2002 Women's British Open

The 2002 Women's British Open was held 8–11 August at the Ailsa Course at Turnberry Golf Club in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the 26th edition of the Women's British Open, and the second as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. ESPN, ABC Sports and BBC Sport televised the event in the United States and United Kingdom.

2002 Women's British Open
Tournament information
Dates8–11 August 2002
LocationSouth Ayrshire, Scotland
Course(s)Turnberry Golf Club,
Ailsa Course
Organized byLadies' Golf Union
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Ladies European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,407 yards (5,859 m)[1][2]
Field144 players, 66 after cut
Cut145 (+1)
Prize fund$1,500,000
€1,580,107
Winner's share$236,383
€249,007
Champion
Australia Karrie Webb
273 (−15)
Turnberry is located in Scotland
Turnberry
Turnberry
Location in Scotland

Karrie Webb won the sixth of her seven major titles, two strokes ahead of runners-up Michelle Ellis and Paula Martí.[3] Three strokes back after 54 holes, Webb shot a final round 66 (−6) to capture her fifth different major for a career "Super Slam." It was her third victory at the Women's British Open, with previous titles in 1995 and 1997.[4]

Defending champion Se-Ri Pak finished six strokes back, in a tie for eleventh place.

Course
Main article: Turnberry (golf course)

Ailsa Course

HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Ailsa Craig350410Dinna Fouter4104
2Mak Siccar381411Maidens1743
3Blaw Wearie4625 112Monument3544
4Woe-Be-Tide165313Tickly Tap3794
5Fin Me Oot416414Risk-An-Hope4495 1
6Tappie Toorie195315Ca' Canny1693
7Roon The Ben475516Wee Burn3674
8Goat Fell386417Lang Whang4875
9Bruce's Castle411418Ailsa Hame3774
Out3,24136In3,16636
Total6,40772

Source:[1]

  • The Open Championship in 1994 was set at par 70 and 6,957 yards (6,361 m), 550 yards (503 m) longer.
  • 1 These par-4 holes are played as par-5 during this tournament.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 8 August 2002

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Taiwan Candie Kung65−7
2Australia Karrie Webb66−6
T3United States Tina Barrett67−5
Germany Elisabeth Esterl
South Korea Se-ri Pak
Australia Rachel Teske
T7Italy Federica Dassù68−4
South Korea Mi-Hyun Kim
United States Emilee Klein
Sweden Carin Koch
Scotland Mhairi McKay

Second round

Friday, 9 August 2002

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Sweden Carin Koch68-68=136−8
Taiwan Candie Kung65-71=136
T3United States Tina Barrett67-70=137−7
United States Beth Bauer70-67=137
Spain Paula Martí69-68=137
Australia Karrie Webb66-71=137
7Germany Elisabeth Esterl67-71=138−6
T8Australia Wendy Doolan70-69=139−5
Australia Michelle Ellis69-70=139
United States Natalie Gulbis69-70=139
United States Pat Hurst69-70=139
United States Emilee Klein68-71=139
Sweden Catrin Nilsmark70-69=139
South Korea Se-ri Pak67-72=139
Philippines Jennifer Rosales69-70=139
United States Angela Stanford69-70=139

Amateurs: Brewerton (+2), Weeks (+11)

Third round

Saturday, 10 August 2002

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Sweden Carin Koch68-68-68=204−12
Philippines Jennifer Rosales69-70-65=204
T3United States Natalie Gulbis69-70-67=206−10
Spain Paula Martí69-68-69=206
T5United States Tina Barrett67-70-70=207−9
United States Beth Bauer70-67-70=207
Australia Michelle Ellis69-70-68=207
Taiwan Candie Kung65-71-71=207
Australia Karrie Webb66-71-70=207
T10United States Pat Hurst69-70-69=208−8
South Korea Jeong Jang73-69-66=208
United States Meg Mallon69-71-68=208
Sweden Catrin Nilsmark70-69-69=208
South Korea Se-ri Pak67-72-69=208
United States Angela Stanford69-70-69=208

Final round

Sunday, 11 August 2002

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Australia Karrie Webb66-71-70-66=273−15236,383
T2Australia Michelle Ellis69-70-68-68=275−13129,629
Spain Paula Martí69-68-69-69=275
T4South Korea Jeong Jang73-69-66-69=277−1164,528
Taiwan Candie Kung65-71-71-70=277
Sweden Catrin Nilsmark70-69-69-69=277
Philippines Jennifer Rosales69-70-65-73=277
T8United States Beth Bauer70-67-70-71=278−1038,380
Sweden Carin Koch68-68-68-74=278
United States Meg Mallon69-71-68-70=278

Source:[5][6]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par445343544434453454
Australia Webb−9−9−10−10−11−12−12−12−12−13−13−14−14−14−14−14−15−15
Australia Ellis−9−9−9−8−9−9−10−11−10−10−9−10−10−10−11−11−12−13
Spain Martí−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−11−12−12−12−12−12−11−12−12−13−13
Philippines Rosales−12−12−12−12−12−11−12−12−11−10−10−10−10−10−10−11−11−11
Sweden Koch−12−12−12−12−12−12−12−11−12−12−12−11−10−10−10−10−10−10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[6]

References
  1. "Karrie Webb (AUS): Weetabix Women's British Open". Ladies European Tour. 11 August 2002. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  2. "Scoreboard: LPGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. 12 August 2002. p. 4E. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  3. "Webb storms to Open victory". BBC Sport. 11 August 2002. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  4. "LPGA". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. 12 August 2002. p. C4. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  5. "Women's British Open: final results". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. 12 August 2002. p. C5. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  6. "Weetabix Women's British Open". Ladies European Tour. 11 August 2002. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.

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