Women’s British Open

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Women’s British Open, golf tournament conducted annually that is recognized by the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) as one of the four major tournaments in women’s golf. The event is open to all qualified amateur and professional female golfers and is held at a variety of golf courses throughout the United Kingdom.

Originally known as the Ladies’ British Open, the tournament was first held in 1976 at Fulford Golf Club in Yorkshire, Eng. The Women’s British Open was not an official LPGA tour event until 1994, and it became an LPGA major in 2001. The tournament consists of 72 holes of stroke play (lowest score wins) over the course of four days.

Karrie Webb and Sherri Steinhauer have won the event more times than any other golfer, with three victories each. Other notable winners of the Women’s British Open are Patty Sheehan, Pak Se Ri, Annika Sörenstam, and Lorena Ochoa.

Winners of the Women’s British Open are provided in the table.

Women's British Open golf championship
year	winner
1976	Jenny Lee Smith (U.K.)
1977	Vivien Saunders (U.K.)
1978	Janet Melville (U.K.)
1979	Alison Sheard (S.Af.)
1980	Debbie Massey (U.S.)
1981	Debbie Massey (U.S.)
1982	Marta Figueras-Dotti (Spain)
1983	not held
1984	Okamoto Ayako (Japan)
1985	Betsy King (U.S.)
1986	Laura Davies (U.K.)
1987	Alison Nicholas (U.K.)
1988	Corinne Dibnah (Austl.)
1989	Jane Geddes (U.S.)
1990	Helen Alfredsson (Swed.)
1991	Penny Grice-Whittaker (U.K.)
1992	Patty Sheehan (U.S.)
1993	Karen Lunn (Austl.)
1994	Liselotte Neumann (Swed.)
1995	Karrie Webb (Austl.)
1996	Emilee Klein (U.S.)
1997	Karrie Webb (Austl.)
1998	Sherri Steinhauer (U.S.)
1999	Sherri Steinhauer (U.S.)
2000	Sophie Gustafson (Swed.)
2001	Pak Se-Ri (S.Kor.)
2002	Karrie Webb (Austl.)
2003	Annika Sörenstam (Swed.)
2004	Karen Stupples (U.K.)
2005	Jang Jeong (S.Kor.)
2006	Sherri Steinhauer (U.S.)
2007	Lorena Ochoa (Mex.)
2008	Shin Ji-Yai (S.Kor.)
2009	Catriona Matthew (Scot.)
2010	Yani Tseng (Taiwan)
2011	Yani Tseng (Taiwan)
2012	Shin Ji-Yai (S.Kor.)
2013	Stacy Lewis (U.S.)
2014	Mo Martin (U.S.)
2015	Park In-Bee (S.Kor.)
2016	Ariya Jutanugarn (Thai.)
2017	Kim In-Kyung (S.Kor.)
2018	Georgia Hall (U.K.)
2019	Shibuno Hinako (Japan)
2020	Sophia Popov (Ger.)
2021	Anna Nordqvist (Swed.)