The 2015 Ricoh Women's British Open was played 30 July – 2 August at the
Trump Turnberry
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South Ayrshire
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,
Scotland
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. It was the 39th
Women's British Open
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LPGA Tour
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.
Inbee Park
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shot a final found 65 (−7) to win her first Women's British Open, three strokes ahead of compatriot
Ko Jin-young
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, the 54-hole co-leader. It was Park's seventh
major
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title and second of the season.
This was the second Women's British Open at Turnberry, which previously hosted 13 years earlier in
2002
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. As in 2002, it was played at par 72, with two par fours (3, 14) as par fives.
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and
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televised the event in the
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and the
United Kingdom
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.
Course
Ailsa Course
^ These par-4 holes (3, 14) are played as par-5 during this tournament.
* Women's British Open in
2002
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: , par 72
*
The Open Championship
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in
2009
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: , par 70
Field
The field is 144 players, and most earn 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
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. The rest of the field earn entry by successfully competing in qualifying tournaments open to any female golfer, professional or amateur, with a low handicap.
There were 17 exemption categories for the 2015 Women's British Open.
1. The top 15 finishers (and ties) from the 2014 Women's British Open.
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Marina Alex
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Raised in Wayne, New Jersey, Alex played interscholastic golf at Wayne Hills High School, where she won individual state titles in 2007 and 2008. ...
,
Laura Davies
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,
Shanshan Feng
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(12),
Julieta Granada
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Amateur career
Born in Asunción, Paraguay, Granada moved to the United States with her mother at the age of 1 ...
,
Charley Hull
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(9),
Eun-Hee Ji
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LPGA career
Ji joined the LPGA To ...
,
Jessica Korda
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Korda was a member of the 2009 U.S. Junior Solheim Cup and the 2010 U.S. Curtis Cup teams. ...
,
Stacy Lewis
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(9,11,12),
Mo Martin
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College career
Martin played college golf all four ...
(11),
Azahara Muñoz
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Amateur career
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,
Gwladys Nocera
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Amateur career
Nocera was born in Moulins, Allier. She had a successful amateur career. She finished runner up at the 1998 British La ...
(8),
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Inbee Park
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(8,12),
Suzann Pettersen
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(12),
Angela Stanford
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members in the Women's World Golf Rankings as of 30 June not exempt under (1).
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Carlota Ciganda
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Sandra Gal
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Caroline Hedwall
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,
Karine Icher
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Icher was born in Châteauroux, Indre. She had a successful amateur ...
,
Ariya Jutanugarn
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(3),
Caroline Masson
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Born and raised in Gladbeck in North Rhine-Westphalia, Masson had a decorated amateur golf car ...
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Catriona Matthew
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(3,11),
Lee-Anne Pace
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Pace was born in Paarl, Western Cape. She had a successful amateur collegiate career in the United States, where she attended Murray State University and the U ...
,
Beatriz Recari
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Born and raised in Pamplona in northern Spain, Recari began playing golf at age 11 and enjoyed ...
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Christel Boeljon
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members in the Women's World Golf Rankings as of 30 June not exempt under (1).
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Baek Kyu-jung
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As an amateur, Baek played on the winning South Korean team in the Espirito Santo Trophy in 2012 alongside Kim Hyo-joo and Kim Min-sun.
Baek turn ...
,
Chella Choi
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Choi played on the Duramed Futures Tour in 2008 with a best finish of T-2 at the Bright House Networks Open. She earned her 2009 LPGA Tour card at LPGA Final Qu ...
,
Choi Na-yeon
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At age 17 in 2004, Ch ...
(8,12),
Paula Creamer
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Jang Ha-na
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Jang plays on the LPGA of Korea Tour where she has 15 wins and led the money list in 2013. From 2015 through 2017, she played on the LPGA Tour where ...
,
Cristie Kerr
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(8),
Kim Hyo-joo
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(8,9,12),
Kim Sei-young
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(8),
Lydia Ko
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(8),
Brittany Lang
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Alison Lee
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Ilhee Lee
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As an amateur, Lee won the 2004 Asia-Pacific Junior Championship. She turned professional in June 2006.
Lee won the 2013 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic
The ...
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Mi Hyang Lee
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Brittany Lincicome
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(8,12),
Pornanong Phatlum
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Professional wins (21) Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (9)
^ ''Co-sanctioned by the La ...
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Gerina Piller
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Morgan Pressel
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Ryu So-yeon
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She is a two-time major w ...
(8,12),
Lizette Salas
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Born and raised in Azusa, California, Salas graduated from Azusa High School in 2007 and went on to play college ...
,
Jenny Shin
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Lexi Thompson
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(12),
Karrie Webb
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Michelle Wie
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(12),
Amy Yang
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Yang began playing go ...
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Mirim Lee
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4. The top 25 on the current LET money as of 30 June not exempt under (1) or (2).
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Beth Allen
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Lucie Andre
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Rebecca Artis
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Professional career
Artis turned professional in 2010 having played in the 2009 Ricoh Women's British Open as an amateur.
Artis ...
Amy Boulden
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Boulden represented Wales and had one of the most successful amateur careers in Welsh golfing history, including part in wi ...
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Anne-Lise Caudal
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Caudal has won two tournaments on the Ladies European Tour, the 2008 Ladies Open of Portugal and the 2012 Ladies German Open, where she beat Laura Davies in a playoff. She al ...
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Ssu-Chia Cheng
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Cheng started playing golf at the age of 8 and as an amateur won four events on the Taiwan LPG ...
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Holly Clyburn
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Nicole Garcia
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Felicity Johnson
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Stacey Keating
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Nicole Broch Larsen
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Broch Estrup won her first LET event at the 2015 Helsingborg Open.
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Camilla Lennarth
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Florentyna Parker
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Emily Kristine Pedersen
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Melissa Reid
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Marianne Skarpnord
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As a junior, Skarpnord was considered one of the biggest talents in Norwegian golf. In 2003, she won the Girls Am ...
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Kylie Walker
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Ursula Wikström
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5. The top 40 on the current LPGA Tour money list as of 30 June not exempt under (1) or (3).
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Austin Ernst
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Mina Harigae
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Wei-Ling Hsu
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Mi Jung Hur
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Juli Inkster
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Tiffany Joh
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Moriya Jutanugarn
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Danielle Kang
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Kim Kaufman
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Christina Kim
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Candie Kung
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Min Seo Kwak
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Sydnee Michaels
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Ai Miyazato
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Mika Miyazato
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As an amateur, Miyazato won the 2004 Japan Amateur Women's Championship at the age of 14, and was the young ...
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Meena Lee
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Pernilla Lindberg
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Early life
Lindberg was born ...
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Maria McBride
Maria Anna Hjorth (born 15 October 1973) is a Swedish professional golfer.
Early years
Hjorth was born in Falun. As the youngest of three daughters to Kjell and Monica Hjorth, she first gripped a golf club at three years of age. Six years old, ...
,
Haru Nomura
Harukyo Nomura ( ja, 野村敏京; ko, 문민경; born 25 November 1992) is a Japanese female professional golfer.
Having a Korean mother and Japanese father, Nomura moved to South Korea at the age of five and lived in Seoul until she graduated ...
,
Park Hee-young
Park Hee-young (, born 24 May 1987) is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Early golf career
As an amateur, Park was a three time member of the South Korean National team. Park was twice runner-up in the Sout ...
,
Jane Park
Jane Park (born December 15, 1986) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. Before turning professional, Park reached the finals of the 2003 U.S. Women's Amateur and 2004 U.S. Girls' Junior, and won the 2004 U.S. Women's Amat ...
,
Paula Reto
Paula Reto (born 3 May 1990) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Reto played field hockey and ran track in her youth and did not start playing golf until 2005. She played with the Purdue Boilermakers ...
,
Kelly Shon
Kelly may refer to:
Art and entertainment
* Kelly (Kelly Price album)
* Kelly (Andrea Faustini album)
* ''Kelly'' (musical), a 1965 musical by Mark Charlap
* "Kelly" (song), a 2018 single by Kelly Rowland
* ''Kelly'' (film), a 1981 Canadi ...
,
Jennifer Song
Jennifer Song (born December 20, 1989) is a professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. In 2009, she won both the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and the U.S. Women's Amateur. She was only the fourth player in history to win bot ...
,
Kelly Tan
Kelly Tan (born 26 October 1993) is a Malaysian professional golfer who competes on the LPGA Tour.
Tan is a former member of the Malaysian junior national team.
Tan earned her LPGA Tour card for 2014 via qualifying school.
Tan qualified for t ...
,
Yani Tseng
Yani Tseng (; born 23 January 1989) is a Taiwanese professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships and was ranked number 1 in the Women's World Golf Ranki ...
(11,12),
Mariajo Uribe
María José Uribe Durán (known more commonly as Mariajo Uribe; born 27 February 1990) is a professional golfer from Colombia, currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Uribe was born in Girón, Santander. At age 17, she won the 20 ...
,
Alison Walshe
Alison may refer to:
People
* Alison (given name), including a list of people with the name
* Alison (surname)
Music
* ''Alison'' (album), aka ''Excuse Me'', a 1975 album by Australian singer Alison MacCallum
* "Alison" (song), song by Elvi ...
,
Sakura Yokomine
is a Japanese professional golfer. She is one of the leading players on the LPGA of Japan Tour and was in the top twenty of the February 2006 debut edition of the Women's World Golf Rankings. She finished T-11 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tourn ...
,
Sun-Young Yoo
Yoo Sun-young (Korean 유선영 ''Yu Seon-Yeong'' ; born 13 December 1986), also known as Sun Young Yoo, is a South Korean female professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She won the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship, which was her first ma ...
(12)
6. The top five on the current
LPGA of Japan Tour
The LPGA of Japan Tour is a professional golf tour for women organised by the Japan Ladies Professional Golfers' Association. It is the second richest women's golf tour in the world. The U.S.-based LPGA Tour is the most important women's tour, but ...
(JLPGA) money list as of 14 June not exempt under (1), (2), (3), or (13).
*
Misuzu Narita
is a Japanese professional golfer with over a dozen wins on the LPGA of Japan Tour.
Career
Narita was born in Ichihara, Chiba. As an amateur, she won the Kanto Junior Golf and East Japan Women's Public Amateur, and dropped out of Nippon Sport S ...
,
Shiho Oyama
is a Japanese female professional golfer.
Oyama plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has won 17 times and led the money list in 2006. She played on the LPGA Tour in 2009.
Oyama competed for Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing 42n ...
Ayaka Watanabe
is a Japanese mixed martial artist, currently fighting in the super atomweight division of Shooto, where she is the current Shooto Super Atomweight champion in her first reign. A professional competitor since 2020, Watanabe has also competed in ...
LPGA of Korea Tour
The LPGA of Korea Tour is a South Korean professional golf tour for women. LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association. LPGA of Korea runs this tour, not the American LPGA. It is one of the world's five leading women's golf tours.
Based o ...
(KLPGA) money list as of 30 June not exempt under (1), (2), (3), or (6).
*
Chun In-gee
Chun In-gee ( ko, 전인지, born 10 August 1994), also known as In Gee Chun, is a South Korean professional golfer. She was born in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province. She is a three-time major champion, having won the 2015 U.S. Women's Open, the ...
(12),
Ko Jin-young
Ko Jin-young (;, born 7 July 1995), also known as Jin Young Ko, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. By age 22 years, she had won 10 times on the LPGA of Korea Tour, was second at the 2015 Ricoh Women’s British O ...
8. Winners of any recognised LET or LPGA Tour events in the calendar year 2015.
*
Su-Hyun Oh
Su-Hyun Oh (born 23 May 1996) is a South Korea-born Australian professional golfer. She became the number one ranked amateur in the world in October 2013.
Born in Busan, South Korea, Oh moved to Australia at the age of eight and has played go ...
9. Winners of the 2014 LET, LPGA, JLPGA and KLPGA money lists.
10. Players ranked in the top 30 of the
Women's World Golf Rankings
The Women's World Golf Rankings, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Rolex Rankings, were introduced in February 2006. They are sanctioned by eight women's golf tours and the organisations behind them: Ladies Professional Golf Association (L ...
Teresa Lu
Teresa Lu (born 13 October 1987) is a Taiwanese professional golfer.
Lu played on the Ladies Asian Golf Tour in 2006 and 2007, on the LPGA Tour from 2006 to 2010 and on the LPGA of Japan Tour (JLPGA) since 2010. She won the Mizuno Classic in 20 ...
(13)
11. Winners of the last 10 editions of the Women's British Open.
*''
Jeong Jang
Jeong Jang ( ko, 장정, born 11 June 1980) is a South Korean professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She was also a member of the LPGA of Korea Tour.
Jang was born in Daejeon, South Korea. She started playing golf at the a ...
,
Lorena Ochoa
Lorena Ochoa Reyes (; born 15 November 1981) is a Mexican former professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour from 2003 to 2010. She was the top-ranked female golfer in the world for 158 consecutive and total weeks (both are LPGA ...
,
Jiyai Shin
Jiyai Shin (Korean: 신지애 ''Shin Ji-ae'', ; born 28 April 1988) is a former world No. 1 ranked South Korean professional golfer who primarily plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour as of the 2020 golf season. She previously played primarily on the ...
,
Sherri Steinhauer
Sherri Steinhauer (born December 27, 1962) is an American professional golfer who plays on the Legends Tour. She retired from the LPGA Tour in 2012 after a 26-year career. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin and attended The University of Texas at ...
did not play''
12. Winners of the last five editions of the
U.S. Women's Open
The U.S. Women's Open, one of 15 national golf championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour's five major championships, which includes the Chevron Championship, Women's PGA Championship, W ...
,
ANA Inspiration
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, and
Women's PGA Championship
The Women's PGA Championship (branded as the KPMG Women's PGA Championship for sponsorship reasons) is a women's professional golf tournament. First held in 1955, it is one of five majors on the LPGA Tour. It is not recognized as a major by the ...
, and the
Evian Championship
The Evian Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as The Amundi Evian Championship, is a women's professional golf tournament in France, played at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains. It was originally held in June, mov ...
winners from 2013 and 2014.
13. Winner of the 2014
Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup
Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup is the final event of golf's LPGA of Japan Tour season. It is usually played in November and in recent years at the Miyazaki Country Club, Miyazaki, Miyazaki. It was founded in 1979. The winner receives an in ...
.
14. The leading five LPGA Tour members upon completion of 36 holes in the 2015
Marathon Classic
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who have entered the Championship and who are not otherwise exempt.
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Dewi Claire Schreefel
Dewi Claire Schreefel (born 12 November 1985) is a Dutch professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and formerly on the Futures Tour.
Personal
Schreefel was born in Alkmaar, Netherlands on 12 November 1985. She resides in the village ...
Alena Sharp
Alena Sharp (born March 7, 1981) is a Canadians, Canadian professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. A graduate of New Mexico State University, where she played on the golf team, Sharp turned professional in 2003, playing two seasons ...
Jaye Marie Green
Jaye Marie Green (born February 2, 1994) is an American professional golfer and member of the LPGA Tour. She won the 2011 Junior Solheim Cup, was a finalist at the 2012 U.S. Women's Amateur, tied for 5th at the 2019 U.S. Women's Open, and was r ...
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Chie Arimura
is a Japanese feminine given name.
Possible writings
The name Chie can be written multiple ways depending on the kanji used. It can also be written using hiragana or katakana. Some possible ways to write Chie include:
*智恵, "wisdom, blessing ...
, Victoria Elizabeth did not play''
15. The leading three LET members in the 2015
Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open
The Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open is a women's professional golf tournament in Scotland on the Ladies European Tour (LET). First played in 1986, it became a regular fixture on the tour schedule in 2010.
Since 2017 it has been co-sanction ...
, who have entered the Championship and who are not otherwise exempt.
*
Hannah Burke
Hannah Burke (born 28 March 1988) is an English professional golfer, member of the Ladies European Tour (LET) and winner of the 2015 Tipsport Golf Masters.
Amateur career
Burke won the 2002 and 2003 Hertfordshire Girls Championship, the 2004 ...
,
Jade Schaeffer
Jade Schaeffer (born 1 July 1986) is a French professional golfer. She played on the Ladies European Tour and won the 2009 Ladies German Open and the 2011 Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters.
Career
Schaeffer had success as an amateur and won the ...
British Ladies Amateur
The Women's Amateur Championship, previously known as the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship, was founded in 1893 by the Ladies' Golf Union. It is organised by The R&A, which merged with the Ladies' Golf Union in 2017. Until the dawn of th ...
champion, 2014
U.S. Women's Amateur
The U.S. Women's Amateur is the leading golf tournament in the United States for female amateur golfers. It is played annually and is one of the 13 United States national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association (USGA). F ...
champion, 2014
International European Ladies Amateur Championship The European Ladies Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament. It is organized by the European Golf Association and is one of the "elite" tournaments recognized by the World Amateur Golf Ranking The World Amateur Golf Ranking for men ...
champion, winner or next available player in the 2014 LGU Order of Merit, and the
Mark H. McCormack Medal
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holder provided they are still amateurs at the time of the Championship and a maximum of two other leading amateurs at the discretion of the Ladies' Golf Union.
*
Céline Boutier
Céline Boutier (born 10 November 1993) is a French professional golfer.
Amateur career
Boutier won several international amateur events including the 2012 European Ladies Amateur Championship and the 2015 British Ladies Amateur. She played co ...
(a),
Kristen Gillman
Kristen Gillman (born September 22, 1997) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. As an amateur, she won the U.S. Women's Amateur twice, in 2014 and 2018.
Early life, college and amateur career
Gillman is one of ...
(a), Connie Jaffrey (a), Luna Sobrón Galmés (a)
*'' Annabel Dimmock did not play''
*'' Minjee Lee, Mark H. McCormack Medal winner, turned pro in September 2014 forfeiting this exemption. She later qualified under categories 3 and 8.''
17. Any players granted special exemptions from qualifying by the Championship Committee.
*
Natalie Gulbis
Natalie Anne Gulbis (born January 7, 1983) is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.
Golf career
Gulbis was born and raised in the Sacramento, California, area. She has Latvian ancestry. Gulbis started finding ...
,
Brooke Henderson
Brooke Mackenzie Henderson (born 10 September 1997) is a Canadian professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.
Henderson was named the Canadian Press female athlete of the year for 2015, 2017 and 2018. She won her first major at age 18 in 2016 at the ...
Minea Blomqvist
Minea "Minni" Blomqvist, (born 12 March 1985 in Espoo, Finland) is a professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour in the early 2000s. She won twice on the Ladies European Tour.
Amateur career
Blomqvist was a member of the Finnish Nat ...
,
Carly Booth
Carly Booth (born 21 June 1992) is a Scottish professional golfer. At the end of 2009, aged 17, she became the youngest-ever Scot to qualify for the Ladies European Tour. Booth became the youngest ladies' club champion in Britain at the age of ...
,
Charlotte Ellis
Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populous ...
,
Georgia Hall
Georgia Kelly Hall (born 12 April 1996) is an English professional golfer. She plays on the Ladies European Tour, and the LPGA Tour. In 2018 she won the Women's British Open at Royal Lytham; it was her first victory in a major championship.
...
Rebecca Hudson
Rebecca Emma Gisela Hudson (born 13 June 1979 in Doncaster, England) is an English professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour.
Amateur career
Hudson had a very successful junior and amateur career. She was Yorkshire Girls Champio ...
,
Vikki Laing
Vikki Laing (born 14 March 1981) is a Scottish professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based Futures Tour and the Ladies European Tour (LET), finishing 10th in the 2010 LET rankings.
After a promising amateur career, Laing turned profession ...
Ashleigh Simon
Ashleigh Ann Buhai (née Simon, born 11 May 1989) is a South African professional golfer, who won the 2022 Women's Open, one of the major championships in women's golf.
Amateur career
Buhai had a successful amateur career. She was the younge ...
,
Linnea Ström
Linnea Ström (born 14 October 1996) is a Swedish professional golfer. She joined the U.S.-based LPGA Tour after graduating from the Symetra Tour as 2018 Rookie of the Year.
Amateur career
Ström became a member of the Swedish National Golf T ...
(a),
Sophie Walker
Sophie Walker (born 27 May 1971) is a British political activist who was the founding leader of the Women's Equality Party (WE) in the United Kingdom.
She led the party from 2015 until 2019, first appointed unanimously by the steering committee ...
Alternates:
Stephanie Meadow
Stephanie Meadow (born 20 January 1992) is a Northern Irish professional golfer who played for the University of Alabama and made her professional debut at the 2014 U.S. Women's Open at Pinehurst.
Amateur career
Meadow won The Womens Amateur Ch ...
– replaced
Mirim Lee
Mirim Lee (born 25 October 1990), also known as Lee Mi-rim, is a South Korean professional golfer.
Lee turned professional in 2009. She has played on the LPGA of Korea Tour since 2010 and has won three events on that tour. She began playing on th ...
Round summaries
First round
''Thursday, 30 July 2015''
Second round
''Friday, 31 July 2015''
Third round
''Saturday, 1 August 2015''
Final round
''Sunday, 2 August 2015''
Scorecard
''Final round''
''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''
Source:
British Open
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Women's British Open
The Women's Open (originally known as the Women's British Open, and still widely referred to by that name outside the UK) is a women's major golf championships, major championship in Professional golf tours#Women's tours, women's professional go ...
Women's British Open
The Women's Open (originally known as the Women's British Open, and still widely referred to by that name outside the UK) is a women's major golf championships, major championship in Professional golf tours#Women's tours, women's professional go ...
Women's British Open
The Women's Open (originally known as the Women's British Open, and still widely referred to by that name outside the UK) is a women's major golf championships, major championship in Professional golf tours#Women's tours, women's professional go ...