Open (sport) performance standards or eligibility criteria may apply in other sports. Opens are usually found in golf, tennis, bowling, badminton, quizbowl, fighting games, snooker, darts, volleyball, ultimate, squash and chess. Open (sport) An Open in sports terminology refers to a sporting event or game tournament that is open to contestants regardless of their professional or amateur status, age, ability, gender, sex, or other categorization. In many sports, preliminary qualifying events, open to all entrants, are held to successively reduce the field to a manageable number for participation in a final championship event, which itself may involve elimination rounds (tournaments). The term
2008 Women's British Open Young Yoo, Heather Young 6. Top 5 players from the Japan LPGA Tour in 2008. Yukari Baba, Ji-Hee Lee, Eun-A Lim, Sakura Yokomine 7. Winners of LPGA and Ladies European Tour tournaments in 2008 who have not been specified yet. Trish Johnson 8. Winners of the 2007 LPGA, Korean LPGA Tour, Japan LPGA Tour, and Ladies European Tour money lists who have not been specified yet. Jiyai Shin 9. Past ten winners of the Women's British Open. "None not already specified." 10. Past five winners of the U.S. Women's Open. "None not already specified." 11. Past five winners of the