The weather

10 h 52 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 31° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

1. R113°/6°C · wind 27 km/h S, gusts 50 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
2. R214°/5°C · wind 21 km/h E, gusts 38 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
3. R311°/8°C · wind 31 km/h N, gusts 59 · 4.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
4. R413°/6°C · wind 29 km/h NW, gusts 55 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis

The name over time

1. Ladies' British Open
2. AIG Women's Open
3. Women's British Open
4. Pretty Polly Women's British Open
5. Hitachi Ladies British Open
6. Burberry Women's British Open
7. Weetabix Women's British Open
8. Ricoh Women's British Open
9. AIG Women's British Open

1976–2026 in our record, 50 editions.

The ones it got away from

• Betsy King USA · 300tied second (300, +8 as printed by the chronology) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of lpga.com PDF; decoded text on disk)
• Dale Reid USA · 300tied second (300, +8 as printed by the chronology) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of lpga.com PDF; decoded text on disk)

, 50 made it

Same week

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