Women’s Open Golf 2011 live on the BBC

July 13, 2011   ·   0 Comments

The 2011 Ricoh Women’s British Open will be staged at Carnoustie from 28-31 July as the world’s top 15 women compete with the rest of the field for the final major of the year.

The BBC will broadcast coverage of the event live from the Carnoustie Links in Angus, Scotland with a field that consists of all the World’s Top 15 players, 49 of the top 50 on the LPGA Official Money List and 29 of the leading 30 players on the LET Henderson Money list. As the only women’s Major to be played outside of the USA, it always boasts the most international of fields and already there are over 22 nations represented in this year’s entry.

This will be the first time that the RICOH Women’s British Open will be contested over the famous links course at Carnoustie which hosted the Senior Open Championship this year and has hosted The Open Championship on seven occasions.

The stellar cast list is headed by defending champion and world No. 1 Yani Tseng.  This year, the 22-year-old from Taiwan became the youngest female player to have won four major titles, but it is more than a decade since anyone successfully defended the British Open. Tseng faces stiff competition from the likes of former winners Jiyai Shin, Karrie Webb and Scotland’s Catriona Matthew.

Shona Malcolm, the Ladies’ Golf Union’s CEO added, “We are absolutely delighted with the entry for this year’s Championship and looking forward to seeing which up and coming players make it through qualifying to complete the field.”

The Ricoh Women’s British Open was founded by the LGU in 1976 and is staged in conjunction with IMG, the world’s largest sports marketing company. The event has been co-sanctioned by the LPGA and LET since 1994 and gained Major status in 2001.

Hazel Irvine will present live BBC coverage starting with first round action on Thursday 28 July at 2.15pm on BBC Two.

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