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2021 Women's British Open

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2021 AIG Women's Open
Tournament information
Dates19–22 August 2021
LocationCarnoustie,
Angus, Scotland
56°29′49″N 2°43′01″W / 56.497°N 2.717°W / 56.497; -2.717
Course(s)Carnoustie Golf Links
Organized byThe R&A
Tour(s)Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,840 yards (6,250 m)
Field144 players, 66 after cut
Cut145 (+1)
Prize fundUS$5.8 million[1]
Winner's share$870,000
Champion
Sweden Anna Nordqvist
276 (−12)
Location map
Carnoustie is located in the United Kingdom
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Carnoustie
Location in the United Kingdom
Carnoustie is located in Scotland
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The 2021 AIG Women's British Open was played from 19 to 22 August in Scotland at Carnoustie Golf Links. It was the 45th Women's British Open, the 21st as a major championship on the LPGA Tour, and the second championship held under a sponsorship agreement with AIG, which has rebranded the championship to remove the word "British" and run as the 2021 AIG Women's Open.[2]

It was the second Women's British Open at Carnoustie, following the course's event debut in 2011, which was won by Taiwanese golfer Yani Tseng. The R&A also allowed the return of spectators,[3] after the 2020 Women's British Open was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[4]

Field

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The field was 144 players. As with previous tournaments, most players earned exemptions based on past performance on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA Tour, previous major championships, or with a high ranking in the Women's World Golf Rankings. The rest of the field earned entry by successfully competing in qualifying tournaments open to any female golfer, professional or amateur, with a low handicap.

Qualification criteria for the 2021 Women's British Open were as follows:[5][6]

1. Winners of the Women's British Open, aged 60 or younger at the scheduled end of the championship, provided they are still active members of a recognised tour.

Laura Davies, Georgia Hall (3,5), Ariya Jutanugarn (7,10,12), Stacy Lewis (5,7), Mo Martin, Catriona Matthew, Inbee Park (2,5,7,10), Sophia Popov (2,7), Hinako Shibuno (7)

2. The top 10 finishers and ties from the 2020 Women's British Open.

Chun In-gee (7,15), Austin Ernst (5,7,10), Andrea Lee, Minjee Lee (5,7,10,15), Caroline Masson, Jennifer Song (5), Jasmine Suwannapura (5)

3. The top 15 on the final 2020 LET Order of Merit.

Manon De Roey, Laura Fünfstück, Maha Haddioui, Kylie Henry, Céline Herbin, Alice Hewson, Nuria Iturrioz, Stephanie Kyriacou (10), Azahara Muñoz, Sanna Nuutinen, Emily Kristine Pedersen, Luna Sobrón, Anne Van Dam

4. The top 8 on the 2021 LET Order of Merit not already exempt as of 15 July.

Olivia Cowan, Gabriella Cowley, Annabel Dimmock, Leonie Harm, Felicity Johnson, Ursula Wikström, Chloe Williams, Christine Wolf

5. The top 25 on the final 2020 LPGA official money list.

Céline Boutier, Ashleigh Buhai, Carlota Ciganda (7), Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Ally Ewing (7,10), Nasa Hataoka (7,10), Brooke Henderson (7,10), Moriya Jutanugarn (7,10), Danielle Kang (7,14), Cheyenne Knight, Kim Sei-young (7,14), Lydia Ko (7,10), Nelly Korda (7,10,14,19), Jennifer Kupcho (7), Gaby López, Yealimi Noh, Anna Nordqvist (15), Amy Olson (7), Mel Reid (7), Ryu So-yeon (7,13), Madelene Sagström, Angela Stanford (15)

6. The top 32 on the 2021 Race to the CME Globe points list not already exempt under criteria 5. as of 15 July.

Marina Alex, Brittany Altomare (7), Pajaree Anannarukarn (10), Ana Belac, Chella Choi, Cydney Clanton, Jenny Coleman, Matilda Castren (10), Perrine Delacour, Kristen Gillman, Hannah Green (7,14), Jaye Marie Green, Mina Harigae, Esther Henseleit, Ji Eun-hee, Sarah Kemp, Megan Khang (7), Christina Kim, Katherine Kirk, Jessica Korda (7,10), Bronte Law, Alison Lee (10), Lee Jeong-eun (7,12), Lee Mi-hyang, Brittany Lincicome, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Leona Maguire, Wichanee Meechai, Giulia Molinaro, Su-Hyun Oh, Ryann O'Toole (10), Pornanong Phatlum, Gerina Piller, Sarah Schmelzel, Lizette Salas (7), Yuka Saso (7,10,12), Jenny Shin, Lauren Stephenson, Elizabeth Szokol, Emma Talley, Patty Tavatanakit (7,10,13), Lexi Thompson (7), Albane Valenzuela, Amy Yang (7), Angel Yin

7. The top 50 in the Women's World Golf Rankings as of 12 July.

Ayaka Furue, Charley Hull, M. J. Hur, Kim A-lim (12), Park Sung-hyun (12,14)

8. The top 3 on the JLPGA Money List not already exempt as of the Suntory Ladies Open (13 June)

Erika Hara

9. The top 2 on the JLPGA Money List not already exempt as of 29 June

10. Winners of any recognised LET or LPGA Tour events in the 2021 calendar year.

Pia Babnik, Lucie Malchirand, Lee-Anne Pace, Marianne Skarpnord, Atthaya Thitikul

11. Winners of the 2020 JLPGA Money List and KLPGA Money List.

12. Winners of the last five editions of the U.S. Women's Open

13. Winners of the last five editions of the ANA Inspiration

Pernilla Lindberg

14. Winners of the last five editions of the Women's PGA Championship

15. Winners of the last five editions of The Evian Championship

16. The leading two (not otherwise exempt) in the 2021 Suntory Ladies Open

Serena Aoki

17. The 2020 Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific champion, 2020 and 2021 Womens Amateur Championship champions, 2020 and 2021 U.S. Women's Amateur champions, 2020 and 2021 European Ladies Amateur Championship champions, the 2021 Augusta National Women's Amateur champion, the 2020 Mark H. McCormack Medal winner, and the highest ranked women in the World Amateur Golf Ranking from Great Britain and Ireland as of week 25, and provided they are still amateurs at the time of the Championship.

Aline Krauter (a), Louise Duncan (a), Tsubasa Kajitani (a), Ingrid Lindblad (a), Lauren Walsh (a), Rose Zhang (a)

18. Any player who did not compete in the previous year's Women's British Open due to maternity, who subsequently received an extension of membership for the maternity from the player's home tour in the previous year, provided she was otherwise qualified to compete in the previous year's Women's British Open.

19. 2021 Women's Olympic Golf gold medallist.

20. The leading five players (not otherwise exempt) in the 2021 Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open

Whitney Hillier, Haeji Kang, Karolin Lampert, Kelsey Macdonald, Prima Thammaraks

Qualifiers: Aditi Ashok, Nicole Broch Larsen, Trichat Cheenglab, Ssu-Chia Cheng, Gemma Dryburgh, Cloe Frankish, Annabell Fuller (a), Johanna Gustavsson, Muni He, Paula Reto, Kirsten Rudgeley (a), Agathe Sauzon, Magdalena Simmermacher, Marissa Steen, Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras, Lindsey Weaver

Course

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The par-72 2021 course layout at Carnoustie Golf Links[7] was 350 yards longer than the set-up for the 2011 Women's British Open, also held at Carnoustie. It was now 6,840 yards (6,254m)[8]

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 389 435 325 375 387 520 380 167 416 3,394 422 351 503 159 513 437 220 421 420 3,446 6,840
Par 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 36 4 4 5 3 5 4 3 4 4 36 72

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, 19 August 2021

Place Player Score To par
T1 South Korea Kim Sei-young 67 −5
United States Nelly Korda
Sweden Madelene Sagström
T4 Scotland Louise Duncan (a) 68 −4
England Georgia Hall
United States Andrea Lee
Philippines Yuka Saso
T8 Spain Carlota Ciganda 69 −3
United States Lizette Salas
United States Lexi Thompson

Second round

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Friday, 20 August 2021

Place Player Score To par
T1 England Georgia Hall 68-69=137 −7
United States Mina Harigae 70-67=137
T3 South Korea Kim Sei-young 67-71=138 −6
United States Lizette Salas 69-69=138
T5 Thailand Moriya Jutanugarn 72-67=139 −5
Denmark Nanna Koerstz Madsen 70-69=139
Republic of Ireland Leona Maguire 72-67=139
Thailand Wichanee Meechai 71-68=139
United States Yealimi Noh 70-69=139
Philippines Yuka Saso 68-71=139
United States Lexi Thompson 69-70=139

Third round

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Saturday, 21 August 2021

Place Player Score To par
T1 Denmark Nanna Koerstz Madsen 70-69-68=207 −9
Sweden Anna Nordqvist 71-71-65=207
3 United States Lizette Salas 69-69-70=208 −8
T4 Scotland Louise Duncan (a) 68-73-68=209 −7
Finland Sanna Nuutinen 70-71-68=209
Sweden Madelene Sagström 67-73-69=209
United States Lexi Thompson 69-70-70=209
T8 England Georgia Hall 68-69-73=210 −6
Canada Brooke Henderson 71-69-70=210
Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn 71-71-68=210
Thailand Moriya Jutanugarn 72-67-71=210
South Korea Kim Sei-young 67-71-72=210
United States Nelly Korda 67-73-70=210
United States Yealimi Noh 70-69-71=210

Final round

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Sunday, 22 August 2021

Place Player Score To par Prize money (US$)
1 Sweden Anna Nordqvist 71-71-65-69=276 −12 870,000
T2 England Georgia Hall 68-69-73-67=277 −11 409,135
Sweden Madelene Sagström 67-73-69-68=277
United States Lizette Salas 69-69-70-69=277
T5 Australia Minjee Lee 71-69-72-66=278 −10 219,787
Denmark Nanna Koerstz Madsen 70-69-68-71=278
T7 Germany Leonie Harm 70-73-69-67=279 −9 154,918
Thailand Patty Tavatanakit 71-72-69-67=279
9 Thailand Moriya Jutanugarn 72-67-71-70=280 −8 129,855
T10 Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn 71-71-68-71=281 −7 113,635
United States Marissa Steen 73-70-69-69=281
Scotland Louise Duncan (a) 68-73-68-72=281 0

Scorecard

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Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 5 3 5 4 3 4 4
Sweden Nordqvist −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12
England Hall −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −8 −9 −8 −7 −7 −8 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11
Sweden Sagström −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −8 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −11
United States Salas −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11
Australia Lee −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −10
Denmark Madsen −9 −9 −9 −10 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −13 −12 −12 −12 −10
Thailand Tavatanakit −4 −5 −5 −6 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −6 −7 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9
Germany Harm −4 −5 −6 −6 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9
Thailand M. Jutanugarn −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8
United States Steen −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7
Thailand A. Jutanugarn −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7
Scotland Duncan (a) −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[9]

References

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  1. ^ "A new benchmark for women's golf". AIG Women's Open. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Women's Open drops 'British' from title in sponsorship rebrand". BBC Sport. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  3. ^ "AIG Women's Open: Tickets - Carnoustie". AIG Women's Open. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  4. ^ McLaughlin, Chris (7 July 2020). "Women's British Open & Scottish Open to go ahead in August without fans". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Entry conditions" (PDF). The R&A. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  6. ^ "AIG Women's Open - Tournament Entries". Ladies European Tour. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  7. ^ "2021 AIG Women's Open Tournament Information". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  8. ^ "AIG Women's Open (Course Info)". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Leaderboard". AIG Women's Open. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
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