2008 LPGA Championship

2008 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates	June 5–8, 2008
Location	Havre de Grace, Maryland; 39°32′31″N 76°07′59″W / 39.542°N 76.133°W
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
	Yani Tseng
	276 (−12), playoff
Location map
	Bulle Rock GC Location in United States Bulle Rock GC Location in Maryland
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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.

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Emily Bastel	66	−6
T1	Lorie Kane	66	−6
3	Lindsey Wright	67	−5
T4	Marisa Baena	68	−4
	Nicole Castrale
	Rachel Hetherington
	Maria Hjorth
	Jin-joo Hong
T9	Hye Jung Choi	69	−3
	Wendy Doolan
	Hee-won Han
	Soo-yun Kang
	Young Kim
	Kelli Kuehne
	Lorena Ochoa
	Ji-young Oh
	Inbee Park

Second round edit

Friday, June 6, 2008

Place	Player	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
	Michelle Ellis	71-67=138
	Jin-joo Hong	68-70=138
	Annika Sörenstam	70-68=138

Third round edit

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Place	Player	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
T3	Annika Sörenstam	70-68-68=206	−10
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
	Irene Cho	72-68-69=209
	Ji-young Oh	69-68-72=209

Final round edit

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Yani Tseng	73-70-65-68=276	−12	Playoff
T1	Maria Hjorth	68-72-65-71=276	−12	Playoff
T3	Lorena Ochoa	69-65-72-71=277	−11	115,911
T3	Annika Sörenstam	70-68-68-71=277	−11	115,911
5	Laura Diaz	71-68-69-70=278	−10	81,385
T6	Shi Hyun Ahn	73-69-69-69=280	−8	53,763
	Irene Cho	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
	Jimin Jeong	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

Source:^[2]^[3]^[4]

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	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	5	3	4	4	5	4	3	4
Tseng	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12
Hjorth	−11	−11	−11	−12	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−11	−11	−12	−13	−12	−12
Ochoa	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11
Sörenstam	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11
Diaz	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10
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 edit

Place	Player	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 edit

Hole	18	16	17	18
Par	4	4	3	4
Tseng	E	E	E	−1
Hjorth	E	E	E	E

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par

Source:^[6]

References edit

^ "Tseng becomes first rookie in 10 years to win major title". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. June 9, 2008. p. 4C.
^ "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 February 22, 2023.
^ "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 edit

Golf Observer leaderboard

[sbfrk-1] "Tseng becomes first rookie in 10 years to win major title". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. June 9, 2008. p. 4C.

[eitlpgach-2] "KPMG Women's PGA Championship (LPGA Championship)". LPGA. 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2017.

[scbdbby-3] "Scoreboard: LPGA Championship". The Press Democrat. (Santa Rosa, California). June 9, 2008. p. C4.

[4] "Wegmans LPGA Championship: 2008 results". LPGA. Retrieved February 22, 2023.

[rd4scr-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.

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