2011 Women's British Open

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.

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
Yani Tseng
272 (−16)
Carnoustie
Location in Scotland

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.

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3943963203693584903811564063,2704033474051414674252134333863,2206,490
Par444445434364443543543672

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

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Meena Lee65−7
2 Brittany Lincicome67−5
T3 Sophie Gustafson68−4
Caroline Masson
Angela Stanford
Amy Yang
T7 Na Yeon Choi69−3
Paula Creamer
Caroline Hedwall
Amy Hung
Lorie Kane
Song-Hee Kim
Mika Miyazato
Momoko Ueda

source:[6]

Second round

Friday, 29 July 2011

PlacePlayerR1R2TotalTo par
1 Caroline Masson6865133−11
T2 Meena Lee6569134−10
Inbee Park7064
T4 Na Yeon Choi6967136−8
Se Ri Pak7264
Dewi Claire Schreefel7066
7 Yani Tseng7166137−7
T8 Caroline Hedwall6969138−6
Brittany Lincicome6771
Mika Miyazato6969
Amy Yang6870

source:[7]

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

Third round

Saturday, 30 July 2011

PlacePlayerR1R2R3TotalTo par
1 Caroline Masson686568201−15
2 Yani Tseng716666203−13
T3 Catriona Matthew706968207−9
Inbee Park706473
5 Na Yeon Choi696772208−8
T6 Sophie Gustafson687170209−7
Brittany Lang707069
Se Ri Pak726473
T9 Paula Creamer697071210−6
Mika Miyazato696972
Anna Nordqvist707169
Dewi Claire Schreefel706674
Sun Young Yoo717069

source:[8]

Final round

Sunday, 31 July 2011

PlacePlayerR1R2R3R4TotalTo parMoney ($)
1 Yani Tseng71666669272−16392,133
2 Brittany Lang70706967276−12231,065
3 Sophie Gustafson68717068277−11161,746
4 Amy Yang68707367278−10126,536
T5 Caroline Masson68656878279−996,828
Catriona Matthew70696872
T7 Na Yeon Choi69677272280−870,695
Anna Nordqvist70716970
Inbee Park70647373
Sun Young Yoo71706970

source:[9]

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

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444445434444354354
Tseng−12−12−13−13−13−14−14−14−14−14−15−14−13−14−14−14−15−16
Lang−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−7−8−8−9−10−10−11−11−11−12−12
Gustafson−7−7−7−7−7−9−9−9−9−8−8−8−8−9−9−9−10−11
Yang−4−4−5−5−5−6−6−6−7−8−8−8−8−9−9−9−10−10
Masson−15−14−13−13−13−13−12−12−12−11−10−8−8−8−7−7−8−9
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. 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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