Women's British Open

The AIG Women's Open

Tournament information
Location	United Kingdom
Established	1976, 48 years ago
Course(s)	varies; The Old Course (2024) St. Andrews, Scotland
Par	72 (in 2024)
Length	6,881 yards (6,292 m) (2023)
Organised by	The R&A
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour (1984, 1994–) LET (1979–)
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	$9,000,000[1] €8,166,915 £7,053,622[2]
Month played	August
Tournament record score
Aggregate	269 Karrie Webb (1997) 269 Karen Stupples (2004)
To par	−19 Karrie Webb (1997) −19 Karen Stupples (2004)
Current champion
Lydia Ko
2024 Women's British Open

The Women's Open (originally known as the Women's British Open, and still widely referred to by that name outside the UK) is a major championship in women's professional golf. It is recognised by both the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour as a major. The reigning champion is Lydia Ko, who won at the 2024 tournament.

Since becoming an LPGA major in 2001 it has generally been played in late July or early August. The 2012 edition was scheduled for mid-September, due to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, while the 2014 event was played in mid-July, the week prior to the Open Championship.

In 2019 it was known as the AIG Women's British Open. From 2007 to 2018, it was called the Ricoh Women's British Open while the previous twenty editions (1987–2006) were sponsored by Weetabix, a breakfast cereal.^[3] In July 2020, the sponsorship agreement with AIG was extended through to 2025; as part of the deal the championship was rebranded by The R&A (which has organised the event since 2017) by removing the "British" qualifier, in line with The R&A's men's and senior men's championships, as the AIG Women's Open.^[4]