2002 Women's British Open

The 2002 Women's British Open was held 8–11 August at the Ailsa Course at Turnberry Golf Club in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the 26th edition of the Women's British Open, and the second as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. ESPN, ABC Sports and BBC Sport televised the event in the United States and United Kingdom.

2002 Women's British Open

Tournament information
Dates	8–11 August 2002
Location	South Ayrshire, Scotland
Course(s)	Turnberry Golf Club, Ailsa Course
Organized by	Ladies' Golf Union
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour Ladies European Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,407 yards (5,859 m)[1][2]
Field	144 players, 66 after cut
Cut	145 (+1)
Prize fund	$1,500,000 €1,580,107
Winner's share	$236,383 €249,007
Champion
Karrie Webb
273 (−15)

Turnberry

Location in Scotland

Karrie Webb won the sixth of her seven major titles, two strokes ahead of runners-up Michelle Ellis and Paula Martí.[3] Three strokes back after 54 holes, Webb shot a final round 66 (−6) to capture her fifth different major for a career "Super Slam." It was her third victory at the Women's British Open, with previous titles in 1995 and 1997.[4]

Defending champion Se-Ri Pak finished six strokes back, in a tie for eleventh place.

Course

Ailsa Course

Hole	Name	Yards	Par		Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	Ailsa Craig	350	4		10	Dinna Fouter	410	4
2	Mak Siccar	381	4		11	Maidens	174	3
3	Blaw Wearie	462	5 ^1		12	Monument	354	4
4	Woe-Be-Tide	165	3		13	Tickly Tap	379	4
5	Fin Me Oot	416	4		14	Risk-An-Hope	449	5 ^1
6	Tappie Toorie	195	3		15	Ca' Canny	169	3
7	Roon The Ben	475	5		16	Wee Burn	367	4
8	Goat Fell	386	4		17	Lang Whang	487	5
9	Bruce's Castle	411	4		18	Ailsa Hame	377	4
Out		3,241	36		In		3,166	36
					Total		6,407	72

Source:[1]

• The Open Championship in 1994 was set at par 70 and 6,957 yards (6,361 m), 550 yards (503 m) longer.
• ¹ These par-4 holes are played as par-5 during this tournament.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, 11 August 2002

Place	Player	Nation	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Karrie Webb	Australia	66-71-70-66=273	−15	236,383
T2	Michelle Ellis	Australia	69-70-68-68=275	−13	129,629
	Paula Martí	Spain	69-68-69-69=275
T4	Jeong Jang	South Korea	73-69-66-69=277	−11	64,528
	Candie Kung	Taiwan	65-71-71-70=277
	Catrin Nilsmark	Sweden	70-69-69-69=277
	Jennifer Rosales	Philippines	69-70-65-73=277
T8	Beth Bauer	United States	70-67-70-71=278	−10	38,380
	Carin Koch	Sweden	68-68-68-74=278
	Meg Mallon	United States	69-71-68-70=278

Source:[5][6]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	5	3	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	5	4
Webb	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−15
Ellis	−9	−9	−9	−8	−9	−9	−10	−11	−10	−10	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−12	−13
Martí	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11	−12	−12	−13	−13
Rosales	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11	−12	−12	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11
Koch	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11	−12	−12	−12	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[6]

References

1. "Karrie Webb (AUS): Weetabix Women's British Open". Ladies European Tour. 11 August 2002. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
2. "Scoreboard: LPGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. 12 August 2002. p. 4E. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
3. "Webb storms to Open victory". BBC Sport. 11 August 2002. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
4. "LPGA". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. 12 August 2002. p. C4. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
5. "Women's British Open: final results". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. 12 August 2002. p. C5. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
6. "Weetabix Women's British Open". Ladies European Tour. 11 August 2002. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.

External links

• Ladies European Tour: 2002 Weetabix Women's British Open results
• LPGA: 2002 Women's British Open results