2007 Women's British Open
Mhairi McKay during practice round | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2–5 August 2007 |
| Location | St Andrews, Fife, Scotland |
| Course(s) | Old Course at St Andrews |
| Organized by | Ladies' Golf Union |
| Tour(s) | LPGA Tour Ladies European Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 73 |
| Length | 6,638 yards (6,070 m) |
| Field | 149 players, 69 after cut |
| Cut | 151 (+5) |
| Prize fund | $2,000,000 €1,478,135 |
| Winner's share | $320,512 €236,880 |
| Champion | |
| Lorena Ochoa | |
| 287 (−5) | |
The 2007 Women's British Open was the 31st Women's British Open, held 2–5 August at the Old Course at St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. It was the seventh as a major championship on the LPGA Tour and the first-ever women's professional event at the Old Course.
Lorena Ochoa 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 Maria Hjorth and Jee Young Lee.
Prior to Ochoa, the last to win a first major at the Old Course was Tony Lema, 43 years earlier in 1964. This was the first Women's British Open sponsored by Ricoh, the previous twenty were by Weetabix.