The weather

14 h 32 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).

1. R117°/14°C · wind 32 km/h W, gusts 46 · 1.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
2. R220°/15°C · wind 26 km/h WSW, gusts 44 · 4.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
3. R316°/14°C · wind 25 km/h W, gusts 40 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
4. R418°/14°C · wind 24 km/h SW, gusts 36 · 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

• Sophie Gustafson SWE · 293Closed with a 70, making three birdies in four holes from the 13th, and was in the clubhouse at 5 over when Steinhauer birdied the 72nd hole to win by one (The Independent; AP) Golf: Sherrie grabs a sweet victory - Tim Glover, The Independent, 17 August 1998
• Brandie Burton USA · 293Second-round leader; a triple-bogey eight at the seventh in a third-round 77 cost her the lead; closed with a 71 to finish one behind (AP) Rookie Moodie takes lead at Women's British Open - Robert Millward, AP, August 15 1998 - GOLFonline (Wayback copy)

138 started, 67 made it

Same week

• U.S. Women's AmateurGrace Park
• PGA ChampionshipVijay Singh
• AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmPhil Mickelson