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Dates: Thursday, August 2nd through Sunday, August 5th
Site: Sunningdale Golf Club (Old Course), Berkshire, England
Course Architect: Willie Park, Jr. (1901)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,277
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 5 476 yds 10 - Par 4 455 yds
2 - Par 5 475 yds 11 - Par 4 299 yds
3 - Par 4 314 yds 12 - Par 5 410 yds
4 - Par 3 144 yds 13 - Par 3 179 Yds
5 - Par 4 390 yds 14 - Par 5 503 yds
6 - Par 4 380 yds 15 - Par 3 215 yds
7 - Par 4 385 yds 16 - Par 4 410 yds
8 - Par 3 164 yds 17 - Par 4 400 yds
9 - Par 4 267 yds 18 - Par 4 411 yds
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36 2,995 yds 36 3,282 yds
Annual: 25th
Defending Champion: Sophie Gustafson
Runner-Up: Kirsty Taylor, Liselotte Neumann, Becky Iverson, Meg Mallon
Tournament Record: 269 (Karrie Webb, 1997 - 19-under-par - Par 72)
275 (Karen Lunn, 1993 - 17-under-par - Par 73)
Course Record: 63 (Karrie Webb, 1997)
Total Purse: $1,500,000
Shares: 1st Place - $225,000; 2nd Place - 139,639; 3rd Place - 101,899
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Sophie Gustafson 282 Laura Philo 285
Kirsty Taylor 284 Karrie Webb 286
Liselotte Neumann 284 Janice Moodie 287
Becky Iverson 284 Vicki Goetze-Ackerman 287
Meg Mallon 284 Seven players at 288
Past Weetabix Women's British Open Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- Sophie Gustafson (282) -- Kirsty Taylor, Liselotte Neumann,
Becky Iverson, Meg Mallon
(Royal Birkdale Golf Club)
1999 -- Sherri Steinhauer (283) -- Annika Sorenstam
(Woburn Golf & Country Club)
1998 -- Sherri Steinhauer (292) -- Sophie Gustafson
(Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club)
1997 -- Karrie Webb (269) -- Rosie Jones
(Sunningdale Golf Club)
1996 -- Emilee Klein (277) -- Penny Hammel, Amy Alcott
(Woburn Golf & Country Club)
1995 -- Karrie Webb (278) -- Jill McGill, Annika Sorenstam
(Woburn Golf & Country Club)
1994 -- Liselotte Neumann (280) -- Dottie Pepper, Annika Sorenstam
(Woburn Golf & Country Club)
1993 -- Karen Lunn (275) -- Brandie Burton
(Woburn Golf & Country Club)
1992 -- #Patty Sheehan (207) -- Corinne Dibnah
(Woburn Golf & Country Club)
1991 -- Penny Grice-Whittaker (284) -- Helen Alfredsson
(Woburn Golf & Country Club)
1990 -- *Helen Alfredsson (288) -- Jane Hill
(Woburn Golf & Country Club)
1989 -- Jane Geddes (274) -- Florence Descampe
(Woburn Golf & Country Club)
1988 -- *Corinne Dibnah (295) -- Sally Little
(Woburn Golf & Country Club)
1987 -- Alison Nicholas (296) -- Laura Davies, Muffin Spencer-Devlin
(Woburn Golf & Country Club)
1986 -- Laura Davies (283) -- Marta Figueras-Dotti, P.Conley
(Royal Birkdale Golf Club)
1985 -- Betsy King (300) -- Marta Figueras-Dotti
(Moor Park Golf Club)
1984 -- Ayako Okamoto (289)
(Woburn Golf & Country Club)
1983 -- Not Held
1982 -- Marta Figueras-Dotti (296)
(Royal Birkdale Golf Club)
1981 -- Debbie Massey (295)
(Northumberland Golf Club)
1980 -- Debbie Massey (294)
(Wontworth Club)
1979 -- Allison Sheard (301)
(Southport & Ainsdale Golf Club)
1978 -- J.Melville (310)
(Foxhills Golf & Country Club)
1977 -- Vivien Saunders (306)
(Lindrick Golf Club)
1976 -- J. Lee Smith (299)
(Fulford Golf Club)
# - Rain shortened.
Note: Previously called Ladies British Open Championship (1976-86).
Key Players to Watch
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Finish Last Six Years
Player 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
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Sophie Gustafson dnp mc T-66 T-2 T-6 Won
Liselotte Neumann T-8 mc T-12 T-57 T-14 T-2
Kirsty Taylor dnp dnp T-59 mc T-17 T-2
Becky Iverson dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-2
Meg Mallon dnp T-46 dnp dnp dnp T-2
Laura Diaz dnp dnp dnp T-47 T-14 6th
Karrie Webb Won T-14 Won 5th T-38 7th
Janice Moodie dnp mc T-27 4th T-45 T-8
Michelle McGann dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-10
Juli Inkster dnp dnp T-12 T-11 dnp T-10
Annika Sorenstam T-2 T-14 3rd T-11 2nd T-17
Rosie Jones dnp T-7 2nd dnp T-14 T-17
Kelly Robbins dnp dnp dnp mc mc T-20
Brandie Burton T-19 dnp 4th T-2 dnp T-20
Rachel Teske T-23 T-60 T-23 mc dnp T-20
Michele Redman dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-24
Betsy King dnp dnp T-10 T-6 dnp T-32
Maria Hjorth dnp T-25 mc T-20 T-24 T-37
Laura Davies T-45 T-19 T-23 mc T-38 T-37
Helen Alfredsson dnp T-19 T-27 mc mc T-49
Catrin Nilsmark dnp T-14 mc 10th T-31 T-60
Emilee Klein T-45 Won T-26 T-43 T-6 T-71
Sherri Steinhauer dnp dnp T-40 Won Won mc
Cindy Flom dnp mc dnp mc T-3 mc
Carin Koch dnp T-67 T-19 T-29 T-12 mc
Charlotta Sorenstam dnp dnp T-10 T-43 T-45 mc
Stefania Croce T-34 T-46 T-55 mc T-66 mc
Beth Daniel dnp T-35 dnp dnp dnp mc
Se Ri Pak dnp dnp dnp T-34 dnp dnp
Lorie Kane dnp dnp dnp T-52 dnp dnp
Dottie Pepper dnp T-35 dnp wd dnp dnp
2001 Grand Slam Finishes
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NABISCO U.S. OPEN McDONALD'S
Annika Sorenstam Won T-16 5th
Karrie Webb T-2 Won Won
Janice Moodie T-2 T-26 T-66
Dottie Pepper T-2 3rd T-17
Akiko Fukushima T-2 mc T-26
Rachel Teske T-2 mc T-17
Sophie Gustafson T-7 11th mc
Brandie Burton T-7 T-26 T-37
Laura Diaz T-9 mc 2nd
Pat Hurst T-9 T-34 T-17
Laura Davies T-11 mc T-6
Dorothy Delasin T-11 T-19 T-61
Se Ri Pak T-11 2nd T-39
Mi Hyun Kim T-15 T-26 T-8
Carin Koch T-15 mc T-17
Juli Inkster T-15 T-12 T-15
Liselotte Neumann T-18 T-39 T-12
Michele Redman T-18 T-16 T-10
Tammie Green T-24 dnp mc
Maria Hjorth T-24 T-19 T-3
Kelly Robbins T-24 T-12 T-17
Meg Mallon T-28 T-30 T-17
Grace Park T-28 T-39 T-30
Rosie Jones T-28 T-39 T-12
Kelli Kuehne 35th T-7 mc
Charlotta Sorenstam T-36 mc T-54
Lorie Kane T-42 T-7 T-12
Helen Alfredsson 46th T-26 9th
Donna Andrews T-48 mc T-54
Beth Daniel T-55 T-24 T-26
Hiromi Kobayashi T-63 dnp mc
Cristie Kerr T-66 T-4 mc
Dawn Coe-Jones 72nd dnp T-30
Betsy King 74th mc T-54
Barb Mucha mc mc T-66
Sherri Steinhauer mc T-50 mc
Catriona Matthew mc T-4 T-30
Michelle McGann mc mc 70th
Kristi Albers mc T-7 mc
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Helen Alfredsson
Darkhorse - Janice Moodie
Last week's Pick to win (Se Ri Pak) - Finished 3rd
Last week's Darkhorse (Jackie Gallagher-Smith) - Finished tied for 37th
NOTES:
This year's event replaces the du Maurier Classic as the fourth major
on the LPGA Tour. Two shots off the pace after Thursday's opening round last
year, Sophie Gustafson carded rounds of 66-71 to open up a seven-shot lead
with one round to play and despite a Sunday 75, she still captured the 2000
edition of the Women's British Open. Kirsty Taylor, Liselotte Neumann, Becky
Iverson and Meg Mallon finished two shots back in second. Holding a one-shot
advantage on 18, Gustafson went for the green in two, but found the green-side
bunker. She played out of the trap to five feet, with Mallon 15 feet away for
eagle. Although an eagle for Mallon combined with a bogey for Gustafson would
have forced a playoff, Mallon missed her attempt and Gustafson drained her
putt to cement the victory. First round leader Karrie Webb finished alone in
seventh after an opening 68, the only player in the field to break 70 in the
first round. Webb is attempting to become only the third player in LPGA
history to win three majors in one season, having already won the U.S. Women's
Open and the LPGA Championship. Babe Zaharias captured three majors in 1950
and in 1986 Pat Bradley won three majors and finished fifth at the Women's
Open. This event has been part of the LPGA Tour since 1994. The purse was
increased by $250,000 from last year to $1,500,000. Sherri Steinhauer, Karrie
Webb and Debbie Massey are the only two-time winners of this event. Steinhauer
and Massey are the only players to win the tournament in back-to-back years.
Sunningdale Golf Club hosted this event in 1997 when Karrie Webb captured the
event. Royal Birkdale Golf Club was the venue for this event last year, while
Woburn Golf & Country Club has hosted the tournament 12 times. The LPGA Tour
returns to the United States next week for the Wendy's Championship for
Children at New Albany where Lorie Kane will defend her title.
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