Women’s British Open
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Women’s British Open, golf tournament conducted annually that is recognized by the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) as one of the four major tournaments in women’s golf. The event is open to all qualified amateur and professional female golfers and is held at a variety of golf courses throughout the United Kingdom.
Originally known as the Ladies’ British Open, the tournament was first held in 1976 at Fulford Golf Club in Yorkshire, Eng. The Women’s British Open was not an official LPGA tour event until 1994, and it became an LPGA major in 2001. The tournament consists of 72 holes of stroke play (lowest score wins) over the course of four days.
Karrie Webb and Sherri Steinhauer have won the event more times than any other golfer, with three victories each. Other notable winners of the Women’s British Open are Patty Sheehan, Pak Se Ri, Annika Sörenstam, and Lorena Ochoa.
Winners of the Women’s British Open are provided in the table.
year
winner
1976
Jenny Lee Smith (U.K.)
1977
Vivien Saunders (U.K.)
1978
Janet Melville (U.K.)
1979
Alison Sheard (S.Af.)
1980
Debbie Massey (U.S.)
1981
Debbie Massey (U.S.)
1982
Marta Figueras-Dotti (Spain)
1983
not held
1984
Okamoto Ayako (Japan)
1985
Betsy King (U.S.)
1986
Laura Davies (U.K.)
1987
Alison Nicholas (U.K.)
1988
Corinne Dibnah (Austl.)
1989
Jane Geddes (U.S.)
1990
Helen Alfredsson (Swed.)
1991
Penny Grice-Whittaker (U.K.)
1992
Patty Sheehan (U.S.)
1993
Karen Lunn (Austl.)
1994
Liselotte Neumann (Swed.)
1995
Karrie Webb (Austl.)
1996
Emilee Klein (U.S.)
1997
Karrie Webb (Austl.)
1998
Sherri Steinhauer (U.S.)
1999
Sherri Steinhauer (U.S.)
2000
Sophie Gustafson (Swed.)
2001
Pak Se-Ri (S.Kor.)
2002
Karrie Webb (Austl.)
2003
Annika Sörenstam (Swed.)
2004
Karen Stupples (U.K.)
2005
Jang Jeong (S.Kor.)
2006
Sherri Steinhauer (U.S.)
2007
Lorena Ochoa (Mex.)
2008
Shin Ji-Yai (S.Kor.)
2009
Catriona Matthew (Scot.)
2010
Yani Tseng (Taiwan)
2011
Yani Tseng (Taiwan)
2012
Shin Ji-Yai (S.Kor.)
2013
Stacy Lewis (U.S.)
2014
Mo Martin (U.S.)
2015
Park In-Bee (S.Kor.)
2016
Ariya Jutanugarn (Thai.)
2017
Kim In-Kyung (S.Kor.)
2018
Georgia Hall (U.K.)
2019
Shibuno Hinako (Japan)
2020
Sophia Popov (Ger.)
2021
Anna Nordqvist (Swed.)
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