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.
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, 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.

Field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards1994014193711704925423891563,1393344871603404204643434193863,3536,492
Par344435543354534454443772

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

First round

Thursday, 30 July 2009
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Sandra Gal69−3
T2Song-Hee Kim70−2
T2Angela Stanford70−2
T4Yuko Mitsuka71−1
T4Hee-Young Park71−1
6Maria Hjorth72E
T7Kyeong Eun Bae73+1
T7Christina Kim73+1
T7Vikki Laing73+1
T7Michelle Wie73+1

Second round

Friday, 31 July 2009
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Catriona Matthew74-67=141−3
T1Giulia Sergas74-67=141−3
3Yuko Mitsuka71-71=142−2
4Song-Hee Kim70-73=143−1
T5Kyeong Eun Bae73-71=144E
T5Christina Kim73-71=144E
T5Yani Tseng74-70=144E
T8Sophie Gustafson74-71=145+1
T8Marianne Skarpnord76-69=145+1
T10Hee-Young Park71-75=146+2
T10Jane Park74-72=146+2
T10Ai Miyazato75-71=146+2
T10Angela Stanford70-76=146+2

Third round

Saturday, 1 August 2009
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Catriona Matthew74-67-71=212−4
2Christina Kim73-71-71=215−1
T3Ai Miyazato75-71-70=216E
T3Jiyai Shin77-71-68=216E
T5Song-Hee Kim70-73-74=217+1
T5Mika Miyazato76-72-69=217+1
T7Kyeong Eun Bae73-71-74=218+2
T7Paula Creamer74-74-70=218+2
T7Shinobu Moromizato74-73-71=218+2
T7Jane Park74-72-72=218+2

Final round

Sunday, 2 August 2009
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Catriona Matthew74-67-71-73=285−3335,000
2Karrie Webb77-71-72-68=288E210,000
T3Paula Creamer74-74-70-71=289+1109,500
T3Hee-Won Han77-73-69-70=289+1109,500
T3Christina Kim73-71-71-74=289+1109,500
T3Ai Miyazato75-71-70-73=289+1109,500
7Kristy McPherson74-74-72-70=290+274,000
T8Na Yeon Choi80-71-70-70=291+361,000
T8Cristie Kerr76-71-75-69=291+361,000
T8Jiyai Shin77-71-68-75=291+361,000

Source:

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