2014 RICOH Women’s British Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England
July 13, 2014
Hometown/Resides: Pasadena, Calif./Altadena, Calif.
Birthdate: October 8, 1982 – currently 31 years, 9 months, and 5 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished third on the Epson Tour’s J Golf Race for the Card money list to earn Priority List Category nine for the 2012 LPGA season
Turned Professional: 2006
VICTORIES
- LPGA: First career victory
- Previous Best Finish: 3 - 2013 Kia Classic
- Best Major Finish: T29 - 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship
RACE TO CME GLOBE
- Earns 625 points toward the Race to the CME Globe standings and moves from 49th to 19th in the Race to CME Globe with 959 points
ROLEX RANKINGS
- Mo is projected to jump from No. 99 to No. 26 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings
MONEY
- CAREER: With the $474, 575 first-place check, Mo moves from 266th to 190th on the LPGA Career Money List with $1,074,351
- SEASON: Has earned $583,762 this season and moves from 53rd to 15th on the 2014 LPGA Official Money List
TOURNAMENT SPECIFIC
- Missed the cut at the 2013 RICOH Women’s British Open (75-73=148, +4)
- Joins Jeong Jang (2005) and Jiyai Shin (2008) as the only three players to capture their first career LPGA victory at the Women’s British Open
2013 IN A NUTSHELL
- 25 events, 21 cuts made, $319,244 earned, one top-10 finish, 71.70 scoring average
OF NOTE
- This is the first time since 1999 that Americans have won each of the first three majors in a season (Nabisco Dinah Shore-Dottie Pepper, U.S. Women’s Open-Juli Inkster and McDonalds LPGA Championship-Juli Inkster)
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Becomes the first player to have their first career LPGA win in a major since Shanshan Feng at the 2012 Wegmans LPGA Championship
- Becomes the first American to win her first LPGA event at a major since Stacy Lewis, 2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship
- Becomes the 11th different player to record a win this season on the LPGA Tour
- 2014 prior to this tournament: 16 events, 11 cuts made, $109,187 earned, 71.70 scoring average