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Sunday 20 August 1995LPGA TourYear in Review
Webb wins Weetabix Women's British Open
Woburn Golf Club, Little Brickhill, England · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 August 1995 · purse $600,000 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 07 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/15°C · wind 18 km/h E, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/16°C · wind 14 km/h ENE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/14°C · wind 16 km/h NE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/15°C · wind 13 km/h NE, gusts 29 · 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 · 284Tied second, six strokes behind Webb (LPGA.com results; Wikipedia) Weetabix Women's British Open 1995 results - LPGA.com
- Jill McGill USA · 284Tied second, six strokes behind Webb, after a closing 69 (LPGA.com results; Wikipedia) Weetabix Women's British Open 1995 results - LPGA.com
138 started, 75 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: Annika Sörenstam, Jill McGill
From the papers
The Independent (Andy Farrell)
20 August 1995
I held it together today and I'm happy I did. I don't know how many people thought I would.
The Independent (Andy Farrell)
20 August 1995
I rang my parents on Friday night to tell them I was leading and they already knew. That shows how big this event is.
The Independent (Andy Farrell)
20 August 1995
We have an agreement - kisses for birdies
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karrie Webb | 69 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 278 | −14 |
| T2 | Annika Sorenstam | 70 · 72 · 71 · 71 | 284 | −8 |
| T2 | Jill McGill | 71 · 73 · 71 · 69 | 284 | −8 |
| T4 | Missie Berteotti | 73 · 71 · 71 · 70 | 285 | −7 |
| T4 | Caroline Pierce | 70 · 70 · 72 · 73 | 285 | −7 |
| T4 | Val Skinner | 74 · 68 · 67 · 76 | 285 | −7 |
| 7 | Suzanne Strudwick | 73 · 68 · 71 · 74 | 286 | −6 |
| T8 | Liselotte Neumann | 67 · 74 · 71 · 76 | 288 | −4 |
| T8 | Nancy Lopez | 71 · 73 · 70 · 74 | 288 | −4 |
| T8 | Wendy Doolan | 73 · 71 · 70 · 74 | 288 | −4 |
| T8 | Marie-Laure de Lorenzi | 68 · 74 · 73 · 73 | 288 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1974-12-21, Ayr, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1994; age 20 that week; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
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