Women's British Open
| Women's British Open | |
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| Text to the picture: | The driving green of Sunningdale Golf Club during the 2008 Women's British Open. |
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| Country: |
 United Kingdom
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| Major (yes / no) : | Yes |
| Tour (s) : |
Ladies European Tour LPGA Tour |
| open to professionals (yes / no) : | Yes |
| open to amateurs (yes / no) : | Yes |
| organized since: | 1976 |
| Venue (s): | changing |
| Course (s): | changing |
| Game form : | Stroke play |
| Total prize money: | 2019: $ 4,500,000 |
| Prize money for d. Winner: | 2019: $ 675,000 |
| normal appointment (month) : | August |
| Top performances | |
| Total number of strokes : (name) (year) | 269 Karrie Webb (1997) 269 Karen Stupples (2004) |
| under par: (name) (year) | (−19) Karrie Webb (1997) (−19) Karen Stupples (2004) |
| Title holder | |
| Surname: | Sophia Popov |
| Nationality: |
 Germany
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The Women's British Open is one of the outstanding professional tournaments in women's golf, which is recognized as a major golf tournament in both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour .
history
The Women's British Open was introduced in 1976 by the Ladies' Golf Union (LGU). You should counterpart to the British Open to be the masters.
At first it was difficult for the organizers to hold the championship on the most important golf courses - with the exception of the Royal Birkdale Golf Club , which hosted this tournament twice in 1982 and 1986.
In the following years, the tournament was held ten times between 1984 and 1999 at Woburn Golf and Country Club . In 2007 the tournament was first held on the Old Course in St Andrews , Scotland . In contrast to the men's tournaments, you are not only aiming at links courses and thus have more opportunities to use different places.
Until 1993 the tournament was exclusively a stop on the Ladies European Tour. As the quality of the field and the reputation of the event increased, it also became an official stop on the LPGA Tour in 1994. In 2001 the Women's British Open rose to the major tournament and took the place of the Canadian du Maurier Classic .
In 2005 150 participants registered, but only 65 of them made the cut after the second round. In 2007 and 2008 the prize money was £ 1,050,000.
Sponsors and tournament names
From 1987 to 2006 the tournament was sponsored by Weetabix (Cornflakes), from 2007 to 2018 the tournament was named Ricoh Women's British Open , named after the Japanese sponsor Ricoh Company, Ltd. . The American insurance company AIG has been the tournament's title sponsor since 2019 .
Winners since 1976
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 3 rounds counted