2008 Ricoh Women's British Open: Jiyai Shin wins at Sunningdale Golf Club (Old Course)
Jiyai Shin won the 2008 Ricoh Women's British Open at Sunningdale Golf Club (Old Course), Sunningdale, Berkshire, England with 270 (−18), by 3 strokes over Yani Tseng.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the AIG Women's Open winners list.
- Dates
- 31 July 2008 to 3 August 2008
- Course
- Sunningdale Golf Club (Old Course), Sunningdale, Berkshire, England
- Edition
- 32nd edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 72 · 6,408 yards
- Field
- 156
- Made the cut
- 78 (cut at 145)
- Purse
- £1,050,000 · winner's share £160,000 (US$2,100,000)
- Champion
- Jiyai Shin · age 20 · South Korea · born Yeonggwang, South Jeolla Province, South Korea
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 1st major
- World ranking
- No. 10 (Rolex Rankings)
- Winning score
- 66-68-70-66 = 270 (−18) · won by 3 strokes
- Runner-up
- Yani Tseng (273)
- 54-hole leader
- Yuri Fudoh · Jiyai Shin was 1 stroke back
- Low amateur
- Anna Nordqvist (285)
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiyai Shin | 66 | 68 | 70 | 66 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Yani Tseng | 273 |
What happened at the 2008 Ricoh Women's British Open
Starting a shot behind Yuri Fudoh, Shin birdied the 1st, 5th, 9th and 10th and rolled in a long birdie putt across the 13th green to go three clear in a bogey-free closing 66.
54-hole leader Yuri Fudoh found a bunker at the 9th, splashed out into another and made bogey, closing with a 71 to finish tied 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
- lpga.com: british history
- golfdigest.com: 20080803womensbropenap
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- golfmonthly.com: preview ricoh womens british open 23275
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- Wikipedia: 2008 Women's British Open
- koreatimes.co.kr: ushering in new era
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- koreajoongangdaily.com: at 20 shin is youngest to win the british open