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Sunday 31 July 2011LPGA TourYear in Review
Tseng wins Ricoh Women's British Open
Carnoustie Golf Links, Carnoustie, Scotland · Thursday 28 to Sunday 31 July 2011 · Yani Tseng’s win no. 9 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,500,000 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 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/12°C · wind 17 km/h NNE, gusts 27 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/11°C · wind 14 km/h E, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/12°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/12°C · wind 17 km/h SE, gusts 28 · 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
- Brittany Lang USA · 276Started the final round eight shots behind leader Caroline Masson and closed with a 67, finishing four strokes behind Tseng Yani Tseng makes history with fifth major win (espnW)
144 started · cut +1, 67 made it
Same week
Women's major
Ricoh Women's British Open
Carnoustie Golf Links, Carnoustie
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Brittany Lang
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
31 July 2011
Last year helped a lot. I learned from my mistakes, and after a year I feel like my mental is getting mature and I can hold under pressure better than last year, and I'm learning lots from my mistakes.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
31 July 2011
I hit a 9-iron, and I was thinking about Jean Van de Velde. I had a three-shot lead so I'd better hit a good drive here to win the tournament.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
31 July 2011
Well, it usually means that not much is going to go wrong, that you're going to need to make some birdies to catch her because she's pretty steady.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yani Tseng | 71 · 66 · 66 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| 2 | Brittany Lang | 70 · 70 · 69 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| 3 | Sophie Gustafson | 68 · 71 · 70 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| 4 | Amy Yang | 68 · 70 · 73 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Catriona Matthew | 70 · 69 · 68 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Caroline Masson | 68 · 65 · 68 · 78 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Anna Nordqvist | 70 · 71 · 69 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Sun Young Yoo | 71 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Na Yeon Choi | 69 · 67 · 72 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Inbee Park | 70 · 64 · 73 · 73 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1989-01-23, Guishan Township, Taoyuan County, Taiwan; TPE; turned pro 2007; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 9; majors to date: 5; world No. 1 that week (Women's world ranking as stated by espnW (Lewine Mair, Aug 1 2011): 'Tseng is No. 1').
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