2008 LPGA Championship

2008 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
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
Taiwan Yani Tseng
276 (−12), playoff
Havre de Grace 
Location in the United States
Bulle Rock  
Golf Course
Location in Maryland

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

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Annika Sörenstam Sweden2003, 2004, 200570686871277−11T3
Karrie Webb Australia200171716973284−4T29
Suzann Pettersen Norway200771687472221−3T34
Se Ri Pak South Korea1998, 2002, 200672747474287−1T46

Source:[2]

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Laura Davies England1994, 19967575149+5
Meg Mallon United States19917674150+6

Source:[2]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 5 2008

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Emily Bastel United States66−6
Lorie Kane Canada
3Lindsey Wright Australia67−5
T4Marisa Baena Colombia68−4
Nicole Castrale United States
Rachel Hetherington United States
Maria Hjorth Sweden
Jin-joo Hong South Korea
T9Hye Jung Choi South Korea69−3
Wendy Doolan Australia
Hee-won Han South Korea
Soo-yun Kang South Korea
Young Kim South Korea
Kelli Kuehne United States
Lorena Ochoa Mexico
Ji-young Oh South Korea
Inbee Park South Korea

Second round

Friday, June 6 2008

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lorena Ochoa Mexico69-65=134−10
2Lindsey Wright Australia67-68=135−9
3Lorie Kane Canada66-70=136−8
T4Rachel Hetherington United States68-69=137−7
Brittany Lang United States70-67=137
Ji-young Oh South Korea69-68=137
T7Marisa Baena Colombia68-70=138−6
Michelle Ellis Australia71-67=138
Jin-joo Hong South Korea68-70=138
Annika Sörenstam Sweden70-68=138

Third round

Saturday, June 7 2008

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jee-young Lee South Korea70-69-65=204−12
2Maria Hjorth Sweden68-72-65=205−11
T3Lorena Ochoa Mexico69-65-72=206−10
Annika Sörenstam Sweden70-68-68=206
T5Laura Diaz United States71-68-69=208−8
Brittany Lang United States70-67-71=208
Lindsey Wright Australia67-68-73=208
Yani Tseng Taiwan73-70-65=208
T9Marisa Baena Colombia68-70-71=209−7
Irene Cho United States72-68-69=209
Ji-young Oh South Korea69-68-72=209

Final round

Sunday, June 8, 2008

PlacePlayerNationScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1Yani Tseng Taiwan73-70-65-68=276−12Playoff
Maria Hjorth Sweden68-72-65-71=276
T3Lorena Ochoa Mexico69-65-72-71=277−11115,911
Annika Sörenstam Sweden70-68-68-71=277
5Laura Diaz United States71-68-69-70=278−1081,385
T6Shi Hyun Ahn South Korea73-69-69-69=280−853,763
Irene Cho United States72-68-69-71=280
Kelli Kuehne United States69-70-71-70=280
Morgan Pressel United States73-69-70-68=280
T10Nicole Castrale United States68-72-71-70=281−731,938
Paula Creamer United States71-70-71-69=281
Jimin Jeong South Korea73-68-69-71=281
Cristie Kerr United States71-70-71-69=281
Mi Hyun Kim South Korea72-70-71-68=281
Candie Kung United States70-72-70-69=281
Seon Hwa Lee South Korea73-71-70-67=281
Giulia Sergas Italy71-71-69-70=281

Source:[2][3][4]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444354453445434
Taiwan Tseng−9−9−10−10−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−12−11−12−12−12−12−12
Sweden Hjorth−11−11−11−12−11−11−12−12−12−13−13−13−11−11−12−13−12−12
Mexico Ochoa−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−10−9−9−9−10−10−11
Sweden Sörenstam−11−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−12−12−12−12−11−11−11−11−11−11
United States Diaz−8−9−9−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−10−10
South Korea J-y Lee−11−11−11−10−9−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−9−9−6−6−6−6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[5]

Playoff

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Yani Tseng Taiwan4-4-3-3−1300,000
2Maria Hjorth Sweden4-4-3-4E180,180

Scorecard

Hole  18   16  17  18 
Par4434
Taiwan TsengEEE−1
Sweden HjorthEEEE

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par

Source:[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Tseng becomes first rookie in 10 years to win major title". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. June 9, 2008. p. 4C.
  2. 1 2 3 "KPMG Women's PGA Championship (LPGA Championship)". LPGA. 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Scoreboard: LPGA Championship". The Press Democrat. (Santa Rosa, California). June 9, 2008. p. C4.
  4. ↑ "Wegmans LPGA Championship: 2008 results". LPGA. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  5. ↑ "McDonald's LPGA Championship Presented by Coca-Cola". Golf Channel. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Major coup for Tseng, 19". Boston.com. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
Preceded by
2008 Kraft Nabisco Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
2008 U.S. Women's Open

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