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Dates: Thursday, July 31st through Sunday, August 3rd
Site: Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club, Blackpool, Lancashire, England
Course Architect: George Lowe Jr. (1897)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,308
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 3 198 yds 10 - Par 4 311 yds
2 - Par 4 390 yds 11 - Par 5 465 yds
3 - Par 4 410 yds 12 - Par 3 151 yds
4 - Par 4 357 yds 13 - Par 4 324 Yds
5 - Par 3 170 yds 14 - Par 4 418 yds
6 - Par 5 474 yds 15 - Par 5 455 yds
7 - Par 5 542 yds 16 - Par 4 333 yds
8 - Par 4 389 yds 17 - Par 4 406 yds
9 - Par 3 144 yds 18 - Par 4 371 yds
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35 3,074 yds 37 3,234 yds
Annual: 27th
Defending Champion: Karrie Webb
Runner-Up: Michelle Ellis, Paula Marti
Tournament Record: 269 (Karrie Webb, 1997 - 19-under-par - Par 72)
275 (Karen Lunn, 1993 - 17-under-par - Par 73)
54-Hole Record: 198 (Karrie Webb, 1997 - 18-under-par - Par 72
205 (Emilee Klein, 1996 - 14-under-par - Par 73)
36-Hole Record: 134 (Emilee Klein, 1996 - 12-under-par - Par 73)
135 (Karrie Webb, 1997 - 9-under-par - Par 72)
(Catriona Matthew, 2001 - 9-under-par - Par 72)
18-Hole Record: 63 (Karrie Webb, 1997)
9-Hole Record: 29 (Tracy Hanson, 1994)
Total Purse: $1,600,000
Shares: 1st Place - $259,931; 2nd Place - 162,453; 3rd Place - 106,000
2002 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Karrie Webb 273 Candie Kung 277
Michelle Ellis 275 Jennifer Rosales 277
Paula Marti 275 Meg Mallon 278
Jeong Jang 277 Beth Bauer 278
Catrin Nilsmark 277 Carin Koch 278
Past Weetabix Women's British Open Winners
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Year Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
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2002 Karrie Webb (273) -- Michelle Ellis, Paula Marti
(Turnberry Golf Club - Ailsa Course)
2001 Se Ri Pak (277) -- Mi Hyun Kim
(Sunningdale Golf Club)
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 Janet Melville (310)
(Foxhills Golf & Country Club)
1977 Vivien Saunders (306)
(Lindrick Golf Club)
1976 Jenny Lee-Smith (299)
(Fulford Golf Club)
* - Won in playoff.
# - Rain shortened.
Note: Previously called Ladies British Open Championship (1976-86).
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