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

Mhairi McKay during practice round
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)
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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.

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]