2011 Women's British Open

2011 Ricoh Women's British Open
Tournament information
Dates28–31 July 2011
LocationAngus, Scotland
Course(s)Carnoustie Golf Links
Organized byLadies' Golf Union
Tour(s)Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,490 yards (5,934 m)
Field144 players, 68 after cut
Cut145 (+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 is located in Scotland
Carnoustie
Carnoustie
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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 35th 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:

  • The top 15 finishers (and ties) from the 2010 Women's British Open.
  • The top 10 Ladies European Tour members in the Women's World Golf Rankings who did not finish in the top 15 of the 2010 Women's British Open.
  • The top 30 LPGA Tour members in the Women's World Golf Rankings who did not finish in the top 15 of the 2010 Women's British Open.
  • The top 25 on the current LET money list not already exempt from the 2010 Women's British Open or the world rankings.
  • The top 40 on the current LPGA Tour money list not already exempt from the 2010 Women's British Open or the world rankings.
  • The top five on the current LPGA of Japan Tour money list not already exempt from the 2010 Women's British Open or through the world rankings if they are also members of the LET or LPGA. (Note that these six categories have accounted for approximately 125 entries — or 5/6ths of the players in the final field.)
  • Winners of any recognised LET or LPGA events in the calendar year 2011.
  • The champions from the last 10 editions of the Women's British Open.
  • The champions of the last five editions of one of the other three LPGA majors.

Course

The 2011 course layout at Carnoustie Golf Links.

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 394 396 320 369 358 490 381 156 406 3,270 403 347 405 141 467 425 213 433 386 3,220 6,490
Par 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 36 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 4 36 72

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 Score To par
1 South Korea Meena Lee 65 −7
2 United States Brittany Lincicome 67 −5
T3 Sweden Sophie Gustafson 68 −4
Germany Caroline Masson
United States Angela Stanford
South Korea Amy Yang
T7 South Korea Na Yeon Choi 69 −3
United States Paula Creamer
Sweden Caroline Hedwall
Taiwan Amy Hung
Canada Lorie Kane
South Korea Song-Hee Kim
Japan Mika Miyazato
Japan Momoko Ueda

source:[6]

Second round

Friday, 29 July 2011

Place Player R1 R2 Total To par
1 Germany Caroline Masson 68 65 133 −11
T2 South Korea Meena Lee 65 69 134 −10
South Korea Inbee Park 70 64
T4 South Korea Na Yeon Choi 69 67 136 −8
South Korea Se Ri Pak 72 64
Netherlands Dewi Claire Schreefel 70 66
7 Taiwan Yani Tseng 71 66 137 −7
T8 Sweden Caroline Hedwall 69 69 138 −6
United States Brittany Lincicome 67 71
Japan Mika Miyazato 69 69
South Korea Amy Yang 68 70

source:[7]

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

Third round

Saturday, 30 July 2011

Place Player R1 R2 R3 Total To par
1 Germany Caroline Masson 68 65 68 201 −15
2 Taiwan Yani Tseng 71 66 66 203 −13
T3 Scotland Catriona Matthew 70 69 68 207 −9
South Korea Inbee Park 70 64 73
5 South Korea Na Yeon Choi 69 67 72 208 −8
T6 Sweden Sophie Gustafson 68 71 70 209 −7
United States Brittany Lang 70 70 69
South Korea Se Ri Pak 72 64 73
T9 United States Paula Creamer 69 70 71 210 −6
Japan Mika Miyazato 69 69 72
Sweden Anna Nordqvist 70 71 69
Netherlands Dewi Claire Schreefel 70 66 74
South Korea Sun Young Yoo 71 70 69

source:[8]

Final round

Sunday, 31 July 2011

Place Player R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Money ($)
1 Taiwan Yani Tseng 71 66 66 69 272 −16 392,133
2 United States Brittany Lang 70 70 69 67 276 −12 231,065
3 Sweden Sophie Gustafson 68 71 70 68 277 −11 161,746
4 South Korea Amy Yang 68 70 73 67 278 −10 126,536
T5 Germany Caroline Masson 68 65 68 78 279 −9 96,828
Scotland Catriona Matthew 70 69 68 72
T7 South Korea Na Yeon Choi 69 67 72 72 280 −8 70,695
Sweden Anna Nordqvist 70 71 69 70
South Korea Inbee Park 70 64 73 73
South Korea Sun Young Yoo 71 70 69 70

source:[9]

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

Scorecard

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 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 4
Taiwan Tseng −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −14 −13 −14 −14 −14 −15 −16
United States Lang −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −7 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12
Sweden Gustafson −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11
South Korea Yang −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10
Germany Masson −15 −14 −13 −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 −11 −10 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −8 −9
Scotland Matthew −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[10]

References

  1. ^ Lewine, Mair (11 July 2011). "Yani Tseng makes history with fifth major win". ESPNW. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. 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. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. 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. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  7. ^ "Second Round Leaderboard". LPGA. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  8. ^ "Third Round Leaderboard". LPGA. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  9. ^ "Fourth Round Leaderboard". LPGA. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  10. ^ "RICOH Women's British Open". Golf Channel. Retrieved 4 September 2018.

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