The 2009 Women's British Open was contested from July 30 thru August 2 at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club

Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club

Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England, is one of the courses in the Open Championship rotation. The Women's British Open has also been played on the course four times: once prior to being designated a major championship by the LPGA Tour, and three times since.The...

 in Lancashire, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It was the 34th edition of the Women's British Open

Women's British Open

The Women's British Open is a leading event in women's professional golf and the only tournament which is classified as a major championship by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. Since 2007, it has been called the Ricoh Women's British Open, for sponsorship reasons...

, and the ninth as a major championship

Women's major golf championships

Women's golf has a set of major championships which parallels that in men's golf, but the women's system is younger and has been less stable than the men's. Many professional stroke play events for women are played over three rounds , but the majors are played over four rounds , which is the...

 on the LPGA Tour

LPGA

The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...

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It was the fourth time the Women's British Open had been held at Royal Lytham and the third as an LPGA major, most recently in 2006

2006 Women's British Open

The 2006 Women's British Open was contested from August 3-6 at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. It was the 31st edition of the Women's British Open, and the sixth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. It was the final Open sponsored by Weetabix, replaced by Ricoh in...

. The course had also hosted ten Open Championships

The Open Championship

The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...

, most recently in 2001

2001 Open Championship

The 2001 Open Championship was the 130th Open Championship held from 19-22 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England...

. The par-72 course was set by the Ladies Golf Union at 6492 yards (5,936.3 m), 458 yards (418.8 m) shorter than the par-71 set-up for the 2001 Open Championship

2001 Open Championship

The 2001 Open Championship was the 130th Open Championship held from 19-22 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England...

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This championship was won by Catriona Matthew

Catriona Matthew

Catriona Isobel Matthew MBE is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...

 of Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 at 285 (-3), a three stroke victory over runner-up Karrie Webb

Karrie Webb

Karrie Ann Webb AM is Australia's most successful female professional golfer, and one of the top players in the history of global women's golf. She currently plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country. She is a member of...

 of Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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Course layout

Front Nine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	OUT
Yardage	199	401	419	371	170	492	542	389	156	3,139
Par	3	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	3	35

Back Nine	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	IN	TOTAL
Yardage	334	437	160	340	420	464	343	419	386	3,353	6,492
Par	4	5	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	37	72

Final leaderboard

Place	Player	Nation	Score	To par	Winnings ($ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... )
1	Catriona Matthew Catriona Matthew Catriona Isobel Matthew MBE is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...		74-67-71-73=285	−3	335,000
2	Karrie Webb Karrie Webb Karrie Ann Webb AM is Australia's most successful female professional golfer, and one of the top players in the history of global women's golf. She currently plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country. She is a member of...		77-71-72-68=288	E	210,000
T3	Paula Creamer Paula Creamer Paula Creamer is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 11 tournaments, including 9 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high as number 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She was the 2010 U.S...		74-74-70-71=289	+1	109,500
	Hee-Won Han Hee-Won Han Hee-Won Han is a South Korean golfer. She attended Ryukoku University and turned professional in 1998. Han currently plays on the United States LPGA Tour. Her caddie is Jeffrey Snow....		77-73-69-70=289
	Christina Kim Christina Kim Christina Kim is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour . From San Jose, California, she is known for her animated style of play, flamboyant dress, and outgoing personaliity.Not long after her 18th birthday, Kim turned pro...		73-71-71-74=289
	Ai Miyazato Ai Miyazato is a Japanese professional golfer who currently competes on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Japan LPGA Tour . She was the top-ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings for three periods of time in 2010.-Early life and amateur career:...		75-71-70-73=289
7	Kristy McPherson Kristy McPherson Kristy McPherson is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour.-Early life and amateur career:A native of South Carolina, McPherson was diagnosed at age 11 with Still's disease, a form of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis...		74-74-72-70=290	+2	74,000
T8	Na Yeon Choi Na Yeon Choi Na Yeon Choi is a South Korean female professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:At age 17 in 2004, Choi won the ADT CAPS Invitational on the LPGA of Korea Tour , beating future Hall-of-Famer Se Ri Pak by four strokes. Choi turned professional shortly thereafter, in...		80-71-70-70=291	+3	61,000
	Cristie Kerr Cristie Kerr Cristie Kerr is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has 14 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $13 million in career earnings...		76-71-75-69=291
	Jiyai Shin		77-71-68-75=291

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