2001 Women's British Open

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2001 Women's British Open
Tournament information
Dates2–5 August 2001
LocationSunningdale, Berkshire, England
Course(s)Sunningdale Golf Club
Old Course
Organized byLadies' Golf Union
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Ladies European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,255 yards (5,720 m)[1]
Field144 players, 70 after cut
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fund$1,500,000
€1,712,307
£1,048,951
Winner's share$221,650
€253,022
£155,000
Champion
South Korea Se-ri Pak
277 (−11)
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Sunningdale Golf Club is located in England
Sunningdale Golf Club
Sunningdale
Golf Club
Location in England

The 2001 Women's British Open was held 2–5 August in England at Sunningdale Golf Club, southwest of London in Sunningdale, Berkshire. It was the 25th edition of the Women's British Open, and the first as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. It replaced the du Maurier Classic in Canada as the fourth and final major of the season.

On Sunningdale's Old Course, Se-ri Pak won the third of her five major titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up .[2] Four strokes behind leader Catriona Matthew after 54 holes and tied for ninth,[3] Pak eagled the first hole on Sunday and shot a final round 66 (−6) for 277 (−11).[2][4]

The event was televised by ESPN and ABC Sports in the United States and BBC Sport in the United Kingdom.

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, 2 August 2001

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Janice Moodie  Scotland 67 −5
T2 Laura Davies  England 68 −4
Johanna Head  England
T4 Elisabeth Esterl  Germany 69 −3
Kelly Robbins  United States
T6 Marlene Hedblom  Sweden 70 −2
Trish Johnson  England
Rosie Jones  United States
Lorie Kane  Canada
Catriona Matthew  Scotland
Jill McGill  United States
Mhairi McKay  Scotland
Marine Monnet  France
Grace Park  South Korea
Annika Sörenstam  Sweden

Second round[]

Friday, 3 August 2001

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Catriona Matthew  Scotland 70-65=135 −9
T2 Trish Johnson  England 70-67=137 −7
Mi-Hyun Kim  South Korea 72-65=137
Janice Moodie  Scotland 67-70=137
5 Johanna Head  England 68-70=138 −6
6 Rosie Jones  United States 70-69=139 −5
T7 Helen Alfredsson  Sweden 71-69=140 −4
Dorothy Delasin  United States 71-69=140
Wendy Doolan  Australia 72-68=140
Elisabeth Esterl  Germany 69-71=140
Jill McGill  United States 70-70=140
Iben Tinning  Denmark 71-69=140

Amateurs: Hudson (−3), Prieto (+6)

Third round[]

Saturday, 4 August 2001

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Catriona Matthew  Scotland 70-65-72=207 −9
T2 Lora Fairclough  England 71-70-67=208 −8
Mi-Hyun Kim  South Korea 72-65-71=208
Janice Moodie  Scotland 67-70-71=208
T5 Trish Johnson  England 70-67-72=209 −7
Karrie Webb  Australia 74-67-68=209
T7 Laura Davies  England 68-73-69=210 −6
Rosie Jones  United States 70-69-71=210
T9  Japan 71-71-69=211 −5
Tracy Hanson  United States 72-69-70=211
Rebecca Hudson (a)  England 71-70-70=211
Se-ri Pak  South Korea 71-70-70=211

Final round[]

Sunday, 5 August 2001

Place Player Nation Score To par Money ($)
1 Se-ri Pak  South Korea 71-70-70-66=277 −11 221,650
2 Mi-Hyun Kim  South Korea 72-65-71-71=279 −9 143,000
T3 Laura Diaz  United States 74-70-69-67=280 −8 74,092
Catriona Matthew  Scotland 70-65-72-73=280
Janice Moodie  Scotland 67-70-71-72=280
Iben Tinning  Denmark 71-69-72-68=280
T7  Spain 71-73-70-67=281 −7 36,608
 Japan 71-71-69-70=281
Kathryn Imrie  Scotland 75-71-68-67=281
Kelli Kuehne  United States 71-70-71-69=281
 United States 72-71-71-67=281

Amateur: Hudson (−3)

Source:[1][4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Scoreboard: Women's British Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). 6 August 2001. p. 5E.
  2. ^ a b Garrity, John (13 August 2001). "Major accomplishment". Sports Illustrated. p. G11.
  3. ^ "Matthew weathers Webb's round". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. 5 August 2001. p. 3G.
  4. ^ a b Millward, Robert (6 August 2001). "Major step". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. C-2.

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