2011 Women's British Open

Golf tournament September 2018 September 2026 2011 Ricoh Women's British Open 2011 Women's British Open FQ - Panmure Golf Club clubhouse (1).jpg Clubhouse pictured at the 2011 Women's British Open Angus, Scotland Carnoustie Golf Links 28–31 July 2011 Ladies' Golf Union Ladies European TourLPGA Tour 72 6490 yd 0 144 players, 68 after cut 145 (+1) $2,500,000€1,736,432 $392,133€272,365 TWN Yani Tseng 272 (−16) 2010 2012 UK Scotland 1 Carnoustie 56.497 -2.717 Location in Scotland 240 The 2011 Ricoh Women's British Open was held 28–31 July at Carnoustie Golf Links in Angus, Scotland. It was the 35th Women's British Open, and the 11th as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. This was the first time for the Women's British Open at Carnoustie, which previously hosted seven Open Championships, most recently in 2007. Yani Tseng became the first to successfully defend her title at the Women's British Open as a major championship, four strokes ahead of runner-up Brittany Lang. She became youngest player, male or female, to win five major titles.http://espn.go.com/espnw/news-opinion/6820754/women-british-open-yani-tseng-makes-history-fifth-major-title https://web.archive.org/web/20121107032959/http://espn.go.com/espnw/news-opinion/6820754/women-british-open-yani-tseng-makes-history-fifth-major-title dead 7 November 2012 Yani Tseng makes history with fifth major win Mair Lewine 11 July 2011 ESPNW 11 July 2011Tseng continues her assault on the record books http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-digest-woman/blogs/golf-digest-woman/2011/07/-carnoustie-scotland----in.html#ixzz1TkExKQw4 Ron Sirak 31 July 2011 Golf Digest 31 July 2011 Exemptions and qualifying events The field for the tournament was 144, and golfers gained a place in three ways. Most players earned exemptions based on good past performances on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA and in previous major championships and top-ranked players in the Women's World Golf Rankings. The rest of the field earned entry by successfully competing in qualifying tournaments open to any professional female golfer or amateur with a low handicap. There were 14 exemption categories for the 2011 Women's British Open. These included: The top 15 finishers (and ties) from the 2010 Women's British Open. The top 10 Ladies European Tour members in the Women's World Golf Rankings who did not finish in the top 15 of the 2010 Women's British Open. The top 30 LPGA Tour members in the Women's World Golf Rankings who did not finish in the top 15 of the 2010 Women's British Open. The top 25 on the current LET money list not already exempt from the 2010 Women's British Open or the world rankings. The top 40 on the current LPGA Tour money list not already exempt from the 2010 Women's British Open or the world rankings. The top five on the current LPGA of Japan Tour money list not already exempt from the 2010 Women's British Open or through the world rankings if they are also members of the LET or LPGA. (Note that these six categories have accounted for approximately 125 entries — or 5/6ths of the players in the final field.) Winners of any recognised LET or LPGA events in the calendar year 2011. The champions from the last 10 editions of the Women's British Open. The champions of the last five editions of one of the other three LPGA majors. Course The 2011 course layout at Carnoustie Golf Links. Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards3943963203693584903811564063,2704033474051414674252134333863,2206,490Par444445434364443543543672 Set-up The par-72 course was set by the Ladies Golf Union (LGU) at 6490 yd m 0,http://info.lgu.org/tic/tmcrsts.cgi?tourn=RW11~season=2011~ LGU.org 2011 Women's British Open – course statistics 29 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120328082806/http://info.lgu.org/tic/tmcrsts.cgi?tourn=RW11~season=2011~ 28 March 2012 dead 931 yd m shorter than the par-71 set-up for the 2007 Open Championship. The short set-up of the course was criticized by several notable golfers and golf commentators. ESPN golf commentator and former LPGA pro Jane Crafter called the LGU "out of touch" with how current women players can play.Crafter, Jane (commentator) British Women's Television Live Coverage of Round 3 Cable Television ESPN 30 July 2011 Defending champion Yani Tseng commented that the famous hole number 18 was set up so that it "put all of the bunkers out of play, put all of the burns out of play." The course groundskeeper agreed that the women had been given "a watered-down version" of Carnoustie and that he did that intentionally after receiving too much criticism for a difficult set-up for the Open Championship in 1999.Golf Digest http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-digest-woman/blogs/golf-digest-woman/2011/07/to-start-carnoustie-conspicuou.html To start, Carnoustie conspicuously absent of teeth 28 July 2011 30 July 2011 Round summaries First round Thursday, 28 July 2011 Place Player Score To par1 KOR Meena Lee65−72 USA Brittany Lincicome67−5T3 SWE Sophie Gustafson68−4 DEU Caroline Masson USA Angela Stanford KOR Amy YangT7 KOR Na Yeon Choi69−3 USA Paula Creamer SWE Caroline Hedwall TWN Amy Hung CAN Lorie Kane KOR Song-Hee Kim JPN Mika Miyazato JPN Momoko Ueda source:First Round Leaderboard http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx?TournamentID=27836&RoundID=1 LPGA 29 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120326061828/http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx?TournamentID=27836&RoundID=1 26 March 2012 dead Second round Friday, 29 July 2011 Place Player R1 R2 Total To par1 DEU Caroline Masson6865133−11T2 KOR Meena Lee6569134−10 KOR Inbee Park7064T4 KOR Na Yeon Choi6967136−8 KOR Se Ri Pak7264 NED Dewi Claire Schreefel70667 TWN Yani Tseng7166137−7T8 SWE Caroline Hedwall6969138−6 USA Brittany Lincicome6771 JPN Mika Miyazato6969 KOR Amy Yang6870 source:Second Round Leaderboard http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx?TournamentID=27836&RoundID=2 LPGA 29 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120326061859/http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx?TournamentID=27836&RoundID=2 26 March 2012 dead Amateurs: Kang (−3), Popov (+1), Pretswell (+2), Taylor (+4), Foster (+6), Meadow (+7). Third round Saturday, 30 July 2011 Place Player R1 R2 R3 Total To par1 DEU Caroline Masson686568201−152 TWN Yani Tseng716666203−13T3 SCO Catriona Matthew706968207−9 KOR Inbee Park7064735 KOR Na Yeon Choi696772208−8T6 SWE Sophie Gustafson687170209−7 USA Brittany Lang707069 KOR Se Ri Pak726473T9 USA Paula Creamer697071210−6 JPN Mika Miyazato696972 SWE Anna Nordqvist707169 NED Dewi Claire Schreefel706674 KOR Sun Young Yoo717069 source:Third Round Leaderboard http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx?TournamentID=27836&RoundID=3 LPGA 30 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120326061908/http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx?TournamentID=27836&RoundID=3 26 March 2012 dead Final round Sunday, 31 July 2011 Place Player R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Money ($)1 TWN Yani Tseng71666669272−16392,133 2 USA Brittany Lang70706967276−12231,065 3 SWE Sophie Gustafson68717068277−11161,746 4 KOR Amy Yang68707367278−10126,536 T5 DEU Caroline Masson68656878279−996,828 SCO Catriona Matthew70696872T7 KOR Na Yeon Choi69677272280−870,695 SWE Anna Nordqvist70716970 KOR Inbee Park70647373 KOR Sun Young Yoo71706970 source:Fourth Round Leaderboard http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx?TournamentID=27836 LPGA 31 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120326061919/http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx?TournamentID=27836 26 March 2012 dead Amateurs: Kang (+2), Popov (+11). Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par444445434 444354354 TWN Tseng −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −14 −13 −14 −14 −14 −15 −16 USA Lang −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −7 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 SWE Gustafson −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 KOR Yang −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 GER Masson −15 −14 −13 −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 −11 −10 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −8 −9 SCO Matthew −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −9 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/2011/ricoh-womens-british-open/ RICOH Women's British Open September 4, 2018 References External links http://www.ricohwomensbritishopen.com LPGA.com - Women's British Open - microsite 2011 56.497 -2.717 type:event title Category:Women's British Open Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland British Open Women's British Open Women's British Open Category:Carnoustie Category:Sport in Angus, Scotland