2001 Women's British Open

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2001 Women's British Open
Tournament information
Dates2–5 August 2001
LocationSunningdale, Berkshire, England
Course(s)Sunningdale Golf Club
Old Course
Organized byLadies' Golf Union
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Ladies European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,255 yards (5,720 m)[1]
Field144 players, 70 after cut
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fund$1,500,000
1,712,307
£1,048,951
Winner's share$221,650
€253,022
£155,000
Champion
South Korea Se-ri Pak
277 (−11)
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Sunningdale Golf Club is located in England
Sunningdale Golf Club
Sunningdale
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The 2001 Women's British Open was held 2–5 August in England at Sunningdale Golf Club, southwest of London in Sunningdale, Berkshire. It was the 25th edition of the Women's British Open, and the first as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. It replaced the du Maurier Classic in Canada as the fourth and final major of the season.

On Sunningdale's Old Course, Se-ri Pak won the third of her five major titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Mi -Hyun Kim.[2] Four strokes behind leader Catriona Matthew after 54 holes and tied for ninth,[3] Pak eagled the first hole on Sunday and shot a final round 66 (−6) for 277 (−11).[2][4]

The event was televised by ESPN and ABC Sports in the United States and BBC Sport in the United Kingdom.

Round summaries[edit]

First round[edit]

Thursday, 2 August 2001

Place Player Score To par
1 Scotland Janice Moodie 67 −5
T2 England Laura Davies 68 −4
England Johanna Head
T4 Germany Elisabeth Esterl 69 −3
United States Kelly Robbins
T6 Sweden Marlene Hedblom 70 −2
England Trish Johnson
United States Rosie Jones
Canada Lorie Kane
Scotland Catriona Matthew
United States Jill McGill
Scotland Mhairi McKay
France Marine Monnet
South Korea Grace Park
Sweden Annika Sörenstam

Second round[edit]

Friday, 3 August 2001

Place Player Score To par
1 Scotland Catriona Matthew 70-65=135 −9
T2 England Trish Johnson 70-67=137 −7
South Korea Mi-Hyun Kim 72-65=137
Scotland Janice Moodie 67-70=137
5 England Johanna Head 68-70=138 −6
6 United States Rosie Jones 70-69=139 −5
T7 Sweden Helen Alfredsson 71-69=140 −4
United States Dorothy Delasin 71-69=140
Australia Wendy Doolan 72-68=140
Germany Elisabeth Esterl 69-71=140
United States Jill McGill 70-70=140
Denmark Iben Tinning 71-69=140

Amateurs: Hudson (−3), Prieto (+6)

Third round[edit]

Saturday, 4 August 2001

Place Player Score To par
1 Scotland Catriona Matthew 70-65-72=207 −9
T2 England Lora Fairclough 71-70-67=208 −8
South Korea Mi-Hyun Kim 72-65-71=208
Scotland Janice Moodie 67-70-71=208
T5 England Trish Johnson 70-67-72=209 −7
Australia Karrie Webb 74-67-68=209
T7 England Laura Davies 68-73-69=210 −6
United States Rosie Jones 70-69-71=210
T9 Japan Kasumi Fujii 71-71-69=211 −5
United States Tracy Hanson 72-69-70=211
England Rebecca Hudson (a) 71-70-70=211
South Korea Se-ri Pak 71-70-70=211

Final round[edit]

Sunday, 5 August 2001

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 South Korea Se-ri Pak 71-70-70-66=277 −11 221,650
2 South Korea Mi-Hyun Kim 72-65-71-71=279 −9 143,000
T3 United States Laura Diaz 74-70-69-67=280 −8 74,092
Scotland Catriona Matthew 70-65-72-73=280
Scotland Janice Moodie 67-70-71-72=280
Denmark Iben Tinning 71-69-72-68=280
T7 Spain Marina Arruti 71-73-70-67=281 −7 36,608
Japan Kasumi Fujii 71-71-69-70=281
Scotland Kathryn Imrie 75-71-68-67=281
United States Kelli Kuehne 71-70-71-69=281
United States Kristal Parker-Manzo 72-71-71-67=281

Amateur: Hudson (−3)

Source:[1][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Scoreboard: Women's British Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). 6 August 2001. p. 5E.
  2. ^ a b Garrity, John (13 August 2001). "Major accomplishment". Sports Illustrated. p. G11.
  3. ^ "Matthew weathers Webb's round". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. 5 August 2001. p. 3G.
  4. ^ a b Millward, Robert (6 August 2001). "Major step". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. C-2.

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