WOMEN’S MAJOR · 2026

2026 Women's British Open

Status: Final
Dates: Jul 30 – Aug 2, 2026
Course: Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Par / Yards: 71 / 6,601
Field: 144 · 68 made cut
Cut: 146 (+4)
Finish: Playoff

Top finishers only 11 of 11 published rows linked to verified identities

LEADERBOARD

Final leaderboard (published rows)

Top finishers only. Small figures: strokes better (+) or worse (−) than that round’s field average.
Pos	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Shiho KuwakiJapan	66	70	73	70	279	−5
2	Esther HenseleitGermany	73	69	67	70	279	−5
3	Yealimi Noh	67	70	69	74	280	−4
T4	Atthaya ThitikulThailand	64	73	72	73	282	−2
T4	Nelly KordaUnited States	73	68	73	68	282	−2
T6	Rio TakedaJapan	69	73	72	69	283	−1
T6	Hsu Wei-ling	71	74	69	69	283	−1
T6	Shannon TanSingapore	69	74	71	69	283	−1
T6	Charley HullUnited Kingdom	69	71	71	72	283	−1
T6	Lottie WoadUnited Kingdom	69	71	70	73	283	−1
T6	Ryu Hae-ranSouth Korea	66	69	74	74	283	−1

CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY

Previous editions

Year	Champion	To par
2025	Miyū Yamashita	−11
2024	Lydia Ko	−7
2023	Lilia Vu	−14
2022	Ashleigh Simon	−10
2021	Anna Nordqvist	−12
2020	Sophia Popov	−7
2019	Hinako Shibuno	−18
2018	Georgia Hall	−17
2017	Kim In-kyung	−18
2016	Ariya Jutanugarn	−16
2015	Inbee Park	−12
2014	Mo Martin	−1
2013	Stacy Lewis	−8
2012	Jiyai Shin	−9
2011	Yani Tseng	—

Results, fields and course setups adapted from Wikipedia articles (CC BY-SA 4.0; the redistributed results dataset is available under the same licence). Identities, championship editions and venues from Wikidata (CC0). Photographs from Wikimedia Commons with per-image credit. Sources & methodology