The 2009 Women's British Open was held 30 July – 2 August at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England.

Catriona Matthew won her only major, three strokes ahead of runner-up Karrie Webb.

[2][3] It was the fourth Women's British Open at Royal Lytham and the third as an LPGA major, most recently in 2006.

Matthew became the first Scot to win the title, just eleven weeks after giving birth to her second child in mid-May.

[2][3] Source:[1] Previous lengths of the course for the Women's British Open (since 2001): Thursday, 30 July 2009 Friday, 31 July 2009 Saturday, 1 August 2009 Sunday, 2 August 2009 Source:[4] Final round Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par