The 2007 Women's British Open was the 31st

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, held 2–5 August at the

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, Scotland. It was the seventh as a major championship on the

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and the first-ever women's professional event at the Old Course.

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shot a bunker-free and bogey-free 67 (−6) in the opening round and led wire-to-wire to win the first of her two major titles, four strokes ahead of runners-up

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and

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. Prior to Ochoa, the last to win a first major at the Old Course was

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, 43 years earlier in

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. This was the first Women's British Open sponsored by

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, the previous twenty were by

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Course

Source: *The Road Hole, No. 17, was played as a par 5 for this championship, and was the easiest hole relative to par.

Round summaries

First round

''Thursday, 2 August 2007''

Second round

''Friday, 3 August 2007'' Amateurs: '' Mozo (+1),

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(+2), Choi (+4), Bell (+5), Edwards (+5), Nordqvist (+5), Smith (+5), Watson (+5)'', Ciganda (+7), McVeigh (+8)

Third round

''Saturday, 4 August 2007''

Final round

''Sunday, 5 August 2007'' Amateurs: Reid (+4), Smith (+9), Choi (+11), Bell (+12), Watson (+12), Mozo (+13), Nordqvist (+14), Edwards (+20) Source:

Scorecard

''Final round'' ''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''
:

References

External links

Ladies European Tour:
2007 Ricoh Women's British Open results
LPGA:
2007 Ricoh Women's British Open results Golf Observer source
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