2006 Women's British Open

2006 Women's British Open
Tournament information
Dates	3–6 August 2006
Location	Lancashire, England
Course(s)	Royal Lytham & St Annes; Golf Club
Organized by	Ladies' Golf Union
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour; Ladies European Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,480 yards (5,925 m)
Field	150 players, 72 after cut
Cut	151 (+7)
Prize fund	$1,800,000; €1,384,186
Winner's share	$305,440; €234,880
Champion
	Sherri Steinhauer
	281 (−7)
	← 2005 2007 →

Lytham &
St Annes

Location in England

The 2006 Women's British Open was held 3–6 August at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. It was the 30th edition of the Women's British Open, and the sixth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.

Sherri Steinhauer, 43, won her second major title, three strokes ahead of runners-up Sophie Gustafson and Cristie Kerr. It was Steinhauer's third win at the Women's British Open, but the first since it was designated a major in 2001.^[2] The earlier wins were consecutive, in 1998 and 1999.

This was the final Women's British Open sponsored by Weetabix, which began its 20-year relationship with the event in 1987. It was replaced by Ricoh in 2007 at St. Andrews.

Field[]

Past champions in the field[]

Made the cut[]

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Karen Stupples	England	2004	73	69	70	78	290	+2	T10
Jeong Jang	South Korea	2005	78	73	68	75	294	+6	T26
Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	2003	72	71	73	79	295	+7	T31

Missed the cut[]

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Karrie Webb	Australia	2002	76	82	158	+14
Se Ri Pak	South Korea	2001	78	WD

Course layout[]

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	198	401	410	371	170	492	542	389	156	3,129	334	487	160	340	418	464	343	419	386	3,351	6,480
Par	3	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	3	35	4	5	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	37	72

Source:^[1]

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

2003: 6,308 yards (5,768 m), par 72

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, 3 August 2006

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Juli Inkster	United States	66	−6
T2	Silvia Cavalleri	Italy	69	−3
T2	Maria Hjorth	Sweden	69	−3
T4		United States	70	−2
	Gwladys Nocera	France
	Nina Reis	Sweden
T7		Japan	71	−1
		Switzerland
	Julieta Granada	Paraguay
	Rachel Hetherington	Australia
	Cristie Kerr	United States
	Christina Kim	United States
	Ai Miyazato	Japan
	Wendy Ward	United States
	Lindsey Wright	Australia

Second round[]

Friday, 4 August 2006

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Juli Inkster	United States	66-72=138	−6
2	Silvia Cavalleri	Italy	69-72=141	−3
T3	Lorie Kane	Canada	73-69=142	−2
	Candie Kung	United States	72-70=142
	Karen Stupples	England	73-69=142
	Lindsey Wright	Australia	71-71=142
T7	Chung Il-mi	South Korea	72-71=143	−1
	Paula Creamer	United States	72-71=143
	Sophie Gustafson	Sweden	76-67=143
	Gwladys Nocera	France	70-73=143
	Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	72-71=143
	Sherri Steinhauer	United States	73-70=143

Amateurs: Mozo (+3), Yang (+6), Simon (+8), Schaeffer (+11), MacRae (+18).

Third round[]

Saturday, 5 August 2006

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Sherri Steinhauer	United States	73-70-66=209	−7
T2	Sophie Gustafson	Sweden	76-67-69=212	−4
	Juli Inkster	United States	66-72-74=212
	Lorena Ochoa	Mexico	74-73-65=212
	Karen Stupples	England	73-69-70=212
T6	Natalie Gulbis	United States	72-74-67=213	−3
	Cristie Kerr	United States	71-76-66=213
	Candie Kung	United States	72-70-71=213
T9	Beth Daniel	United States	73-71-70=214	−2
	Julieta Granada	Paraguay	71-73-70=214
	Gwladys Nocera	France	70-73-71=214

Final round[]

Sunday, 6 August 2006

Place	Player	Nation	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Sherri Steinhauer	United States	73-70-66-72=281	−7	305,440
T2	Sophie Gustafson	Sweden	76-67-69-72=284	−4	162,265
T2	Cristie Kerr	United States	71-76-66-71=284	−4	162,265
T4	Juli Inkster	United States	66-72-74-73=285	−3	95,450
T4	Lorena Ochoa	Mexico	74-73-65-73=285	−3	95,450
T6	Beth Daniel	United States	73-71-70-72=286	−2	70,633
T6	Lorie Kane	Canada	73-69-74-70=286	−2	70,633
8	Julieta Granada	Paraguay	71-73-70-73=287	−1	61,088
9	Ai Miyazato	Japan	71-75-75-67=288	E	55,361
T10	Hee-Won Han	South Korea	80-71-69-70=290	+2	40,566
	Karine Icher	France	72-73-71-74=290
	Kim Joo-mi	South Korea	73-73-73-71=290
	Candie Kung	United States	72-70-71-77=290
	Nina Reis	Sweden	70-76-69-75=290
	Karen Stupples	England	73-69-70-78=290

Amateurs: Yang (+13), Mozo (+19)

Source:^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Course Statistics: 2006 Ricoh Women's British Open". Ladies Golf Union. 6 August 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Steinhauer wins British at Lytham for second time". ESPN. Associated Press. 6 August 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
^ "Weetabix Women's British Open". Golf Channel. Retrieved October 26, 2018.

External links[]

Ladies European Tour: 2006 Weetabix Women's British Open results
LPGA: 2006 Women's British Open results

Coordinates: 53°44′58″N 3°01′05″W / 53.7495°N 3.0180°W / 53.7495; -3.0180

[lguwbo09-1] "Course Statistics: 2006 Ricoh Women's British Open". Ladies Golf Union. 6 August 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}

[stwbo-2] "Steinhauer wins British at Lytham for second time". ESPN. Associated Press. 6 August 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2013.

[3] "Weetabix Women's British Open". Golf Channel. Retrieved October 26, 2018.

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