2011 Women's British Open
| Dates | 28–31 July 2011 |
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| Location | Angus, Scotland |
| Course(s) | Carnoustie Golf Links |
| Organized by | Ladies' Golf Union |
| Tour(s) |
Ladies European Tour LPGA Tour |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,490 yards (5,934 m) |
| Field | 144 players, 68 after cut |
| Cut | 145 (+1) |
| Prize fund |
$2,500,000 €1,736,432 |
| Winner's share | $392,133 €272,365 |
 Yani Tseng
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| 272 (−16) | |
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The 2011 Ricoh Women's British Open was held 28–31 July at Carnoustie Golf Links in Angus, Scotland. It was the 36th Women's British Open, and the 11th as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. This was the first time for the Women's British Open at Carnoustie, which previously hosted seven Open Championships, most recently in 2007.
Yani Tseng became the first to successfully defend her title at the Women's British Open as a major championship, four strokes ahead of runner-up Brittany Lang. She became youngest player, male or female, to win five major titles.
The field for the tournament was 144, and golfers gained a place in three ways. Most players earned exemptions based on good past performances on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA and in previous major championships and top-ranked players in the Women's World Golf Rankings. The rest of the field earned entry by successfully competing in qualifying tournaments open to any professional female golfer or amateur with a low handicap.
There were 14 exemption categories for the 2011 Women's British Open. These included:
The 2011 course layout at Carnoustie Golf Links.
The par-72 course was set by the Ladies Golf Union (LGU) at 6,490 yards (5,934 m), 931 yards (851 m) shorter than the par-71 set-up for the 2007 Open Championship.
The short set-up of the course was criticized by several notable golfers and golf commentators. ESPN golf commentator and former LPGA pro Jane Crafter called the LGU "out of touch" with how current women players can play. Defending champion Yani Tseng commented that the famous hole number 18 was set up so that it "put all of the bunkers out of play, put all of the burns out of play." The course groundskeeper agreed that the women had been given "a watered-down version" of Carnoustie and that he did that intentionally after receiving too much criticism for a difficult set-up for the Open Championship in 1999.
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