2012 Women's British Open

The 2012 Ricoh Women's British Open was held 13–16 September at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Merseyside, England. It was the 36th Women's British Open, and the 12th as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. It was scheduled later in the year due to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Jiyai Shin won her second Women's British Open, nine strokes ahead of runner-up Inbee Park.

2012 Ricoh Women's British Open
Tournament information
Dates13–16 September 2012
LocationMerseyside, England
Course(s)Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Organized byLadies' Golf Union
Tour(s)Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,657 yards (6,087 m)[1]
Field144 players, 57 after cut
Cut149 (+5)
Prize fund$2,750,000
€2,129,532
£1,707,437
Winner's share$428,650
€331,936
£266,143
Champion
Jiyai Shin
279 (−9)
Hoylake
Location in England
Hoylake
Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, Merseyside, west of Liverpool, England

Weather was a factor, as the second round on Friday was halted before 8:30 a.m. due to high winds. The scores were thrown out and the round was restarted on Saturday, with the final two rounds played on Sunday.

Exemptions and qualifying events

The field for the tournament was 144, and golfers gained a place in three ways. Most players earn exemptions based on good past performances on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA Tour 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. The final qualifying tournament was held at Caldy Golf Club just up the road from the famous links.

There were 15 exemption categories for the 2012 Women's British Open. These are:[2]

  • The top 30 finishers (and ties) from the 2011 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 30 of the 2011 Women's British Open.
  • The top 30 LPGA Tour members in the Women's World Golf Rankings who did not finish in the top 30 of the 2011 Women's British Open.
  • The top 25 on the current LET money list not already exempt from the 2011 Women's British Open or the world rankings.
  • The top 40 on the current LPGA Tour money list not already exempt from the 2011 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 2011 Women's British Open or through the world rankings if they are also members of the LET or LPGA. (Note that these six categories will account for approximately 125 entries — or 5/6ths of the players in the final field.)
  • Winners of any recognised LET or LPGA Tour events in the calendar year 2012.
  • Winners of the 2011 LET, LPGA, JLPGA and KLPGA money lists.
  • Winners of the last 10 editions of the Women's British Open.
  • Winners of the last five editions of one of the other three LPGA majors.
  • Winner of the 2011 Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup.
  • The leading five LPGA Tour members upon completion of 36 holes in the 2012 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic who have entered the Championship and who are not otherwise exempt.
  • The leading 3 LET members in the 2012 ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters, who have entered the Championship and who are not otherwise exempt.
  • The 2012 British Ladies Amateur champion, 2011 Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play champion, 2011 U.S. Women's Amateur champion and 2011 European Ladies' Amateur champion, provided they are still amateurs at the time of the Championship and a maximum of two other leading amateurs at the discretion of the Ladies’ Golf Union.
  • Any players granted special exemptions from qualifying by the Championship Committee.

Course
Main article: Royal Liverpool Golf Club
HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
117 - Royal392410 8 - Far4935
218 - Stand377411 9 - Punch Bowl3824
3 1 - Course40541210 - Dee3974
4 2 - Road35841311 - Alps1513
5 3 - Long52851412 - Hilbre4004
6 4 - New15731513 - Rushes1613
7 5 - Telegraph38041614 - Field5195
8 6 - Briars38241715 - Lake4574
9 7 - Dowie17831816 - Dun5405
Out3,15735In3,50037
Source:[1][3]Total6,65772
  • The Open Championship in 2006 was also set as a par 72, but at 7,258 yards (6,637 m), 601 yards (550 m) longer.
  • Both layouts started on club hole #17 (Royal) and ended at the par-5 #16 (Dun).[3]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 13 September 2012

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Haeji Kang70−2
So Yeon Ryu
T3 Katie Futcher71−1
Lydia Hall
Charley Hull (a)
Vicky Hurst
Stacey Keating
Ai Miyazato
Mika Miyazato
Jiyai Shin
Karrie Webb

Source:[4]

Second round

Saturday, 15 September 2012

Second round play began on Friday morning in adverse wind conditions, which worsened with gusts of 60 mph (100 km/h). Play was stopped at 8:25 a.m. and did not resume; all scores for the day were declared null and void and were scrapped.[5] The second round was restarted on Saturday morning, with the third and fourth rounds both scheduled for Sunday off of split tees, as the Monday forecast was for weather similar to Friday's. In order to complete the final 36 holes on Sunday in the reduced daylight of mid-September, the cut was reduced by fifteen players, to the top fifty and ties. Professionals within the top 65 and ties earned official prize money.[6][7]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Jiyai Shin71-64=135−9
2 Inbee Park72-68=140−4
T3 Mika Miyazato71-70=141−3
Karrie Webb71-70=141
5 Katie Futcher71-71=142−2
T6 Vicky Hurst71-72=143−1
Lydia Ko (a)72-71=143
Carin Koch72-71=143
Ai Miyazato71-72=143
Jenny Shin75-68=143

Source:[8]

Amateurs: Ko (−1), Clyburn (+1), Law (+2), Yan (+5), Hull (+7), Taylor (+7), Peters (+9), Boulden (+10), Maguire (+13), Thompson (+14).

Third round

Sunday, 16 September 2012 (morning)

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Jiyai Shin71-64-71=206−10
2 Karrie Webb71-70-68=209−7
3 Inbee Park72-68-72=212−4
4 Mika Miyazato71-70-72=213−3
5 Jenny Shin75-68-71=214−2
T6 Katie Futcher71-71-73=215−1
So Yeon Ryu70-74-71=215
T8 Yuki Ichinose72-72-72=216E
Ai Miyazato71-72-73=216
T10 Chella Choi72-73-72=217+1
Paula Creamer73-72-72=217
Michelle Wie75-70-72=217

Source:[9]

Final round

Sunday, 16 September 2012 (afternoon)

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Jiyai Shin71-64-71-73=279−9428,650
2 Inbee Park72-68-72-76=288E249,668
3 Paula Creamer73-72-72-72=289+1174,768
4 Mika Miyazato71-70-72-77=290+2136,724
T5 So Yeon Ryu70-74-71-76=291+3104,623
Karrie Webb71-70-68-82=291
7 Julieta Granada74-71-74-74=293+587,979
T8 Katie Futcher71-71-73-79=294+676,090
Stacy Lewis74-70-76-74=294
T10 Chella Choi72-73-72-78=295+759,841
I.K. Kim75-72-73-75=295
Catriona Matthew76-73-71-75=295

Source:[10][11]

Amateurs: Ko (+9), Clyburn (+11), Law (+12), Yan (+16).

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444453443544343545
Shin−7−7−7−7−7−8−9−8−8−8−7−7−8−8−9−10−9−9
Park−3−3−1−1−1−1−1EE+1+1+2+2+2+2+1+1E
Creamer+1+1+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+3+4+4+4+5+4+2+2+1
Miyazato−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1E+2+2+2+2+1+2+2
Ryu+2+3+3+3+3+2+3+3+3+3+3+2+2+2+1+2+3+3
Webb−5−4−3−3−3−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1+1E+1+3+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[12]

References
  1. "2012 Ricoh Women's British Open – Course Details". Ladies' Golf Union. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  2. "2012 Ricoh Women's British Open – Competition Entry Conditions". Ladies' Golf Union. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  3. "2012 Ricoh Women's British Open". Royal Liverpool Golf Club. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  4. "First round leaderboard, 2012 Ricoh Women's British Open". LPGA. 13 September 2012. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  5. "Second-round at the RICOH Women's British Open suspended". LPGA. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  6. "Women's British Open: Wind cancels round two & scores wiped". BBC Sport. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  7. "Championship Committee statement". Ricoh Women's British Open. 14 September 2012. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  8. "Second round leaderboard, 2012 Ricoh Women's British Open". LPGA. 15 September 2012. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  9. "Third round leaderboard, 2012 Ricoh Women's British Open". LPGA. 16 September 2012. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  10. "Fourth round leaderboard, 2012 Ricoh Women's British Open". LPGA. 16 September 2012. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  11. "2012 Ricoh Women's British Open". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  12. "RICOH Women's British Open". Golf Channel. Retrieved 4 September 2018.

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