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2006 Women's British Open

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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)
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Lytham & St Annes is located in England
Lytham & St Annes
Lytham &
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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.

Field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Karen Stupples  England 2004 73 69 70 78 290 +2 T10
Jeong Jang  South Korea 2005 78 73 68 75 294 +6 T26
Annika Sörenstam  Sweden 2003 72 71 73 79 295 +7 T31

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Karrie Webb  Australia 2002 76 82 158 +14
Se Ri Pak  South Korea 2001 78 WD

Course layout

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
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
Par 3 4 4 4 3 5 5 4 3 35 4 5 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 37 72

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

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Juli Inkster  United States 66 −6
T2 Silvia Cavalleri  Italy 69 −3
Maria Hjorth  Sweden
T4 Allison Hanna  United States 70 −2
Gwladys Nocera  France
Nina Reis  Sweden
T7 Chieko Amanuma  Japan 71 −1
Nora Angehrn  Switzerland
Julieta Granada  Paraguay
Rachel Hetherington  Australia
Cristie Kerr  United States
Christina Kim  United States
Ai Miyazato  Japan
Wendy Ward  United States
Lindsey Wright  Australia

Second round

Friday, 4 August 2006

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Juli Inkster  United States 66-72=138 −6
2 Silvia Cavalleri  Italy 69-72=141 −3
T3 Lorie Kane  Canada 73-69=142 −2
Candie Kung  United States 72-70=142
Karen Stupples  England 73-69=142
Lindsey Wright  Australia 71-71=142
T7 Chung Il-mi  South Korea 72-71=143 −1
Paula Creamer  United States 72-71=143
Sophie Gustafson  Sweden 76-67=143
Gwladys Nocera  France 70-73=143
Annika Sörenstam  Sweden 72-71=143
Sherri Steinhauer  United States 73-70=143

Third round

Saturday, 5 August 2006

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Sherri Steinhauer  United States 73-70-66=209 −7
T2 Sophie Gustafson  Sweden 76-67-69=212 −4
Juli Inkster  United States 66-72-74=212
Lorena Ochoa  Mexico 74-73-65=212
Karen Stupples  England 73-69-70=212
T6 Natalie Gulbis  United States 72-74-67=213 −3
Cristie Kerr  United States 71-76-66=213
Candie Kung  United States 72-70-71=213
T9 Beth Daniel  United States 73-71-70=214 −2
Julieta Granada  Paraguay 71-73-70=214
Gwladys Nocera  France 70-73-71=214

Final round

Sunday, 6 August 2006

Place Player Nation Score To par Money ($)
1 Sherri Steinhauer  United States 73-70-66-72=281 −7 305,440
T2 Sophie Gustafson  Sweden 76-67-69-72=284 −4 162,265
Cristie Kerr  United States 71-76-66-71=284
T4 Juli Inkster  United States 66-72-74-73=285 −3 95,450
Lorena Ochoa  Mexico 74-73-65-73=285
T6 Beth Daniel  United States 73-71-70-72=286 −2 70,633
Lorie Kane  Canada 73-69-74-70=286
8 Julieta Granada  Paraguay 71-73-70-73=287 −1 61,088
9 Ai Miyazato  Japan 71-75-75-67=288 E 55,361
T10 Hee-Won Han  South Korea 80-71-69-70=290 +2 40,566
Karine Icher  France 72-73-71-74=290
Kim Joo-mi  South Korea 73-73-73-71=290
Candie Kung  United States 72-70-71-77=290
Nina Reis  Sweden 70-76-69-75=290
Karen Stupples  England 73-69-70-78=290

Source:[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Course Statistics: 2006 Ricoh Women's British Open". Ladies Golf Union. 6 August 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2013.[permanent dead link]
  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 October 26, 2018.

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