2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship

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2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 29 – April 1, 2007
LocationRancho Mirage, California
Course(s)Mission Hills Country Club
Dinah Shore Tourn. Course
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,673 yards (6,102 m)[1]
Field101 players, 72 after cut
Cut153 (+9)[2]
Prize fund$2.0 million
Winner's share$300,000
Champion
United States Morgan Pressel
285 (−3)
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The 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship was the 36th Kraft Nabisco Championship, held March 29 to April 1 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, southeast of Palm Springs. This was the 25th edition of the event as a major championship and the total purse was $2 million, with a winner's share of $300,000.

Morgan Pressel shot a bogey-free 69 in the final round to win her only major title, one stroke ahead of runners-up Brittany Lincicome, Catriona Matthew, and 54-hole co-leader Suzann Pettersen.[3][4][5] Tied for ninth and four strokes back after the third round, Pressel gained her first victory on the LPGA Tour and became the youngest-ever winner of an LPGA major at 18 years, 313 days.[5][6][7] The low amateur was collegian Stacy Lewis, a redshirt junior at Arkansas who carded a final round 70 (−2) and finished two strokes behind, in a four-way tie for fifth.

The 36-hole co-leaders at 140 (−4) were world number two Lorena Ochoa and number five Paula Creamer,[2][8] with Petterson and first round leader Shi-Hyun Ahn a stroke back; all four were in search of their first major.[9] Ochoa made a quadruple-bogey at 17 on Saturday, and Creamer shot 78 (+6) on Sunday.[4] Top-ranked Annika Sorenstam made the cut, but just barely at 151 (+7).[9]

Pettersen, 25, co-led with Se Ri Pak after the third round at 212 (−4)[10] and had a four-stroke lead with four holes to play on Sunday. Double bogeys at 15 and 16, and a bogey on the par-3 17th dropped Pettersen a stroke back, and she missed a birdie putt on the final hole to force a playoff.[4][11] She rebounded and gained her first LPGA Tour victory in May at Kingsmill, the next major at the LPGA Championship in June, and three additional victories in 2007.

Pressel's win vaulted her thirteen places in the world rankings, from seventeenth[8] to a career-high fourth.[12]

Past champions in the field[]

Made the cut[]

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Karrie Webb  Australia 2000, 2006 70 77 73 73 293 +5 T20
Annika Sörenstam  Sweden 2001, 2002, 2005 75 76 71 75 297 +9 T30
Helen Alfredsson  Sweden 1993 78 69 74 77 298 +10 T37
Pat Hurst  United States 1998 71 76 74 77 298 +10 T37
Grace Park  South Korea 2004 74 74 80 79 307 +19 T68
Juli Inkster  United States 1984, 1989 75 75 72 DQ

Missed the cut[]

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc  France 2003 77 81 159 +15
Amy Alcott  United States 1983, 1988, 1991 81 80 161 +17

Source:[2][13]

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Shi-Hyun Ahn  South Korea 68 −4
T2 Suzann Pettersen  Norway 69 −3
Lindsey Wright  Australia
T4 Maria Hjorth  Sweden 70 −2
Jee Young Lee  South Korea
Catriona Matthew  Scotland
Karrie Webb  Australia
T8 Pat Hurst  United States 71 −1
Brittany Lang  United States
Stacy Lewis (a)  United States
Sherri Steinhauer  United States

Source:[13]

Second round[]

Friday, March 30, 2007

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Paula Creamer  United States 73-67=140 −4
Lorena Ochoa  Mexico 69-71=140
T3 Shi-Hyun Ahn  South Korea 68-73=141 −3
Suzann Pettersen  Norway 72-69=141
5 Se Ri Pak  South Korea 72-70=142 −2
T6 Maria Hjorth  Sweden 70-73=143 −1
Brittany Lincicome  United States 72-71=143
Catriona Matthew  Scotland 70-73=143
Lindsey Wright  Australia 74-69=143
T10 Meaghan Francella  United States 72-72=144 E
Brittany Lang  United States 71-73=144
Stacy Lewis (a)  United States 71-73=144

Source:[2][13]

Amateurs: Lewis (E), Choe (+9), Coutu (+9).

Third round[]

Saturday, March 31, 2007

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Se Ri Pak  South Korea 72-70-70=212 −4
Suzann Pettersen  Norway 72-69-71=212
T3 Paula Creamer  United States 73-67-73=213 −3
Meaghan Francella  United States 72-72-69=213
5 Brittany Lincicome  United States 72-71-71=214 −2
T6 Shi-Hyun Ahn  South Korea 68-73-74=215 −1
Maria Hjorth  Sweden 70-73-72=215
Catriona Matthew  Scotland 70-73-72=215
T9 Sarah Lee  South Korea 68-73-74=216 E
Stacy Prammanasudh  United States 76-70-70=216
Morgan Pressel  United States 74-72-70=216

Source:[1][10][13]

Final round[]

Sunday, April 1, 2007

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Morgan Pressel  United States 74-72-70-69=285 −3 300,000
T2 Brittany Lincicome  United States 72-71-71-72=286 −2 140,945
Catriona Matthew  Scotland 70-73-72-71=286
Suzann Pettersen  Norway 72-69-71-74=286
T5 Shi-Hyun Ahn  South Korea 68-73-74-72=287 −1 69,688
Meaghan Francella  United States 72-72-69-74=287
Stacy Prammanasudh  United States 76-70-70-71=287
Stacy Lewis (a)  United States 71-73-73-70=287 0   
9 Maria Hjorth  Sweden 70-73-72-73=288 E 50,114
T10 Lorena Ochoa  Mexico 69-71-77-72=289 +1 41,340
Se Ri Pak  South Korea 72-70-70-77=289
Angela Stanford  United States 72-75-73-69=289

Source:[13][14]

Amateurs: Lewis (−1), Coutu (+18), Choe (+19).

Scorecard[]

Final round

Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 5
United States Pressel E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3
United States Lincicome −2 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2
Scotland Matthew E −1 −1 −2 −3 −4 −4 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2
Norway Pettersen −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −3 −2 −2
South Korea Ahn E E −1 −1 −1 E E E E −1 −1 E +1 E E −1 −1 −1
United States Francella −4 −4 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 E E −1
United States Lewis +1 +1 E E E E E E E −1 E −1 −1 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1
United States Prammanasudh E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −3 −2 −2 −1 −1
Sweden Hjorth −2 −2 −2 −1 E E E E E E −1 E E E +1 E E E
Mexico Ochoa +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +1
South Korea Pak −4 −5 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −2 −1 E +1
United States Stanford +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1
United States Creamer −2 −2 −1 −1 E E E +1 +1 E E E +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[13]

References[]

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