2009 Women's British Open

The 2009 Women's British Open was held 30 July – 2 August at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. It was the 33rd Women's British Open and the ninth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. Catriona Matthew won her only major, three strokes ahead of runner-up Karrie Webb.[2][3]

2009 Women's British Open
Tournament information
Dates30 July – 2 August 2009
LocationLancashire, England
Course(s)Royal Lytham & St Annes
Golf Club
Organized byLadies' Golf Union
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Ladies European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,492 yards (5,936 m)[1]
Field144 players, 71 after cut
Cut153 (+9)
Prize fund$2,200,000
1,543,520
Winner's share$335,000
€235,036
Champion
Catriona Matthew
285 (−3)
Lytham &
St Annes
Location in England

It was the fourth Women's British Open at Royal Lytham and the third as an LPGA major, most recently in 2006. The course had also hosted ten Open Championships, most recently in 2001. The par-72 course was set by the Ladies Golf Union at 6,492 yards (5,936 m),[1] 413 yards (378 m) shorter than the par-71 set-up for The Open Championship in 2001.

Matthew became the first Scot to win the title, just eleven weeks after giving birth to her second child in mid-May.[2][3]

Field

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Karrie Webb Australia200277717268288E2
Jiyai Shin South Korea200877716875291+3T8
Se Ri Pak South Korea200176717374294+6T20
Jeong Jang South Korea200579737272296+8T25
Lorena Ochoa Mexico200775777274298+10T28

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Karen Stupples England20048277159+15

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards1994014193711704925423891563,1393344871603404204643434193863,3536,492
Par344435543354534454443772

Source:[1]

Previous lengths of the course for the Women's British Open (since 2001):

  • 2006: 6,480 yards (5,925 m), par 72
  • 2003: 6,308 yards (5,768 m), par 72

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 30 July 2009

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Sandra Gal Germany69−3
T2Song-Hee Kim South Korea70−2
Angela Stanford United States
T4Yuko Mitsuka Japan71−1
Hee-Young Park South Korea
6Maria Hjorth Sweden72E
T7Kyeong Eun Bae South Korea73+1
Christina Kim United States
Vikki Laing Scotland
Michelle Wie United States

Second round

Friday, 31 July 2009

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Catriona Matthew Scotland74-67=141−3
Giulia Sergas Italy74-67=141
3Yuko Mitsuka Japan71-71=142−2
4Song-Hee Kim South Korea70-73=143−1
T5Kyeong Eun Bae South Korea73-71=144E
Christina Kim United States73-71=144
Yani Tseng Taiwan74-70=144
T8Sophie Gustafson Sweden74-71=145+1
Marianne Skarpnord Norway76-69=145
T10Hee-Young Park South Korea71-75=146+2
Jane Park United States74-72=146
Ai Miyazato Japan75-71=146
Angela Stanford United States70-76=146

Third round

Saturday, 1 August 2009

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Catriona Matthew Scotland74-67-71=212−4
2Christina Kim United States73-71-71=215−1
T3Ai Miyazato Japan75-71-70=216E
Jiyai Shin South Korea77-71-68=216
T5Song-Hee Kim South Korea70-73-74=217+1
Mika Miyazato Japan76-72-69=217
T7Kyeong Eun Bae South Korea73-71-74=218+2
Paula Creamer United States74-74-70=218
Shinobu Moromizato Japan74-73-71=218
Jane Park United States74-72-72=218

Final round

Sunday, 2 August 2009

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Catriona Matthew Scotland74-67-71-73=285−3335,000
2Karrie Webb Australia77-71-72-68=288E210,000
T3Paula Creamer United States74-74-70-71=289+1109,500
Hee-Won Han South Korea77-73-69-70=289
Christina Kim United States73-71-71-74=289
Ai Miyazato Japan75-71-70-73=289
7Kristy McPherson United States74-74-72-70=290+274,000
T8Na Yeon Choi South Korea80-71-70-70=291+361,000
Cristie Kerr United States76-71-75-69=291
Jiyai Shin South Korea77-71-68-75=291

Source:[4]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par344435543453445444
Matthew−3−3−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−2−3−4−4−3−3
Webb+4+4+4+4+4+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+1EEE
Creamer+3+2+2+2+2+2+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1E−1−1+1
Han+3+2+2+2+3+3+3+3+3+2+1+1+1+2+1+1+1+1
Kim−1EE+1+2+2+1+1+1+1+1EE+1E+1+1+1
Miyazato+1E+1+1+1E−1−1−1−1−1−1−1E−1−1+1+1
McPherson+4+4+5+5+5+4+4+4+4+3+2+2+2+3+3+3+2+2
ShinEEEE+1+1+1+2+2+1+1+2+2+2+1+1+1+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

References

  1. "Course Statistics: 2009 Ricoh Women's British Open". Ladies Golf Union. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  2. Reason, Mark (2 August 2009). "Catriona Matthew wins Women's British Open". The Telegraph. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  3. Murray, Ewan (2 August 2009). "Catriona Matthew takes British Open to be first Scot to win a women's major". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  4. "RICOH Women's British Open". Golf Channel. Retrieved 4 September 2018.

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