2007 Women's British Open

The 2007 Women's British Open was the 31st Women's British Open, held 2–5 August at the Old Course at St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. It was the seventh as a major championship on the LPGA Tour and the first-ever women's professional event at the Old Course.

2007 Women's British Open
Tournament information
Dates2–5 August 2007
LocationSt Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Course(s)Old Course at St Andrews
Organized byLadies' Golf Union
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Ladies European Tour
Statistics
Par73
Length6,638 yards (6,070 m)
Field149 players, 69 after cut
Cut151 (+5)
Prize fund$2,000,000
1,478,135
Winner's share$320,512
€236,880
Champion
Lorena Ochoa
287 (−5)
St Andrews
Location in Scotland

Lorena Ochoa shot a bunker-free and bogey-free 67 (−6) in the opening round and led wire-to-wire to win the first of her two major titles, four strokes ahead of runners-up Maria Hjorth and Jee Young Lee.

Prior to Ochoa, the last to win a first major at the Old Course was Tony Lema, 43 years earlier in 1964. This was the first Women's British Open sponsored by Ricoh, the previous twenty were by Weetabix.

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