2000 Weetabix Women's British Open: Sophie Gustafson wins at Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Sophie Gustafson won the 2000 Weetabix Women's British Open at Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, Merseyside, England with 282 (−10), by 2 strokes over Becky Iverson and Meg Mallon and Liselotte Neumann and Kirsty Taylor.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the AIG Women's Open winners list.
- Dates
- 17 August 2000 to 20 August 2000
- Course
- Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, Merseyside, England
- Edition
- 24th edition
- Counted as a major
- no (the event became a major later, or was one only in other years)
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 73
- Cut
- 150
- Purse
- £730,000 · winner's share £120,000 (US$1,250,000)
- Champion
- Sophie Gustafson · age 26 · Sweden · born Varberg, Halland County, Sweden
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event
- Winning score
- 70-66-71-75 = 282 (−10) · won by 2 strokes
- Runners-up
- Becky Iverson, Meg Mallon, Liselotte Neumann, Kirsty Taylor (284 each)
- 54-hole leader
- Sophie Gustafson
- Caddie
- Chuck Hoersch
Winner and runners-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sophie Gustafson | 70 | 66 | 71 | 75 | 282 | −10 |
| T2 | Becky Iverson | 284 | |||||
| T2 | Meg Mallon | 284 | |||||
| T2 | Liselotte Neumann | 284 | |||||
| T2 | Kirsty Taylor | 284 |
What happened at the 2000 Weetabix Women's British Open
Sophie Gustafson eagled the first hole of the final round to move nine shots clear, then 'came back to the field' and won by just two.
Four players - Becky Iverson, Meg Mallon, Liselotte Neumann and Kirsty Taylor - tied for second, two strokes behind.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's AIG Women's Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).
Sources
- aigwomensopen.com: previous championships
- aigwomensopen.com: records
- aigwomensopen.com: aigwo champions
- lpga.com: british history
- sportcal.com: lpga adds weetabix womens british open to majors
- aigwomensopen.com: sophie gustafson
- where2golf.com: sophie gustafson
- Wikipedia: Sophie Gustafson
- Wikipedia: Women's British Open
- Wikipedia: Royal Birkdale Golf Club
- theglobeandmail.com: article4260598
- royalbirkdale.com: 2000 ladies open championship
- golfmagic.com: gustafsson mauls birkdale