{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 2007 Women's British Open | image = Mhairi McKay.JPG | caption = [[Mhairi McKay]] during practice round | location = [[St Andrews]], [[Fife]], Scotland | course = [[Old Course at St Andrews]] | dates = 2–5 August 2007 | org = [[Ladies' Golf Union]] | tour = [[LPGA Tour]]<br />[[Ladies European Tour]] | par = 73 | yardage = {{convert|6638|yd}}<ref name=srscbdwbo>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2g0zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dvMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2528%2C5556361 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |title=Golf: Women's British Open |date=6 August 2007 |page=C4 |accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref> | field = 149 players, 69 after cut<ref name=yah07>{{cite news |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/golf/lpga/leaderboard/2007/205 |publisher=Yahoo! Sports |title=Leaderboard: 2007 Ricoh Women's British Open |date=5 August 2007 |accessdate=17 July 2013}}</ref> | cut = 151 (+5) | purse = [[United States dollar|$]]2,000,000<br />[[Euro|€]]1,478,135 | winners_share = $320,512<br />€236,880<ref name=rwbo07>{{cite web |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/tic_tournament.php?id=2007_TM17 |publisher=Ladies European Tour |title=Ricoh Women's British Open: 2007 Leaderboard |date=5 August 2007 |accessdate=17 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726100824/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/tic_tournament.php?id=2007_TM17 |archive-date=26 July 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | champion = {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Lorena Ochoa]] | score = 287 (−5) | previous = [[2006 Women's British Open|2006]] | next = [[2008 Women's British Open|2008]] }} {{Location map |UK Scotland |relief = 1 |label = <small>St Andrews</small> |lat = 56.3433 |long = -2.8028 |caption = Location in Scotland |float = |background= |width = 240 }} The '''2007 Women's British Open''' was the 31st [[Women's British Open]], held 2–5 August at the [[Old Course at St Andrews]] in [[Fife, Scotland|Fife]], Scotland. It was the seventh as a [[Women's major golf championships|major championship]] on the [[LPGA Tour]] and the first-ever women's professional event at the Old Course.<ref name=mjrel>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XolIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LnIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4910%2C2076037 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |last=Millward |first=Robert |title=Major relief |date=6 August 2007 |page=D-9 |accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref><ref name=ltcmg>{{cite magazine |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1105138/index.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130718024624/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1105138/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 July 2013 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Anderson |first=Kelli |title=Long Time Coming |date=13 August 2007 |accessdate=17 July 2013}}</ref>
[[Lorena Ochoa]] shot a bunker-free and bogey-free 67 (−6) in the opening round and led wire-to-wire to win the first of her two major titles, four strokes ahead of runners-up [[Maria Hjorth]] and [[Jee Young Lee]].<ref name=mjrel/><ref name=ltcmg/><ref name=oow67ab>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W4lIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LnIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6282%2C845811 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |title=Ochoa opens with 67 at British |date=3 August 2007 |page=D-3 |accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref><ref name=loclet07>{{cite web |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/tic_scorecard.php?id=2007_TM17&pid=1362 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130718175136/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/tic_scorecard.php?id=2007_TM17&pid=1362 |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 July 2013 |publisher=Ladies European Tour |title=Lorena Ochoa: 2007 Ricoh Women's British Open |date=5 August 2007 |accessdate=18 July 2013 }}</ref>
Prior to Ochoa, the last to win a first major at the Old Course was [[Tony Lema]], 43 years earlier in [[1964 Open Championship|1964]].<ref name=mjrel/> This was the first Women's British Open sponsored by [[Ricoh]], the previous twenty were by [[Weetabix]].
==Course== {{main|Old Course at St Andrews}} {|class=wikitable !Hole!!Name!!Yards!!Par!! !!Hole!!Name!!Yards!!Par |- |align=center|1||Burn||align=center|376||align=center|4||rowspan=10| ||align=center|10||Bobby Jones||align=center|340||align=center|4 |- |align=center|2||Dyke||align=center|400||align=center|4||align=center|11||High (In)||align=center|160||align=center|3 |- |align=center|3||Cartgate (Out)||align=center|370||align=center|4||align=center|12||Heathery (In)||align=center|314||align=center|4 |- |align=center|4||Ginger Beer||align=center|406||align=center|4||align=center|13||Hole O'Cross (In)||align=center|407||align=center|4 |- |align=center|5||Hole O'Cross (Out)||align=center|514||align=center|5||align=center|14||Long||align=center|523||align=center|5 |- |align=center|6||Heathery (Out)||align=center|369||align=center|4||align=center|15||Cartgate (In)||align=center|414||align=center|4 |- |align=center|7||High (Out)||align=center|353||align=center|4||align=center|16||Corner of the Dyke||align=center|381||align=center|4 |- |align=center|8||Short||align=center|154||align=center|3||align=center|17||Road||align=center|453||align=center|5 |- |align=center|9||End||align=center|347||align=center|4||align=center|18||Tom Morris||align=center|357||align=center|4 |- | colspan=2 align=center|'''Out'''||align=center|'''3,289'''||align=center|'''36'''|| colspan=2 align=center|'''In'''||align=center|'''3,349'''||align=center|'''37''' |- |colspan=5| ||colspan=2 align=center|'''Total'''||align=center|'''6,638'''||align=center|'''73''' |} <small>Source:</small><ref name=loclet07/><ref name=lgustat07>{{cite web |url=http://info.lgu.org/tic/tmcrsts.cgi?tourn=WBO7~cardlink=Y~~season=2007~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=Y~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ |publisher=Ladies Golf Union |title=2007 Ricoh Women's British Open: Course Statistics |date=5 August 2007 |accessdate=31 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233710/http://info.lgu.org/tic/tmcrsts.cgi?tourn=WBO7~cardlink=Y~~season=2007~style=00~groupties=Y~pr=Y~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=*~winfocus=Y~ |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *The Road Hole, No. 17, was played as a par 5 for this championship, and was the easiest hole relative to par.<ref name=lgustat07/><ref name=oelasta>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=2958257 |publisher=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |title=Ochoa early leader at St. Andrews; Wie shoots 73 |date=3 August 2007 |access-date=31 July 2013}}</ref>
== Round summaries ==
=== First round=== ''Thursday, 2 August 2007'' {| class="wikitable" ! Place !! Player !! Score !! To par |- | align=center|1 || {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Lorena Ochoa]] || align=center|67 || align=center|−6 |- | rowspan="2" align=center|T2 || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Louise Friberg (golfer)|Louise Friberg]] || rowspan="2" align=center|69 || rowspan="2" align=center|−4 |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Inbee Park]] |- | rowspan="2" align=center|T4 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Rebecca Hudson]] || rowspan="2" align=center|70 || rowspan="2" align=center|−3 |- | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ai Miyazato]] |- | rowspan="4" align=center|T6 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Joanne Mills]] || rowspan="4" align=center|71 || rowspan="4" align=center|−2 |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Meena Lee]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brittany Lincicome]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Wendy Ward]] |- | rowspan="11" align=center|T10 || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Tullia Calzavara]] || rowspan="11" align=center|72 || rowspan="11" align=center|−1 |- | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Karine Icher]] |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[In-Kyung Kim]] |- | {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Candie Kung]] |- | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Virginie Lagoutte-Clément]] |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Lee Jee-young]] |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Sarah Lee (golfer)|Sarah Lee]] |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Min Na-on]] |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Catrin Nilsmark]] |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Annika Sörenstam]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sherri Steinhauer]] |}
=== Second round=== ''Friday, 3 August 2007'' {| class="wikitable" ! Place !! Player !! Score !! To par |- | align=center|1 || {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Lorena Ochoa]] || align=center|67-73=140 || align=center|−6 |- | rowspan=2 align=center|T2 || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Catriona Matthew]] || align=center|73-68=141 || rowspan=2 align=center|−5 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Wendy Ward]] || align=center|71-70=141 |- | rowspan=5 align=center|T4 || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuri Fudoh]] || align=center|74-69=143 || rowspan=5 align=center|−3 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Rebecca Hudson]] || align=center|70-73=143 |- | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Karine Icher]] || align=center|72-71=143 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Annika Sörenstam]] || align=center|72-71=143 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sherri Steinhauer]] || align=center|72-71=143 |- | align=center|9 || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Ji Eun-hee]] || align=center|73-71=144 || align=center|−2 |- | rowspan=4 align=center|T10 || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Louise Friberg (golfer)|Louise Friberg]] || align=center|69-76=145 || rowspan=4 align=center|−1 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sophie Gustafson]] || align=center|73-72=145 |- | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Virginie Lagoutte-Clément]] || align=center|72-73=145 |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Lee Jee-young]] || align=center|72-73=145 |}
Amateurs: ''[[Belén Mozo|Mozo]] (+1), [[Mel Reid|Reid]] (+2), Choi (+4), Bell (+5), Edwards (+5), [[Anna Nordqvist|Nordqvist]] (+5), Smith (+5), Watson (+5)'', [[Carlota Ciganda|Ciganda]] (+7), McVeigh (+8)
=== Third round=== ''Saturday, 4 August 2007''
{| class="wikitable" ! Place !! Player !! Score !! To par |- | align=center|1 || {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Lorena Ochoa]] || align=center|67-73-73=213 || align=center|−6 |- | align=center|2 || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Linda Wessberg]] || align=center|74-73-72=219 || align=center|E |- | rowspan=4 align=center|T3 || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Maria Hjorth]] || align=center|75-73-72=220 || rowspan=4 align=center|+1 |- | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Karine Icher]] || align=center|72-71-77=220 |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Lee Jee-young]] || align=center|72-73-75=220 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Annika Sörenstam]] || align=center|72-71-77=220 |- | rowspan=5 align=center|T7 || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Ji Eun-hee]] || align=center|73-71-77=221 || rowspan=5 align=center|+2 |- | {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Catriona Matthew]] || align=center|73-68-80=221 |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Se-ri Pak]] || align=center|73-73-75=221 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Reilley Rankin]] || align=center|73-74-74=221 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Wendy Ward]] || align=center|71-70-80=221 |}
===Final round=== ''Sunday, 5 August 2007'' {|class="wikitable" ! Place !! Player !! Score !! To par || Money ([[United States dollar|$]]) |- | align=center|1 || {{flagicon|MEX}} '''[[Lorena Ochoa]]''' || 67-73-73-74=287 || align=center|−5 || align=center|320,512 |- | rowspan="2" align=center|T2 || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Maria Hjorth]] || 75-73-72-71=291 || rowspan="2" align=center|−1 || rowspan=2 align=center|170,272 |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Lee Jee-young]] || 72-73-75-71=291 |- | align=center|4 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Reilley Rankin]] || 73-74-74-71=292 || align=center|E || align=center|110,176 |- | rowspan="2" align=center|T5 || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Ji Eun-hee]] || 73-71-77-72=293 || rowspan="2" align=center|+1 || rowspan=2 align=center|84,135 |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Se-ri Pak]] || 73-73-75-72=293 |- | rowspan="4" align=center|T7 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Paula Creamer]] || 73-75-74-72=294 || rowspan="4" align=center|+2 || rowspan=4 align=center|61,098 |- | {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Catriona Matthew]] || 73-68-80-73=294 |- | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Miki Saiki]] || 76-70-81-67=294 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Linda Wessberg]] || 74-73-72-75=294 |}
Amateurs: Reid (+4), Smith (+9), Choi (+11), Bell (+12), Watson (+12), Mozo (+13), Nordqvist (+14), Edwards (+20)
<small>Source:</small><ref name=srscbdwbo/><ref name=yah07/><ref name=mjrel/>
====Scorecard==== ''Final round'' {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Hole!! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18 |- |Par || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 5 || 4 || 4 || 3 || 4 || 4 || 3 || 4 || 4 || 5 || 4 || 4 || 5 || 4 |- |align=left| {{flagicon|MEX}} Ochoa || −6 || −6 || −6 || −6 || style="background: Pink;"|−7 || style="background: Pink;"|−8 || −8 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7 || style="background: Pink;"|−8 || −8 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7 || −7 || −7 || −7 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6 || −6 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5 || −5 |- |align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} Hjorth || +1 || style="background: Pink;"|E || E || style="background: PaleGreen;"|+1 || style="background: Pink;"|E || style="background: Pink;"|−1 || −1 || −1 || −1 || −1 || −1 || −1 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|E || style="background: Pink;"|−1 || −1 || −1 || −1 || −1 |- |align=left| {{flagicon|KOR}} Lee || +1 || +1 || +1 || style="background: Pink;"|E || style="background: Pink;"|−1 || −1 || −1 || −1 || style="background: Pink;"|−2 || −2 || −2 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−1 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|E || style="background: Pink;"|−1 || style="background: Pink;"|−2 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−1 || −1 || −1 |- |align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Rankin || +2 || +2 || +2 || +2 || style="background: Pink;"|+1 || +1 || style="background: Pink;"|E || E || style="background: Pink;"|−1 || −1 || −1 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|E || E || E || style="background: Pink;"|−1 || −1 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|E || E |- |align=left| {{flagicon|KOR}} Ji || style="background: PaleGreen;"|+3 || +3 || +3 || +3 || style="background: Pink;"|+2 || +2 || +2 || +2 || +2 || +2 || style="background: Pink;"|+1 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|+2 || +2 || +2 || +2 || +2 || style="background: Pink;"|+1 || +1 |- |align=left| {{flagicon|KOR}} Pak || +2 || +2 || +2 || +2 || +2 || +2 || +2 || style="background: Pink;"|+1 || +1 || +1 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|+2 || style="background: Pink;"|+1 || +1 || +1 || style="background: Pink;"|E || style="background: PaleGreen;"|+1 || +1 || +1 |- |align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} Wessberg || E || E || style="background: Pink;"|−1 || −1 || −1 || −1 || −1 || −1 || style="background: Pink;"|−2 || style="background: Pink;"|−3 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−2 || −2 || −2 || style="background: Green;"|E || style="background: PaleGreen;"|+1 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|+2 || +2 || +2 |} ''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''<br /> :{|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |} {{small|Source:}}<ref name=rd4scr>{{cite web |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/tournaments/ricohwomensbritishopen/results?filters=2007&archive= |title= RICOH WOMEN'S BRITISH OPEN |accessdate=October 20, 2018}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130726100824/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/tic_tournament.php?id=2007_TM17 Ladies European Tour:] 2007 Ricoh Women's British Open results *[http://www.lpga.com/golf/tournaments/lpga/ricoh-womens-british-open/full-results.aspx?year=2007 LPGA:] 2007 Ricoh Women's British Open results <!--[http://www.golfobserver.com/new/golfstats.php?year=2007&tour=LPGA&tournament=Ricoh+Women%27s+British+Open Golf Observer source]-->
{{Women's Golf Major Championships master|2007}} {{Women's British Open championships}} {{coord|56.3433|-2.8028|type:event|display=title}}
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