]
Field	144 players, 71 after cut
Cut	153 (+9)
Prize fund	$2,200,000 €1,543,520
Winner's share	$335,000 €235,036
Champion
Catriona Matthew
285 (−3)

Lytham &
St Annes

Location in England

It was the fourth Women's British Open at Royal Lytham and the third as an LPGA major, most recently in 2006. The course had also hosted ten Open Championships, most recently in 2001. The par-72 course was set by the Ladies Golf Union at 6,492 yards (5,936 m),[1] 413 yards (378 m) shorter than the par-71 set-up for The Open Championship in 2001.

Matthew became the first Scot to win the title, just eleven weeks after giving birth to her second child in mid-May.[2][3]

Field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Karrie Webb	Australia	2002	77	71	72	68	288	E	2
Jiyai Shin	South Korea	2008	77	71	68	75	291	+3	T8
Se Ri Pak	South Korea	2001	76	71	73	74	294	+6	T20
Jeong Jang	South Korea	2005	79	73	72	72	296	+8	T25
Lorena Ochoa	Mexico	2007	75	77	72	74	298	+10	T28

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Karen Stupples	England	2004	82	77	159	+15

Course layout

Main article: Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	199	401	419	371	170	492	542	389	156	3,139	334	487	160	340	420	464	343	419	386	3,353	6,492
Par	3	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	3	35	4	5	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	37	72

Source:[1]

Previous lengths of the course for the Women's British Open (since 2001):

• 2006: 6,480 yards (5,925 m), par 72
• 2003: 6,308 yards (5,768 m), par 72

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 30 July 2009

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Sandra Gal	Germany	69	−3
T2	Song-Hee Kim	South Korea	70	−2
	Angela Stanford	United States
T4	Yuko Mitsuka	Japan	71	−1
	Hee-Young Park	South Korea
6	Maria Hjorth	Sweden	72	E
T7	Kyeong Eun Bae	South Korea	73	+1
	Christina Kim	United States
	Vikki Laing	Scotland
	Michelle Wie	United States

Second round

Friday, 31 July 2009

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Catriona Matthew	Scotland	74-67=141	−3
	Giulia Sergas	Italy	74-67=141
3	Yuko Mitsuka	Japan	71-71=142	−2
4	Song-Hee Kim	South Korea	70-73=143	−1
T5	Kyeong Eun Bae	South Korea	73-71=144	E
	Christina Kim	United States	73-71=144
	Yani Tseng	Taiwan	74-70=144
T8	Sophie Gustafson	Sweden	74-71=145	+1
	Marianne Skarpnord	Norway	76-69=145
T10	Hee-Young Park	South Korea	71-75=146	+2
	Jane Park	United States	74-72=146
	Ai Miyazato	Japan	75-71=146
	Angela Stanford	United States	70-76=146

Third round

Saturday, 1 August 2009

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Catriona Matthew	Scotland	74-67-71=212	−4
2	Christina Kim	United States	73-71-71=215	−1
T3	Ai Miyazato	Japan	75-71-70=216	E
	Jiyai Shin	South Korea	77-71-68=216
T5	Song-Hee Kim	South Korea	70-73-74=217	+1
	Mika Miyazato	Japan	76-72-69=217
T7	Kyeong Eun Bae	South Korea	73-71-74=218	+2
	Paula Creamer	United States	74-74-70=218
	Shinobu Moromizato	Japan	74-73-71=218
	Jane Park	United States	74-72-72=218

Final round

Sunday, 2 August 2009

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Catriona Matthew	Scotland	74-67-71-73=285	−3	335,000
2	Karrie Webb	Australia	77-71-72-68=288	E	210,000
T3	Paula Creamer	United States	74-74-70-71=289	+1	109,500
	Hee-Won Han	South Korea	77-73-69-70=289
	Christina Kim	United States	73-71-71-74=289
	Ai Miyazato	Japan	75-71-70-73=289
7	Kristy McPherson	United States	74-74-72-70=290	+2	74,000
T8	Na Yeon Choi	South Korea	80-71-70-70=291	+3	61,000
	Cristie Kerr	United States	76-71-75-69=291
	Jiyai Shin	South Korea	77-71-68-75=291

Source:[4]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	3	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	5	4	4	4
Matthew	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−4	−4	−3	−3
Webb	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+1	E	E	E
Creamer	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	−1	−1	+1
Han	+3	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1
Kim	−1	E	E	+1	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	+1	E	+1	+1	+1
Miyazato	+1	E	+1	+1	+1	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	−1	−1	+1	+1
McPherson	+4	+4	+5	+5	+5	+4	+4	+4	+4	+3	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2
Shin	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

References

1. "Course Statistics: 2009 Ricoh Women's British Open". Ladies Golf Union. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
2. Reason, Mark (2 August 2009). "Catriona Matthew wins Women's British Open". The Telegraph. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
3. Murray, Ewan (2 August 2009). "Catriona Matthew takes British Open to be first Scot to win a women's major". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
4. "RICOH Women's British Open". Golf Channel. Retrieved 4 September 2018.

External links

• Ladies European Tour: 2009 Ricoh Women's British Open results
• LPGA: 2009 Ricoh Women's British Open results