Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open R4

Women’s Scottish Open 2021 R4
August 12-15
Dumbarnie Links, Fife, Scotland
$1,500,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes

Ryann O’Toole, in her 228th event and 11th season on Tour, won her maiden title at the Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open at Dumbarnie Links in Fife.

Women’s Scottish Open 2021 R4

An emotional O’Toole, who played in the 2011 Solheim Cup back in her rookie year, said at her Champion’s press conference, “Words cannot describe what I am feeling right now. It didn’t seem real. It seems very surreal, and definitely a dream come true. I can’t believe it’s taken this long to win but it’s finally here.”

Few would have predicted this outcome given she was perhaps the least decorated of the players on the star-studded leaderboard.

And yet, it was the Californian who edged three shots clear of the field with a blemish-free 8-under taking her to 17-under overall without looking anything other than a seasoned winner at any point.

Women’s Scottish Open 2021 R4

O’Toole’s love of links golf has come through during the week although it hasn’t always been the case.

“I think regardless, winning over here, I guess take it back to my first year, second year on Tour and playing my first British Open and learning what true links was. I felt like I got my butt kicked at Royal Liverpool. It blew. One of the rounds got called for the day. I had never played in anything like that, and I remember hitting tee shots that just flung across, like those aren’t going to work here. And after that I was like, wow, there’s so much to learn and change and grasp on this style of golf and after that, I fell in love with it, how to hit a really low tee shot, how to play the contours of the green and the course and I just feel like I love this style of golf and to have this be my first win, it seems fitting.”

Women’s Scottish Open 2021 R4

Major and two-time Olympic medal winner Lydia Ko tied for second place when her 9-under final round was not enough to take her second title of the year. Alongside her in second place is Thai teenager and current leader on the LET’s 2021 Race to the Costa del Sol, Atthaya Thitikul who finished with a 66. 

Thitikul, who spent much of the week saying she didn’t like links golf seemed to soften her stance, “Yeah, of course, just a little bit more, not that much for sure, because you know, like links is tough for sure. Links is tough!”

Women’s Scottish Open 2021 R4

Past Champion and double Major winner Ariya Jutanugarn finished fourth while England’s Charley Hull’s closed with a 69 to finish fifth at 12-under.

“I think overall, having a good finish here, that gives me good momentum heading into next week,” said Hull. “This was a great golf course leading up to Carnoustie. This is a true links and we know what Carnoustie is like. I’m super excited for next week and learn from this week and take the positives and work on the things that I feel like needs to be worked on and have fun out there and see what happens.”

The leading Scottish player was Kelsey MacDonald who finished T15 at 7-under. She wins the Jock MacVicar Leading Scot Trophy, created to honour legendary golf journalist Jock MacVicar, an ardent supporter of the event, who passed away earlier this year aged 83.

Women’s Scottish Open 2021 R4

Pos.	Player	To Par	Scores	Total
1	Ryann O’Toole	-17	68-71-68-64	271
T2	Lydia Ko	-14	70-72-69-63	274
T2	Atthaya Thitikul	-14	68-70-70-66	274
4	Ariya Jutanugarn	-13	69-66-72-68	275
5	Charley Hull	-12	69-69-69-69	276
6	Ally Ewing	-11	73-69-72-63	277
T7	Esther Henseleit	-9	75-68-70-66	279
T7	Jeongeun Lee6	-9	71-68-74-66	279
T7	Celine Boutier	-9	70-71-70-68	279
T7	Marina Alex	-9	69-71-71-68	279
T7	Yealimi Noh	-9	68-72-71-68	279
T12	Sarah Schmelzel	-8	68-71-73-68	280
T12	Anna Nordqvist	-8	70-71-69-70	280
T12	Ashleigh Buhai	-8	71-70-67-72	280
T15	Whitney Hillier	-7	72-69-75-65	281
T15	Gaby Lopez	-7	73-72-70-66	281
T15	Leona Maguire	-7	71-72-70-68	281
T15	A Lim Kim	-7	71-71-71-68	281
T15	Yuka Saso	-7	67-72-74-68	281
T15	Jasmine Suwannapura	-7	67-74-71-69	281
T15	Kelsey MacDonald	-7	68-71-72-70	281
T22	Amy Yang	-6	71-74-69-68	282
T22	Pajaree Anannarukarn	-6	73-71-69-69	282
T22	Bronte Law	-6	69-74-70-69	282
T22	Karolin Lampert	-6	71-71-71-69	282
T22	Perrine Delacour	-6	72-72-68-70	282
T27	Manon De Roey	-5	73-73-73-64	283
T27	Patty Tavatanakit	-5	69-75-72-67	283
T27	Emily Kristine Pedersen	-5	69-69-77-68	283
T27	Cheyenne Knight	-5	70-72-71-70	283
T31	Madelene Sagstrom	-4	72-73-70-69	284
T31	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	-4	68-73-74-69	284
T31	Celine Herbin	-4	69-74-71-70	284
T34	Mel Reid	-3	73-72-70-70	285
T34	Katherine Kirk	-3	72-72-70-71	285
T34	Su Oh	-3	73-72-68-72	285
T37	Haeji Kang	-2	70-76-74-66	286
T37	Azahara Munoz	-2	73-70-73-70	286
T37	Prima Thammaraks	-2	70-72-72-72	286
T40	Alice Hewson	-1	71-74-75-67	287
T40	Georgia Hall	-1	71-73-71-72	287
T42	In Gee Chun	E	72-74-74-68	288
T42	Yu Liu	E	69-75-76-68	288
T42	Jenny Shin	E	73-70-77-68	288
T42	Becky Morgan	E	68-74-77-69	288
T42	Lydia Hall	E	69-70-78-71	288
T47	Marissa Steen	+1	73-71-77-68	289
T47	Austin Ernst	+1	71-75-74-69	289
T47	Ssu-Chia Cheng	+1	72-69-77-71	289
T47	Jing Yan	+1	71-71-74-73	289
T47	Paula Reto	+1	72-73-69-75	289
T52	Michele Thomson	+2	65-80-76-69	290
T52	Nuria Iturrioz	+2	70-75-75-70	290
T52	Anne van Dam	+2	67-79-73-71	290
T52	Caroline Inglis	+2	71-73-75-71	290
T56	Christina Kim	+3	72-74-75-70	291
T56	Linnea Strom	+3	73-72-76-70	291
T56	Carly Booth	+3	72-73-76-70	291
T56	Lindy Duncan	+3	73-73-74-71	291
T56	Lizette Salas	+3	71-75-74-71	291
T56	Pasqualle Coffa	+3	71-75-73-72	291
T56	Albane Valenzuela	+3	72-73-73-73	291
63	Olivia Cowan	+4	68-77-78-69	292
64	Carlota Ciganda	+5	72-71-76-74	293
65	Stephanie Kyriacou	+6	73-72-71-78	294
66	Laura Davies	+8	70-74-75-77	296
T67	Stacy Lewis	+9	71-74-79-73	297
T67	Tvesa Malik	+9	73-72-77-75	297
T69	Liz Young	+10	70-75-85-68	298
T69	Marianne Skarpnord	+10	73-72-76-77	298
71	Ursula Wikstrom	+13	74-70-81-76	301
CUT	Christine Wolf		77-70	147
CUT	Lee-Anne Pace		76-71	147
CUT	Alison Lee		75-72	147
CUT	Moriya Jutanugarn		74-73	147
CUT	Hannah Green		73-74	147
CUT	Brittany Lincicome		73-74	147
CUT	Emma Nilsson		73-74	147
CUT	Stacy Lee Bregman		72-75	147
CUT	Eleanor Givens		72-75	147
CUT	Johanna Gustavsson		72-75	147
CUT	Brittany Altomare		71-76	147
CUT	Mi Hyang Lee		70-77	147
CUT	Lauren Stephenson		68-79	147
CUT	Lucie Malchirand		77-71	148
CUT	Agathe Sauzon		76-72	148
CUT	Dana Finkelstein		75-73	148
CUT	Nicole Broch Larsen		73-75	148
CUT	Gemma Dryburgh		73-75	148
CUT	Chloe Williams		73-75	148
CUT	Jodi Ewart Shadoff		72-76	148
CUT	Cloe Frankish		72-76	148
CUT	Kylie Henry		72-76	148
CUT	Chella Choi		71-77	148
CUT	Sophia Popov		71-77	148
CUT	Mi Jung Hur		68-80	148
CUT	Jennifer Chang		78-71	149
CUT	Emma Grechi		76-73	149
CUT	Cydney Clanton		75-74	149
CUT	Laura Fuenfstueck		75-74	149
CUT	Harang Lee		73-76	149
CUT	Giulia Molinaro		73-76	149
CUT	Lindsey Weaver		73-76	149
CUT	Amy Olson		72-77	149
CUT	Emma Talley		72-77	149
CUT	Ana Belac		76-74	150
CUT	Annabel Dimmock		76-74	150
CUT	Leonie Harm		74-76	150
CUT	Minjee Lee		74-76	150
CUT	Linda Wessberg		74-76	150
CUT	Elizabeth Szokol		73-77	150
CUT	Sanna Nuutinen		72-78	150
CUT	Chanettee Wannasaen		78-73	151
CUT	Maria Hernandez		75-76	151
CUT	Wichanee Meechai		72-79	151
CUT	Pornanong Phatlum		72-79	151
CUT	Gerina Piller		72-79	151
CUT	Sarah Kemp		78-74	152
CUT	Katja Pogacar		76-76	152
CUT	Anne-Lise Caudal		72-80	152
CUT	Jennifer Song		71-81	152
CUT	Luna Sobron Galmes		79-74	153
CUT	Jaye Marie Green		78-75	153
CUT	Felicity Johnson		77-76	153
CUT	Tiia Koivisto		77-76	153
CUT	Noemi Jimenez Martin		75-78	153
CUT	Trichat Cheenglab		74-79	153
CUT	Alison Muirhead		74-79	153
CUT	Carmen Alonso		71-82	153
CUT	Pia Babnik		71-82	153
CUT	Lina Boqvist		75-79	154
CUT	Beth Allen		81-74	155
CUT	Gabriella Cowley		78-77	155
CUT	Jenny Haglund		78-77	155
CUT	Aditi Ashok		77-78	155
CUT	Camille Chevalier		76-79	155
CUT	Amy Boulden		76-80	156
CUT	Magdalena Simmermacher		73-83	156
CUT	Hannah Burke		76-81	157
CUT	Jenny Coleman		75-83	158
CUT	Nicole Garcia		81-80	161
WD	Caroline Masson		70
WD	Tonje Daffinrud
WD	Stephanie Meadow