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The Ricoh Womens British Open Golf Tournament takes place this week. It is the third British Open followings the Mens Open at Royal Birkdale, and the Mens Senior British Open at Troon.
The Womens British Open takes place this year at Sunningdale Golf Club in Berkshire, England between July 31 - August 3, 2008.

British Open 2008 Tournament and Course Stats

Course Sunningdale Golf Club
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,408
Womens British Open Purse: $2.1 million
Womens British Open Winners Prize Money $300,000
Defending Champions: Lorena Ochoa

The British Open was played last year at the home of golf the old course at St Andrews, Womens World number one Lorena Ochoa took the title and her firdt major, which she went along way to winning by opening with a 9 under par 64

2007 was the year that Ochoa made it she won 8 tournaments and claimed the world number one shot. She followed the British Open Win with victories at the CN Canadian Women’s Open and the Safeway Classic Presented by Pepsi in Portland, Ore.

The 2008 Womens British Open looks wide open, Ochoa will start favorite as she has won 6 tournaments already this season, but other players who will fancy their chances include Paula Creamer , Seon Hwa Lee and Annika Sorenstam who would love to win in Britain in her swansong season.

Latest Womens British Open Odds

Lorena Ochoa 7/2
Paula Creamer 16
Annika Sorenstam 20
Na Yeon Choi 28
Suzann Pettersen 30

Someone who would love to win at the Ricoh Womens British Open is Brit Laura Davies she will be competiting in a record 60th Consecutive Major. She has 4 Major titles and needs one more to be added to the LPGA Hall of Fame.

Should the ladies need any more of an incentive to win a major the British Open Winner secures a spot at the lucrative LPGA Playoffs, and also at the $1 million winners purse at the ADT Championship.

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