2001 Women's British Open Explained

2001 Women's British Open
Dates:	2–5 August 2001
Location:	Sunningdale, Berkshire, England
Course:	Sunningdale Golf Club Old Course
Org:	Ladies' Golf Union
Tour:	LPGA Tour Ladies European Tour
Par:	72
Yardage:	^[1]
Field:	144 players, 70 after cut
Cut:	146 (+2)
Purse:	$1,500,000 €1,712,307 £1,048,951
Winners Share:	$221,650 €253,022 £155,000
Champion:	Se-ri Pak
Score:	277 (−11)
Next:	2002

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 for

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 2 August 2001

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		67	−5
align=center rowspan=2	T2		align=center rowspan=2	68	align=center rowspan=2	−4
Johanna Head
align=center rowspan=2	T4		align=center rowspan=2	69	align=center rowspan=2	−3
Kelly Robbins
align=center rowspan=10	T6		align=center rowspan=10	70	align=center rowspan=10	−2
Trish Johnson
Rosie Jones
Lorie Kane
Catriona Matthew
Jill McGill
Mhairi McKay
Marine Monnet
Grace Park
Annika Sörenstam

Second round

Friday, 3 August 2001

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		70-65=135	−9
align=center rowspan=3	T2		70-67=137	align=center rowspan=3	−7
	72-65=137
	67-70=137
5		68-70=138	−6
6		70-69=139	−5
align=center rowspan=6	T7		71-69=140	align=center rowspan=6	−4
	71-69=140
	72-68=140
	69-71=140
	70-70=140
	71-69=140

Amateurs: Hudson (−3), Prieto (+6)

Third round

Saturday, 4 August 2001

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		70-65-72=207	−9
align=center rowspan=3	T2		71-70-67=208	align=center rowspan=3	−8
	72-65-71=208
	67-70-71=208
align=center rowspan=2	T5		70-67-72=209	align=center rowspan=2	−7
	74-67-68=209
align=center rowspan=2	T7		68-73-69=210	align=center rowspan=2	−6
	70-69-71=210
align=center rowspan=4	T9		71-71-69=211	align=center rowspan=4	−5
	72-69-70=211
Rebecca Hudson (a)	71-70-70=211
	71-70-70=211

Final round

Sunday, 5 August 2001

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

Amateur: Hudson (−3)

Source:^[1]

External links

• Ladies European Tour: 2001 Weetabix Women's British Open results
• LPGA: 2001 Women's British Open results

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Notes and References

1. News: Scoreboard: Women's British Open . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). 6 August 2001 . 5E .
2. Major accomplishment . Sports Illustrated . Garrity . John . 13 August 2001 . G11.
3. News: Matthew weathers Webb's round . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . 5 August 2001 . 3G .