The 2009 Women's British Open was held 30 July – 2 August at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. It was the 33rd Women's British Open and the ninth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. Catriona Matthew won her only major, three strokes ahead of runner-up Karrie Webb.

It was the fourth Women's British Open at Royal Lytham and the third as an LPGA major, most recently in 2006. The course had also hosted ten Open Championships, most recently in 2001. The par-72 course was set by the Ladies Golf Union at 6,492 yards (5,936 m), 413 yards (378 m) shorter than the par-71 set-up for The Open Championship in 2001.

Matthew became the first Scot to win the title, just eleven weeks after giving birth to her second child in mid-May.

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	199	401	419	371	170	492	542	389	156	3,139	334	487	160	340	420	464	343	419	386	3,353	6,492
Par	3	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	3	35	4	5	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	37	72

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Previous lengths of the course for the Women's British Open (since 2001):

• 2006: 6,480 yards (5,925 m), par 72
• 2003: 6,308 yards (5,768 m), par 72

Thursday, 30 July 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Sandra Gal	69	−3
T2	Song-Hee Kim	70	−2
	Angela Stanford
T4	Yuko Mitsuka	71	−1
	Hee-Young Park
6	Maria Hjorth	72	E
T7	Kyeong Eun Bae	73	+1
	Christina Kim
	Vikki Laing
	Michelle Wie

Friday, 31 July 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Catriona Matthew	74-67=141	−3
	Giulia Sergas	74-67=141
3	Yuko Mitsuka	71-71=142	−2
4	Song-Hee Kim	70-73=143	−1
T5	Kyeong Eun Bae	73-71=144	E
	Christina Kim	73-71=144
	Yani Tseng	74-70=144
T8	Sophie Gustafson	74-71=145	+1
	Marianne Skarpnord	76-69=145
T10	Hee-Young Park	71-75=146	+2
	Jane Park	74-72=146
	Ai Miyazato	75-71=146
	Angela Stanford	70-76=146

Saturday, 1 August 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Catriona Matthew	74-67-71=212	−4
2	Christina Kim	73-71-71=215	−1
T3	Ai Miyazato	75-71-70=216	E
	Jiyai Shin	77-71-68=216
T5	Song-Hee Kim	70-73-74=217	+1
	Mika Miyazato	76-72-69=217
T7	Kyeong Eun Bae	73-71-74=218	+2
	Paula Creamer	74-74-70=218
	Shinobu Moromizato	74-73-71=218
	Jane Park	74-72-72=218

Sunday, 2 August 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Catriona Matthew	74-67-71-73=285	−3	335,000
2	Karrie Webb	77-71-72-68=288	E	210,000
T3	Paula Creamer	74-74-70-71=289	+1	109,500
	Hee-Won Han	77-73-69-70=289
	Christina Kim	73-71-71-74=289
	Ai Miyazato	75-71-70-73=289
7	Kristy McPherson	74-74-72-70=290	+2	74,000
T8	Na Yeon Choi	80-71-70-70=291	+3	61,000
	Cristie Kerr	76-71-75-69=291
	Jiyai Shin	77-71-68-75=291

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Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	3	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	5	4	4	4
Matthew	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−4	−4	−3	−3
Webb	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+1	E	E	E
Creamer	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	−1	−1	+1
Han	+3	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1
Kim	−1	E	E	+1	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	+1	E	+1	+1	+1
Miyazato	+1	E	+1	+1	+1	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	−1	−1	+1	+1
McPherson	+4	+4	+5	+5	+5	+4	+4	+4	+4	+3	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2
Shin	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

• Ladies European Tour: 2009 Ricoh Women's British Open results
• LPGA: 2009 Ricoh Women's British Open results

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