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2018 Ricoh Women's British Open: Georgia Hall wins at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club

Georgia Hall won the 2018 Ricoh Women's British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England with 271 (−17), by 2 strokes over Pornanong Phatlum.

Updated October 23, 2026

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

Dates: 2 August 2018 to 5 August 2018
Course: Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England
Edition: 42nd edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 72 · 6,585 yards
Field: 144
Made the cut: 65 (cut at 145)
Purse: $3,250,000 · winner's share $490,000
Champion: Georgia Hall · age 22 · England · born Bournemouth, Dorset, England
Champion's title: 1st title at this event · 1st major
World ranking: No. 39 (Rolex Rankings)
Winning score: 67-68-69-67 = 271 (−17) · won by 2 strokes
Runner-up: Pornanong Phatlum (273)
54-hole leader: Pornanong Phatlum · Georgia Hall was 1 stroke back
Caddie: Wayne Hall (her father)
Low amateur: Jeeno Thitikul (300)

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Georgia Hall	67	68	69	67	271	−17
2	Pornanong Phatlum					273

What happened at the 2018 Ricoh Women's British Open

Hall birdied the 13th from 10 feet to share the lead and then holed a 25-foot birdie putt at the 16th to go one clear.

Pornanong Phatlum found a fairway bunker off the 17th tee, took three to reach the green and three-putted for a double bogey.

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).

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