The Women's British Open 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, became a recognised LPGA event in 1994, and became one of the LPGA's major championships in 2001. it is the fifth and last of the LPGA's five majors, preceded by the Chevron Championship (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.
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. The Women's British Open has had two wire-to-wire champions as a major: Jang Jeong in 2005 and Lorena Ochoa in 2007.
Key †Tournament won in a playoffWire-to-wire victory (as a major)
Champions
YearCountryChampionCourseCityRegionCountryTotalscoreToparNotes2001Sunningdale Golf ClubSunningdaleBerkshire England2772002Turnberry Golf Club, Ailsa CourseSouth Ayrshire AyrshireScotland2732003Royal Lytham & St Annes G.C.Lytham St Annes Lancashire England2782004Sunningdale Golf ClubSunningdaleBerkshireEngland2692005Royal Birkdale Golf ClubSouthportMerseysideEngland2722006Royal Lytham & St Annes G.C.Lytham St AnnesLancashire England2812007Old Course at St AndrewsSt AndrewsFifeScotland2872008Sunningdale Golf ClubSunningdale Berkshire England2702009Royal Lytham & St Annes G.C.Lytham St AnnesLancashireEngland2852010Royal Birkdale Golf ClubSouthportMerseysideEngland2772011Carnoustie Golf LinksCarnoustieAngusScotland2722012Royal Liverpool Golf ClubHoylake Merseyside England2792013Old Course at St AndrewsSt AndrewsFifeScotland2802014Royal Birkdale Golf ClubSouthportMerseysideEngland2872015Trump TurnberrySouth AyrshireAyrshireScotland2762016WoburnMilton KeynesBuckinghamshireEngland2722017KingsbarnsFifeFifeScotland2702018Royal Lytham & St Annes G.C.Lytham St AnnesLancashireEngland2712019WoburnMilton KeynesBuckinghamshireEngland2702020Royal TroonTroonSouth AyrshireScotland2772021Carnoustie Golf LinksCarnoustieAngusScotland2762022Muirfield Golf LinksGullaneEast LothianScotland2742023Walton Heath Golf ClubSurreySouth EastEngland2742024Old Course at St AndrewsSt AndrewsFifeScotland2812025Royal Porthcawl Golf ClubPorthcawlWales2772026Royal Lytham & St Annes G.C.Lytham St AnnesLancashireEngland279
Multiple champions 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 1First place + Rank Country Golfer Total Years 2 2
Champions by nationality This table lists the total number of titles won by golfers of each nationality as an LPGA major (2001–present). RankNationalityWinsChampionsFirst titleLast title1 6 5 2001 20172 4 4 2006 20233 3 3 2019 2026T4 2 2 2004 2018 2 2 2003 2021 2 1 2010 2011T7 1 1 2002 1 1 2020 1 1 2007 1 1 2024 1 1 2009 1 1 2022 1 1 2016
Notes 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.
See also Chronological list of LPGA major golf champions List of LPGA major championship winning golfers Grand Slam (golf)
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External links LPGA Tour's tournament profile