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Sunday 5 August 2007LPGA TourYear in Review
Ochoa wins Ricoh Women's British Open
St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Scotland · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 August 2007 · Lorena Ochoa’s win no. 13 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,000,000 USD · Ricoh
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 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/12°C · wind 22 km/h W, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/12°C · wind 37 km/h SSW, gusts 57 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/15°C · wind 39 km/h SW, gusts 61 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/14°C · wind 19 km/h NNE, gusts 40 · 15.4 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
- Maria Hjorth SWE · 291Started the final round seven behind at +1 and closed with a 71 to finish four back at -1 (Wikipedia scorecard; LPGA.com) 2007 Women's British Open - Wikipedia
- Jee Young Lee KOR · 291Started seven behind at +1, got to three under for the day through 15 holes, then bogeyed the 16th for a 71, four back (Wikipedia scorecard) 2007 Women's British Open - Wikipedia
149 started · cut +5, 69 made it
Same week
Women's major
Ricoh Women's British Open
Old Course, St Andrews
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Maria Hjorth, Jee Young Lee
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 August 2007
There were a lot of people saying that I wasn't good enough or that I couldn't win a major or when am I going to win a major.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 August 2007
I hit out of that bunker on the left side and I thought the ball would be maybe pin-high but for sure, it was outside the green. It was just a great bounce
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 August 2007
I have my whole family here and a lot of friends, so we will all just get together and maybe I will even have tequila.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorena Ochoa | 67 · 73 · 73 · 74 | 287 | −5 |
| T2 | Jee Young Lee | 72 · 73 · 75 · 71 | 291 | −1 |
| T2 | Maria Hjorth | 75 · 73 · 72 · 71 | 291 | −1 |
| 4 | Reilley Rankin | 73 · 74 · 74 · 71 | 292 | E |
| T5 | Se Ri Pak | 73 · 73 · 75 · 72 | 293 | +1 |
| T5 | Eun-Hee Ji | 73 · 71 · 77 · 72 | 293 | +1 |
| T7 | Linda Wessberg | 74 · 73 · 72 · 75 | 294 | +2 |
| T7 | Catriona Matthew | 73 · 68 · 80 · 73 | 294 | +2 |
| T7 | Paula Creamer | 73 · 75 · 74 · 72 | 294 | +2 |
| T7 | Miki Saiki | 76 · 70 · 81 · 67 | 294 | +2 |
The golfer
born 1981-11-15, Guadalajara, Mexico; MEX; turned pro 2002; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 13; majors to date: 1; world No. 1 that week (Rolex Rankings No. 1 as stated by Ochoa in the ASAP transcript ('this year being ranked No. 1 in the world', 'my first time ranked No. 1 in the world'); Wikipedia: No. 1 from 23 April 2007).
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