2006 Women's British Open

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 2006 Women's British Open | image = SorenstamBrit2006b.JPG | caption = [[Annika Sörenstam]] and caddy Terry McNamara on the 4th tee during the Pro-Am | location = [[Lancashire, England]] | course = [[Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club|Royal Lytham & St Annes<br />Golf Club]] | dates = 3–6 August 2006 | org = [[Ladies' Golf Union]] | tour = [[LPGA Tour]]<br />[[Ladies European Tour]] | par = 72 | yardage = {{convert|6480|yd|0}}<ref name=lguwbo09>{{cite web |url=http://info.lgu.org/tic/tmcrsts.cgi?tourn=WWBO~cardlink=Y~~season=2006~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=Y~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ |publisher=Ladies Golf Union |title=Course Statistics: 2006 Ricoh Women's British Open |date=6 August 2006 |accessdate=19 July 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | field = 150 players, 72 after cut | cut = 151 (+7) | purse = [[United States dollar|$]]1,800,000<br />[[Euro|€]]1,384,186 | winners_share = $305,440<br />€234,880 | champion = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sherri Steinhauer]] | score = 281 (−7) | previous = [[2005 Women's British Open|2005]] | next = [[2007 Women's British Open|2007]] }} {{Location map |UK England |relief = 1 |label = <small>Lytham &<br />St Annes</small> |lat = 53.7495 |long = -3.0180 |caption = Location in [[England]] |float = |background= |width = 240 }} The '''2006 Women's British Open''' was held 3–6 August at [[Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club]] in [[Lancashire, England|Lancashire]], [[England]]. It was the 30th edition of the [[Women's British Open]], and the sixth as a [[Women's major golf championships|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 Women's British Open|2001]].<ref name=stwbo>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=2541372 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |title=Steinhauer wins British at Lytham for second time |date=6 August 2006 |access-date=19 July 2013}}</ref> 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 Women's British Open|2007]] at [[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews]].

==Course layout== {{main article|Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !align="left"|Hole!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!Out!!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18!!In!!Total |- | align="center"|Yards||198||401||410||371||170||492||542||389||156||'''3,129'''||334||487||160||340||418||464||343||419||386||'''3,351'''||'''6,480''' |- | align="center"|Par||3||4||4||4||3||5||5||4||3||'''35'''||4||5||3||4||4||5||4||4||4||'''37'''||'''72''' |} <small>Source:</small><ref name=lguwbo09/>

Previous length of the course for the Women's British Open (since 2001): * [[2003 Women's British Open|2003]]: {{convert|6308|yd}}, par 72

== Round summaries ==

=== First round=== ''Thursday, 3 August 2006'' {| class="wikitable" ! Place !! Player !! Score !! To par |- | align=center|1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Juli Inkster]]||align=center|66||align=center|−6 |- | rowspan="2" align=center|T2|| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Silvia Cavalleri]]||rowspan="2" align=center|69||rowspan="2" align=center|−3 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Maria Hjorth]] |- | rowspan="3" align=center|T4|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Allison Hanna]]||rowspan="3" align=center|70||rowspan="3" align=center|−2 |- | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Gwladys Nocera]] |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Nina Reis]] |- | rowspan="9" align=center|T7|| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Chieko Amanuma]]||rowspan="9" align=center|71||rowspan="9" align=center|−1 |- | {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Nora Angehrn]] |- | {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Julieta Granada]] |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rachel Hetherington]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Cristie Kerr]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Christina Kim]] |- | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ai Miyazato]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Wendy Ward]] |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Lindsey Wright]] |}

=== Second round=== ''Friday, 4 August 2006'' {| class="wikitable" ! Place !! Player !! Score !! To par |- | align=center|1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Juli Inkster]]||align=center|66-72=138||align=center|−6 |- | align=center|2|| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Silvia Cavalleri]]||align=center|69-72=141||align=center|−3 |- | rowspan=4 align=center|T3|| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Lorie Kane]]||align=center|73-69=142||rowspan=4 align=center|−2 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Candie Kung]]||align=center|72-70=142 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Karen Stupples]]||align=center|73-69=142 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Lindsey Wright]]||align=center|71-71=142 |- | rowspan=6 align=center|T7|| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Chung Il-mi]]||align=center|72-71=143||rowspan=6 align=center|−1 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Paula Creamer]]||align=center|72-71=143 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sophie Gustafson]]||align=center|76-67=143 |- | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Gwladys Nocera]]||align=center|70-73=143 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Annika Sörenstam]]||align=center|72-71=143 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sherri Steinhauer]]||align=center|73-70=143 |}

Amateurs: ''[[Belén Mozo|Mozo]] (+3), [[Amy Yang|Yang]] (+6)'', [[Ashleigh Buhai|Simon]] (+8), [[Jade Schaeffer|Schaeffer]] (+11), MacRae (+18).

=== Third round=== ''Saturday, 5 August 2006'' {| class="wikitable" ! Place !! Player !! Score !! To par |- | align=center|1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sherri Steinhauer]]||align=center|73-70-66=209||align=center|−7 |- | rowspan=4 align=center|T2|| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sophie Gustafson]]||align=center|76-67-69=212||rowspan=4 align=center|−4 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Juli Inkster]]||align=center|66-72-74=212 |- | {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Lorena Ochoa]]||align=center|74-73-65=212 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Karen Stupples]]||align=center|73-69-70=212 |- | rowspan=3 align=center|T6|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Natalie Gulbis]]||align=center|72-74-67=213||rowspan=3 align=center|−3 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Cristie Kerr]]||align=center|71-76-66=213 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Candie Kung]]||align=center|72-70-71=213 |- | rowspan=3 align=center|T9|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Beth Daniel]]||align=center|73-71-70=214||rowspan=3 align=center|−2 |- | {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Julieta Granada]]||align=center|71-73-70=214 |- | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Gwladys Nocera]]||align=center|70-73-71=214 |}

===Final round=== ''Sunday, 6 August 2006'' {|class="wikitable" ! Place !! Player !! Score !! To par || Money ([[United States dollar|$]]) |- | align=center|1|| {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Sherri Steinhauer]]'''||73-70-66-72=281||align=center|−7||align=center|305,440 |- | rowspan="2" align=center|T2|| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sophie Gustafson]]||76-67-69-72=284||rowspan="2" align=center|−4||rowspan=2 align=center|162,265 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Cristie Kerr]]||71-76-66-71=284 |- | rowspan="2" align=center|T4|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Juli Inkster]]||66-72-74-73=285||rowspan="2" align=center|−3||rowspan=2 align=center|95,450 |- | {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Lorena Ochoa]]||74-73-65-73=285 |- | rowspan="2" align=center|T6|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Beth Daniel]]||73-71-70-72=286||rowspan="2" align=center|−2||rowspan=2 align=center|70,633 |- | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Lorie Kane]]||73-69-74-70=286 |- | align=center|8|| {{flagicon|PRY}} [[Julieta Granada]]||71-73-70-73=287||align=center|−1||align=center|61,088 |- | align=center|9|| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ai Miyazato]]||71-75-75-67=288||align=center|E||align=center|55,361 |- | align=center rowspan=6|T10|| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Hee-Won Han]]||80-71-69-70=290||align=center rowspan=6|+2||align=center rowspan=6|40,566 |- | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Karine Icher]]||72-73-71-74=290 |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Joo-mi]]||73-73-73-71=290 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Candie Kung]]||72-70-71-77=290 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Nina Reis]]||70-76-69-75=290 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Karen Stupples]]||73-69-70-78=290 |}

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

<small>Source:</small><ref>{{cite web |publisher=Golf Channel|url=https://www.golfchannel.com/tours/lpga/2006/weetabix-womens-british-open/ |title= Weetabix Women's British Open |accessdate=October 26, 2018}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130726092944/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/tic_tournament.php?id=2006_TM18 Ladies European Tour:] 2006 Weetabix Women's British Open results *[http://www.lpga.com/golf/tournaments/lpga/ricoh-womens-british-open/full-results.aspx?year=2006 LPGA:] 2006 Women's British Open results <!--[http://www.golfobserver.com/new/golfstats.php?year=2006&tour=LPGA&tournament=Ricoh+Women%27s+British+Open Golf Observer source]-->

{{Women's Golf Major Championships master|2006}} {{Women's British Open championships}} {{coord|53.7495|-3.0180|type:event|display=title}}

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