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Sunday 15 August 1999LPGA TourYear in Review
Steinhauer wins Weetabix Women's British Open
Woburn Golf Club, Little Brickhill, England · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 August 1999 · Sherri Steinhauer’s win no. 5 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,000,000 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 26 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/13°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 25 · 1.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/14°C · wind 21 km/h SSW, gusts 38 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/12°C · wind 21 km/h WSW, gusts 43 · 3.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/10°C · wind 21 km/h W, gusts 44 · 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 · 284Closed with a 72 to finish one behind - her third runner-up finish in the event; several short putts slipped by (Golftoday round 4; BBC) Sherri's sweet success - BBC News, 15 August 1999 (Elspeth Burnside)
141 started · cut +1, 72 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
From the papers
BBC News (Elspeth Burnside)
15 August 1999
This has to be one of my greatest ever rounds of golf.
Golftoday (PA report)
15 August 1999
The pressure was really tough and it was even worse after the double-bogey at the first. But to make the putt at the last for birdie was an amazing feeling.
BBC News (Elspeth Burnside)
15 August 1999
I passed a few people and I have to be happy with that
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sherri Steinhauer | 71 · 71 · 68 · 73 | 283 | −9 |
| 2 | Annika Sorenstam | 69 · 71 · 72 · 72 | 284 | −8 |
| T3 | Fiona Pike | 70 · 70 · 71 · 74 | 285 | −7 |
| T3 | Helen Dobson | 71 · 72 · 72 · 70 | 285 | −7 |
| T3 | Cindy Flom | 71 · 74 · 69 · 71 | 285 | −7 |
| T6 | Sophie Gustafson | 73 · 69 · 72 · 72 | 286 | −6 |
| T6 | Emilee Klein | 72 · 70 · 73 · 71 | 286 | −6 |
| T6 | Mardi Lunn | 71 · 72 · 70 · 73 | 286 | −6 |
| T6 | Cindy McCurdy | 73 · 70 · 68 · 75 | 286 | −6 |
| T6 | Iben Tinning | 68 · 69 · 75 · 74 | 286 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1962-12-27, Madison, Wisconsin; USA; turned pro 1985; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
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