The 2006 Women's British Open was held 3–6 August at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. It was the 30th edition of the Women's British Open, and the sixth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.

Sherri Steinhauer, 43, won her second major title, three strokes ahead of runners-up Sophie Gustafson and Cristie Kerr. It was Steinhauer's third win at the Women's British Open, but the first since it was designated a major in 2001. The earlier wins were consecutive, in 1998 and 1999.

This was the final Women's British Open sponsored by Weetabix, which began its 20-year relationship with the event in 1987. It was replaced by Ricoh in 2007 at St. Andrews.

Course layout

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Previous length of the course for the Women's British Open (since 2001): 2003: , par 72

Round summaries

First round Thursday, 3 August 2006 Place Player Score To par1 Juli Inkster66−6T2 Silvia Cavalleri69−3 Maria HjorthT4 Allison Hanna70−2 Gwladys Nocera Nina ReisT7 Chieko Amanuma71−1 Nora Angehrn Julieta Granada Rachel Hetherington Cristie Kerr Christina Kim Ai Miyazato Wendy Ward Lindsey Wright

Second round Friday, 4 August 2006 Place Player Score To par1 Juli Inkster66-72=138−62 Silvia Cavalleri69-72=141−3T3 Lorie Kane73-69=142−2 Candie Kung72-70=142 Karen Stupples73-69=142 Lindsey Wright71-71=142T7 Chung Il-mi72-71=143−1 Paula Creamer72-71=143 Sophie Gustafson76-67=143 Gwladys Nocera70-73=143 Annika Sörenstam72-71=143 Sherri Steinhauer73-70=143

Amateurs: Mozo (+3), Yang (+6), Simon (+8), Schaeffer (+11), MacRae (+18).

Third round Saturday, 5 August 2006 Place Player Score To par1 Sherri Steinhauer73-70-66=209−7T2 Sophie Gustafson76-67-69=212−4 Juli Inkster66-72-74=212 Lorena Ochoa74-73-65=212 Karen Stupples73-69-70=212T6 Natalie Gulbis72-74-67=213−3 Cristie Kerr71-76-66=213 Candie Kung72-70-71=213T9 Beth Daniel73-71-70=214−2 Julieta Granada71-73-70=214 Gwladys Nocera70-73-71=214

Final round Sunday, 6 August 2006 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 Sherri Steinhauer73-70-66-72=281−7305,440T2 Sophie Gustafson76-67-69-72=284−4162,265 Cristie Kerr71-76-66-71=284T4 Juli Inkster66-72-74-73=285−395,450 Lorena Ochoa74-73-65-73=285T6 Beth Daniel73-71-70-72=286−270,633 Lorie Kane73-69-74-70=2868 Julieta Granada71-73-70-73=287−161,0889 Ai Miyazato71-75-75-67=288E55,361T10 Hee-Won Han80-71-69-70=290+240,566 Karine Icher72-73-71-74=290 Kim Joo-mi73-73-73-71=290 Candie Kung72-70-71-77=290 Nina Reis70-76-69-75=290 Karen Stupples73-69-70-78=290

Amateurs: Yang (+13), Mozo (+19)

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References

External links Ladies European Tour: 2006 Weetabix Women's British Open results LPGA: 2006 Women's British Open results