It was the seventh as a major championship on the LPGA Tour and the first-ever women's professional event at the Old Course.

[4][5] Lorena Ochoa shot a bunker-free and bogey-free 67 (−6) in the opening round and led wire-to-wire to win the first of her two major titles, four strokes ahead of runners-up Maria Hjorth and Jee Young Lee.

[4][5][6][7] Prior to Ochoa, the last to win a first major at the Old Course was Tony Lema, 43 years earlier in 1964.

[4] This was the first Women's British Open sponsored by Ricoh, the previous twenty were by Weetabix.

Source:[7][8] Thursday, 2 August 2007 Friday, 3 August 2007 Amateurs: Mozo (+1), Reid (+2), Choi (+4), Bell (+5), Edwards (+5), Nordqvist (+5), Smith (+5), Watson (+5), Ciganda (+7), McVeigh (+8) Saturday, 4 August 2007 Sunday, 5 August 2007 Amateurs: Reid (+4), Smith (+9), Choi (+11), Bell (+12), Watson (+12), Mozo (+13), Nordqvist (+14), Edwards (+20) Source:[1][2][4] Final round Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:[10]