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Sunday 1 August 2004LPGA TourYear in Review
Stupples wins Weetabix Women's British Open
Sunningdale Golf Club, Sunningdale, England · Thursday 29 July to Sunday 1 August 2004 · Karen Stupples’s win no. 2 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,600,000 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
15 h 08 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/15°C · wind 19 km/h SSE, gusts 36 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/16°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 27 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/14°C · wind 11 km/h NNW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/15°C · wind 14 km/h E, gusts 27 · 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
- Rachel Teske AUS · 274Shared the 54-hole lead but bogeyed 12 and three-putted 15 from about 30 feet while Stupples opened eagle-albatross and birdied three of the last four; finished five back (ASAP) Rachel Teske interview, August 1 2004 (ASAP Sports)
144 started · cut +2, 69 made it
Same week
Women's major
Weetabix Women's British Open
Sunningdale Golf Club (Old Course), Sunningdale
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Rachel Teske
From the papers
KentOnline (KM Group)
2 August 2004
It was at that point I though to myself, 'crikey' this could be my day. Up to that point, I really didn't know how it was going to go.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 August 2004
It just seemed like everything was really hard and unfamiliar and all of these players were so good and had won lot of tournaments. And here I was just a little girl from Dover trying to make her way.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 August 2004
Two bad drives on 12 and 15, just not great concentration. I felt like I was in control there and played really solid.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karen Stupples | 65 · 70 · 70 · 64 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Rachel Teske | 70 · 69 · 65 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| 3 | Heather Bowie | 70 · 69 · 65 · 71 | 275 | −13 |
| 4 | Lorena Ochoa | 69 · 71 · 66 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Giulia Sergas | 72 · 71 · 67 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T5 | Michele Redman | 70 · 71 · 70 · 66 | 277 | −11 |
| T5 | Beth Daniel | 69 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Laura Davies | 70 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Sarah Lee | 67 · 72 · 70 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Minea Blomqvist | 68 · 78 · 62 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1973-06-24, Dover, Kent, England; ENG; turned pro 1998; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
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