2008 LPGA Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | June 5–8, 2008 |
Location | Havre de Grace, Maryland |
Course(s) | Bulle Rock Golf Course |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,641 yards (6,073 m) |
Field | 150 players, 81 after cut |
Cut | 144 (Even) |
Prize fund | $2.0 million |
Winner's share | $300,000 |
Champion | |
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276 (−12), playoff | |
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Golf Course
The 2008 LPGA Championship was the 54th LPGA Championship, played June 5–8 at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2008.
The champion was tour rookie Yani Tseng, age 19, with a playoff victory over Maria Hjorth. The two finished regulation play at 276 (−12), one stroke ahead of Annika Sörenstam and Lorena Ochoa. Tseng birdied the fourth extra hole for her first career win on the LPGA Tour and became the first rookie to win a major in a decade.[1]
This championship was played at Bulle Rock for five consecutive seasons, 2005 through 2009.
Past champions in the field[]
Made the cut[]
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
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Annika Sörenstam | ![]() |
2003, 2004, 2005 | 70 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 277 | −11 | T3 |
Karrie Webb | ![]() |
2001 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 73 | 284 | −4 | T29 |
Suzann Pettersen | ![]() |
2007 | 71 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 221 | −3 | T34 |
Se Ri Pak | ![]() |
1998, 2002, 2006 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 287 | −1 | T46 |
Source:[2]
Missed the cut[]
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Laura Davies | ![]() |
1994, 1996 | 75 | 75 | 149 | +5 |
Meg Mallon | ![]() |
1991 | 76 | 74 | 150 | +6 |
Source:[2]
Round summaries[]
First round[]
Thursday, June 5 2008
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Emily Bastel | ![]() |
66 | −6 |
Lorie Kane | ![]() | |||
3 | Lindsey Wright | ![]() |
67 | −5 |
T4 | Marisa Baena | ![]() |
68 | −4 |
Nicole Castrale | ![]() | |||
Rachel Hetherington | ![]() | |||
Maria Hjorth | ![]() | |||
Jin-joo Hong | ![]() | |||
T9 | ![]() |
69 | −3 | |
Wendy Doolan | ![]() | |||
Hee-won Han | ![]() | |||
Soo-yun Kang | ![]() | |||
Young Kim | ![]() | |||
Kelli Kuehne | ![]() | |||
Lorena Ochoa | ![]() | |||
Ji-young Oh | ![]() | |||
Inbee Park | ![]() |
Second round[]
Friday, June 6 2008
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lorena Ochoa | ![]() |
69-65=134 | −10 |
2 | Lindsey Wright | ![]() |
67-68=135 | −9 |
3 | Lorie Kane | ![]() |
66-70=136 | −8 |
T4 | Rachel Hetherington | ![]() |
68-69=137 | −7 |
Brittany Lang | ![]() |
70-67=137 | ||
Ji-young Oh | ![]() |
69-68=137 | ||
T7 | Marisa Baena | ![]() |
68-70=138 | −6 |
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71-67=138 | |||
Jin-joo Hong | ![]() |
68-70=138 | ||
Annika Sörenstam | ![]() |
70-68=138 |
Third round[]
Saturday, June 7 2008
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jee-young Lee | ![]() |
70-69-65=204 | −12 |
2 | Maria Hjorth | ![]() |
68-72-65=205 | −11 |
T3 | Lorena Ochoa | ![]() |
69-65-72=206 | −10 |
Annika Sörenstam | ![]() |
70-68-68=206 | ||
T5 | Laura Diaz | ![]() |
71-68-69=208 | −8 |
Brittany Lang | ![]() |
70-67-71=208 | ||
Lindsey Wright | ![]() |
67-68-73=208 | ||
Yani Tseng | ![]() |
73-70-65=208 | ||
T9 | Marisa Baena | ![]() |
68-70-71=209 | −7 |
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72-68-69=209 | |||
Ji-young Oh | ![]() |
69-68-72=209 |
Final round[]
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Place | Player | Nation | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Yani Tseng | ![]() |
73-70-65-68=276 | −12 | Playoff |
Maria Hjorth | ![]() |
68-72-65-71=276 | |||
T3 | Lorena Ochoa | ![]() |
69-65-72-71=277 | −11 | 115,911 |
Annika Sörenstam | ![]() |
70-68-68-71=277 | |||
5 | Laura Diaz | ![]() |
71-68-69-70=278 | −10 | 81,385 |
T6 | Shi Hyun Ahn | ![]() |
73-69-69-69=280 | −8 | 53,763 |
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72-68-69-71=280 | ||||
Kelli Kuehne | ![]() |
69-70-71-70=280 | |||
Morgan Pressel | ![]() |
73-69-70-68=280 | |||
T10 | Nicole Castrale | ![]() |
68-72-71-70=281 | −7 | 31,938 |
Paula Creamer | ![]() |
71-70-71-69=281 | |||
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73-68-69-71=281 | ||||
Cristie Kerr | ![]() |
71-70-71-69=281 | |||
Mi Hyun Kim | ![]() |
72-70-71-68=281 | |||
Candie Kung | ![]() |
70-72-70-69=281 | |||
Seon Hwa Lee | ![]() |
73-71-70-67=281 | |||
Giulia Sergas | ![]() |
71-71-69-70=281 |
Scorecard[]
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+
Source:[5]
Playoff[]
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Yani Tseng | ![]() |
4-4-3-3 | −1 | 300,000 |
2 | Maria Hjorth | ![]() |
4-4-3-4 | E | 180,180 |
Scorecard[]
Hole | 18 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
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E | E | E | −1 |
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E | E | E | E |
Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par
Source:[6]
References[]
- ^ "Tseng becomes first rookie in 10 years to win major title". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. June 9, 2008. p. 4C.
- ^ a b c "KPMG Women's PGA Championship (LPGA Championship)". LPGA. 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
- ^ "Scoreboard: LPGA Championship". The Press Democrat. (Santa Rosa, California). June 9, 2008. p. C4.
- ^ "Wegmans LPGA Championship: 2008 results". LPGA. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
- ^ "McDonald's LPGA Championship Presented by Coca-Cola". Golf Channel. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- ^ "Major coup for Tseng, 19". Boston.com. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
External links[]
- Women's PGA Championship
- Golf in Maryland
- 2008 in women's golf
- 2008 in American women's sports
- 2008 in sports in Maryland
- June 2008 sports events in the United States