2017 Women's British Open
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 3–6 August 2017 |
Location | In-Kyung Kim |
270 (−18) | |
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The 2017 Ricoh Women's British Open was played 3–6 August in
This was the first WBO organised by The R&A, which merged with the Ladies' Golf Union in late 2016.[1]
The event was televised by
Field
The field was 144 players, and most earned exemptions based on past performance on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA Tour, previous major championships, or with a high ranking in the Women's World Golf Rankings. The rest of the field earned entry by successfully competing in qualifying tournaments open to any female golfer, professional or amateur, with a low handicap.
There are 19 exemption categories for the 2017 Women's British Open.[2][3]
1. The top 15 finishers (and ties) from the 2016 Women's British Open.
Beth Allen (9-LET), Bae Hee-kyung, Chun In-gee (13), Jang Ha-na (8), Ariya Jutanugarn (8,9-LPGA,11), Megan Khang, Lee Mi-hyang (8), Mirim Lee (8), Stacy Lewis (11), Mo Martin (11), Catriona Matthew (11), Ryu So-yeon (8,13), Lexi Thompson (8,13), Karrie Webb
- Teresa Lu and Beatriz Recari did not play.
2. The top 10 Ladies European Tour members in the Women's World Golf Rankings not exempt under (1).
(3,5,13)3. The top 30
4. The top 25 on the current LET money list not exempt under (1) or (2) as of 4 July.
5. The top 40 on the current LPGA Tour money list not exempt under (1) or (3) as of 4 July.
6. The top five on the current LPGA of Japan Tour (JLPGA) money list not exempt under (1), (2), (3), or (14) as of 4 July.
Kotone Hori, Fumika Kawagishi, Lee Min-young, Yukari Nishiyama, Ai Suzuki
- Ahn Sun-ju, Jeon Mi-jeong, Kim Ha-neul (10,14), Jiyai Shin (10,11), and Momoko Ueda did not play.
7. The top two on the current LPGA of Korea Tour (KLPGA) money list not exempt under (1), (2), (3), or (6) as of 4 July.
- Kim Ji-hyun and Kim Hae-rym (8) did not play.
8. Winners of any recognised LET or LPGA Tour events in the calendar year 2017.
Atthaya Thitikul (a)
9. Winners of the 2016 LET, LPGA, JLPGA and
- Lee Bo-mee (JLPGA) did not play.
10. The top 30 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, not exempt above as of 4 July.
- all already exempt
11. Winners of the last 10 editions of the Women's British Open.
- Lorena Ochoa did not play.
12. Winner of the Gold Medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
- already exempt
13. Winners of the last five editions of the
- all already exempt
14. Winner of the 2016
- already exempt
15. The leading five LPGA Tour members in the 2017
Aditi Ashok, Pei-Yun Chien, Laura Diaz, Thidapa Suwannapura, Prima Thammaraks
16. The leading three LET members in the 2017
17. The 2017
Leona Maguire, Olivia Mehaffey, Seong Eun-jeong
Bronte Law forfeited her exemption for winning the European Ladies Amateur by turning professional.
18. Any players granted special exemptions from qualifying by the Championship Committee.
19. Balance of the 90 LPGA Tour members.
Simin Feng, Jaye Marie Green, Joanna Klatten, Morgan Pressel
Qualifiers:
- Ally McDonald, Stacey Peters, Marissa Steen, Ayako Uehara, Sally Watson, Ursula Wikström, Christine Wolf, Jing Yan
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, 3 August 2017
One of the early starters,
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Michelle Wie |
64 | −8 |
2 | In-Kyung Kim |
65 | −7 |
3 | Lindy Duncan | 66 | −6 |
T4 | Chella Choi | 67 | −5 |
Jodi Ewart Shadoff | |||
Melissa Reid
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Marissa Steen | |||
Lexi Thompson | |||
Anne van Dam | |||
T10 | Laura Davies | 68 | −4 |
Jaye Marie Green | |||
Georgia Hall | |||
Charley Hull | |||
Ally McDonald
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Anna Nordqvist | |||
Morgan Pressel |
Second round
Friday, 4 August 2017
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
1 | In-Kyung Kim |
65-68=133 | −11 |
T2 | Georgia Hall | 68-67=135 | −9 |
Lexi Thompson | 67-68=135 | ||
4 | Ally McDonald |
68-68=136 | −8 |
T5 | Chella Choi | 67-70=137 | −7 |
Jodi Ewart Shadoff | 67-70=137 | ||
Jang Ha-na | 69-68=137 | ||
Mo Martin | 70-67=137 | ||
T9 | Shanshan Feng | 71-67=138 | −6 |
Moriya Jutanugarn | 70-68=138 | ||
Megan Khang | 69-69=138 | ||
Anna Nordqvist | 68-70=138 | ||
Thidapa Suwannapura | 71-67=138 |
Third round
Saturday, 5 August 2017
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
1 | In-Kyung Kim |
65-68-66=199 | −17 |
T2 | Georgia Hall | 68-67-70=205 | −11 |
Moriya Jutanugarn | 70-68-67=205 | ||
T4 | Ally McDonald |
68-68-70=206 | −10 |
Inbee Park | 72-70-64=206 | ||
6 | Stacy Lewis | 70-72-65=207 | −9 |
T7 | Jodi Ewart Shadoff | 67-70-71=208 | −8 |
Jaye Marie Green | 68-73-67=208 | ||
Lee Mi-hyang | 70-71-67=208 | ||
Caroline Masson | 69-72-67=208 | ||
Melissa Reid |
67-72-69=208 | ||
Angel Yin | 72-67-69=208 |
Final round
Sunday, 6 August 2017
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
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1 | In-Kyung Kim |
65-68-66-71=270 | −18 | 504,821 |
2 | Jodi Ewart Shadoff | 67-70-71-64=272 | −16 | 302,899 |
T3 | Georgia Hall | 68-67-70-70=275 | −13 | 175,509 |
Caroline Masson | 69-72-67-67=275 | |||
Michelle Wie |
64-76-69-66=275 | |||
6 | Jenny Shin | 70-69-70-67=276 | −12 | 111,939 |
T7 | Shanshan Feng | 71-67-72-67=277 | −11 | 79,187 |
Kim Hyo-joo | 70-71-68-68=277 | |||
Stacy Lewis | 70-72-65-70=277 | |||
Anna Nordqvist | 68-70-72-67=277 |
Source:[5]
Scorecard
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
Source:[5]
References
- ^ "Ladies' Golf Union and The R&A complete merger". The R&A. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ "Ricoh Women's British Open – Entries". R&A. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ "Ricoh Women's British Open – Entry List". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ McGhie, Laura (3 August 2017). "Women's British Open: Michelle Wie leads after setting course record at Kingsbarns". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Ricoh Women's British Open". LPGA. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
External links
- Official website
- LPGA.com - Women's British Open - microsite
- Ladies European Tour: Women's British Open
- Kingsbarns Golf Links