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Dates: Thursday, July 28th through Sunday, July 31st
Site: Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, Merseyside, England
Course Architect: Hawtree and J H Taylor Ltd (1935)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,463
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 418 yds 10 - Par 4 368 yds
2 - Par 4 410 yds 11 - Par 4 358 yds
3 - Par 4 404 yds 12 - Par 3 149 yds
4 - Par 3 175 yds 13 - Par 4 427 Yds
5 - Par 4 338 yds 14 - Par 3 163 yds
6 - Par 5 478 yds 15 - Par 5 499 yds
7 - Par 3 155 yds 16 - Par 4 347 yds
8 - Par 4 410 yds 17 - Par 5 497 yds
9 - Par 4 395 yds 18 - Par 5 472 yds
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35 3,183 yds 37 3,280 yds
Annual: 29th
Defending Champion: Karen Stupples
Runner-Up: Rachel Hetherington
Tournament Record: 269 (Karrie Webb, 1997 - 19-under-par - Par 72)
269 (Karen Stupples, 2004 - 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)
(Karen Stupples, 2004 - 9-under-par - Par 72)
18-Hole Record: 62 (Minea Blomqvist, 2004 - Sunningdale Golf Club)
9-Hole Record: 29 (Tracy Hanson, 1994; Grace Park, 2003)
Total Purse: $1,800,000
Shares: 1st Place - $270,000; 2nd Place - $164,385; 3rd Place - $119,250
2004 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Karen Stupples 269 Giulia Sergas 277
Rachel Hetherington 274 Beth Daniel 277
Heather Bowie 275 Jung Yeon Lee 278
Lorena Ochoa 276 Minea Blomqvist 278
Michele Redman 277 Laura Davies 278
Past Weetabix Women's British Open Winners
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Year Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
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2004 Karen Stupples (269) -- Rachel Hetherington
(Sunningdale Golf Club)
2003 Annika Sorenstam (278) -- Se Ri Pak
(Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club)
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)
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