2008 Women's British Open


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 to win her first major championship, three strokes ahead of runner-up Yani Tseng. 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, 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 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, Bo Bae Song, 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, Soo-Yun Kang, 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.

Caroline Hedwall, Anna Nordqvist, Maria José Uribe
16. Players successful in Final Qualifying

Elizabeth Bennett, Erica Blasberg, Krystle Caithness, Rebecca Coakley, Claire Coughlan-Ryan, Stefani Croce, Naomi Edwards, Tanya Elosegui Mayor, Lora Fairclough, Martina Gillen, Lydia Hall, Leah Hart, Samantha Head, Kiran Matharu, Anja Monke, Lee-Ann Pace, Margherita Rigon, Iben Tinning, Marjet van der Graff.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Course layout

Old Course
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4854893181524003863931682733,0644593224161825032104154254123,3446,408
Par554344434365443534443672

Source:
Previous lengths of the course for the Women's British Open :

First round

Thursday, 31 July 2008
The first round lead belonged to 48-year-old Juli Inkster at 65, as 64 players broke par. One stroke back were seven players at 66 : 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, 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.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Juli Inkster65−7
T2Momoko Ueda66−6
T2Laura Diaz66−6
T2Ji Young Oh66−6
T2Yuri Fudoh66−6
T2Johanna Head66−6
T2Stacy Prammanasudh66−6
T2Jiyai Shin66−6
T9Kristy McPherson67−5
T9Karen Stupples67−5
T9Rebecca Hudson67−5
T9Sherri Steinhauer67−5

Source:

Second round

Friday, 1 August 2008
Friday's low round of 65 belonged to Kerr, who jumped into a tie for fourth at 136. First-round leader Inkster shot a 70 for 135 and in sole possession of third place. The co-leaders after 36 holes were Fudoh and Shin; each shot 68 to improve to 134.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Yuri Fudoh66-68=134−10
T1Jiyai Shin66-68=134−10
3Juli Inkster65-70=135−9
T4Cristie Kerr71-65=136−8
T4Bo Bae Song68-68=136−8
T6Natalie Gulbis69-68=137−7
T6Ai Miyazato73-69=137−7
T6Lorena Ochoa69-68=137−7
T9Laura Diaz66-72=138−6
T9Momoko Ueda66-72=138−6
T9Sophie Gustafson69-69=138−6
T9Eun-Hee Ji68-70=138−6

Amateurs: Nordqvist, Uribe , Bennett, Edwards, Hall, Caithness, Hedwall.

Third round

Saturday, 2 August 2008
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Yuri Fudoh66-68-69=203−13
2Jiyai Shin66-68-70=204−12
3Ai Miyazato68-69-68=205−11
T4Juli Inkster65-70-71=206−10
T4Cristie Kerr71-65-70=206−10
T6Natalie Gulbis69-68-70=207−9
T6Eun-Hee Ji68-70-69=207−9
T6Mi Hyun Kim70-70-67=207−9
T6Yani Tseng70-69-68=207−9
T10Na Yeon Choi69-71-68=207−8
T10Lorena Ochoa69-68-71=207−8
T10Momoko Ueda66-72-70=207−8

Final round

Sunday, 3 August 2008
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Jiyai Shin66-68-70-66=270−18314,464
2Yani Tseng70-69-68-66=273−15196,540
T3Yuri Fudoh66-68-69-71=274−14122,838
T3Eun-Hee Ji68-70-69-67=274−14122,838
5Ai Miyazato68-69-68-70=275−1388,443
6Cristie Kerr71-65-70-70=276−1276,651
T7Lorena Ochoa69-68-71-69=277−1165,841
T7Momoko Ueda66-72-70-69=277−1165,841
T9Paula Creamer72-69-70-67=278−1047,563
T9Natalie Gulbis69-68-70-71=278−1047,563
T9Hee-Won Han71-69-71-67=278−1047,563
T9In-Kyung Kim71-68-72-67=278−1047,563
T9Karrie Webb72-69-69-68=278−1047,563

Amateurs: Nordqvist, Uribe.

Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par554344434544353444
Shin−13−13−13−13−14−14−14−14−15−16−16−16−17−18−18−18−18−18
Tseng−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−10−11−12−12−12−12−13−14−14−14−15
Fudoh−14−14−14−14−14−14−14−14−13−14−14−14−14−14−15−14−14−14
Ji−10−12−12−11−11−11−11−11−12−13−14−13−13−13−13−13−13−14
Miyazato−12−13−13−13−13−13−12−13−13−14−14−14−14−15−15−15−15−13
Kerr−10−11−11−12−12−12−11−10−11−12−13−12−12−12−12−12−12−12
Ochoa−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−10−10−10−10−11
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