2005 Women's British Open

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 2005 Women's British Open | image = ASBrit2005b.JPG | caption = [[Annika Sörenstam]] with caddie Terry McNamara on the 10th hole during the Pro-Am | location = [[Southport, England]] | course = [[Royal Birkdale Golf Club]] | dates = 28–31 July 2005 | org = [[Ladies' Golf Union]] | tour = [[LPGA Tour]]<br /> [[Ladies European Tour]] | par = 72 | yardage = {{convert|6463|yd}}<ref name=lgu05> {{cite web |url=http://info.lgu.org/tic/tmcrsts.cgi?tourn=RW05~cardlink=Y~~season=2005~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=Y~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ |publisher=Ladies Golf Union |title=Course Statistics: 2005 Weetabix Women's British Open |date=31 July 2005 |access-date=6 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714142443/http://info.lgu.org/tic/tmcrsts.cgi?tourn=RW05~cardlink=Y~~season=2005~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=Y~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} </ref> | field = 150 players, 70 after cut | cut = 149 (+5) | purse = [[United States dollar|$]]1,800,000<br />[[Euro|€]]1,499,571 | winners_share = $280,208<br />€233,440 | champion = {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Jeong Jang]] | score = 272 (−16) | previous = [[2004 Women's British Open|2004]] | next = [[2006 Women's British Open|2006]] | map = UK England#Merseyside#United Kingdom Southport | map_label = Royal Birkdale Golf Club | map_caption = Location in England##Location in [[Merseyside]], north of [[Liverpool]]##Location in [[Southport]] | map_relief = 1 }} The '''2005 Women's British Open''' was held 28–31 July at [[Royal Birkdale Golf Club]] in [[Southport, England]]. It was the 29th edition of the [[Women's British Open]], and the fifth as a [[Women's major golf championships|major championship]] on the [[LPGA Tour]].

[[Jeong Jang]] led wire-to-wire, winning her first LPGA event and only major title, four strokes ahead of runner-up [[Sophie Gustafson]]. [[Michelle Wie]], age 15, tied for third and was the low [[amateur]] in her final major before turning professional in the fall.<ref name=jwfle>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=2121007 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |title=Jang wins first LPGA event |date=3 August 2005 |access-date=19 July 2013}}</ref>

==Course layout== {{main|Royal Birkdale Golf Club}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! Hole!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!Out!!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18!!In!!Total |- | Yards||418||410||404||175||338||478||155||410||395||'''3,183'''||368||358||149||427||163||499||347||497||472||'''3,280'''||'''6,463''' |- | Par||4||4||4||3||4||5||3||4||4||'''35'''||4||4||3||4||3||5||4||5||5||'''37'''||'''72''' |} <small>Source:</small><ref name=lgu05/>

==Round summaries== ===First round=== ''Thursday, 28 July 2005'' {| class="wikitable" ! Place !! Player !! Score !! To par |- | align=center|1 || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Jeong Jang]] || align=center|68 || align=center|−4 |- | align=center|2 || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sophie Gustafson]] || align=center|69 || align=center|−3 |- | align=center|3 || {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Nicole Perrot]] || align=center|70 || align=center|−2 |- | align=center rowspan=5|T4 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Moira Dunn]] || align=center rowspan=5|71 || align=center rowspan=5|−1 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Emilee Klein]] |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Liselotte Neumann]] |- | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Sophie Sandolo]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kim Williams (golfer)|Kim Williams]] |- | align=center rowspan=2|T9 || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ai Miyazato]] || align=center rowspan=2|72 || align=center rowspan=2|E |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Linda Wessberg]] |}

===Second round=== ''Friday, 29 July 2005'' {| class="wikitable" ! Place !! Player !! Score !! To par |- | align=center|1 || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Jeong Jang]] || 68-66=134 || align=center|−10 |- | align=center|2 || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Louise Stahle]] (a) || 73-65=138 || align=center|−6 |- | align=center|3 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Cristie Kerr]] || 73-66=139 || align=center|−5 |- | align=center|4 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Pat Hurst]] || 75-65=140 || align=center|−4 |- | align=center rowspan=3|T5 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Moira Dunn]] || 71-70=141 || align=center rowspan=3|−3 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Liselotte Neumann]] || 71-70=141 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Karrie Webb]] || 75-66=141 |- | align=center rowspan=6|T8 || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sophie Gustafson]] || 69-73=142 || align=center rowspan=6|−2 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Juli Inkster]] || 74-68=142 |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Young|Young Kim]] || 74-68=142 |- | {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Nicole Perrot]] || 70-72=142 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Annika Sörenstam]] || 73-69=142 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Michelle Wie]] (a) || 73-69=142 |} Amateurs: ''[[Louise Stahle|Stahle]] (−6), [[Michelle Wie|Wie]] (−2), [[Carlota Ciganda|Ciganda]] (+1)'', Queen (+16).

===Third round=== ''Saturday, 30 July 2005'' {| class="wikitable" ! Place !! Player !! Score !! To par |- | align=center|1 || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Jeong Jang]] || 68-66-69=203 || align=center|−13 |- | align=center rowspan=2|T2 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Cristie Kerr]] || 73-66-69=208 || align=center rowspan=2|−8 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Annika Sörenstam]] || 73-69-66=208 |- | align=center rowspan=5|T4 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Paula Creamer]] || 75-69-65=209 || align=center rowspan=5|−7 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sophie Gustafson]] || 69-73-67=209 |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Young|Young Kim]] || 74-68-67=209 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Liselotte Neumann]] || 71-70-68=209 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Michelle Wie]] (a) || 75-67-67=209 |- | align=center rowspan=5|T10 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Pat Hurst]] || 75-65-70=210 || align=center rowspan=5|−6 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Juli Inkster]] || 74-68-68=210 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Carin Koch]] || 76-68-66=210 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Karen Stupples]] || 74-72-65=210 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Karrie Webb]] || 75-66-69=210 |}

===Final round=== ''Sunday, 31 July 2005'' {|class="wikitable" ! Place !! Player !! Score !! To par ||Money ([[United States dollar|$]]) |- | align=center|1|| {{flagicon|KOR}} '''[[Jeong Jang]]'''||68-66-69-69=272||align=center|−16 || align=center|280,028 |- | align=center|2|| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sophie Gustafson]]||69-73-67-67=276||align=center|−12 || align=center|175,130 |- | rowspan="2" align=center|T3|| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Young|Young Kim]]||74-68-67-69=278||rowspan="2" align=center|−10 ||align=center|122,591 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Michelle Wie]] [[Amateur|(a)]]||75-67-67-69=278||align=center|0 |- | rowspan="3" align=center|T5|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Cristie Kerr]]||73-66-69-71=279||rowspan="3" align=center|−9||rowspan=3 align=center|81,144 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Liselotte Neumann]]||71-70-68-70=279 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Annika Sörenstam]]||73-69-66-71=279 |- | rowspan="3" align=center|T8|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Natalie Gulbis]]||76-70-68-66=280||rowspan="3" align=center|−8||rowspan=2 align=center|58,669 |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Grace Park (golfer)|Grace Park]]||77-68-67-68=280 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Louise Stahle]] (a)||73-65-73-69=280||align=center|0 |} :(a) denotes [[amateur]]

Amateurs: Wie (−10), Stahle (−8), Ciganda (+2)

<small>Source:</small><ref name=wetbxscr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iJYNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8XADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4213%2C157909 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |title=Golf: Weetabix Women's British Open |date=1 August 2005 |page=D-14 |accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130726100048/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/tic_tournament.php?id=2005_TM20 Ladies European Tour:] 2005 Weetabix Women's British Open results *[http://www.lpga.com/golf/tournaments/lpga/ricoh-womens-british-open/full-results.aspx?year=2005 LPGA:] 2005 Women's British Open results <!--*[http://www.golfobserver.com/new/golfstats.php?name=&year=2005&tour=LPGA&tournament=Ricoh+Women%27s+British+Open&box= Golf Observer source]-->

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