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2006 Women's British Open

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2006 Women's British Open
Tournament information
Dates3–6 August 2006
LocationLancashire, England
Course(s)Royal Lytham & St Annes
Golf Club
Organized byLadies' Golf Union
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Ladies European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,480 yards (5,925 m)[1]
Field150 players, 72 after cut
Cut151 (+7)
Prize fund$1,800,000
1,384,186
Winner's share$305,440
€234,880
Champion
United States Sherri Steinhauer
281 (−7)
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Lytham & St Annes is located in England
Lytham & St Annes
Lytham &
St Annes

The 2006 Women's British Open was held 3–6 August at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. It was the 30th edition of the Women's British Open, and the sixth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.

Sherri Steinhauer, 43, won her second major title, three strokes ahead of runners-up Sophie Gustafson and Cristie Kerr. It was Steinhauer's third win at the Women's British Open, but the first since it was designated a major in 2001.[2] The earlier wins were consecutive, in 1998 and 1999.

This was the final Women's British Open sponsored by Weetabix, which began its 20-year relationship with the event in 1987. It was replaced by Ricoh in 2007 at St. Andrews.

Course layout

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Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 198 401 410 371 170 492 542 389 156 3,129 334 487 160 340 418 464 343 419 386 3,351 6,480
Par 3 4 4 4 3 5 5 4 3 35 4 5 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 37 72

Source:[1]

Previous length of the course for the Women's British Open (since 2001):

  • 2003: 6,308 yards (5,768 m), par 72

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, 3 August 2006

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Juli Inkster 66 −6
T2 Italy Silvia Cavalleri 69 −3
Sweden Maria Hjorth
T4 United States Allison Hanna 70 −2
France Gwladys Nocera
Sweden Nina Reis
T7 Japan Chieko Amanuma 71 −1
Switzerland Nora Angehrn
Paraguay Julieta Granada
Australia Rachel Hetherington
United States Cristie Kerr
United States Christina Kim
Japan Ai Miyazato
United States Wendy Ward
Australia Lindsey Wright

Second round

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Friday, 4 August 2006

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Juli Inkster 66-72=138 −6
2 Italy Silvia Cavalleri 69-72=141 −3
T3 Canada Lorie Kane 73-69=142 −2
United States Candie Kung 72-70=142
England Karen Stupples 73-69=142
Australia Lindsey Wright 71-71=142
T7 South Korea Chung Il-mi 72-71=143 −1
United States Paula Creamer 72-71=143
Sweden Sophie Gustafson 76-67=143
France Gwladys Nocera 70-73=143
Sweden Annika Sörenstam 72-71=143
United States Sherri Steinhauer 73-70=143

Amateurs: Mozo (+3), Yang (+6), Simon (+8), Schaeffer (+11), MacRae (+18).

Third round

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Saturday, 5 August 2006

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Sherri Steinhauer 73-70-66=209 −7
T2 Sweden Sophie Gustafson 76-67-69=212 −4
United States Juli Inkster 66-72-74=212
Mexico Lorena Ochoa 74-73-65=212
England Karen Stupples 73-69-70=212
T6 United States Natalie Gulbis 72-74-67=213 −3
United States Cristie Kerr 71-76-66=213
United States Candie Kung 72-70-71=213
T9 United States Beth Daniel 73-71-70=214 −2
Paraguay Julieta Granada 71-73-70=214
France Gwladys Nocera 70-73-71=214

Final round

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Sunday, 6 August 2006

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Sherri Steinhauer 73-70-66-72=281 −7 305,440
T2 Sweden Sophie Gustafson 76-67-69-72=284 −4 162,265
United States Cristie Kerr 71-76-66-71=284
T4 United States Juli Inkster 66-72-74-73=285 −3 95,450
Mexico Lorena Ochoa 74-73-65-73=285
T6 United States Beth Daniel 73-71-70-72=286 −2 70,633
Canada Lorie Kane 73-69-74-70=286
8 Paraguay Julieta Granada 71-73-70-73=287 −1 61,088
9 Japan Ai Miyazato 71-75-75-67=288 E 55,361
T10 South Korea Hee-Won Han 80-71-69-70=290 +2 40,566
France Karine Icher 72-73-71-74=290
South Korea Kim Joo-mi 73-73-73-71=290
United States Candie Kung 72-70-71-77=290
Sweden Nina Reis 70-76-69-75=290
England Karen Stupples 73-69-70-78=290

Amateurs: Yang (+13), Mozo (+19)

Source:[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Course Statistics: 2006 Ricoh Women's British Open". Ladies Golf Union. 6 August 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2013.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Steinhauer wins British at Lytham for second time". ESPN. Associated Press. 6 August 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Weetabix Women's British Open". Golf Channel. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
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