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Sunday 14 August 1994LPGA TourYear in Review
Neumann wins Weetabix Women's British Open
Woburn Golf Club, Little Brickhill, England · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 August 1994 · Liselotte Neumann’s win no. 4 on the LPGA Tour · purse $500,000 USD · Weetabix
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/13°C · wind 24 km/h N, gusts 45 · 5.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/12°C · wind 17 km/h NW, gusts 35 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/10°C · wind 14 km/h NNW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/7°C · wind 16 km/h NW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Ladies' British Open
- AIG Women's Open
- Women's British Open
- Pretty Polly Women's British Open
- Hitachi Ladies British Open
- Burberry Women's British Open
- Weetabix Women's British Open
- Ricoh Women's British Open
- AIG Women's British Open
1976–2026 in our record, 50 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Annika Sorenstam SWE · 283Turned in 32 in the final round to Neumann's 34 but finished three behind, tied second (The Independent; LPGA.com) Golf: Record prize and a place among elite for Neumann - The Independent, 15 August 1994 (with leading final scores)
- Dottie Mochrie USA · 283One behind Neumann after 36 holes, struggled on the third-round outward nine; closed with 70 to tie for second, three back (The Independent) Golf: Swede roots out Davies - Peter Corrigan, The Independent, 14 August 1994
, 76 made it
Same week
Women's tour event
Weetabix Women's British Open
Woburn Golf & Country Club (Duke's Course), Little Brickhill (near Milton Keynes)
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Dottie Pepper, Annika Sörenstam
From the papers
The Independent
15 August 1994
I had trouble with a couple of three-putts, but I kept an eye on the leaderboards and no one was making a move,
The Independent
15 August 1994
It is hard to say if this is a better win than when I won the American Open in 1988 but I am certainly a better player now,
The Independent
14 August 1994
Yet another British Open slips away,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liselotte Neumann | 71 · 67 · 70 · 72 | 280 | −12 |
| T2 | Annika Sorenstam | 69 · 75 · 69 · 70 | 283 | −9 |
| T2 | Dottie Mochrie | 73 · 66 · 74 · 70 | 283 | −9 |
| T4 | Laura Davies | 74 · 66 · 73 · 71 | 284 | −8 |
| T4 | Corinne Dibnah | 75 · 70 · 67 · 72 | 284 | −8 |
| 6 | Cindy Figg-Currier | 69 · 74 · 68 · 74 | 285 | −7 |
| 7 | Helen Alfredsson | 71 · 76 · 71 · 68 | 286 | −6 |
| 8 | Tracy Hanson | 74 · 73 · 66 · 74 | 287 | −5 |
| T9 | Caroline Pierce | 70 · 75 · 71 · 72 | 288 | −4 |
| T9 | Val Skinner | 77 · 71 · 66 · 74 | 288 | −4 |
| T9 | Suzanne Strudwick | 71 · 71 · 71 · 75 | 288 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1966-05-20, Finspång, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1985; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
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