2008 Kraft Nabisco Championship

The 2008 Kraft Nabisco Championship was played April 3–6 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the 37th edition of the Kraft Nabisco Championship, and the 26th as a major championship.

2008 Kraft Nabisco Championship
Tournament information
DatesApril 3–6, 2008
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)
Field110 players, 71 after cut
Cut149 (+5)
Prize fund$2.0 million
Winner's share$300,000
Champion
Mexico Lorena Ochoa
277 (−11)
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Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa shot a bogey-free 67 in the final round to win her only Kraft Nabisco Championship, five strokes ahead of runners-up Suzann Pettersen and Annika Sörenstam. It was her second consecutive and final major title; she won the Women's British Open in 2007.[1][2]

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Place Player Score To par
1   Karen Stupples 67 −5
T2   Ai Miyazato 68 −4
  Lorena Ochoa
T4   Natalie Gulbis 69 −3
  Heather Young
T6   Maria Hjorth 70 −2
  Mi-Hyun Kim
  Liselotte Neumann
  Mariajo Uribe (a)
T10   Mallory Blackwelder (a) 71 −1
  Chung Il-mi
  Paula Creamer
  Meena Lee
  Morgan Pressel
  Michele Redman
  Annika Sörenstam
  Momoko Ueda

Source:[3]

Second round edit

Friday, April 4, 2008

Place Player Score To par
T1   Lorena Ochoa 68-71=139 −5
  Heather Young 69-70=139
T3   Maria Hjorth 70-70=140 −4
  Mi-Hyun Kim 70-70=140
T5   Hee-Won Han 72-69=141 −3
  Annika Sörenstam 71-70=141
T7   Ai Miyazato 68-74=142 −2
  Liselotte Neumann 70-72=142
  Karen Stupples 67-75=142
  Se Ri Pak 72-70=142

Source:[3]

Amateurs: Uribe (E), Blumenherst (+2), Blackwelder (+3)

Third round edit

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Place Player Score To par
1   Lorena Ochoa 68-71-71=210 −6
2   Hee-Won Han 72-69-70=211 −5
T3   Maria Hjorth 70-70-72=212 −4
  Seon-Hwa Lee 73-71-68=212
T5   Inbee Park 73-70-70=213 −3
  Heather Young 69-70-74=213
T7   Suzann Pettersen 74-75-65=214 −2
  Annika Sörenstam 71-70-73=214
T9   Na Yeon Choi 74-72-69=215 −1
  Se Ri Pak 72-70-73=215

Source:[3]

Final round edit

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Lorena Ochoa 68-71-71-67=277 −11 300,000
T2   Suzann Pettersen 74-75-65-68=282 −6 160,369
  Annika Sörenstam 71-70-73-68=282
4   Maria Hjorth 70-70-72-71=283 −5 104,317
5   Seon-Hwa Lee 73-71-68-72=284 −4 83,963
T6   Na Yeon Choi 74-72-69-70=285 −3 58,859
  Hee-Won Han 72-69-70-74=285
  Mi-Hyun Kim 70-70-76-69=285
9   Inbee Park 73-70-70-73=286 −2 45,289
T10   Se Ri Pak 72-70-73-72=287 −1 39,692
  Heather Young 69-70-74-74=287

Source:[3]

Amateurs: Blumenherst (+5), Uribe (+12), Blackwelder (+14)

Scorecard edit

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
  Ochoa −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11
  Pettersen −3 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6
  Sörenstam −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6
  Hjorth −3 −4 −4 −4 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5
  Lee −4 −5 −5 −5 −2 −2 −4 −4 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4
  Choi −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3
  Han −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −6 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −3
  Kim E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −1 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −3
  Park −3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2
  Pak E E E E E −1 −1 −1 E E E E −1 −1 −1 +1 E −1
  Young −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Unstoppable as ever, Lorena Ochoa collects another major". Golf.com. Associated Press. April 6, 2008. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  2. ^ Crouse, Karen (April 7, 2008). "For Ochoa, a title, a soak, and a serenade". The New York Times. p. D1.
  3. ^ a b c d e "ANA Inspiration (Kraft Nabisco Championship)". LPGA. 2008. Retrieved July 17, 2017.

External links edit

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