2012 Women's British Open


The 2012 Ricoh Women's British Open was held 13–16 September at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Merseyside, England. It was the 36th Women's British Open, and the 12th as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. It was scheduled later in the year due to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Jiyai Shin won her second Women's British Open, nine strokes ahead of runner-up Inbee Park.
Weather was a factor, as the second round on Friday was halted before 8:30 a.m. due to high winds. The scores were thrown out and the round was restarted on Saturday, with the final two rounds played on Sunday.

Exemptions and qualifying events

The field for the tournament was 144, and golfers gained a place in three ways. Most players earn exemptions based on good past performances on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA Tour and in previous major championships and top-ranked players in the Women's World Golf Rankings. 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. The final qualifying tournament was held at Caldy Golf Club just up the road from the famous links.
There were 15 exemption categories for the 2012 Women's British Open. These are:

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Course

First round

Thursday, 13 September 2012
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Haeji Kang70−2
T1So Yeon Ryu70−2
T3Katie Futcher71−1
T3Lydia Hall71−1
T3Charley Hull 71−1
T3Vicky Hurst71−1
T3Stacey Keating71−1
T3Ai Miyazato71−1
T3Mika Miyazato71−1
T3Jiyai Shin71−1
T3Karrie Webb71−1

Source:

Second round

Saturday, 15 September 2012
Second round play began on Friday morning in adverse wind conditions, which worsened with gusts of. Play was stopped at 8:25 a.m. and did not resume; all scores for the day were declared null and void and were scrapped. The second round was restarted on Saturday morning, with the third and fourth rounds both scheduled for Sunday off of split tees, as the Monday forecast was for weather similar to Friday's. In order to complete the final 36 holes on Sunday in the reduced daylight of mid-September, the cut was reduced by fifteen players, to the top fifty and ties. Professionals within the top 65 and ties earned official prize money.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jiyai Shin71-64=135−9
2Inbee Park72-68=140−4
T3Mika Miyazato71-70=141−3
T3Karrie Webb71-70=141−3
5Katie Futcher71-71=142−2
T6Vicky Hurst71-72=143−1
T6Lydia Ko 72-71=143−1
T6Carin Koch72-71=143−1
T6Ai Miyazato71-72=143−1
T6Jenny Shin75-68=143−1

Source:
Amateurs: Ko, Clyburn, Law, Yan, Hull, Taylor, Peters, Boulden, Maguire, Thompson.

Third round

Sunday, 16 September 2012
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jiyai Shin71-64-71=206−10
2Karrie Webb71-70-68=209−7
3Inbee Park72-68-72=212−4
4Mika Miyazato71-70-72=213−3
5Jenny Shin75-68-71=214−2
T6Katie Futcher71-71-73=215−1
T6So Yeon Ryu70-74-71=215−1
T8Yuki Ichinose72-72-72=216E
T8Ai Miyazato71-72-73=216E
T10Chella Choi72-73-72=217+1
T10Paula Creamer73-72-72=217+1
T10Michelle Wie75-70-72=217+1

Source:

Final round

Sunday, 16 September 2012
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Jiyai Shin71-64-71-73=279−9428,650
2Inbee Park72-68-72-76=288E249,668
3Paula Creamer73-72-72-72=289+1174,768
4Mika Miyazato71-70-72-77=290+2136,724
T5So Yeon Ryu70-74-71-76=291+3104,623
T5Karrie Webb71-70-68-82=291+3104,623
7Julieta Granada74-71-74-74=293+587,979
T8Katie Futcher71-71-73-79=294+676,090
T8Stacy Lewis74-70-76-74=294+676,090
T10Chella Choi72-73-72-78=295+759,841
T10I.K. Kim75-72-73-75=295+759,841
T10Catriona Matthew76-73-71-75=295+759,841

Source:
Amateurs: Ko, Clyburn, Law, Yan.

Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444453443544343545
Shin−7−7−7−7−7−8−9−8−8−8−7−7−8−8−9−10−9−9
Park−3−3−1−1−1−1−1EE+1+1+2+2+2+2+1+1E
Creamer+1+1+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+3+4+4+4+5+4+2+2+1
Miyazato−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1E+2+2+2+2+1+2+2
Ryu+2+3+3+3+3+2+3+3+3+3+3+2+2+2+1+2+3+3
Webb−5−4−3−3−3−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1+1E+1+3+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par