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List of Women's British Open champions

The Women's British Open[a] is an annual golf competition held at the end of July start of August, and is conducted by the R&A. Established in 1976, it has been recognised as a major championship by the Ladies European Tour (LET) since 1992,[1] became a recognised LPGA event in 1994, and became one of the LPGA's major championships in 2001. As of 2021 it is the fifth and last of the LPGA's five majors, preceded by the ANA Inspiration (formerly Kraft Nabisco Championship), U.S. Women's Open, the Women's PGA Championship and the Evian Championship (formerly Evian Masters). This event has always been conducted in stroke play competition.[2][3]

A woman in all white clothing with a red polo golf shirt underneath the sweater and the wrist and neck seems are colored in magenta and blue with a white golf hat with black lettering and a silver metal trophy in hand
Yani Tseng, the only golfer to date to win two Women's British Opens as a major championship consecutively in 2010 and 2011. Tseng is pictured with the championship trophy.

Yani Tseng's victories in 2010 and 2011 and Jiyai Shin's in 2008 and 2012 make them the only two golfers to win the event twice since it became an LPGA major. The only other golfers to successfully defend their titles are Debbie Massey in 1980 and 1981, before the tournament became a part of the LPGA tour, and Sherri Steinhauer in 1998 and 1999, when it was a sanctioned LPGA event but not yet a major.

The lowest winning score in the tournament's history as an LPGA major is Karen Stupples's 19-under par 269 aggregate in 2004, equalling the record score set by Karrie Webb in 1997.[2] The Women's British Open has had two wire-to-wire champions as a major: Jang Jeong in 2005 and Lorena Ochoa in 2007.[4]

Key

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† Tournament won in a playoff
‡ Wire-to-wire victory (as a major)

Champions

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Karen Stupples won in 2004 by the lowest score.
 
Jiyai Shin won by the widest margin of nine strokes in 2012, and is a two-time champion.
Year Country Champion Course City Region Country Total
score 		To
par 		Notes
2001   South Korea Se Ri Pak Sunningdale Golf Club Sunningdale Berkshire England 277 −11 [5]
2002   Australia Karrie Webb Turnberry Golf Club, Ailsa Course South Ayrshire Ayrshire Scotland 273 −15 [6]
2003   Sweden Annika Sörenstam Royal Lytham & St Annes G.C. Lytham St Annes Lancashire England 278 −10 [7]
2004   England Karen Stupples Sunningdale Golf Club Sunningdale Berkshire England 269 −19 [8]
2005‡   South Korea Jeong Jang Royal Birkdale Golf Club Southport Merseyside England 272 −16 [9][10]
2006   United States Sherri Steinhauer Royal Lytham & St Annes G.C. Lytham St Annes Lancashire England 281 −7 [11]
2007‡   Mexico Lorena Ochoa Old Course at St Andrews St Andrews Fife Scotland 287 −5 [12]
2008   South Korea Jiyai Shin Sunningdale Golf Club Sunningdale Berkshire England 270 −18 [13]
2009   Scotland Catriona Matthew Royal Lytham & St Annes G.C. Lytham St Annes Lancashire England 285 −3 [14]
2010   Taiwan Yani Tseng Royal Birkdale Golf Club Southport Merseyside England 277 −11 [15]
2011   Taiwan Yani Tseng Carnoustie Golf Links Carnoustie Angus Scotland 272 −16 [16]
2012   South Korea Jiyai Shin Royal Liverpool Golf Club Hoylake Merseyside England 279 −9
2013   United States Stacy Lewis Old Course at St Andrews St Andrews Fife Scotland 280 −8
2014   United States Mo Martin Royal Birkdale Golf Club Southport Merseyside England 287 −1
2015   South Korea Inbee Park Trump Turnberry South Ayrshire Ayrshire Scotland 276 −12
2016   Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn Woburn Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire England 272 −16
2017   South Korea In-Kyung Kim Kingsbarns Fife Fife Scotland 270 −18
2018   England Georgia Hall Royal Lytham & St Annes G.C. Lytham St Annes Lancashire England 271 −17
2019   Japan Hinako Shibuno Woburn Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire England 270 −18
2020   Germany Sophia Popov Royal Troon Troon South Ayrshire Scotland 277 −7
2021   Sweden Anna Nordqvist Carnoustie Golf Links Carnoustie Angus Scotland 276 −12
2022   South Africa Ashleigh Buhai Muirfield Golf Links Gullane East Lothian Scotland 274 −10
2023   United States Lilia Vu Walton Heath Golf Club Surrey South East England 274 −14
2024   New Zealand Lydia Ko Old Course at St Andrews St Andrews Fife Scotland 281 −7

Multiple champions

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This table lists the golfers who have won more than one Women's British Open as a major. Champions who won in consecutive years are indicated by the years with italics*.

Key
1 First place
Rank Country Golfer Total Years
1   Taiwan Yani Tseng 2 2010*, 2011*
1   South Korea Jiyai Shin 2 2008, 2012

Champions by nationality

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This table lists the total number of titles won by golfers of each nationality as an LPGA major (2001–present).

Rank Nationality Wins Champions First title Last title
1   South Korea 6 5 2001 2017
2   United States 4 4 2006 2023
T3   England 2 2 2004 2018
  Sweden 2 2 2003 2021
  Taiwan 2 1 2010 2011
T6   Australia 1 1 2002
  Germany 1 1 2020
  Japan 1 1 2019
  Mexico 1 1 2007
  New Zealand 1 1 2024
  Scotland 1 1 2009
  South Africa 1 1 2022
  Thailand 1 1 2016

Notes

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a This tournament has had several names, which are the following; 2001–2006: Weetabix Women's British Open, 2007–2018: Ricoh Women's British Open, 2019: AIG Women's British Open, 2020–present AIG Women's Open.[17]

See also

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References

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General
  • "Ricoh Women's British Open" (PDF). LPGA Tour. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
Specific
  1. ^ "Women's Open prize up". The Times. 6 August 1991. p. 33.
  2. ^ a b "Ricoh Women's British Open" (PDF). LPGA. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Tournaments-The Majors". LPGA. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Major records, all". LPGA Media Center. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Se-ri grabs British Open". New Straits Times. Reuters. 7 August 2001. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  6. ^ "Webb super in slams". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. AP. 12 August 2002. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  7. ^ "Annika completes career grand slam with win at women's British Open". The Argus-Press. AP. 4 August 2003. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  8. ^ "Stupples wins Women's British Open". The Argus-Press. AP. 2 August 2004. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  9. ^ "Women's British Open: Jang holds off field". Herald-Tribune. 1 August 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  10. ^ Millward, Robert (1 August 2005). "Women's British Open golf: Jang gets first pro victory". The Seattle Times. AP. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  11. ^ Swift, E. M. (14 August 2006). "Going Steady". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
  12. ^ "Ochoa get the big one". The Milwaukee Sentinel. AP. 6 August 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  13. ^ "Golf: Shin wins Women's British Open". Malaysia Star. AP. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  14. ^ "Matthew wins maiden British Open". BBC Sport. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  15. ^ Neenan, Bill (1 August 2010). "Yani Tseng wins Women's Open at Birkdale". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  16. ^ "At Only 22, Tseng Wins Fifth Major". The New York Times. AP. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  17. ^ "History". Ricoh Women's British Open. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
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