The 2008 Women's British Open was held 31 July to 3 August at the Old Course of Sunningdale Golf Club in Sunningdale, Berkshire, England, west of London. It was the 32nd Women's British Open and the eighth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. Sunningdale hosted its fourth Women's British Open and its third as an LPGA major.

Jiyai Shin shot a final round 66 (−6) to win her first major championship, three strokes ahead of runner-up Yani Tseng. Shin won the title again in 2012, while Tseng won consecutive titles in 2010 and 2011.

It was the final major for 2003 champion Annika Sörenstam, who finished a dozen strokes back.

Field 1. Top 15 players from the 2007 championship. Lorena Ochoa (champion), Maria Hjorth, Jee Young Lee, Reilly Rankin, Se Ri Pak, Ji Eun-hee, Miki Saiki, Paula Creamer, Linda Wessburg, Catriona Matthew, Inbee Park, Mhairi McKay, Yuri Fudoh, Na On Min, Brittany Lincicome

2. Top 10 players from the Ladies European Tour as specified by the Rolex Rankings. Helen Alfredsson, Minea Blomqvist, Laura Davies, Louise Friberg, Sophie Gustafson, Suzann Pettersen, Song Bo-bae, Annika Sörenstam, Lindsey Wright

3. Top 30 players from the LPGA Tour as specified by the Rolex Rankings. Shi Hyun Ahn, Nicole Castrale, Na Yeon Choi, Laura Diaz, Natalie Gulbis, Hee-Won Han, Juli Inkster, Jeong Jang, Cristie Kerr, Christina Kim, In-Kyung Kim, Mi-Hyun Kim, Brittany Lang, Seon Hwa Lee, Ai Miyazato, Angela Park, Stacy Prammanasudh, Morgan Pressel, Angela Stanford, Sherri Steinhauer, Yani Tseng, Momoko Ueda, Karrie Webb

4. Top 25 players in the 2008 Ladies European Tour Order of Merit who have not been specified yet. Maria Boden, Stacy Bregman, Becky Brewerton, Anne-Lise Caudal, Martina Eberl, Nikki Garrett, Lisa Hall, Felicity Johnson, Ludivine Kreutz, Diana Luna, Paula Martí, Joanne Mills, Gwladys Nocera, Marta Prito, Melissa Reid, Marianne Skarpnord, Lisa Holm Sorensen, Louise Stahle, Maria Verchenova, Johanna Westerburg, Amy Yang, Emma Zackrisson, Veronica Zorzi

5. Top 40 players from the 2008 LPGA Tour Money List not already specified. Kyeong Bae, Irene Cho, H.J. Choi, Diane D'Alessio, Allison Fouch, Sandra Gal, Russy Gulyanamitta, Johanna Head, Rachel Hetherington, Katherine Hull, Karine Icher, Kang Soo-yun, Young Kim, Carin Koch, Kelli Kuehne, Candie Kung, Meena Lee, Leta Lindley, Teresa Lu, Meg Mallon, Jill McGill, Kristy McPherson, Janice Moodie, Becky Morgan, Ji Young Oh, Hee Young Park, Jane Park, Alena Sharp, Karin Sjödin, Kris Tamulis, Wendy Ward, Sun Young Yoo, Heather Young

6. Top 5 players from the Japan LPGA Tour in 2008. Yukari Baba, Ji-Hee Lee, Eun-A Lim, Sakura Yokomine

7. Winners of LPGA and Ladies European Tour tournaments in 2008 who have not been specified yet. Trish Johnson

8. Winners of the 2007 LPGA, Korean LPGA Tour, Japan LPGA Tour, and Ladies European Tour money lists who have not been specified yet. Jiyai Shin

9. Past ten winners of the Women's British Open. None not already specified.

10. Past five winners of the U.S. Women's Open. None not already specified.

11. Past five winners of the Kraft Nabisco Championship. Grace Park

12. Past five winners of the LPGA Championship. None not already specified.

13. Winner of the Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup. None not already specified.

14. Top 5 finishers from the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic who are not otherwise exempt. Moira Dunn, Shanshan Feng, Katie Futcher, Paige Mackenzie, Gloria Park

15. The 2008 Ladies British Amateur champ, the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur champ, the 2007 European Ladies Amateur champ (if all have not turned pro before championship). Caroline Hedwall (a), Anna Nordqvist (a), Maria José Uribe (a)

16. Players successful in Final Qualifying (28 July) Liz Bennett (a), Erica Blasberg, Krystle Caithness (a), Rebecca Coakley, Claire Coughlan-Ryan, Stefani Croce, Naomi Edwards (a), Tanya Elosegui Mayor, Lora Fairclough, Martina Gillen, Lydia Hall (a), Leah Hart, Samantha Head, Kiran Matharu, Anja Monke, Lee-Ann Pace, Margherita Rigon, Iben Tinning, Marjet van der Graff.

Course layout Old Course Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards4854893181524003863931682733,0644593224161825032104154254123,3446,408Par554344434365443534443672 Source:

Previous lengths of the course for the Women's British Open (since 2001): 2004: , par 72 2001: , par 72

Round summaries First round Thursday, 31 July 2008

The first round lead belonged to 48-year-old Juli Inkster at 65 (−7), as 64 players broke par. One stroke back were seven players at 66 (−6): Momoko Ueda, Laura Diaz, Johanna Head, Yuri Fudoh, Ji Young Oh, Jiyai Shin, and Stacy Prammanasudh. Four players were tied at two shots off the pace, including the 2004 champion at Sunningdale; Karen Stupples. Many well-known players stood at 69 (−3), including number-one ranked player Lorena Ochoa, Natalie Gulbis, and last week's Evian Masters winner Helen Alfredsson. However, many other top-ranked or well-known players struggled with their rounds, including Cristie Kerr at 71 and Paula Creamer, Karrie Webb, and Annika Sörenstam at even-par 72. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Juli Inkster65−7T2 Momoko Ueda66−6 Laura Diaz Ji Young Oh Yuri Fudoh Johanna Head Stacy Prammanasudh Jiyai ShinT9 Kristy McPherson67−5 Karen Stupples Rebecca Hudson Sherri Steinhauer Source:

Second round Friday, 1 August 2008

Friday's low round of 65 (−7) belonged to Kerr, who jumped into a tie for fourth at 136 (−8). First-round leader Inkster shot a 70 for 135 (−9) and in sole possession of third place. The co-leaders after 36 holes were Fudoh and Shin; each shot 68 to improve to 134 (−10).

PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Yuri Fudoh66-68=134−10 Jiyai Shin66-68=1343 Juli Inkster65-70=135−9T4 Cristie Kerr71-65=136−8 Song Bo-bae68-68=136T6 Natalie Gulbis69-68=137−7 Ai Miyazato73-69=137 Lorena Ochoa69-68=137T9 Laura Diaz66-72=138−6 Momoko Ueda66-72=138 Sophie Gustafson69-69=138 Ji Eun-hee68-70=138

Amateurs: Nordqvist (−1), Uribe (+1), Bennett (+2), Feng (+2), Gal (+3), Edwards (+4), Hall (+8), Caithness (+11), Hedwall (+11).

Third round Saturday, 2 August 2008

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Yuri Fudoh66-68-69=203−132 Jiyai Shin66-68-70=204−123 Ai Miyazato68-69-68=205−11T4 Juli Inkster65-70-71=206−10 Cristie Kerr71-65-70=206T6 Natalie Gulbis69-68-70=207−9 Ji Eun-hee68-70-69=207 Mi Hyun Kim70-70-67=207 Yani Tseng70-69-68=207T10 Na Yeon Choi69-71-68=207−8 Lorena Ochoa69-68-71=207 Momoko Ueda66-72-70=207

Final round Sunday, 3 August 2008

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Jiyai Shin66-68-70-66=270−18314,4642 Yani Tseng70-69-68-66=273−15196,540T3 Yuri Fudoh66-68-69-71=274−14122,838 Ji Eun-hee68-70-69-67=2745 Ai Miyazato68-69-68-70=275−1388,4436 Cristie Kerr71-65-70-70=276−1276,651T7 Lorena Ochoa69-68-71-69=277−1165,841 Momoko Ueda66-72-70-69=277T9 Paula Creamer72-69-70-67=278−1047,563 Natalie Gulbis69-68-70-71=278 Hee-Won Han71-69-71-67=278 In-Kyung Kim71-68-72-67=278 Karrie Webb72-69-69-68=278 Amateurs: Nordqvist (−3), Uribe (+6).

Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par554344434544353444 Shin −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −16 −16 −16 −17 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18 Tseng −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −14 −14 −14 −15 Fudoh −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −14 −14 −14 Ji −10 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −13 −14 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 Miyazato −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −13 Kerr −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −10 −11 −12 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 Ochoa −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 Ueda −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey

References

External links Ladies European Tour: 2008 Ricoh Women's British Open results LPGA: 2008 Ricoh Women's British Open results