2014 Women's British Open

The 2014 Ricoh Women's British Open was played 10–13 July at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. It was the 38th Women's British Open, and the 14th as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. It was the sixth Women's British Open at Royal Birkdale, the most recent was four years earlier in 2010. ESPN and BBC Sport televised the event from Royal Birkdale.

2014 Ricoh Women's British Open
Tournament information
Dates10–13 July 2014
LocationSouthport, England
Course(s)Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Organized byLadies' Golf Union
Tour(s)Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,458 yards (5,905 m)[1]
Field144 players, 70 after cut
Cut150 (+6)
Prize fund$3,000,000
€2,204,591
£1,756,647
Winner's share$474,575
€348,748
£277,887
Champion
Mo Martin
287 (−1)
Location map
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Location in England
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Location in Merseyside, north of Liverpool
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Location in Southport

Mo Martin won her first major, one shot ahead of runners-up Shanshan Feng and Suzann Pettersen. Martin led after 36 holes at 138 (−6) after consecutive rounds of 69, but fell three shots back with a 77 (+5) on Saturday, tied with six others for seventh place. An hour ahead of the final pair on a clear and breezy Sunday, she shot even par, capped by an eagle at the final hole. Her second shot from the fairway on the par 5 nearly holed out for an albatross (double eagle); it rolled onto the green and struck the flagstick, stopping six feet (1.8 m) away. She sank the putt and waited for the others to finish, preparing for a potential playoff. It was Martin's first win on the LPGA Tour,[2][3] and moved her from 99 to 26 in the women's world rankings.[4]

Field

The field for the tournament was set at 144, and most earned exemptions based on past performance on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA Tour, previous major championships, or with a high ranking in the Women's World Golf Rankings. The rest of the field earned entry by successfully competing in qualifying tournaments open to any female golfer, professional or amateur, with a low handicap.

There were 16 exemption categories for the 2014 Women's British Open.[5][6]

  1. The top 15 finishers (and ties) from the 2013 Women's British Open.
  2. The top 10 Ladies European Tour members in the Women's World Golf Rankings not already exempt under category 1.
  3. The top 30 LPGA Tour members in the Women's World Golf Rankings not already exempt under category 1.
  4. The top 25 on the current LET money list not already exempt under category 1 or 2.
  5. The top 40 on the current LPGA Tour money list not already exempt under category 1 or 3.
  6. The top five on the current LPGA of Japan Tour (JLPGA) money list not already exempt under category 1, 2, 3 or 11.
  7. Winners of any recognised LET or LPGA Tour events in the calendar year 2014.
  8. Winners of the 2013 LET, LPGA, JLPGA and KLPGA money lists.
  9. Winners of the last 10 editions of the Women's British Open.
  10. Winners of the last five editions of the U.S. Women's Open, Kraft Nabisco Championship, and LPGA Championship.
  11. Winner of the 2013 Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup.
  12. The leading five LPGA Tour members upon completion of 36 holes in the 2014 Manulife Financial LPGA Classic who have entered the Championship and who are not otherwise exempt.
  13. The leading three LET members in the 2014 ISPS Handa Ladies European Masters, who have entered the Championship and who are not otherwise exempt.
  14. The 2014 British Ladies Amateur champion, 2013 U.S. Women's Amateur champion, 2013 International European Ladies Amateur Championship champion, winner or next available player in the 2013 LGU Order of Merit, and the Mark H. McCormack Medal holder 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.
  15. Any players granted special exemptions from qualifying by the Championship Committee.
  16. Balance of the 90 LPGA Tour members

Qualifiers:[7]

Course
Main article: Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4304103731753384781454133973,1593603521494301634993585164723,2996,458
Par444345344354434354553772

Source:[1]

Previous lengths of the course for the Women's British Open (since 2001):

  • 2010: 6,458 yards (5,905 m), par 72
  • 2005: 6,463 yards (5,910 m), par 72

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 10 July 2014

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Ayako Uehara68−4
2 Mo Martin69−3
T3 Mina Harigae70−2
Sarah Kemp
Morgan Pressel
T6 Holly Clyburn71−1
Stacy Lewis
So Yeon Ryu
Amy Yang
T10 Marina Alex72E
Julieta Granada
Lydia Ko
Jessica Korda
Amelia Lewis
Ai Miyazato
Azahara Muñoz
Anna Nordqvist
Inbee Park
Suzann Pettersen
Jiyai Shin
Emma Talley (a)
Lexi Thompson
Karrie Webb

Second round

Friday, 11 July 2014

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Mo Martin69-69=138−6
T2 Beatriz Recari74-67=141−3
So Yeon Ryu71-70=141
T4 Sun-Ju Ahn75-67=142−2
Julieta Granada72-70=142
T6 Ariya Jutanugarn75-68=143−1
Amelia Lewis72-71=143
Gwladys Nocera73-70=143
Amy Yang71-72=143
T10 Shanshan Feng73-71=144E
Eun-Hee Ji74-70=144
Jessica Korda72-72=144
Azahara Muñoz72-72=144
Inbee Park72-72=144
Morgan Pressel70-74=144

Third round

Saturday, 12 July 2014

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Inbee Park72-72-68=212−4
T2 Sun-Ju Ahn75-67-71=213−3
Shanshan Feng73-71-69=213
Suzann Pettersen72-73-68=213
T5 Julieta Granada72-70-72=214−2
Amelia Lewis72-71-71=214
T7 Charley Hull73-76-66=215−1
Eun-Hee Ji74-70-71=215
Stacy Lewis71-74-70=215
Mo Martin69-69-77=215
Beatriz Recari74-67-74=215
So-Yeon Ryu71-70-74=215
Amy Yang71-72-72=215

Final round

Sunday, 13 July 2014

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Mo Martin69-69-77-72=287−1474,575
T2 Shanshan Feng73-71-69-75=288E235,204
Suzann Pettersen72-73-68-75=288
4 Inbee Park72-72-68-77=289+1151,532
T5 Julieta Granada72-70-72-77=291+3104,425
Eun-Hee Ji74-70-71-76=291
Jessica Korda72-72-73-74=291
Angela Stanford74-72-70-75=291
T9 Sun-Ju Ahn75-67-71-79=292+472,911
Marina Alex72-76-68-76=292
Laura Davies75-72-72-73=292

Source:[9][10]

Amateurs: Talley (+6), Hall (+9).

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444345344443435455
MartinEEEE+1EEEEEEE+1+1+1+1+1−1
Feng−3−2−1E−1−2−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1EEE
Pettersen−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−1−1EEE+2+2+2+2+1E
Park−4−3−3−2−2−3−3−2−3−1EE−1EEEE+1
Ahn−1+1+1+1+1EEEE+1+2+4+4+4+4+5+4+4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[9]

References
  1. "Ricoh Women's British Open: Course Statistics". Ladies' Golf Union. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  2. "Mo Martin wins British Open". ESPN. Associated Press. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  3. "Mo Martin wins Women's British Open to cap a Cinderella story". Guardian. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  4. "Rolex Rankings Move of the Week: Mo Martin". LPGA. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  5. "2014 Ricoh Women's British Open – Competition Entry Details". Ladies' Golf Union. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  6. "Ricoh Women's British Open – Tournament Entry List". Ladies European Tour. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  7. "Ricoh Women's British Open Final-Qualifying". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  8. Edwards, Michael (10 July 2014). "Williams gets late call up to Women's British Open". The Herts Advertiser.
  9. "Ricoh Women's British Open". Ladies European Tour. 13 July 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  10. "Leaderboard: RICOH Women's British Open". Yahoo! Sports. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.

53.622°N 3.033°W / 53.622; -3.033

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.