2011 Women's British Open

2011 Ricoh Women's British Open
Tournament information
Dates 28–31 July 2011
Location Angus, Scotland
Course(s) Carnoustie Golf Links
Organized by Ladies' Golf Union
Tour(s) Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 6,490 yards (5,934 m)
Field 144 players, 68 after cut
Cut 145 (+1)
Prize fund $2,500,000
1,736,432
Winner's share $392,133
€272,365
Champion
Taiwan Yani Tseng
272 (−16)
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Carnoustie
Location in Scotland

The 2011 Ricoh Women's British Open was held 28–31 July at Carnoustie Golf Links in Angus, Scotland. It was the 36th Women's British Open, and the 11th as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. This was the first time for the Women's British Open at Carnoustie, which previously hosted seven Open Championships, most recently in 2007.

Yani Tseng became the first to successfully defend her title at the Women's British Open as a major championship, four strokes ahead of runner-up Brittany Lang. She became youngest player, male or female, to win five major titles.[1][2]

Exemptions and qualifying events

The field for the tournament was 144, and golfers gained a place in three ways. Most players earned exemptions based on good past performances on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA 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.

There were 14 exemption categories for the 2011 Women's British Open. These included:

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Yani Tseng  Taiwan 2010 71 66 66 69 272 −16 1
Catriona Matthew  Scotland 2009 70 69 68 72 279 −9 T5
Se Ri Pak  South Korea 2001 72 64 73 74 283 −5 T14
Jiyai Shin  South Korea 2008 75 66 72 71 284 −4 21
Karen Stupples  England 2004 74 68 72 71 285 −3 T22
Karrie Webb  Australia 2002 70 71 72 72 285 −3 T22

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Sherri Steinhauer  United States 2006 78 73 151 +7

Course

The 2011 course layout at Carnoustie Golf Links.

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3943963203693584903811564063,2704033474051414674252134333863,2206,490
Par444445434364443543543672

Set-up

The par-72 course was set by the Ladies Golf Union (LGU) at 6,490 yards (5,934 m),[3] 931 yards (851 m) shorter than the par-71 set-up for the 2007 Open Championship.

The short set-up of the course was criticized by several notable golfers and golf commentators. ESPN golf commentator and former LPGA pro Jane Crafter called the LGU "out of touch" with how current women players can play.[4] Defending champion Yani Tseng commented that the famous hole number 18 was set up so that it "put all of the bunkers out of play, put all of the burns out of play." The course groundskeeper agreed that the women had been given "a watered-down version" of Carnoustie and that he did that intentionally after receiving too much criticism for a difficult set-up for the Open Championship in 1999.[5]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 28 July 2011

Place Player Country Score To par
1Meena Lee South Korea65−7
2Brittany Lincicome United States67−5
T3Sophie Gustafson Sweden68−4
Caroline Masson Germany
Angela Stanford United States
Amy Yang South Korea
T7Na Yeon Choi South Korea69−3
Paula Creamer United States
Caroline Hedwall Sweden
Amy Hung Taiwan
Lorie Kane Canada
Song-Hee Kim South Korea
Mika Miyazato Japan
Momoko Ueda Japan

source:[6]

Second round

Friday, 29 July 2011

Place Player Country R1 R2 Total To par
1Caroline Masson Germany6865133−11
T2Meena Lee South Korea6569134−10
Inbee Park South Korea7064
T4Na Yeon Choi South Korea6967136−8
Se Ri Pak South Korea7264
Dewi Claire Schreefel Netherlands7066
7Yani Tseng Taiwan7166137−7
T8Caroline Hedwall Sweden6969138−6
Brittany Lincicome United States6771
Mika Miyazato Japan6969
Amy Yang South Korea6870

source:[7]

Amateurs: Kang (−3), Popov (+1), Pretswell (+2), Taylor (+4), Foster (+6), Meadow (+7).

Third round

Saturday, 30 July 2011

Place Player Country R1 R2 R3 Total To par
1Caroline Masson Germany686568201−15
2Yani Tseng Taiwan716666203−13
T3Catriona Matthew Scotland706968207−9
Inbee Park South Korea706473
5Na Yeon Choi South Korea696772208−8
T6Sophie Gustafson Sweden687170209−7
Brittany Lang United States707069
Se Ri Pak South Korea726473
T9Paula Creamer United States697071210−6
Mika Miyazato Japan696972
Anna Nordqvist Sweden707169
Dewi Claire Schreefel Netherlands706674
Sun Young Yoo South Korea717069

source:[8]

Final round

Sunday, 31 July 2011

Place Player Country R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Money ($)
1Yani Tseng Taiwan71666669272−16392,133
2Brittany Lang United States70706967276−12231,065
3Sophie Gustafson Sweden68717068277−11161,746
4Amy Yang South Korea68707367278−10126,536
T5Caroline Masson Germany68656878279−996,828
Catriona Matthew Scotland70696872
T7Na Yeon Choi South Korea69677272280−870,695
Anna Nordqvist Sweden70716970
Inbee Park South Korea70647373
Sun Young Yoo South Korea71706970

source:[9]

Amateurs: Kang (+2), Popov (+11).

References

  1. Lewine, Mair (11 July 2011). "Yani Tseng makes history with fifth major win". ESPNW. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  2. Sirak, Ron (31 July 2011). "Tseng continues her assault on the record books". Golf Digest. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  3. "2011 Women's British Open – course statistics". LGU.org. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  4. Crafter, Jane (commentator) (30 July 2011). British Women's Television Live Coverage of Round 3 (Cable Television). ESPN.
  5. "To start, Carnoustie conspicuously absent of teeth". Golf Digest. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  6. "First Round Leaderboard". LPGA. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  7. "Second Round Leaderboard". LPGA. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  8. "Third Round Leaderboard". LPGA. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  9. "Fourth Round Leaderboard". LPGA. Retrieved 31 July 2011.

External links

Preceded by
2011 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
Major Championships Succeeded by
2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship

Coordinates: 56°29′49″N 2°43′01″W / 56.497°N 2.717°W / 56.497; -2.717

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