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2009 Women's British Open

Field	Value
name	2009 Women's British Open
image	2009 Women's British Open - Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Course (59).jpg
caption	10th hole tee box at the Women's Open
location	Lancashire, England
course	Royal Lytham & St Annes
Golf Club
dates	30 July – 2 August 2009
org	Ladies' Golf Union
tour	LPGA Tour
Ladies European Tour
par	72
yardage	6492 yd
field	144 players, 71 after cut
cut	153 (+9)
purse	$2,200,000
€1,543,520
winners_share	$335,000
€235,036
champion	SCO Catriona Matthew
score	285 (−3)
previous	[2008](2008-women-s-british-open)
next	[2010](2010-women-s-british-open)

Golf Club](royal-lytham-st-annes-golf-club) Ladies European Tour €1,543,520 €235,036 |UK England St Annes The 2009 Women's British Open was held 30 July – 2 August at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. It was the 33rd Women's British Open and the ninth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. Catriona Matthew won her only major, three strokes ahead of runner-up Karrie Webb.

It was the fourth Women's British Open at Royal Lytham and the third as an LPGA major, most recently in 2006. The course had also hosted ten Open Championships, most recently in 2001. The par-72 course was set by the Ladies Golf Union at 6492 yd, 413 yd shorter than the par-71 set-up for The Open Championship in 2001.

Matthew became the first Scot to win the title, just eleven weeks after giving birth to her second child in mid-May.

Course layout

Main article: Royal Lytham & St Annes 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	199	401	419	371	170	492	542	389	156	3,139	334	487	160	340	420	464	343	419	386	3,353	6,492
Par	3	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	3	35	4	5	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	37	72

Source:

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

2006: 6480 yd, par 72
2003: 6308 yd, par 72

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 30 July 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	GER Sandra Gal	69	−3
T2	KOR Song-Hee Kim	70	−2
USA Angela Stanford
T4	JPN Yuko Mitsuka	71	−1
KOR Hee-Young Park
6	SWE Maria Hjorth	72	E
T7	KOR Kyeong Eun Bae	73	+1
USA Christina Kim
SCO Vikki Laing
USA Michelle Wie

Second round

Friday, 31 July 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	SCO Catriona Matthew	74-67=141	−3
ITA Giulia Sergas	74-67=141
3	JPN Yuko Mitsuka	71-71=142	−2
4	KOR Song-Hee Kim	70-73=143	−1
T5	KOR Kyeong Eun Bae	73-71=144	E
USA Christina Kim	73-71=144
TWN Yani Tseng	74-70=144
T8	SWE Sophie Gustafson	74-71=145	+1
NOR Marianne Skarpnord	76-69=145
T10	KOR Hee-Young Park	71-75=146	+2
USA Jane Park	74-72=146
JPN Ai Miyazato	75-71=146
USA Angela Stanford	70-76=146

Third round

Saturday, 1 August 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	SCO Catriona Matthew	74-67-71=212	−4
2	USA Christina Kim	73-71-71=215	−1
T3	JPN Ai Miyazato	75-71-70=216	E
KOR Jiyai Shin	77-71-68=216
T5	KOR Song-Hee Kim	70-73-74=217	+1
JPN Mika Miyazato	76-72-69=217
T7	KOR Kyeong Eun Bae	73-71-74=218	+2
USA Paula Creamer	74-74-70=218
JPN Shinobu Moromizato	74-73-71=218
USA Jane Park	74-72-72=218

Final round

Sunday, 2 August 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	SCO Catriona Matthew	74-67-71-73=285	−3
2	AUS Karrie Webb	77-71-72-68=288	E
T3	USA Paula Creamer	74-74-70-71=289	+1
KOR Hee-Won Han	77-73-69-70=289
USA Christina Kim	73-71-71-74=289
JPN Ai Miyazato	75-71-70-73=289
7	USA Kristy McPherson	74-74-72-70=290	+2
T8	KOR Na Yeon Choi	80-71-70-70=291	+3
USA Cristie Kerr	76-71-75-69=291
KOR Jiyai Shin	77-71-68-75=291

Source:

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	3	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	5	4	4	4
SCO Matthew	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−4	−4	−3	−3
AUS Webb	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+1	E	E	E
USA Creamer	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	−1	−1	+1
KOR Han	+3	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1
USA Kim	−1	E	E	+1	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	+1	E	+1	+1	+1
JPN Miyazato	+1	E	+1	+1	+1	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	−1	−1	+1	+1
USA McPherson	+4	+4	+5	+5	+5	+4	+4	+4	+4	+3	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2
KOR Shin	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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References

(2 August 2009). "Course Statistics: 2009 Ricoh Women's British Open". Ladies Golf Union.
Reason, Mark. (2 August 2009). "Catriona Matthew wins Women's British Open". The Telegraph.
Murray, Ewan. (2 August 2009). "Catriona Matthew takes British Open to be first Scot to win a women's major". The Guardian.
"RICOH Women's British Open". Golf Channel.

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