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Sunday 6 August 2006LPGA TourYear in Review
Steinhauer wins Weetabix Women's British Open
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, England · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 August 2006 · Sherri Steinhauer’s win no. 7 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,800,000 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 11 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 53° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/15°C · wind 29 km/h NW, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/16°C · wind 22 km/h WNW, gusts 36 · 2.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/16°C · wind 16 km/h WNW, gusts 29 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/16°C · wind 22 km/h WNW, gusts 35 · 2 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
- Sophie Gustafson SWE · 284Three behind Steinhauer in a four-way tie for second after 54 holes, she closed with a level-par 72 and stayed three back (Wikipedia round tables) 2006 Women's British Open - Wikipedia
- Cristie Kerr USA · 284Four behind after 54 holes, she closed with a 71 and was at 6 under on the 17th tee by Steinhauer's account, but finished three back (Wikipedia; ASAP) Sherri Steinhauer interview, Aug 6 2006 (ASAP Sports)
150 started · cut +7, 71 made it
Same week
Women's major
Weetabix Women's British Open
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Sophie Gustafson, Cristie Kerr
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 August 2006
Now that it really is, now that I've really won it as a major, it makes the other wins that much sweeter, too.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 August 2006
So when I walked back to the bag, my caddie, Bob Kendall, said, "You have a four shot lead," and I think I just kind of went limp at that point. I was in shock.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 August 2006
Yeah, I have three majors, plus the du Maurier, so that's four. (Laughter) No, I won't. Maybe a little white lie here and there.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sherri Steinhauer | 73 · 70 · 66 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T2 | Cristie Kerr | 71 · 76 · 66 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T2 | Sophie Gustafson | 76 · 67 · 69 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T4 | Juli Inkster | 66 · 72 · 74 · 73 | 285 | −3 |
| T4 | Lorena Ochoa | 74 · 73 · 65 · 73 | 285 | −3 |
| T6 | Lorie Kane | 73 · 69 · 74 · 70 | 286 | −2 |
| T6 | Beth Daniel | 73 · 71 · 70 · 72 | 286 | −2 |
| 8 | Julieta Granada | 71 · 73 · 70 · 73 | 287 | −1 |
| 9 | Ai Miyazato | 71 · 75 · 75 · 67 | 288 | E |
| T10 | Nina Reis | 70 · 76 · 69 · 75 | 290 | +2 |
| T10 | Karen Stupples | 73 · 69 · 70 · 78 | 290 | +2 |
| T10 | Candie Kung | 72 · 70 · 71 · 77 | 290 | +2 |
| T10 | Karine Icher | 72 · 73 · 71 · 74 | 290 | +2 |
| T10 | Hee-Won Han | 80 · 71 · 69 · 70 | 290 | +2 |
| T10 | Joo Mi Kim | 73 · 73 · 73 · 71 | 290 | +2 |
The golfer
born 1962-12-27, Madison, Wisconsin; USA; turned pro 1985; age 43 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 2.
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