2017 Women's British Open

The 2017 Ricoh Women's British Open was played 3–6 August in Scotland at Kingsbarns Golf Links in Fife. It was the 41st Women's British Open, the 17th as a major championship on the LPGA Tour, and the first at Kingsbarns, southeast of nearby St Andrews.

2017 Ricoh Women's British Open
Tournament information
Dates3–6 August 2017
LocationFife, Scotland
Course(s)Kingsbarns Golf Links
Organized byThe R&A
Tour(s)Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Statistics
Field144 players, 77 after cut
Cut143 (−1)
Prize fund$3,250,000
2,775,905
£2,497,889
Winner's share$504,821
€431,180
£387,996
Champion
South Korea In-Kyung Kim
270 (−18)
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Kingsbarns is located in Scotland
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Kingsbarns  is located in Fife
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Location in Fife, Scotland

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 Golf Channel and NBC Sports in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.

Field

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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

2. The top 10 Ladies European Tour members in the Women's World Golf Rankings not exempt under (1).

Carlota Ciganda (3,5), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (3), Shanshan Feng (3,5,8), Charley Hull (3), Karine Icher (3,5), In-Kyung Kim (3,5,8), Caroline Masson (5), Anna Nordqvist (3,5,8), Su-Hyun Oh (5), Suzann Pettersen (3,5,13)

3. The top 30 LPGA Tour members in the Women's World Golf Rankings not exempt under (1) as of 4 July.

Chella Choi, Austin Ernst, Brooke Henderson (8,13), M. J. Hur, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang (8,13), Cristie Kerr (8), Kim Hyo-joo (13), Kim Sei-young (8), Lydia Ko (13), Jessica Korda, Brittany Lang (13), Minjee Lee, Brittany Lincicome (8,13), Haru Nomura, Inbee Park (8,11,12,13), Park Sung-hyun (9-KLPGA, 13), Gerina Piller, Lizette Salas, Jenny Shin, Michelle Wie (13), Amy Yang (8)

4. The top 25 on the current LET money list not exempt under (1) or (2) as of 4 July.

Carly Booth, Hannah Burke, Holly Clyburn, Olivia Cowan, Tonje Daffinrud, Annabel Dimmock, Sandra Gal (5), Jenny Haglund, Georgia Hall, Kylie Henry, Whitney Hillier, Nuria Iturrioz, Felicity Johnson, Karolin Lampert, Camilla Lennarth, Florentyna Parker (8), Emily Kristine Pedersen (5), Pamela Pretswell, Leticia Ras-Anderica, Melissa Reid (8), Marianne Skarpnord, Klára Spilková (8), Noora Tamminen, Anne van Dam, Angel Yin (5)

5. The top 40 on the current LPGA Tour money list not exempt under (1) or (3) as of 4 July.

Marina Alex, Brittany Altomare, Cydney Clanton, Jacqui Concolino, Lindy Duncan, Laura Gonzalez Escallon, Wei-Ling Hsu, Ji Eun-hee, Kim Kaufman, Katherine Kirk (8), Nelly Korda, Candie Kung, Alison Lee, Lee Jeong-eun, Pernilla Lindberg, Gaby López, Azahara Muñoz (5), Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace, Jane Park, Pornanong Phatlum, Madelene Sagström (5), Alena Sharp, Kelly Shon, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Angela Stanford, Yoo Sun-young

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

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.

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 KLPGA money lists.

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.

Yani Tseng

12. Winner of the Gold Medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics.

  • already exempt

13. Winners of the last five editions of the U.S. Women's Open, ANA Inspiration, and Women's PGA Championship, and the Evian Championship winners from 2013 to 2016.

  • all already exempt

14. Winner of the 2016 Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup.

  • already exempt

15. The leading five LPGA Tour members in the 2017 Marathon Classic who have entered the Championship and who are not otherwise exempt.

Aditi Ashok, Pei-Yun Chien, Laura Diaz, Thidapa Suwannapura, Prima Thammaraks

16. The leading three LET members in the 2017 Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open, who have entered the Championship and who are not otherwise exempt.

Lina Boqvist, Olafia Kristinsdottir, Becky Morgan

17. The 2017 British Ladies Amateur champion, 2016 U.S. Women's Amateur champion, 2016 European Ladies Amateur Championship champion, winner or next available player in the 2016 LGU Order of Merit, and the Mark H. McCormack Medal holder provided they are still amateurs at the time of the Championship and a maximum of two other leading amateurs at the discretion of the Ladies' Golf Union.

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.

Ai Miyazato

19. Balance of the 90 LPGA Tour members.

Simin Feng, Jaye Marie Green, Joanna Klatten, Morgan Pressel

Qualifiers:

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, 3 August 2017

One of the early starters, Michelle Wie led by a stroke after a course-record round of 64 which included 9 birdies.[4] Play was twice suspended during the afternoon because of lightning in the area.

Place Player Score To par
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
  Marissa Steen
  Lexi Thompson
  Anne van Dam
T10   Laura Davies 68 −4
  Jaye Marie Green
  Georgia Hall
  Charley Hull
  Ally McDonald
  Anna Nordqvist
  Morgan Pressel

Second round

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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

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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

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Sunday, 6 August 2017

Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
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

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Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 3 5 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 4 5 3 4 3 5 4 4 4
  Kim I.K. −18 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18 −19 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18
  Ewart Shadoff −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −12 −13 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16
  Hall −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −11 −11 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13
  Masson −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13
  Wie −7 −8 −8 −9 −10 −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 −13
  Shin −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12
  Feng −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11
  Kim H.J. −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −11 −11 −11
  Lewis −9 −11 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11
  Nordqvist −6 −7 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11
  Park −10 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10
  Jutanugarn −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −9 −9 −10 −8 −8
  McDonald −10 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Ladies' Golf Union and The R&A complete merger". The R&A. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Ricoh Women's British Open – Entries". R&A. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Ricoh Women's British Open – Entry List". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  4. ^ McGhie, Laura (3 August 2017). "Women's British Open: Michelle Wie leads after setting course record at Kingsbarns". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Ricoh Women's British Open". LPGA. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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