2020 Women's British Open

Thursday, 20 August 2020

American Amy Olson held a three stroke lead at the end of the first round after recording a 4 under par round of 67. In tough scoring conditions due to strong winds, Marina Alex and Sophia Popov were the only other two other players to finish under par. Ten players returned even par rounds to lie a stroke further back, including 2009 champion Catriona Matthew and two-time LPGA major winner Anna Nordqvist.[9]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Amy Olson	United States	67	−4
T2	Marina Alex	United States	70	−1
	Sophia Popov	Germany
T4	Daniela Holmqvist	Sweden	71	E
	Nuria Iturrioz	Spain
	Gaby López	Mexico
	Catriona Matthew	Scotland
	Anna Nordqvist	Sweden
	Lee-Anne Pace	South Africa
	Emily Kristine Pedersen	Norway
	Alena Sharp	Canada
	Thidapa Suwannapura	Thailand
	Lindsey Weaver	United States

Friday, 21 August 2020

Windy conditions continued throughout the second round which made for difficult scoring again. Daniela Holmqvist took a one stroke lead at the halfway stage following a one under par round of 70; by the end of the day she was the only player in the field under par. In joint second, at even par, were Austin Ernst and Sophia Popov after rounds of 70 and 72 respectively. The best rounds of the day (69, two under par) came from Minjee Lee, who climbed into a tie for fourth at one over par, and Inbee Park, who finished in a tie for 17th place at four over par. First round leader Amy Olson was one of many who struggled, returning a ten over par round of 81 to fall back into a tie for 33rd place.

The cut came at nine over par. Among those to miss the cut were the defending champion from 2019, Hinako Shibuno; 2017 champion In-Kyung Kim; 2013 champion Stacy Lewis, who had won the Ladies Scottish Open the previous week; and Rose Ladies Series champion Charley Hull.[10]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Daniela Holmqvist	Sweden	71-70=141	−1
T2	Austin Ernst	United States	72-70=142	E
	Sophia Popov	Germany	70-72=142
T4	Lydia Ko	New Zealand	72-71=143	+1
	Minjee Lee	Australia	74-69=143
	Emily Kristine Pedersen	Norway	71-72=143
	Thidapa Suwannapura	Thailand	71-72=143
	Lindsey Weaver	United States	71-72=143
T9	Nelly Korda	United States	72-72=144	+2
	Haru Nomura	Japan	74-70=144

Saturday, 22 August 2020

Sophia Popov moved into a three stroke lead at four under par after returning the joint best score of the day, a four under par round of 67. Also with 67 was Katherine Kirk, who climbed into a tie for tenth place, seven strokes behind Popov. Tied for second at one under par were Minjee Lee and Thidapa Suwannapura, both recording two under par rounds of 69 on Saturday. Further back, three players were tied at one over par, and three more at two over par. Daniela Holmqvist, who had held the lead at the halfway stage dropped down the leaderboard into a tie for 21st place after a six over par round of 77.[11]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Sophia Popov	Germany	70-72-67=209	−4
T2	Minjee Lee	Australia	74-69-69=212	−1
	Thidapa Suwannapura	Thailand	71-72-69=212
T4	Austin Ernst	United States	72-70-72=214	+1
	Caroline Masson	Germany	72-74-68=214
	Lindsey Weaver	United States	71-72-71=214
T7	Kristen Gillman	United States	75-72-68=215	+2
	Lydia Ko	New Zealand	72-71-72=215
	Emily Kristine Pedersen	Norway	71-72-72=215
T10	Cydney Clanton	United States	74-73-69=216	+3
	Katherine Kirk	Australia	72-77-67=216
	Jennifer Song	United States	74-74-68=216

Sunday, 23 August 2020

After a bogey on the opening hole, overnight leader Sophia Popov bounced back with three birdies in the next five holes to retain the lead going into the final nine holes. Her nearest challenger was Thidapa Suwannapura, who birdied four holes in a row from the fourth to get within one stroke, with Minjee Lee a further two strokes behind. Bogeys by Suwannapura on the 11th and 13th holes extended Popov's lead to three strokes, and when Popov birdied both the 15th and 16th holes she led by four with just two holes to play. Popov bogeyed the last to finish two strokes ahead of Suwannapura and four clear of Lee.[5]

2015 champion Inbee Park returned the joint lowest round of the day, and the championship, with a five under par round of 66 to climb up to fourth place at one under par. Also with a round of 66 was Ally McDonald, who finished tied for 22nd place at six over par. Lindsey Weaver, who had been in a tie for fourth place after each of the opening three rounds and had chosen to play without a caddie as a result of COVID-19 related restrictions,[12] fell away on Sunday with a four over par round of 75 to finish tied for 19th place.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Prize money (US$)
1	Sophia Popov	Germany	70-72-67-68=277	−7	675,000
2	Thidapa Suwannapura	Thailand	71-72-69-67=279	−5	407,926
3	Minjee Lee	Australia	74-69-69-69=281	−3	295,468
4	Inbee Park	South Korea	77-69-71-66=283	−1	228,194
5	Austin Ernst	United States	72-70-72-70=284	E	183,349
6	Momoko Ueda	Japan	75-75-68-67=285	+1	149,712
T7	Chun In-gee	South Korea	72-75-70-69=286	+2	105,426
	Andrea Lee	United States	74-73-70-69=286
	Caroline Masson	Germany	72-74-68-72=286
	Jennifer Song	United States	74-74-68-70=286

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	5	3	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	3	4
Popov	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−7
Suwannapura	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5
Lee	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−3
Park	+3	+4	+4	+4	+3	+2	+1	E	E	E	E	+1	E	E	E	E	−1	−1
Ernst	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	E	E	E	E	−1	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	E	E
Ueda	+5	+4	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
Chun	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+2
Lee	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+4	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2
Masson	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	−1	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2
Song	+3	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	+2	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

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