2006 Women's British Open
Tournament information
Dates3–6 August 2006
LocationLancashire, England
Course(s)Royal Lytham & St Annes
Golf Club
Organized byLadies' Golf Union
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Ladies European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,480 yards (5,925 m)[1]
Field150 players, 72 after cut
Cut151 (+7)
Prize fund$1,800,000
€1,384,186
Winner's share$305,440
€234,880
Champion
United States Sherri Steinhauer
281 (−7)
Lytham &St Annes is located in England
Lytham &St Annes
Lytham &
St Annes
Location in England

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.[2] 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

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards1984014103711704925423891563,1293344871603404184643434193863,3516,480
Par344435543354534454443772

Source:[1]

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

  • 2003: 6,308 yards (5,768 m), par 72

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 3 August 2006

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Juli Inkster66−6
T2Italy Silvia Cavalleri69−3
Sweden Maria Hjorth
T4United States Allison Hanna70−2
France Gwladys Nocera
Sweden Nina Reis
T7Japan Chieko Amanuma71−1
Switzerland Nora Angehrn
Paraguay Julieta Granada
Australia Rachel Hetherington
United States Cristie Kerr
United States Christina Kim
Japan Ai Miyazato
United States Wendy Ward
Australia Lindsey Wright

Second round

Friday, 4 August 2006

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Juli Inkster66-72=138−6
2Italy Silvia Cavalleri69-72=141−3
T3Canada Lorie Kane73-69=142−2
United States Candie Kung72-70=142
England Karen Stupples73-69=142
Australia Lindsey Wright71-71=142
T7South Korea Chung Il-mi72-71=143−1
United States Paula Creamer72-71=143
Sweden Sophie Gustafson76-67=143
France Gwladys Nocera70-73=143
Sweden Annika Sörenstam72-71=143
United States Sherri Steinhauer73-70=143

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

Third round

Saturday, 5 August 2006

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Sherri Steinhauer73-70-66=209−7
T2Sweden Sophie Gustafson76-67-69=212−4
United States Juli Inkster66-72-74=212
Mexico Lorena Ochoa74-73-65=212
England Karen Stupples73-69-70=212
T6United States Natalie Gulbis72-74-67=213−3
United States Cristie Kerr71-76-66=213
United States Candie Kung72-70-71=213
T9United States Beth Daniel73-71-70=214−2
Paraguay Julieta Granada71-73-70=214
France Gwladys Nocera70-73-71=214

Final round

Sunday, 6 August 2006

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1United States Sherri Steinhauer73-70-66-72=281−7305,440
T2Sweden Sophie Gustafson76-67-69-72=284−4162,265
United States Cristie Kerr71-76-66-71=284
T4United States Juli Inkster66-72-74-73=285−395,450
Mexico Lorena Ochoa74-73-65-73=285
T6United States Beth Daniel73-71-70-72=286−270,633
Canada Lorie Kane73-69-74-70=286
8Paraguay Julieta Granada71-73-70-73=287−161,088
9Japan Ai Miyazato71-75-75-67=288E55,361
T10South Korea Hee-Won Han80-71-69-70=290+240,566
France Karine Icher72-73-71-74=290
South Korea Kim Joo-mi73-73-73-71=290
United States Candie Kung72-70-71-77=290
Sweden Nina Reis70-76-69-75=290
England Karen Stupples73-69-70-78=290

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

Source:[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Course Statistics: 2006 Ricoh Women's British Open". Ladies Golf Union. 6 August 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Steinhauer wins British at Lytham for second time". ESPN. Associated Press. 6 August 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Weetabix Women's British Open". Golf Channel. Retrieved 26 October 2018.

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