2001 Weetabix Women's British Open: Se Ri Pak wins at Sunningdale Golf Club (Old Course)
Se Ri Pak won the 2001 Weetabix Women's British Open at Sunningdale Golf Club (Old Course), Sunningdale, Berkshire, England with 277 (−11), by 2 strokes over Mi Hyun Kim.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the AIG Women's Open winners list.
- Dates
- 2 August 2001 to 5 August 2001
- Course
- Sunningdale Golf Club (Old Course), Sunningdale, Berkshire, England
- Edition
- 25th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 72 · 6,255 yards
- Field
- 144
- Made the cut
- 70 (cut at 146)
- Purse
- £1,000,000 · winner's share £155,000 (US$1,500,000)
- Champion
- Se Ri Pak · age 23 · South Korea · born Daejeon, South Korea
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 3rd major
- Winning score
- 71-70-70-66 = 277 (−11) · won by 2 strokes
- Runner-up
- Mi Hyun Kim (279)
- 54-hole leader
- Catriona Matthew · Se Ri Pak was 4 strokes back
- Caddie
- Colin Cann
- Low amateur
- Rebecca Hudson (287)
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Se Ri Pak | 71 | 70 | 70 | 66 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Mi Hyun Kim | 279 |
What happened at the 2001 Weetabix Women's British Open
Se Ri Pak began the final round four strokes behind Catriona Matthew and closed with a six-under 66, birdieing the 17th and 18th, to win by two from Mi Hyun Kim.
Catriona Matthew made the championship's first known hole-in-one, at the 15th in the second round, to lead at halfway, but shot 73 on Sunday and slipped into a four-way tie for third.
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: records
- aigwomensopen.com: aigwo champions
- aigwomensopen.com: sunningdale course information previous champions
- aigwomensopen.com: 50th year magic moments 31 40
- aigwomensopen.com: 50th year magic moments 41 50
- lpga.com: british history
- sportcal.com: lpga adds weetabix womens british open to majors
- vault.si.com: major accomplishment womens british open winner se ri…
- where2golf.com: se ri pak
- Wikipedia: 2001 Women's British Open
- aigwomensopen.com: championship landmarks first