2012 Women's British Open

2012 Ricoh Women's British Open
Tournament information
Dates	13–16 September 2012
Location	Merseyside, England
Course(s)	Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Organized by	Ladies' Golf Union
Tour(s)	Ladies European Tour; LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,657 yards (6,087 m)
Field	144 players, 57 after cut
Cut	149 (+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)
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Hoylake

Location in England

Hoylake

Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, Merseyside, west of Liverpool, England

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.

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.

Past champions in the field[]

Made the cut[]

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Jiyai Shin	South Korea	2008	71	64	71	73	279	−9	1
Karrie Webb	Australia	2002	71	70	68	82	291	+3	T5
Catriona Matthew	Scotland	2009	76	73	71	75	295	+7	T10
Yani Tseng	Taiwan	2010, 2011	72	72	76	79	299	+11	T26

Missed the cut[]

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Karen Stupples	England	2004	76	81	157	+13

Course[]

Hole	Name	Yards	Par	Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	17 - Royal	392	4	10	8 - Far	493	5
2	18 - Stand	377	4	11	9 - Punch Bowl	382	4
3	1 - Course	405	4	12	10 - Dee	397	4
4	2 - Road	358	4	13	11 - Alps	151	3
5	3 - Long	528	5	14	12 - Hilbre	400	4
6	4 - New	157	3	15	13 - Rushes	161	3
7	5 - Telegraph	380	4	16	14 - Field	519	5
8	6 - Briars	382	4	17	15 - Lake	457	4
9	7 - Dowie	178	3	18	16 - Dun	540	5
Out		3,157	35	In		3,500	37
Source:^[1]^[3]				Total		6,657	72

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

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Haeji Kang	South Korea	70	−2
T1	So Yeon Ryu	South Korea	70	−2
T3		United States	71	−1
	Lydia Hall	Wales
	Charley Hull (a)	England
	Vicky Hurst	United States
	Stacey Keating	Australia
	Ai Miyazato	Japan
	Mika Miyazato	Japan
	Jiyai Shin	South Korea
	Karrie Webb	Australia

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]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jiyai Shin	South Korea	71-64=135	−9
2	Inbee Park	South Korea	72-68=140	−4
T3	Mika Miyazato	Japan	71-70=141	−3
T3	Karrie Webb	Australia	71-70=141	−3
5		United States	71-71=142	−2
T6	Vicky Hurst	United States	71-72=143	−1
	Lydia Ko (a)	New Zealand	72-71=143
	Carin Koch	Sweden	72-71=143
	Ai Miyazato	Japan	71-72=143
	Jenny Shin	South Korea	75-68=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)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jiyai Shin	South Korea	71-64-71=206	−10
2	Karrie Webb	Australia	71-70-68=209	−7
3	Inbee Park	South Korea	72-68-72=212	−4
4	Mika Miyazato	Japan	71-70-72=213	−3
5	Jenny Shin	South Korea	75-68-71=214	−2
T6		United States	71-71-73=215	−1
T6	So Yeon Ryu	South Korea	70-74-71=215	−1
T8		Japan	72-72-72=216	E
T8	Ai Miyazato	Japan	71-72-73=216	E
T10	Chella Choi	South Korea	72-73-72=217	+1
	Paula Creamer	United States	73-72-72=217
	Michelle Wie	United States	75-70-72=217

Source:^[9]

Final round[]

Sunday, 16 September 2012 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Jiyai Shin	South Korea	71-64-71-73=279	−9	428,650
2	Inbee Park	South Korea	72-68-72-76=288	E	249,668
3	Paula Creamer	United States	73-72-72-72=289	+1	174,768
4	Mika Miyazato	Japan	71-70-72-77=290	+2	136,724
T5	So Yeon Ryu	South Korea	70-74-71-76=291	+3	104,623
T5	Karrie Webb	Australia	71-70-68-82=291	+3	104,623
7	Julieta Granada	Paraguay	74-71-74-74=293	+5	87,979
T8		United States	71-71-73-79=294	+6	76,090
T8	Stacy Lewis	United States	74-70-76-74=294	+6	76,090
T10	Chella Choi	South Korea	72-73-72-78=295	+7	59,841
	I.K. Kim	South Korea	75-72-73-75=295
	Catriona Matthew	Scotland	76-73-71-75=295

Source:^[10]^[11]

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

Scorecard[]

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	4	3	5	4	5
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	−1	E	E	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	E
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	−1	E	+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	+1	E	+1	+3	+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Eagle		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey		Triple bogey+

Source:^[12]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "2012 Ricoh Women's British Open – Course Details". Ladies' Golf Union. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
^ "2012 Ricoh Women's British Open – Competition Entry Conditions". Ladies' Golf Union. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b "2012 Ricoh Women's British Open". Royal Liverpool Golf Club. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
^ "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.
^ "Second-round at the RICOH Women's British Open suspended". LPGA. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
^ "Women's British Open: Wind cancels round two & scores wiped". BBC Sport. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
^ "Championship Committee statement". Ricoh Women's British Open. 14 September 2012. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "2012 Ricoh Women's British Open". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
^ "RICOH Women's British Open". Golf Channel. Retrieved 4 September 2018.

External links[]

Official website
LPGA.com - Women's British Open - microsite
Ladies Golf Union: Women's British Open
Ladies European Tour: 2012 Ricoh Women's British Open

Preceded by 2012 U.S. Women's Open	Major Championships	Succeeded by 2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship

Coordinates: 53°23′15″N 3°11′06″W / 53.3875°N 3.185°W / 53.3875; -3.185

[cs12yd-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.

[rwbo12rlph-3] "2012 Ricoh Women's British Open". Royal Liverpool Golf Club. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

[firrd-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.

[LPGA2rdnt-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.

[ccs12-7] "Championship Committee statement". Ricoh Women's British Open. 14 September 2012. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.

[secrd-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.

[thdrd-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.

[fthrd-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.

[rd4scr-12] "RICOH Women's British Open". Golf Channel. Retrieved 4 September 2018.

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