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Sunday 13 July 2014LPGA TourYear in Review
Martin wins Ricoh Women's British Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 July 2014 · Mo Martin’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 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
16 h 23 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/14°C · wind 21 km/h NW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/14°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/14°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 16 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/14°C · wind 32 km/h WNW, gusts 52 · 2.7 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
- Shanshan Feng CHN · 288Needed one birdie on the two closing par 5s to tie, missed birdie putts of 15 and 10 feet and closed with 75. Mo Martin wins Women's British (AP via ESPN)
- Suzann Pettersen NOR · 288Two double bogeys in a closing 75 (one on the 1st) left her needing birdie-eagle on the last two par 5s; she birdied both to finish one short. Mo Martin wins Women's British (AP via ESPN)
144 started · cut +6, 70 made it
Same week
Women's major
Ricoh Women's British Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Shanshan Feng, Suzann Pettersen
From the papers
ASAP Sports (press conference transcript)
13 July 2014
I love the wind. I love working against the wind and having some fun with it.
ASAP Sports (press conference transcript)
13 July 2014
I was fully prepared to go into a playoff. I thought maybe I wouldn't even have that opportunity. But definitely didn't expect to be the out right champion here.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
13 July 2014
she's kind of a short player and on the LPGA, there are so many long hitters, and she's proving to us that you don't have to be real long to win like a major.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mo Martin | 69 · 69 · 77 · 72 | 287 | −1 |
| T2 | Shanshan Feng | 73 · 71 · 69 · 75 | 288 | E |
| T2 | Suzann Pettersen | 72 · 73 · 68 · 75 | 288 | E |
| 4 | Inbee Park | 72 · 72 · 68 · 77 | 289 | +1 |
| T5 | Julieta Granada | 72 · 70 · 72 · 77 | 291 | +3 |
| T5 | Eun-Hee Ji | 74 · 70 · 71 · 76 | 291 | +3 |
| T5 | Jessica Korda | 72 · 72 · 73 · 74 | 291 | +3 |
| T5 | Angela Stanford | 74 · 72 · 70 · 75 | 291 | +3 |
| T9 | Sun Ju Ahn | 75 · 67 · 71 · 79 | 292 | +4 |
| T9 | Marina Alex | 72 · 76 · 68 · 76 | 292 | +4 |
| T9 | Laura Davies | 75 · 72 · 72 · 73 | 292 | +4 |
The golfer
born 1982-10-08, Pasadena, California; USA; turned pro 2005; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 1; world No. 99 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking entering the week, as stated by Mo Martin wins Ricoh Women’s British Open (Golf Monthly): "the 31-year-old who was ranked 99th in the world coming into this event").
What’s in the bag
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