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Sunday 20 August 2000LPGA TourYear in Review
Gustafson wins Weetabix Women's British Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 August 2000 · Sophie Gustafson’s win no. 2 on the LPGA Tour · purse £730,000 · winner's share £120,000 (US$1,250,000) · 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 11 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/14°C · wind 21 km/h WSW, gusts 38 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/13°C · wind 17 km/h WSW, gusts 29 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/13°C · wind 22 km/h WNW, gusts 41 · 3.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/11°C · wind 12 km/h WNW, gusts 21 · 1.4 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
- Meg Mallon USA · 284Gustafson's playing partner; closed with 70 and hit her approach to the 18th to 15 feet but missed the eagle putt that would have forced a playoff Gustafson hangs on to claim victory - Golftoday, Weetabix British Women's Open 2000 round 4 report (Wayback copy)
- Becky Iverson USA · 284Closed with 69 on her first visit to Britain; finished one behind Gustafson's total before the leader birdied the 18th Gustafson hangs on to claim victory - Golftoday, Weetabix British Women's Open 2000 round 4 report (Wayback copy)
- Liselotte Neumann SWE · 284Bogey-free closing 69; was one shot behind in the clubhouse when Gustafson birdied the last LPGA News & Notes, August 21, 2000 (LPGA weekly press release PDF, Wayback copy)
- Kirsty Taylor ENG · 284Began the day 10 shots behind and closed with 67, starting with back-to-back birdies; one behind in the clubhouse until Gustafson birdied the 18th Gustafson hangs on to claim victory - Golftoday, Weetabix British Women's Open 2000 round 4 report (Wayback copy)
138 started · cut +4, 74 made it
Same week
Women's tour event
Weetabix Women's British Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Becky Iverson, Meg Mallon, Liselotte Neumann, Kirsty Taylor
From the papers
LPGA Tour News & Notes (weekly press release PDF), August 21, 2000
20 August 2000
It was a bit tougher today than I expected it to be, but it was nice to come through to win
LPGA Tour News & Notes (weekly press release PDF), August 21, 2000
20 August 2000
I was a little worried. After seven, eight and nine, I thought. ‘Oh my God, what am I doing?’ I am not too sure how I got it back.
LPGA Tour News & Notes (weekly press release PDF), August 21, 2000
20 August 2000
When you are nine shots behind, and you finish two back — I was pretty happy with the outcome
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sophie Gustafson | 70 · 66 · 71 · 75 | 282 | −10 |
| T2 | Becky Iverson | 70 · 70 · 75 · 69 | 284 | −8 |
| T2 | Meg Mallon | 74 · 69 · 71 · 70 | 284 | −8 |
| T2 | Liselotte Neumann | 71 · 73 · 71 · 69 | 284 | −8 |
| T2 | Kirsty Taylor | 71 · 74 · 72 · 67 | 284 | −8 |
| 6 | Laura Philo | 72 · 73 · 72 · 68 | 285 | −7 |
| 7 | Karrie Webb | 68 · 75 · 72 · 71 | 286 | −6 |
| T8 | Janice Moodie | 73 · 74 · 73 · 67 | 287 | −5 |
| T8 | Vicki Goetze-Ackerman | 77 · 69 · 73 · 68 | 287 | −5 |
| T10 | Kellee Booth | 73 · 71 · 71 · 73 | 288 | −4 |
| T10 | Juli Inkster | 70 · 69 · 77 · 72 | 288 | −4 |
| T10 | Trish Johnson | 71 · 72 · 72 · 73 | 288 | −4 |
| T10 | Maggie Will | 74 · 72 · 76 · 66 | 288 | −4 |
| T10 | Jenny Lidback | 71 · 71 · 73 · 73 | 288 | −4 |
| T10 | Michelle McGann | 72 · 76 · 69 · 71 | 288 | −4 |
| T10 | Kathryn Marshall | 72 · 69 · 73 · 74 | 288 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1973-12-27, Varberg, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1992; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 2.
What’s in the bag
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