2012 Women's British Open

2012 Ricoh Women's British Open

Tournament information
Dates	13–16 September 2012
Location	Merseyside, England
Course(s)	Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Organized by	Ladies' Golf Union
Tour(s)	Ladies European Tour LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,657 yards (6,087 m)[1]
Field	144 players, 57 after cut
Cut	149 (+5)
Prize fund	$2,750,000 €2,129,532 £1,707,437
Winner's share	$428,650 €331,936 £266,143
Champion
Jiyai Shin
279 (−9)
«2011 2013»

Hoylake

Location in England

Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, Merseyside,
west of Liverpool, England

The 2012 Ricoh Women's British Open was held 13–16 September at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Merseyside, England. It was the 37th Women's British Open, and the 12th as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. It was scheduled later in the year due to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Jiyai Shin won her second Women's British Open, nine strokes ahead of runner-up Inbee Park.

Weather was a factor, as the second round on Friday was halted before 8:30 a.m. due to high winds. The scores were thrown out and the round was restarted on Saturday, with the final two rounds played on Sunday.

Exemptions and qualifying events

The field for the tournament was 144, and golfers gained a place in three ways. Most players earn exemptions based on good past performances on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA Tour and in previous major championships and top-ranked players in the Women's World Golf Rankings. The rest of the field earned entry by successfully competing in qualifying tournaments open to any professional female golfer or amateur with a low handicap. The final qualifying tournament was held at Caldy Golf Club just up the road from the famous links.

There were 15 exemption categories for the 2012 Women's British Open. These are:^[2]

• The top 30 finishers (and ties) from the 2011 Women's British Open.
• The top 10 Ladies European Tour members in the Women's World Golf Rankings who did not finish in the top 30 of the 2011 Women's British Open.
• The top 30 LPGA Tour members in the Women's World Golf Rankings who did not finish in the top 30 of the 2011 Women's British Open.
• The top 25 on the current LET money list not already exempt from the 2011 Women's British Open or the world rankings.
• The top 40 on the current LPGA Tour money list not already exempt from the 2011 Women's British Open or the world rankings.
• The top five on the current LPGA of Japan Tour money list not already exempt from the 2011 Women's British Open or through the world rankings if they are also members of the LET or LPGA. (Note that these six categories will account for approximately 125 entries — or 5/6ths of the players in the final field.)
• Winners of any recognised LET or LPGA Tour events in the calendar year 2012.
• Winners of the 2011 LET, LPGA, JLPGA and KLPGA money lists.
• Winners of the last 10 editions of the Women's British Open.
• Winners of the last five editions of one of the other three LPGA majors.
• Winner of the 2011 Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup.
• The leading five LPGA Tour members upon completion of 36 holes in the 2012 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic who have entered the Championship and who are not otherwise exempt.
• The leading 3 LET members in the 2012 ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters, who have entered the Championship and who are not otherwise exempt.
• The 2012 British Ladies Amateur champion, 2011 Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play champion, 2011 U.S. Women's Amateur champion and 2011 European Ladies' Amateur champion, provided they are still amateurs at the time of the Championship and a maximum of two other leading amateurs at the discretion of the Ladies’ Golf Union.
• Any players granted special exemptions from qualifying by the Championship Committee.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Jiyai Shin	South Korea	2008	71	64	71	73	279	−9	1
Karrie Webb	Australia	2002	71	70	68	82	291	+3	T5
Catriona Matthew	Scotland	2009	76	73	71	75	295	+7	T10
Yani Tseng	Taiwan	2010, 2011	72	72	76	79	299	+11	T26

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Karen Stupples	England	2004	76	81	157	+13

Course

The 2012 course layout at Royal Liverpool Golf Club.^[1][3]

• The Open Championship in 2006 was also set as a par 72, but at 7,258 yards (6,637 m), 601 yards (550 m) longer.
• Both layouts started on club hole #17 (Royal) and ended at the par-5 #16 (Dun).^[3]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 13 September 2012

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Haeji Kang	South Korea	70	−2
	So Yeon Ryu	South Korea
T3	Katie Futcher	United States	71	−1
	Lydia Hall	Wales
	Charley Hull (a)	England
	Vicky Hurst	United States
	Stacey Keating	Australia
	Ai Miyazato	Japan
	Mika Miyazato	Japan
	Jiyai Shin	South Korea
	Karrie Webb	Australia

source:^[4]

Second round

Saturday, 15 September 2012

Second round play began on Friday morning in adverse wind conditions, which worsened with gusts of 60 mph (100 km/h). Play was stopped at 8:25 a.m. and did not resume; all scores for the day were declared null and void and were scrapped.^[5] The second round was restarted on Saturday morning, with the third and fourth rounds both scheduled for Sunday off of split tees, as the Monday forecast was for weather similar to Friday's. In order to complete the final 36 holes on Sunday in the reduced daylight of mid-September, the cut was reduced by fifteen players, to the top fifty and ties. Professionals within the top 65 and ties earned official prize money.^[6][7]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jiyai Shin	South Korea	71-64=135	−9
2	Inbee Park	South Korea	72-68=140	−4
T3	Mika Miyazato	Japan	71-70=141	−3
	Karrie Webb	Australia	71-70=141
5	Katie Futcher	United States	71-71=142	−2
T6	Vicky Hurst	United States	71-72=143	−1
	Lydia Ko (a)	New Zealand	72-71=143
	Carin Koch	Sweden	72-71=143
	Ai Miyazato	Japan	71-72=143
	Jenny Shin	South Korea	75-68=143

source:^[8]

Amateurs: Ko (−1), Clyburn (+1), Law (+2), Yan (+5), Hull (+7), Taylor (+7), Peters (+9), Boulden (+10), Maguire (+13), Thompson (+14).

Third round

Sunday, 16 September 2012 (morning)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jiyai Shin	South Korea	71-64-71=206	−10
2	Karrie Webb	Australia	71-70-68=209	−7
3	Inbee Park	South Korea	72-68-72=212	−4
4	Mika Miyazato	Japan	71-70-72=213	−3
5	Jenny Shin	South Korea	75-68-71=214	−2
T6	Katie Futcher	United States	71-71-73=215	−1
	So Yeon Ryu	South Korea	70-74-71=215
T8	Yuki Ichinose	Japan	72-72-72=216	E
	Ai Miyazato	Japan	71-72-73=216
T10	Chella Choi	South Korea	72-73-72=217	+1
	Paula Creamer	United States	73-72-72=217
	Michelle Wie	United States	75-70-72=217

source:^[9]

Final round

Sunday, 16 September 2012 (afternoon)

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Jiyai Shin	South Korea	71-64-71-73=279	−9	428,650
2	Inbee Park	South Korea	72-68-72-76=288	E	249,668
3	Paula Creamer	United States	73-72-72-72=289	+1	174,768
4	Mika Miyazato	Japan	71-70-72-77=290	+2	136,724
T5	So Yeon Ryu	South Korea	70-74-71-76=291	+3	104,623
	Karrie Webb	Australia	71-70-68-82=291
7	Julieta Granada	Paraguay	74-71-74-74=293	+5	87,979
T8	Katie Futcher	United States	71-71-73-79=294	+6	76,090
	Stacy Lewis	United States	74-70-76-74=294
T10	Chella Choi	South Korea	72-73-72-78=295	+7	59,841
	I.K. Kim	South Korea	75-72-73-75=295
	Catriona Matthew	Scotland	76-73-71-75=295

source:^[10][11]

Amateurs: Ko (+9), Clyburn (+11), Law (+12), Yan (+16).

References

External links

• Official website
• LPGA.com - Women's British Open - microsite
• Ladies Golf Union: Women's British Open
• Ladies European Tour: 2012 Ricoh Women's British Open

Coordinates: 53°23′15″N 3°11′06″W / 53.3875°N 3.185°W / 53.3875; -3.185