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
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Bulle Rock  
Golf Course
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.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Place Player Nation Score To par Money ($)
1Yani Tseng Taiwan73-70-65-68=276−12300,000
2Maria Hjorth Sweden68-72-65-71=276180,180
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]

References

  1. "Tseng becomes first rookie in 10 years to win major title". Tuscaloosa News. Alabama. Associated Press. June 9, 2008. p. 4C.
  2. "Scoreboard: LPGA Championship". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. June 9, 2008. p. C4.
  3. "Wegmans LPGA Championship: 2008 results". LPGA. Retrieved June 2, 2012.

External links

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