The weather

15 h 26 m

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

1. R118°/14°C · wind 24 km/h NW, gusts 39 · 1.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
2. R218°/13°C · wind 21 km/h W, gusts 38 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
3. R318°/14°C · wind 23 km/h WNW, gusts 40 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
4. R421°/14°C · wind 18 km/h ESE, gusts 27 · 0 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

• Esther Henseleit GER · 279Holed a 45-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to force a playoff, missed a 10-foot birdie to win on the first extra hole, then drove into gorse and bogeyed the second. Japan's Shiho Kuwaki wins first major title after dramatic Women's Open play-off (PA, Irish News)

144 started · cut +4, 68 made it

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