Preview - RICOH Women's British Open 2009

Hole-By-Hole:	1 - Par 3 199 yds	10 - Par 4 334 yds
	2 - Par 4 401 yds	11 - Par 5 487 yds
	3 - Par 4 419 yds	12 - Par 3 160 yds
	4 - Par 4 371 yds	13 - Par 4 340 Yds
	5 - Par 3 170 yds	14 - Par 4 420 yds
	6 - Par 5 492 yds	15 - Par 5 464 yds
	7 - Par 5 542 yds	16 - Par 4 343 yds
	8 - Par 4 389 yds	17 - Par 4 419 yds
	9 - Par 3 156 yds	18 - Par 4 386 yds
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	35 3,139 yds	37 3,353 yds

Annual:	33rd
Defending Champion:	Jiyai Shin
Runner-Up:	Yani Tseng
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 (Jeong Jang, 2005 - 10-under-par - Par 72)
	(Yuri Fudoh, 2008 - 10-under-par - Par 72)
	(Jiyai Shin, 2008 - 10-under-par - Par 72)
	134 (Emilee Klein, 1996 - 12-under-par - Par 73)
18-Hole Record:	62 (Minea Blomqvist, 2004 - Sunningdale Golf Club)
Total Purse:	$2,200,000
Shares:	1st Place - $330,000; 2nd Place - $200,915; 3rd Place - $145,750

2008 Finish
Player	Score	Player	Score
Jiyai Shin	270	Cristie Kerr	276
Yani Tseng	273	Lorena Ochoa	277
Eun Hee Ji	274	Momoko Ueda	277
Yuri Fudoh	274	Five players at	278
Ai Miyazato	275

Past RICOH Women's British Open Winners
Year	Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
2008	Jiyai Shin (270) -- Yani Tseng
	(Sunningdale Golf Club)
2007	Lorena Ochoa (287) -- Jee Young Lee, Maria Hjorth
	(St. Andrew's Golf Club - Old Course)
2006	Sherri Steinhauer (281) -- Cristie Kerr, Sophie Gustafson
	(Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club)
2005	Jeong Jang (272) -- Sophie Gustafson
	(Royal Birkdale Golf Club)
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) -- K.Taylor, L.Neumann, B.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)