2008 Women's British Open

Infobox_Individual_Golf_Tournament
tournament_name = 2008 Women's British Open


dates = July 31-August 3, 2008
location = Berkshire, England
course = Sunningdale Golf Club
tour = LPGA Tour
par = 72
yardage = 6,408
field = 156 players
cut =
purse = $2,100,000
winners_share = $360,000
Champion = Ji-Yai Shin
Score =

Field

Exempt Players

1. Top 15 players from the 2007 championship.

Lorena Ochoa (champion), Maria Hjorth, Jee Young Lee, Reilly Rankin, Se Ri Pak, Eun-Hee Ji, Miki Saiki, Paula Creamer, Linda Wessburg, Catriona Matthew, Inbee Park, Mhairi McKay, Yuri Fudoh, Na On Min, Brittany Lincicome

2. Top 10 players from the Ladies European Tour as specified by the Rolex Rankings.

Helen Alfredsson, Minea Blomqvist, Laura Davies, Louise Friberg, Sophie Gustafson, Suzann Pettersen, Bo Bae Song, Annika Sorenstam, Lindsey Wright

3. Top 30 players from the LPGA Tour as specified by the Rolex Rankings.

Shi Hyun Ahn, Nicole Castrale, Na Yeon Choi, Laura Diaz, Natalie Gulbis, Hee-Won Han, Juli Inkster, Jeong Jang, Cristie Kerr, Christina Kim, In-Kyung Kim, Mi-Hyun Kim, Brittany Lang, Seon Hwa Lee, Ai Miyazato, Angela Park, Stacy Prammanasudh, Morgan Pressel, Angela Stanford, Sherri Steinhauer, Yani Tseng, Momoko Ueda, Karrie Webb

4. Top 25 players in the 2008 Ladies European Tour Order of Merit who have not been specified yet.

Maria Boden, Stacy Bregman, Becky Brewerton, Anne-Lise Caudal, Martina Eberl, Nikki Garrett, Lisa Hall, Felicity Johnson, Ludivine Kreutz, Diana Luna, Paula Marti, Joanne Mills, Gwladys Nocera, Marta Prito, Melissa Reid, Marianne Skarpnord, Lisa Holm Sorensen, Louise Stahle, Maria Verchenova, Johanna Westerburg, Amy Yang, Emma Zackrisson, Veronica Zorzi

5. Top 40 players from the 2008 LPGA Tour Money List not already specified.

Kyeong Bae, Irene Cho, H.J. Choi, Diane D'Alessio, Allison Fouch, Sandra Gal, Russy Gulyanamitta, Johanna Head, Rachel Hetherington, Katherine Hull, Karine Icher, Soo-Yun Kang, Young Kim, Carin Koch, Kelli Kuehne, Candie Kung, Meena Lee, Leta Lindley, Teresa Lu, Meg Mallon, Jill McGill, Kristy McPherson, Janice Moodie, Becky Morgan, Ji Young Oh, Hee Young Park, Jane Park, Alena Sharp, Karin Sjodin, Kris Tamulis, Wendy Ward, Sun Young Yoo, Heather Young

6. Top 5 players from the Japan LPGA Tour in 2008.

Yukari Baba, Ji-Hee Lee, Eun-A Lim, Sakura Yokomine

7. Winners of LPGA and Ladies European Tour tournaments in 2008 who have not been specified yet.

Trish Johnson

8. Winners of the 2007 LPGA, Korean LPGA Tour, Japan LPGA Tour, and Ladies European Tour money lists who have not been specified yet.

Ji Yai Shin

9. Past ten winners of the Women's British Open.
-None not already specified.

10. Past five winners of the U.S. Women's Open.
-None not already specified.

11. Past five winners of the Kraft Nabisco Championship.

Grace Park

12. Past five winners of the LPGA Championship.
-None not already specified.

13. Winner of the JapanLPGA Tour Ricoh Cup.
-None not already specified.

14. Top 5 finishers from the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic who are not otherwise exempt.

Moira Dunn, Shanshan Feng, Katie Futcher, Paige Mackenzie, Gloria Park

15. The 2008 Ladies British Amateur champ, the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur champ, the 2007 European Ladies Amateur champ (if all have not turned pro before championship).

Caroline Hedwall (a), Anna Nordqvist (a), Maria José Uribe (a)

ummary of Rounds of Play

Thursday

After one day the lead belonged to 48-year old Juli Inkster, who shot a 7-under par round of 65. After Inkster were seven players at 6-under par: Momoko Ueda, Laura Diaz, Johanna Head, Yuri Fudoh, Ji Young Oh, Ji-Yai Shin, and Stacy Prammanasudh. Four players were tied at two shots off the pace, including the 2004 champion at Sunningdale; Karen Stupples. Many well-known players stood at 3-under par, including number-one ranked player Lorena Ochoa, Natalie Gulbis, and last weeks' Evian Masters winner Helen Alfredsson. However, many other top-ranked or well-known players struggled with their rounds, including Cristie Kerr at 1-under par and Paula Creamer and Annika Sorenstam at even-par.

Friday

Friday's low round belonged to American Cristie Kerr, who made a jump to 8-under to be tied for fourth. First-round leader Juli Inkster shot a 70 to move to 9-under par and in sole possession of third place. But the two leaders shined above all on Friday as Yuri Fudoh and Ji-Yai Shin each shot 68s to improve to 10-under par on the championship. The weekend looks to be an exciting finish to the tournament.