2011 Women's British Open
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The 2011 Women's British Open was contested from 28 July through 31 July 2011 at Carnoustie Golf Links
Carnoustie Golf Links
The Carnoustie Golf Links are in Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland. Its historic championship golf course is one of the venues in the Open Championship rotation.-History:...

 in Angus
Angus
Angus is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City...

, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. It was the 36th edition of the Women's British Open
Women's British Open
The Women's British Open is a leading event in women's professional golf and the only tournament which is classified as a major championship by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. Since 2007, it has been called the Ricoh Women's British Open, for sponsorship reasons...

, and the 11th as a major championship
Women's major golf championships
Women's golf has a set of major championships which parallels that in men's golf, but the women's system is younger and has been less stable than the men's. Many professional stroke play events for women are played over three rounds , but the majors are played over four rounds , which is the...

 on the LPGA Tour
LPGA
The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...

. This was the first time the Women's British Open was held at Carnoustie, which has hosted seven Open Championships
The Open Championship
The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...

, most recently in 2007
2007 Open Championship
The 2007 Open Championship was the 136th Open Championship, played 19-22 July at Carnoustie Golf Links. Pádraig Harrington of Ireland defeated Sergio García of Spain in a playoff to take the title and his first major championship...

.

This event was won by Yani Tseng
Yani Tseng
Yani Tseng is a Taiwanese professional golfer currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships and is currently ranked number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings....

 by four strokes over American Brittany Lang
Brittany Lang
Brittany Lang is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in McKinney, Texas, Lang had a decorated amateur career. She won eight American Junior Golf Association events and was a two-time First-Team Polo Golf Junior...

. The win marked the first-time as a major championship that the Women's British Open was won by a repeat champion. Additionally, this win marked the first-time that the event was won consecutively as a major. It also made Yani Tseng the youngest player, male or female, to win five major championships.

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
Women's World Golf Rankings
The Women's World Golf Rankings, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Rolex Rankings, were introduced in February 2006. They are sanctioned by the five main women's golf tours and the organisations behind them: Ladies Professional Golf Association , Ladies European Tour, Ladies Professional...

. 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
    Ladies European Tour
    The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1979. It is based in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal structure which enables it to focus on maximising returns to its members through prize money,...

     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
    LPGA
    The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...

     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
    LPGA of Japan Tour
    The Japan LPGA Tour is a professional golf tour for women organised by the Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan. It is the second richest women's golf tour in the world. The U.S.-based LPGA Tour is the most important women's tour, but the prize money gap has closed markedly since the...

     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.

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Yani Tseng
Yani Tseng
Yani Tseng is a Taiwanese professional golfer currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships and is currently ranked number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings....

 
2010
2010 Women's British Open
The 2010 Women's British Open was contested from July 29 thru August 1 at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. It was the 35th edition of the Women's British Open, and the tenth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour....

 
71 66 66 69 272
1
Catriona Matthew
Catriona Matthew
Catriona Isobel Matthew MBE is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...

 
2009
2009 Women's British Open
The 2009 Women's British Open was contested from July 30 thru August 2 at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. It was the 34th edition of the Women's British Open, and the ninth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour....

 
70 69 68 72 279 -9 T5
Se Ri Pak
Se Ri Pak
Pak Se Ri is a South Korean professional golfer, playing on the LPGA Tour. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in November 2007.-Career overview:...

 
2001
2001 Women's British Open
The 2001 Women's British Open was contested from August 2-5 at Sunningdale Golf Club in Berkshire, England. It was the 26th edition of the Women's British Open, and the first as a major championship on the LPGA Tour....

 
72 64 73 74 283 -5 T14
Jiyai Shin  2008
2008 Women's British Open
-Exempt Players:1. Top 15 players from the 2007 championship.Lorena Ochoa , Maria Hjorth, Jee Young Lee, Reilly Rankin, Se Ri Pak, Eun-Hee Ji, Miki Saiki, Paula Creamer, Linda Wessburg, Catriona Matthew, Inbee Park, Mhairi McKay, Yuri Fudoh, Na On Min, Brittany Lincicome2...

 
75 66 72 71 284
21
Karen Stupples
Karen Stupples
Karen Louise Stupples is an English professional golfer who plays primarily on the U.S. based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...

 
2004
2004 Women's British Open
The 2004 Women's British Open was contested from 29 July thru 1 August at Sunningdale Golf Club in Berkshire, England. It was the 29th edition of the Women's British Open, and the fourth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour....

 
74 68 72 71 285
T22
Karrie Webb
Karrie Webb
Karrie Ann Webb AM is Australia's most successful female professional golfer, and one of the top players in the history of global women's golf. She currently plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country. She is a member of...

 
2002
2002 Women's British Open
The 2002 Women's British Open was contested from 8–11 August at Turnberry, Alisa Course, in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the 27th edition of the Women's British Open, and the second as a major championship on the LPGA Tour....

 
70 71 72 72 285
T22

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Sherri Steinhauer
Sherri Steinhauer
Sherri Steinhauer is an American golfer who currently plays on the LPGA Tour and on the Legends Tour. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin and attended The University of Texas at Austin. Her rookie season on the LPGA Tour was 1986. She has won eight tournaments on the Tour, including two major...

 
2006
2006 Women's British Open
The 2006 Women's British Open was contested from August 3-6 at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. It was the 31st edition of the Women's British Open, and the sixth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. It was the final Open sponsored by Weetabix, replaced by Ricoh in...

 
78 73 151 +7

Layout

Front Nine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out
Yardage 394 396 320 369 358 490 381 156 406 3,270
Par 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 36


Back Nine 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yardage 403 347 405 141 467 425 213 433 386 3,220 6,490
Par 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 4 36 72

Set-up

The par-72 course was set by the Ladies Golf Union (LGU) at 6490 yards (5,934.5 m), 931 yards (851.3 m) shorter than the par-71 set-up for the 2007 Open Championship
2007 Open Championship
The 2007 Open Championship was the 136th Open Championship, played 19-22 July at Carnoustie Golf Links. Pádraig Harrington of Ireland defeated Sergio García of Spain in a playoff to take the title and his first major championship...

.

The short set-up of the course was criticized by several notable golfers and golf commentators. ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....

 golf commentator and former LPGA pro Jane Crafter
Jane Crafter
Jane Crafter is an Australian-American professional golfer and golf broadcster who played on the LPGA Tour. She holds dual citizenship in Australia and the United States .Crafter won once on the LPGA Tour in 1990...

 called the LGU "out of touch" with how current women players can play. 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.

First

Played on Thursday, 28 July 2011

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Meena Lee
Meena Lee
Meena Lee is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the United States-based LPGA Tour.Lee was born in Jeonju, South Korea. She took up golf at the age of fourteen, which is unusually late for a future professional golfer, but just a few years later, in 2000, she became the Korean Amateur...

65 −7
2 Brittany Lincicome
Brittany Lincicome
Brittany Grace Lincicome is an American professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. She currently resides in Seminole, Florida....

67 −5
T3 Sophie Gustafson
Sophie Gustafson
Sophie Gustafson is a Swedish professional golfer. She is a member of U.S. based LPGA Tour and a life member of the Ladies European Tour. She has five LPGA and 21 international wins in her career...

68 −4
Caroline Masson
Angela Stanford
Angela Stanford
Angela Stanford is an American professional golfer who currently competes on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Stanford was born in Fort Worth, Texas. As a junior golfer, she won the Fort Worth Girls Championship four times , the 1996 Texas State 4A High School Championship and the 1996 PING Texas...

Amy Yang
Amy Yang
Amy Yang, also known as Yang Hee-Young is a Korean professional golfer, currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour .-Amateur career:...

T7 Na Yeon Choi
Na Yeon Choi
Na Yeon Choi is a South Korean female professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:At age 17 in 2004, Choi won the ADT CAPS Invitational on the LPGA of Korea Tour , beating future Hall-of-Famer Se Ri Pak by four strokes. Choi turned professional shortly thereafter, in...

69 −3
Paula Creamer
Paula Creamer
Paula Creamer is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 11 tournaments, including 9 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high as number 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She was the 2010 U.S...

Caroline Hedwall
Caroline Hedwall
Caroline Hedwall is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. She lives in Löddeköpinge, Sweden....

Amy Hung
Amy Hung
Amy Hung is a professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur wins:*1992 Junior World Golf Championships *1993 Greg Norman Junior Masters...

Lorie Kane
Lorie Kane
Lorie Kane, CM is a professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. She began her career on the LPGA Tour in 1996 and has four career victories on the tour...

Song-Hee Kim
Song-Hee Kim
Song-Hee Kim is a Korean female professional golfer currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour.-Futures Tour :*2006 Louisiana Pelican Classic, IOS Golf Classic, Aurora Health Care Championship, CIGNA Chip in For A Cure FUTURES Golf Classic, The Gettysburg Championship-Results in LPGA...

Mika Miyazato
Mika Miyazato
Mika Miyazato is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour.As an amateur, Miyazato won the 2004 Japan Amateur Women's Championship at the age of 14, and was the youngest player to win the event. In the Asian Games, she won silver medals in the...

Momoko Ueda
Momoko Ueda
is a female professional golfer who in 2007 at the age of 21 became the youngest player in the history of the Japan LPGA Tour to finish first on the money list. She is currently playing on the United State-based LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:...


Second

Played on Friday, 29 July 2011

Place Player Country R1 R2 Total To par
1 Caroline Masson 68 65 133 −11
T2 Meena Lee
Meena Lee
Meena Lee is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the United States-based LPGA Tour.Lee was born in Jeonju, South Korea. She took up golf at the age of fourteen, which is unusually late for a future professional golfer, but just a few years later, in 2000, she became the Korean Amateur...

65 69 134 −10
Inbee Park
Inbee Park
Inbee Park, also known as In-Bee Park, is a South Korean professional golfer.-Early life and amateur career:Park was born in Seoul. She began playing golf at the age of 10. After moving to the United States, she won nine events on the American Junior Golf Association circuit and was a five-time...

70 64
T4 Na Yeon Choi
Na Yeon Choi
Na Yeon Choi is a South Korean female professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:At age 17 in 2004, Choi won the ADT CAPS Invitational on the LPGA of Korea Tour , beating future Hall-of-Famer Se Ri Pak by four strokes. Choi turned professional shortly thereafter, in...

69 67 136 −8
Se Ri Pak
Se Ri Pak
Pak Se Ri is a South Korean professional golfer, playing on the LPGA Tour. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in November 2007.-Career overview:...

72 64
Dewi Claire Schreefel
Dewi Claire Schreefel
Dewi Claire Schreefel is a Dutch female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and formerly on the Futures Tour.-Personal:Schreefel was born in Alkmaar, Netherlands on 12 November 1985...

70 66
7 Yani Tseng
Yani Tseng
Yani Tseng is a Taiwanese professional golfer currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships and is currently ranked number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings....

71 66 137 −7
T8 Caroline Hedwall
Caroline Hedwall
Caroline Hedwall is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. She lives in Löddeköpinge, Sweden....

69 69 138 −6
Brittany Lincicome
Brittany Lincicome
Brittany Grace Lincicome is an American professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. She currently resides in Seminole, Florida....

67 71
Mika Miyazato
Mika Miyazato
Mika Miyazato is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour.As an amateur, Miyazato won the 2004 Japan Amateur Women's Championship at the age of 14, and was the youngest player to win the event. In the Asian Games, she won silver medals in the...

69 69
Amy Yang
Amy Yang
Amy Yang, also known as Yang Hee-Young is a Korean professional golfer, currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour .-Amateur career:...

68 70

Third

Played on Saturday, 30 July 2011

Place Player Country R1 R2 R3 Total To par
1 Caroline Masson 68 65 68 201 −15
2 Yani Tseng
Yani Tseng
Yani Tseng is a Taiwanese professional golfer currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships and is currently ranked number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings....

71 66 66 203 −13
T3 Catriona Matthew
Catriona Matthew
Catriona Isobel Matthew MBE is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...

70 69 68 207 −9
Inbee Park
Inbee Park
Inbee Park, also known as In-Bee Park, is a South Korean professional golfer.-Early life and amateur career:Park was born in Seoul. She began playing golf at the age of 10. After moving to the United States, she won nine events on the American Junior Golf Association circuit and was a five-time...

70 64 73
5 Na Yeon Choi
Na Yeon Choi
Na Yeon Choi is a South Korean female professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:At age 17 in 2004, Choi won the ADT CAPS Invitational on the LPGA of Korea Tour , beating future Hall-of-Famer Se Ri Pak by four strokes. Choi turned professional shortly thereafter, in...

69 67 72 208 −8
T6 Sophie Gustafson
Sophie Gustafson
Sophie Gustafson is a Swedish professional golfer. She is a member of U.S. based LPGA Tour and a life member of the Ladies European Tour. She has five LPGA and 21 international wins in her career...

68 71 70 209 −7
Brittany Lang
Brittany Lang
Brittany Lang is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in McKinney, Texas, Lang had a decorated amateur career. She won eight American Junior Golf Association events and was a two-time First-Team Polo Golf Junior...

70 70 69
Se Ri Pak
Se Ri Pak
Pak Se Ri is a South Korean professional golfer, playing on the LPGA Tour. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in November 2007.-Career overview:...

72 64 73
T9 Paula Creamer
Paula Creamer
Paula Creamer is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 11 tournaments, including 9 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high as number 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She was the 2010 U.S...

69 70 71 210 −6
Mika Miyazato
Mika Miyazato
Mika Miyazato is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour.As an amateur, Miyazato won the 2004 Japan Amateur Women's Championship at the age of 14, and was the youngest player to win the event. In the Asian Games, she won silver medals in the...

69 69 72
Anna Nordqvist
Anna Nordqvist
Anna Maria Nordqvist is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...

70 71 69
Dewi Claire Schreefel
Dewi Claire Schreefel
Dewi Claire Schreefel is a Dutch female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and formerly on the Futures Tour.-Personal:Schreefel was born in Alkmaar, Netherlands on 12 November 1985...

70 66 74
Sun Young Yoo
Sun Young Yoo
Sun-Young Yoo is a South Korean female professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Yoo had a distinguished amateur career. In 2001 she won the Korean Junior Golf Championship. She played on the Korean National Golf team in both 2002 and 2004. In 2004 Yoo won the Korean Amateur...

71 70 69

Fourth

Played on Sunday, 31 July 2011

Place Player Country R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Money ($)
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....

1 Yani Tseng
Yani Tseng
Yani Tseng is a Taiwanese professional golfer currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships and is currently ranked number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings....

71 66 66 69 272 −16 392,133
2 Brittany Lang
Brittany Lang
Brittany Lang is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in McKinney, Texas, Lang had a decorated amateur career. She won eight American Junior Golf Association events and was a two-time First-Team Polo Golf Junior...

70 70 69 67 276 −12 231,065
3 Sophie Gustafson
Sophie Gustafson
Sophie Gustafson is a Swedish professional golfer. She is a member of U.S. based LPGA Tour and a life member of the Ladies European Tour. She has five LPGA and 21 international wins in her career...

68 71 70 68 277 −11 161,746
4 Amy Yang
Amy Yang
Amy Yang, also known as Yang Hee-Young is a Korean professional golfer, currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour .-Amateur career:...

68 70 73 67 278 −10 126,536
T5 Caroline Masson 68 65 68 78 279 −9 96,828
Catriona Matthew
Catriona Matthew
Catriona Isobel Matthew MBE is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...

70 69 68 72
T7 Na Yeon Choi
Na Yeon Choi
Na Yeon Choi is a South Korean female professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:At age 17 in 2004, Choi won the ADT CAPS Invitational on the LPGA of Korea Tour , beating future Hall-of-Famer Se Ri Pak by four strokes. Choi turned professional shortly thereafter, in...

69 67 72 72 280 −8 70,695
Anna Nordqvist
Anna Nordqvist
Anna Maria Nordqvist is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...

70 71 69 70
Inbee Park
Inbee Park
Inbee Park, also known as In-Bee Park, is a South Korean professional golfer.-Early life and amateur career:Park was born in Seoul. She began playing golf at the age of 10. After moving to the United States, she won nine events on the American Junior Golf Association circuit and was a five-time...

70 64 73 73
Sun Young Yoo
Sun Young Yoo
Sun-Young Yoo is a South Korean female professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Yoo had a distinguished amateur career. In 2001 she won the Korean Junior Golf Championship. She played on the Korean National Golf team in both 2002 and 2004. In 2004 Yoo won the Korean Amateur...

71 70 69 70

External links

  • LPGA.com - Women's British Open - microsite
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