2008 Women's British Open

September 2013 December 2020 2008 Women's British Open Sunningdale GC clubhouse as photographed during the 2008 Ricoh Women's British Open.jpg Sunningdale Clubhouse 31 July – 3 August 2008 Sunningdale, Berkshire, England Sunningdale Golf ClubOld Course Ladies' Golf Union LPGA TourLadies European Tour 72 6408 ydhttp://info.lgu.org/tic/tmcrsts.cgi?tourn=WB08~cardlink=Y~~season=2008~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=Y~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ Ladies Golf Union Course Statistics: 2008 Ricoh Women's British Open 3 August 2008 19 July 2013 September 2026 medicmedic 156 players, 78 after cut 145 (+1) US$2,100,000€1,351,213 $314,464€202,337 KOR Jiyai Shin 270 (−18) 2007 2009 UK England 1 SunningdaleGolf Club 51.387 -0.630 Location in England 240 The 2008 Women's British Open was held 31 July to 3 August at the Old Course of Sunningdale Golf Club in Sunningdale, Berkshire, England, west of London. It was the 32nd Women's British Open and the eighth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. Sunningdale hosted its fourth Women's British Open and its third as an LPGA major. Jiyai Shin shot a final round 66 (−6) to win her first major championship, three strokes ahead of runner-up Yani Tseng.https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=3517246 ESPN Associated Press Shin wins first major by 3 shots 3 August 2008 12 July 2013 Shin won the title again in 2012, while Tseng won consecutive titles in 2010 and 2011. It was the final major for 2003 champion Annika Sörenstam, who finished a dozen strokes back. Field 1. Top 15 players from the 2007 championship. Lorena Ochoa (champion), Maria Hjorth, Jee Young Lee, Reilly Rankin, Se Ri Pak, Ji Eun-hee, Miki Saiki, Paula Creamer, Linda Wessburg, Catriona Matthew, Inbee Park, Mhairi McKay, Yuri Fudoh, Na On Min, Brittany Lincicome 2. Top 10 players from the Ladies European Tour as specified by the Rolex Rankings. Helen Alfredsson, Minea Blomqvist, Laura Davies, Louise Friberg, Sophie Gustafson, Suzann Pettersen, Song Bo-bae, Annika Sörenstam, Lindsey Wright 3. Top 30 players from the LPGA Tour as specified by the Rolex Rankings. Shi Hyun Ahn, Nicole Castrale, Na Yeon Choi, Laura Diaz, Natalie Gulbis, Hee-Won Han, Juli Inkster, Jeong Jang, Cristie Kerr, Christina Kim, In-Kyung Kim, Mi-Hyun Kim, Brittany Lang, Seon Hwa Lee, Ai Miyazato, Angela Park, Stacy Prammanasudh, Morgan Pressel, Angela Stanford, Sherri Steinhauer, Yani Tseng, Momoko Ueda, Karrie Webb 4. Top 25 players in the 2008 Ladies European Tour Order of Merit who have not been specified yet. Maria Boden, Stacy Bregman, Becky Brewerton, Anne-Lise Caudal, Martina Eberl, Nikki Garrett, Lisa Hall, Felicity Johnson, Ludivine Kreutz, Diana Luna, Paula Martí, Joanne Mills, Gwladys Nocera, Marta Prito, Melissa Reid, Marianne Skarpnord, Lisa Holm Sorensen, Louise Stahle, Maria Verchenova, Johanna Westerburg, Amy Yang, Emma Zackrisson, Veronica Zorzi 5. Top 40 players from the 2008 LPGA Tour Money List not already specified. Kyeong Bae, Irene Cho, H.J. Choi, Diane D'Alessio, Allison Fouch, Sandra Gal, Russy Gulyanamitta, Johanna Head, Rachel Hetherington, Katherine Hull, Karine Icher, Kang Soo-yun, Young Kim, Carin Koch, Kelli Kuehne, Candie Kung, Meena Lee, Leta Lindley, Teresa Lu, Meg Mallon, Jill McGill, Kristy McPherson, Janice Moodie, Becky Morgan, Ji Young Oh, Hee Young Park, Jane Park, Alena Sharp, Karin Sjödin, Kris Tamulis, Wendy Ward, Sun Young Yoo, Heather Young 6. Top 5 players from the Japan LPGA Tour in 2008. Yukari Baba, Ji-Hee Lee, Eun-A Lim, Sakura Yokomine 7. Winners of LPGA and Ladies European Tour tournaments in 2008 who have not been specified yet. Trish Johnson 8. Winners of the 2007 LPGA, Korean LPGA Tour, Japan LPGA Tour, and Ladies European Tour money lists who have not been specified yet. Jiyai Shin 9. Past ten winners of the Women's British Open. None not already specified. 10. Past five winners of the U.S. Women's Open. None not already specified. 11. Past five winners of the Kraft Nabisco Championship. Grace Park 12. Past five winners of the LPGA Championship. None not already specified. 13. Winner of the Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup. None not already specified. 14. Top 5 finishers from the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic who are not otherwise exempt. Moira Dunn, Shanshan Feng, Katie Futcher, Paige Mackenzie, Gloria Park 15. The 2008 Ladies British Amateur champ, the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur champ, the 2007 European Ladies Amateur champ (if all have not turned pro before championship). Caroline Hedwall (a), Anna Nordqvist (a), Maria José Uribe (a) 16. Players successful in Final Qualifying (28 July) Liz Bennett (a), Erica Blasberg, Krystle Caithness (a), Rebecca Coakley, Claire Coughlan-Ryan, Stefani Croce, Naomi Edwards (a), Tanya Elosegui Mayor, Lora Fairclough, Martina Gillen, Lydia Hall (a), Leah Hart, Samantha Head, Kiran Matharu, Anja Monke, Lee-Ann Pace, Margherita Rigon, Iben Tinning, Marjet van der Graff. Course layout Sunningdale Golf ClubOld Course Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards4854893181524003863931682733,0644593224161825032104154254123,3446,408Par554344434365443534443672 Source: Previous lengths of the course for the Women's British Open (since 2001): 2004: 6392 yd, par 72 2001: 6255 yd, par 72 Round summaries First round Thursday, 31 July 2008 The first round lead belonged to 48-year-old Juli Inkster at 65 (−7),https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yvghAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mqIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3510%2C149783 Reading Eagle Not finished yet: Inkster leads British 1 August 2008 D-3 26 July 2013 as 64 players broke par. One stroke back were seven players at 66 (−6): Momoko Ueda, Laura Diaz, Johanna Head, Yuri Fudoh, Ji Young Oh, Jiyai Shin, and Stacy Prammanasudh. Four players were tied at two shots off the pace, including the 2004 champion at Sunningdale; Karen Stupples. Many well-known players stood at 69 (−3), including number-one ranked player Lorena Ochoa, Natalie Gulbis, and last week's Evian Masters winner Helen Alfredsson. However, many other top-ranked or well-known players struggled with their rounds, including Cristie Kerr at 71 and Paula Creamer, Karrie Webb, and Annika Sörenstam at even-par 72.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yvghAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mqIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5298%2C161868 Reading Eagle Scoreboard: LPGA 1 August 2008 D-6 26 July 2013 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Juli Inkster65−7T2 JPN Momoko Ueda66−6 USA Laura Diaz KOR Ji Young Oh JPN Yuri Fudoh ENG Johanna Head USA Stacy Prammanasudh KOR Jiyai ShinT9 USA Kristy McPherson67−5 ENG Karen Stupples ENG Rebecca Hudson USA Sherri Steinhauer Source: Second round Friday, 1 August 2008 Friday's low round of 65 (−7) belonged to Kerr, who jumped into a tie for fourth at 136 (−8). First-round leader Inkster shot a 70 for 135 (−9) and in sole possession of third place. The co-leaders after 36 holes were Fudoh and Shin; each shot 68 to improve to 134 (−10). PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 JPN Yuri Fudoh66-68=134−10 KOR Jiyai Shin66-68=1343 USA Juli Inkster65-70=135−9T4 USA Cristie Kerr71-65=136−8 KOR Song Bo-bae68-68=136T6 USA Natalie Gulbis69-68=137−7 JPN Ai Miyazato73-69=137 MEX Lorena Ochoa69-68=137T9 USA Laura Diaz66-72=138−6 JPN Momoko Ueda66-72=138 SWE Sophie Gustafson69-69=138 KOR Ji Eun-hee68-70=138 Amateurs: Nordqvist (−1), Uribe (+1), Bennett (+2), Feng (+2), Gal (+3), Edwards (+4), Hall (+8), Caithness (+11), Hedwall (+11). Third round Saturday, 2 August 2008 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 JPN Yuri Fudoh66-68-69=203−132 KOR Jiyai Shin66-68-70=204−123 JPN Ai Miyazato68-69-68=205−11T4 USA Juli Inkster65-70-71=206−10 USA Cristie Kerr71-65-70=206T6 USA Natalie Gulbis69-68-70=207−9 KOR Ji Eun-hee68-70-69=207 KOR Mi Hyun Kim70-70-67=207 TWN Yani Tseng70-69-68=207T10 KOR Na Yeon Choi69-71-68=207−8 MEX Lorena Ochoa69-68-71=207 JPN Momoko Ueda66-72-70=207 Final round Sunday, 3 August 2008 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 KOR Jiyai Shin66-68-70-66=270−18314,4642 TWN Yani Tseng70-69-68-66=273−15196,540T3 JPN Yuri Fudoh66-68-69-71=274−14122,838 KOR Ji Eun-hee68-70-69-67=2745 JPN Ai Miyazato68-69-68-70=275−1388,4436 USA Cristie Kerr71-65-70-70=276−1276,651T7 MEX Lorena Ochoa69-68-71-69=277−1165,841 JPN Momoko Ueda66-72-70-69=277T9 USA Paula Creamer72-69-70-67=278−1047,563 USA Natalie Gulbis69-68-70-71=278 KOR Hee-Won Han71-69-71-67=278 KOR In-Kyung Kim71-68-72-67=278 AUS Karrie Webb72-69-69-68=278 Amateurs: Nordqvist (−3), Uribe (+6). Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par554344434544353444 KOR Shin −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −16 −16 −16 −17 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18 TWN Tseng −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −14 −14 −14 −15 JPN Fudoh −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −14 −14 −14 KOR Ji −10 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −13 −14 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 JPN Miyazato −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −13 USA Kerr −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −10 −11 −12 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 MEX Ochoa −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 JPN Ueda −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |} Source:Golf Channel https://www.golfchannel.com/tours/lpga/2008/ricoh-womens-british-open/ RICOH Women's British Open 14 September 2018 References External links Ladies European Tour: 2008 Ricoh Women's British Open results LPGA: 2008 Ricoh Women's British Open results 2008 51.388 -0.631 type:event title Category:Women's British Open Category:Golf tournaments in England Category:Sport in Berkshire Category:Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead British Open Women's British Open Women's British Open Women's British Open Category:2000s in Berkshire