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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 20–23 August 2020 |
| Location | Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland 55°31′55″N 4°39′00″W / 55.532°N 4.65°W |
| Course(s) | Royal Troon Golf Club |
| Organized by | The R&A |
| Tour(s) | Ladies European Tour LPGA Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,632 yards (6,064 m) |
| Field | 144 players, 74 after cut |
| Cut | 151 (+9) |
| Prize fund | US$4.5 million[1] |
| Winner's share | $675,000 |
| Champion | |
 Sophia Popov | |
| 277 (−7) | |
| Location map | |
  Royal Troon GC Location in the United Kingdom  Royal Troon GC Location in Scotland | |
The 2020 Women's British Open (colloquially referred as The 2020 Open Championship, as there was no men's equivalent) was played from 20 to 23 August in Scotland at Royal Troon Golf Club. It was the 44th Women's British Open, the 20th as a major championship on the LPGA Tour, and the first at Royal Troon Golf Club. The tournament was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[2] It was the first championship held under a renewed sponsorship agreement with AIG; the deal involved the rebranding of the championship, removing the word "British", with the event titled as the 2020 AIG Women's Open.[3]
The championship was won by world number 304 Sophia Popov, by two strokes from Thidapa Suwannapura. It was her first major tournament victory.[4] Popov, a professional since 2014 and member of the second-tier Symetra Tour since 2016, had never previously won on any of the major tours, winning her first events on a mini-tour in Arizona earlier in 2020. She qualified for the Women's Open by means of a high finish at the LPGA Tour's Marathon Classic at the start of August.[5]
- ^ "Women's Open raises prize fund to $4.5 million". ESPN. 8 July 2019.
- ^ McLaughlin, Chris (7 July 2020). "Women's British Open & Scottish Open to go ahead in August without fans". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ "Women's Open drops 'British' from title in sponsorship rebrand". BBC Sport. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ Church, Ben (23 August 2020). "304th-ranked Sophia Popov clinches British Open to win her first major". CNN. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ Scrivener, Peter (23 August 2020). "Women's Open: Sophia Popov wins at Royal Troon by two shots". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 August 2020.