2001 Women's British Open

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.

2001 Women's British Open

Tournament information
Dates	2–5 August 2001
Location	Sunningdale, Berkshire, England
Course(s)	Sunningdale Golf Club Old Course
Organized by	Ladies' Golf Union
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour Ladies European Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,255 yards (5,720 m)[1]
Field	144 players, 70 after cut
Cut	146 (+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)
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Sunningdale
Golf Club

Location in England

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]