# 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.
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.

## Course

| Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par |
| 1 | Burn | 376 | 4 | 10 | Bobby Jones | 340 | 4 |
| 2 | Dyke | 400 | 4 | 11 | High (In) | 160 | 3 |
| 3 | Cartgate (Out) | 370 | 4 | 12 | Heathery (In) | 314 | 4 |
| 4 | Ginger Beer | 406 | 4 | 13 | Hole O'Cross (In) | 407 | 4 |
| 5 | Hole O'Cross (Out) | 514 | 5 | 14 | Long | 523 | 5 |
| 6 | Heathery (Out) | 369 | 4 | 15 | Cartgate (In) | 414 | 4 |
| 7 | High (Out) | 353 | 4 | 16 | Corner of the Dyke | 381 | 4 |
| 8 | Short | 154 | 3 | 17 | Road | 453 | 5 |
| 9 | End | 347 | 4 | 18 | Tom Morris | 357 | 4 |
| Out | Out | 3,289 | 36 | In | In | 3,349 | 37 |
| | | | | Total | Total | 6,638 | 73 |
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* The Road Hole, No. 17, was played as a par 5 for this championship, and was the easiest hole relative to par.

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, 2 August 2007
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Lorena Ochoa | 67 | −6 |
| T2 | Louise Friberg | 69 | −4 |
| T2 | Inbee Park | 69 | −4 |
| T4 | Rebecca Hudson | 70 | −3 |
| T4 | Ai Miyazato | 70 | −3 |
| T6 | Joanne Mills | 71 | −2 |
| T6 | Meena Lee | 71 | −2 |
| T6 | Brittany Lincicome | 71 | −2 |
| T6 | Wendy Ward | 71 | −2 |
| T10 | Tullia Calzavara | 72 | −1 |
| T10 | Karine Icher | 72 | −1 |
| T10 | In-Kyung Kim | 72 | −1 |
| T10 | Candie Kung | 72 | −1 |
| T10 | Virginie Lagoutte-Clément | 72 | −1 |
| T10 | Lee Jee-young | 72 | −1 |
| T10 | Sarah Lee | 72 | −1 |
| T10 | Min Na-on | 72 | −1 |
| T10 | Catrin Nilsmark | 72 | −1 |
| T10 | Annika Sörenstam | 72 | −1 |
| T10 | Sherri Steinhauer | 72 | −1 |

### Second round

Friday, 3 August 2007
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Lorena Ochoa | 67-73=140 | −6 |
| T2 | Catriona Matthew | 73-68=141 | −5 |
| T2 | Wendy Ward | 71-70=141 | −5 |
| T4 | Yuri Fudoh | 74-69=143 | −3 |
| T4 | Rebecca Hudson | 70-73=143 | −3 |
| T4 | Karine Icher | 72-71=143 | −3 |
| T4 | Annika Sörenstam | 72-71=143 | −3 |
| T4 | Sherri Steinhauer | 72-71=143 | −3 |
| 9 | Ji Eun-hee | 73-71=144 | −2 |
| T10 | Louise Friberg | 69-76=145 | −1 |
| T10 | Sophie Gustafson | 73-72=145 | −1 |
| T10 | Virginie Lagoutte-Clément | 72-73=145 | −1 |
| T10 | Lee Jee-young | 72-73=145 | −1 |
Amateurs: Mozo (+1), Reid (+2), Choi (+4), Bell (+5), Edwards (+5), Nordqvist (+5), Smith (+5), Watson (+5), Ciganda (+7), McVeigh (+8)

### Third round

Saturday, 4 August 2007
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Lorena Ochoa | 67-73-73=213 | −6 |
| 2 | Linda Wessberg | 74-73-72=219 | E |
| T3 | Maria Hjorth | 75-73-72=220 | +1 |
| T3 | Karine Icher | 72-71-77=220 | +1 |
| T3 | Lee Jee-young | 72-73-75=220 | +1 |
| T3 | Annika Sörenstam | 72-71-77=220 | +1 |
| T7 | Ji Eun-hee | 73-71-77=221 | +2 |
| T7 | Catriona Matthew | 73-68-80=221 | +2 |
| T7 | Se-ri Pak | 73-73-75=221 | +2 |
| T7 | Reilley Rankin | 73-74-74=221 | +2 |
| T7 | Wendy Ward | 71-70-80=221 | +2 |

### Final round

Sunday, 5 August 2007
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Lorena Ochoa | 67-73-73-74=287 | −5 | 320,512 |
| T2 | Maria Hjorth | 75-73-72-71=291 | −1 | 170,272 |
| T2 | Lee Jee-young | 72-73-75-71=291 | −1 | 170,272 |
| 4 | Reilley Rankin | 73-74-74-71=292 | E | 110,176 |
| T5 | Ji Eun-hee | 73-71-77-72=293 | +1 | 84,135 |
| T5 | Se-ri Pak | 73-73-75-72=293 | +1 | 84,135 |
| T7 | Paula Creamer | 73-75-74-72=294 | +2 | 61,098 |
| T7 | Catriona Matthew | 73-68-80-73=294 | +2 | 61,098 |
| T7 | Miki Saiki | 76-70-81-67=294 | +2 | 61,098 |
| T7 | Linda Wessberg | 74-73-72-75=294 | +2 | 61,098 |
Amateurs: Reid (+4), Smith (+9), Choi (+11), Bell (+12), Watson (+12), Mozo (+13), Nordqvist (+14), Edwards (+20)
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#### 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 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Ochoa | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −5 |
| Hjorth | +1 | E | E | +1 | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 |
| Lee | +1 | +1 | +1 | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −1 | E | −1 | −2 | −1 | −1 | −1 |
| Rankin | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +1 | E | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | E | E | E | −1 | −1 | E | E |
| Ji | +3 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +1 |
| Pak | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | E | +1 | +1 | +1 |
| Wessberg | E | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −3 | −2 | −2 | −2 | E | +1 | +2 | +2 | +2 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
    Birdie Bogey Double bogey
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