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2008 Women's British Open

Field	Value
name	2008 Women's British Open
image	Sunningdale GC clubhouse as photographed during the 2008 Ricoh Women's British Open.jpg
caption	Sunningdale Clubhouse
dates	31 July – 3 August 2008
location	Sunningdale, Berkshire, England
course	Sunningdale Golf Club
Old Course
org	Ladies' Golf Union
tour	LPGA Tour
Ladies European Tour
par	72
yardage	6408 yd
field	156 players, 78 after cut
cut	145 (+1)
purse	US$2,100,000
€1,351,213
winners_share	$314,464
€202,337
champion	KOR Jiyai Shin
score	270 (−18)
previous	2007
next	2009

Old Course Ladies European Tour €1,351,213 €202,337 |UK England Golf Club The 2008 Women's British Open was held 31 July to 3 August at the Old Course of Sunningdale Golf Club in Sunningdale, Berkshire, England, west of London. It was the 32nd Women's British Open and the eighth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. Sunningdale hosted its fourth Women's British Open and its third as an LPGA major.

Jiyai Shin shot a final round 66 (−6) to win her first major championship, three strokes ahead of runner-up Yani Tseng. Shin won the title again in 2012, while Tseng won consecutive titles in 2010 and 2011.

It was the final major for 2003 champion Annika Sörenstam, who finished a dozen strokes back.

Field

1. Top 15 players from the 2007 championship.

Lorena Ochoa (champion), Maria Hjorth, Jee Young Lee, Reilly Rankin, Se Ri Pak, Ji Eun-hee, Miki Saiki, Paula Creamer, Linda Wessburg, Catriona Matthew, Inbee Park, Mhairi McKay, Yuri Fudoh, Na On Min, Brittany Lincicome

2. Top 10 players from the Ladies European Tour as specified by the Rolex Rankings.

Helen Alfredsson, Minea Blomqvist, Laura Davies, Louise Friberg, Sophie Gustafson, Suzann Pettersen, Song Bo-bae, Annika Sörenstam, Lindsey Wright

3. Top 30 players from the LPGA Tour as specified by the Rolex Rankings.

Shi Hyun Ahn, Nicole Castrale, Na Yeon Choi, Laura Diaz, Natalie Gulbis, Hee-Won Han, Juli Inkster, Jeong Jang, Cristie Kerr, Christina Kim, In-Kyung Kim, Mi-Hyun Kim, Brittany Lang, Seon Hwa Lee, Ai Miyazato, Angela Park, Stacy Prammanasudh, Morgan Pressel, Angela Stanford, Sherri Steinhauer, Yani Tseng, Momoko Ueda, Karrie Webb

4. Top 25 players in the 2008 Ladies European Tour Order of Merit who have not been specified yet.

Maria Boden, Stacy Bregman, Becky Brewerton, Anne-Lise Caudal, Martina Eberl, Nikki Garrett, Lisa Hall, Felicity Johnson, Ludivine Kreutz, Diana Luna, Paula Martí, Joanne Mills, Gwladys Nocera, Marta Prito, Melissa Reid, Marianne Skarpnord, Lisa Holm Sorensen, Louise Stahle, Maria Verchenova, Johanna Westerburg, Amy Yang, Emma Zackrisson, Veronica Zorzi

5. Top 40 players from the 2008 LPGA Tour Money List not already specified.

Kyeong Bae, Irene Cho, H.J. Choi, Diane D'Alessio, Allison Fouch, Sandra Gal, Russy Gulyanamitta, Johanna Head, Rachel Hetherington, Katherine Hull, Karine Icher, Kang Soo-yun, Young Kim, Carin Koch, Kelli Kuehne, Candie Kung, Meena Lee, Leta Lindley, Teresa Lu, Meg Mallon, Jill McGill, Kristy McPherson, Janice Moodie, Becky Morgan, Ji Young Oh, Hee Young Park, Jane Park, Alena Sharp, Karin Sjödin, Kris Tamulis, Wendy Ward, Sun Young Yoo, Heather Young

6. Top 5 players from the Japan LPGA Tour in 2008.

Yukari Baba, Ji-Hee Lee, Eun-A Lim, Sakura Yokomine

7. Winners of LPGA and Ladies European Tour tournaments in 2008 who have not been specified yet.

Trish Johnson

8. Winners of the 2007 LPGA, Korean LPGA Tour, Japan LPGA Tour, and Ladies European Tour money lists who have not been specified yet.

Jiyai Shin

9. Past ten winners of the Women's British Open.

None not already specified.

10. Past five winners of the U.S. Women's Open.

None not already specified.

11. Past five winners of the Kraft Nabisco Championship.

Grace Park

12. Past five winners of the LPGA Championship.

None not already specified.

13. Winner of the Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup.

None not already specified.

14. Top 5 finishers from the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic who are not otherwise exempt.

Moira Dunn, Shanshan Feng, Katie Futcher, Paige Mackenzie, Gloria Park

15. The 2008 Ladies British Amateur champ, the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur champ, the 2007 European Ladies Amateur champ (if all have not turned pro before championship).

Caroline Hedwall (a), Anna Nordqvist (a), Maria José Uribe (a)

16. Players successful in Final Qualifying (28 July)

Liz Bennett (a), Erica Blasberg, Krystle Caithness (a), Rebecca Coakley, Claire Coughlan-Ryan, Stefani Croce, Naomi Edwards (a), Tanya Elosegui Mayor, Lora Fairclough, Martina Gillen, Lydia Hall (a), Leah Hart, Samantha Head, Kiran Matharu, Anja Monke, Lee-Ann Pace, Margherita Rigon, Iben Tinning, Marjet van der Graff.

Course layout

Main article: Sunningdale Golf Club

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	485	489	318	152	400	386	393	168	273	3,064	459	322	416	182	503	210	415	425	412	3,344	6,408
Par	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	36	5	4	4	3	5	3	4	4	4	36	72

Source:

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

2004: 6392 yd, par 72
2001: 6255 yd, par 72

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 31 July 2008

The first round lead belonged to 48-year-old Juli Inkster at 65 (−7), as 64 players broke par. One stroke back were seven players at 66 (−6): Momoko Ueda, Laura Diaz, Johanna Head, Yuri Fudoh, Ji Young Oh, Jiyai Shin, and Stacy Prammanasudh. Four players were tied at two shots off the pace, including the 2004 champion at Sunningdale; Karen Stupples. Many well-known players stood at 69 (−3), including number-one ranked player Lorena Ochoa, Natalie Gulbis, and last week's Evian Masters winner Helen Alfredsson. However, many other top-ranked or well-known players struggled with their rounds, including Cristie Kerr at 71 and Paula Creamer, Karrie Webb, and Annika Sörenstam at even-par 72.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Juli Inkster	65	−7
T2	JPN Momoko Ueda	66	−6
USA Laura Diaz
KOR Ji Young Oh
JPN Yuri Fudoh
ENG Johanna Head
USA Stacy Prammanasudh
KOR Jiyai Shin
T9	USA Kristy McPherson	67	−5
ENG Karen Stupples
ENG Rebecca Hudson
USA Sherri Steinhauer

Source:

Second round

Friday, 1 August 2008

Friday's low round of 65 (−7) belonged to Kerr, who jumped into a tie for fourth at 136 (−8). First-round leader Inkster shot a 70 for 135 (−9) and in sole possession of third place. The co-leaders after 36 holes were Fudoh and Shin; each shot 68 to improve to 134 (−10).

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	JPN Yuri Fudoh	66-68=134	−10
KOR Jiyai Shin	66-68=134
3	USA Juli Inkster	65-70=135	−9
T4	USA Cristie Kerr	71-65=136	−8
KOR Song Bo-bae	68-68=136
T6	USA Natalie Gulbis	69-68=137	−7
JPN Ai Miyazato	73-69=137
MEX Lorena Ochoa	69-68=137
T9	USA Laura Diaz	66-72=138	−6
JPN Momoko Ueda	66-72=138
SWE Sophie Gustafson	69-69=138
KOR Ji Eun-hee	68-70=138

Amateurs: Nordqvist (−1), Uribe (+1), Bennett (+2), Feng (+2), Gal (+3), Edwards (+4), Hall (+8), Caithness (+11), Hedwall (+11).

Third round

Saturday, 2 August 2008

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	JPN Yuri Fudoh	66-68-69=203	−13
2	KOR Jiyai Shin	66-68-70=204	−12
3	JPN Ai Miyazato	68-69-68=205	−11
T4	USA Juli Inkster	65-70-71=206	−10
USA Cristie Kerr	71-65-70=206
T6	USA Natalie Gulbis	69-68-70=207	−9
KOR Ji Eun-hee	68-70-69=207
KOR Mi Hyun Kim	70-70-67=207
TWN Yani Tseng	70-69-68=207
T10	KOR Na Yeon Choi	69-71-68=207	−8
MEX Lorena Ochoa	69-68-71=207
JPN Momoko Ueda	66-72-70=207

Final round

Sunday, 3 August 2008

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	KOR Jiyai Shin	66-68-70-66=270	−18
2	TWN Yani Tseng	70-69-68-66=273	−15
T3	JPN Yuri Fudoh	66-68-69-71=274	−14
KOR Ji Eun-hee	68-70-69-67=274
5	JPN Ai Miyazato	68-69-68-70=275	−13
6	USA Cristie Kerr	71-65-70-70=276	−12
T7	MEX Lorena Ochoa	69-68-71-69=277	−11
JPN Momoko Ueda	66-72-70-69=277
T9	USA Paula Creamer	72-69-70-67=278	−10
USA Natalie Gulbis	69-68-70-71=278
KOR Hee-Won Han	71-69-71-67=278
KOR In-Kyung Kim	71-68-72-67=278
AUS Karrie Webb	72-69-69-68=278

Amateurs: Nordqvist (−3), Uribe (+6).

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	5	3	4	4	4
KOR Shin	−13	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−16	−16	−16	−17	−18	−18	−18	−18	−18
TWN Tseng	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−14	−14	−14	−15
JPN Fudoh	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−14	−14	−14
KOR Ji	−10	−12	−12	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−13	−14	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−14
JPN Miyazato	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15	−15	−13
USA Kerr	−10	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−11	−10	−11	−12	−13	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12
MEX Ochoa	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11
JPN Ueda	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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References

(3 August 2008). "Course Statistics: 2008 Ricoh Women's British Open". Ladies Golf Union.
(3 August 2008). "Shin wins first major by 3 shots". ESPN.
(1 August 2008). "Not finished yet: Inkster leads British". Reading Eagle.
(1 August 2008). "Scoreboard: LPGA". Reading Eagle.
"RICOH Women's British Open". Golf Channel.

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