The weather

15 h 26 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

1. R116°/13°C · wind 29 km/h W, gusts 47 · 14.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
2. R218°/12°C · wind 28 km/h S, gusts 41 · 4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
3. R318°/14°C · wind 32 km/h SSW, gusts 48 · 4.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
4. R417°/14°C · wind 27 km/h W, gusts 40 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis

The name over time

1. Ladies' British Open
2. AIG Women's Open
3. Women's British Open
4. Pretty Polly Women's British Open
5. Hitachi Ladies British Open
6. Burberry Women's British Open
7. Weetabix Women's British Open
8. Ricoh Women's British Open
9. AIG Women's British Open

1976–2026 in our record, 50 editions.

The ones it got away from

• Karrie Webb AUS · 288Began the day well back and closed with a 68, including a chipped-in eagle at the 15th, to finish at even par, three behind; Matthew had already rebuilt a four-shot lead with birdies at 13, 14 and 15 (ASAP; LET) Karrie Webb interview, Aug 2 2009 (ASAP Sports)

144 started · cut +9, 71 made it

Same week

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