2008 LPGA Championship

2008 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 5–8, 2008
LocationHavre de Grace, Maryland
39°32′31″N 76°07′59″W / 39.542°N 76.133°W / 39.542; -76.133
Course(s)Bulle Rock Golf Course
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,641 yards (6,073 m)
Field150 players, 81 after cut
Cut144 (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

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

First round

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Place Player Score To par
T1 Emily Bastel 66 −6
Lorie Kane
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

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

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
Annika Sörenstam 70-68-68=206
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

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
T1 Yani Tseng 73-70-65-68=276 −12 Playoff
Maria Hjorth 68-72-65-71=276
T3 Lorena Ochoa 69-65-72-71=277 −11 115,911
Annika Sörenstam 70-68-68-71=277
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

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

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

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

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