2008 Kraft Nabisco 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
Lorena Ochoa
277 (−11)
Rancho Mirage
Location in the United States
Rancho
Mirage
Location in California

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.

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

First round

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

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

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

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

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

  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.

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