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2011 Women's British Open

Golf tournament

Field	Value
name	2011 Ricoh Women's British Open
image	2011 Women's British Open FQ - Panmure Golf Club clubhouse (1).jpg
caption	Clubhouse pictured at the 2011 Women's British Open
location	Angus, Scotland
course	Carnoustie Golf Links
dates	28–31 July 2011
org	Ladies' Golf Union
tour	Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6490 yd
field	144 players, 68 after cut
cut	145 (+1)
purse	$2,500,000
€1,736,432
winners_share	$392,133
€272,365
champion	TWN Yani Tseng
score	272 (−16)
previous	2010
next	2012

LPGA Tour €1,736,432 €272,365 |UK Scotland The 2011 Ricoh Women's British Open was held 28–31 July at Carnoustie Golf Links in Angus, Scotland. It was the 35th Women's British Open, and the 11th as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. This was the first time for the Women's British Open at Carnoustie, which previously hosted seven Open Championships, most recently in 2007.

Yani Tseng became the first to successfully defend her title at the Women's British Open as a major championship, four strokes ahead of runner-up Brittany Lang. She became youngest player, male or female, to win five major titles.

Exemptions and qualifying events

The field for the tournament was 144, and golfers gained a place in three ways. Most players earned exemptions based on good past performances on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA 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.

There were 14 exemption categories for the 2011 Women's British Open. These included:

The top 15 finishers (and ties) from the 2010 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 15 of the 2010 Women's British Open.
The top 30 LPGA Tour members in the Women's World Golf Rankings who did not finish in the top 15 of the 2010 Women's British Open.
The top 25 on the current LET money list not already exempt from the 2010 Women's British Open or the world rankings.
The top 40 on the current LPGA Tour money list not already exempt from the 2010 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 2010 Women's British Open or through the world rankings if they are also members of the LET or LPGA. (Note that these six categories have accounted for approximately 125 entries — or 5/6ths of the players in the final field.)
Winners of any recognised LET or LPGA events in the calendar year 2011.
The champions from the last 10 editions of the Women's British Open.
The champions of the last five editions of one of the other three LPGA majors.

Course

The 2011 course layout at Carnoustie Golf Links.

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	394	396	320	369	358	490	381	156	406	3,270	403	347	405	141	467	425	213	433	386	3,220	6,490
Par	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	36	4	4	4	3	5	4	3	5	4	36	72

Set-up

The par-72 course was set by the Ladies Golf Union (LGU) at 6490 yd, 931 yd shorter than the par-71 set-up for the 2007 Open Championship.

The short set-up of the course was criticized by several notable golfers and golf commentators. ESPN golf commentator and former LPGA pro Jane Crafter called the LGU "out of touch" with how current women players can play. Defending champion Yani Tseng commented that the famous hole number 18 was set up so that it "put all of the bunkers out of play, put all of the burns out of play." The course groundskeeper agreed that the women had been given "a watered-down version" of Carnoustie and that he did that intentionally after receiving too much criticism for a difficult set-up for the Open Championship in 1999.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 28 July 2011

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	KOR Meena Lee	65	−7
2	USA Brittany Lincicome	67	−5
T3	SWE Sophie Gustafson	68	−4
DEU Caroline Masson
USA Angela Stanford
KOR Amy Yang
T7	KOR Na Yeon Choi	69	−3
USA Paula Creamer
SWE Caroline Hedwall
TWN Amy Hung
CAN Lorie Kane
KOR Song-Hee Kim
JPN Mika Miyazato
JPN Momoko Ueda

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Second round

Friday, 29 July 2011

Place	Player	R1	R2	Total	To par
1	DEU Caroline Masson	68	65	133	−11
T2	KOR Meena Lee	65	69	134	−10
KOR Inbee Park	70	64
T4	KOR Na Yeon Choi	69	67	136	−8
KOR Se Ri Pak	72	64
NED Dewi Claire Schreefel	70	66
7	TWN Yani Tseng	71	66	137	−7
T8	SWE Caroline Hedwall	69	69	138	−6
USA Brittany Lincicome	67	71
JPN Mika Miyazato	69	69
KOR Amy Yang	68	70

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Amateurs: Kang (−3), Popov (+1), Pretswell (+2), Taylor (+4), Foster (+6), Meadow (+7).

Third round

Saturday, 30 July 2011

Place	Player	R1	R2	R3	Total	To par
1	DEU Caroline Masson	68	65	68	201	−15
2	TWN Yani Tseng	71	66	66	203	−13
T3	SCO Catriona Matthew	70	69	68	207	−9
KOR Inbee Park	70	64	73
5	KOR Na Yeon Choi	69	67	72	208	−8
T6	SWE Sophie Gustafson	68	71	70	209	−7
USA Brittany Lang	70	70	69
KOR Se Ri Pak	72	64	73
T9	USA Paula Creamer	69	70	71	210	−6
JPN Mika Miyazato	69	69	72
SWE Anna Nordqvist	70	71	69
NED Dewi Claire Schreefel	70	66	74
KOR Sun Young Yoo	71	70	69

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Final round

Sunday, 31 July 2011

Place	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Money ($)
1	TWN Yani Tseng	71	66	66	69	272	−16	392,133
2	USA Brittany Lang	70	70	69	67	276	−12	231,065
3	SWE Sophie Gustafson	68	71	70	68	277	−11	161,746
4	KOR Amy Yang	68	70	73	67	278	−10	126,536
T5	DEU Caroline Masson	68	65	68	78	279	−9	96,828
SCO Catriona Matthew	70	69	68	72
T7	KOR Na Yeon Choi	69	67	72	72	280	−8	70,695
SWE Anna Nordqvist	70	71	69	70
KOR Inbee Park	70	64	73	73
KOR Sun Young Yoo	71	70	69	70

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Amateurs: Kang (+2), Popov (+11).

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	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	3	5	4
TWN Tseng	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−14	−13	−14	−14	−14	−15	−16
USA Lang	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−7	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12
SWE Gustafson	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11
KOR Yang	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10
GER Masson	−15	−14	−13	−13	−13	−13	−12	−12	−12	−11	−10	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−8	−9
SCO Matthew	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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References

Lewine, Mair. (11 July 2011). "Yani Tseng makes history with fifth major win". ESPNW.
Sirak, Ron. (31 July 2011). "Tseng continues her assault on the record books".
"2011 Women's British Open – course statistics". LGU.org.
(30 July 2011). "British Women's Television Live Coverage of Round 3". [[ESPN]].
(28 July 2011). "To start, Carnoustie conspicuously absent of teeth".
"First Round Leaderboard". LPGA.
"Second Round Leaderboard". LPGA.
"Third Round Leaderboard". LPGA.
"Fourth Round Leaderboard". LPGA.
"RICOH Women's British Open". Golf Channel.

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