2012 Ricoh Women's British Open: Jiyai Shin wins at Royal Liverpool Golf Club

Jiyai Shin won the 2012 Ricoh Women's British Open at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Merseyside, England with 279 (−9), by 9 strokes over Inbee Park.

Updated October 23, 2026

Every year is on the AIG Women's Open winners list.

Dates: 13 September 2012 to 16 September 2012
Course: Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Merseyside, England
Edition: 36th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 72 · 6,657 yards
Field: 144
Made the cut: 57 (cut at 149)
Purse: $2,750,000 · winner's share $428,650
Champion: Jiyai Shin · age 24 · South Korea · born Yeonggwang, South Jeolla Province, South Korea
Champion's title: 2nd title at this event · 2nd major
World ranking: No. 10 (Rolex Rankings)
Winning score: 71-64-71-73 = 279 (−9) · won by 9 strokes
Runner-up: Inbee Park (288)
54-hole leader: Jiyai Shin
Caddie: Florian Rodriguez
Low amateur: Lydia Ko (297)

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Jiyai Shin	71	64	71	73	279	−9
2	Inbee Park					288

What happened at the 2012 Ricoh Women's British Open

Friday's second round was abandoned because of high winds and all of that day's scores were voided, so the championship finished with 36 holes on Sunday.

Shin opened her final round with a triple bogey at the 1st yet still won by nine, the largest margin since the championship became a major.

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).

2012 Ricoh Women's British Open: Jiyai Shin wins at Royal Liverpool Golf Club

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 2012 Ricoh Women's British Open

How this was built

Sources