2008 Kraft Nabisco Championship

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2008 Kraft Nabisco Championship
Tournament information
DatesApril 3–6, 2008
Location Rancho Mirage, California
Course(s) Mission Hills Country Club
Dinah Shore Tourn. Course
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke 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
Flag of Mexico.svg Lorena Ochoa
277 (−11)
  2007
2009  
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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.

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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

First round

Thursday, April 3, 2008

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Flag of England.svg Karen Stupples 67−5
T2 Flag of Japan.svg Ai Miyazato 68−4
Flag of Mexico.svg Lorena Ochoa
T4 Flag of the United States.svg Natalie Gulbis 69−3
Flag of the United States.svg Heather Young
T6 Flag of Sweden.svg Maria Hjorth 70−2
Flag of South Korea.svg Mi-Hyun Kim
Flag of Sweden.svg Liselotte Neumann
Flag of Colombia.svg Mariajo Uribe (a)
T10 Flag of the United States.svg Mallory Blackwelder (a)71−1
Flag of South Korea.svg Chung Il-mi
Flag of the United States.svg Paula Creamer
Flag of South Korea.svg Meena Lee
Flag of the United States.svg Morgan Pressel
Flag of the United States.svg Michele Redman
Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam
Flag of Japan.svg Momoko Ueda

Source: [3]

Second round

Friday, April 4, 2008

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Flag of Mexico.svg Lorena Ochoa 68-71=139−5
Flag of the United States.svg Heather Young 69-70=139
T3 Flag of Sweden.svg Maria Hjorth 70-70=140−4
Flag of South Korea.svg Mi-Hyun Kim 70-70=140
T5 Flag of South Korea.svg Hee-Won Han 72-69=141−3
Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam 71-70=141
T7 Flag of Japan.svg Ai Miyazato 68-74=142−2
Flag of Sweden.svg Liselotte Neumann 70-72=142
Flag of England.svg Karen Stupples 67-75=142
Flag of South Korea.svg Se Ri Pak 72-70=142

Source: [3]

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

Third round

Saturday, April 5, 2008

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Lorena Ochoa 68-71-71=210−6
2 Flag of South Korea.svg Hee-Won Han 72-69-70=211−5
T3 Flag of Sweden.svg Maria Hjorth 70-70-72=212−4
Flag of South Korea.svg Seon-Hwa Lee 73-71-68=212
T5 Flag of South Korea.svg Inbee Park 73-70-70=213−3
Flag of the United States.svg Heather Young 69-70-74=213
T7 Flag of Norway.svg Suzann Pettersen 74-75-65=214−2
Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam 71-70-73=214
T9 Flag of South Korea.svg Na Yeon Choi 74-72-69=215−1
Flag of South Korea.svg Se Ri Pak 72-70-73=215

Source: [3]

Final round

Sunday, April 6, 2008

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Flag of Mexico.svg Lorena Ochoa 68-71-71-67=277−11300,000
T2 Flag of Norway.svg Suzann Pettersen 74-75-65-68=282−6160,369
Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam 71-70-73-68=282
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Maria Hjorth 70-70-72-71=283−5104,317
5 Flag of South Korea.svg Seon-Hwa Lee 73-71-68-72=284−483,963
T6 Flag of South Korea.svg Na Yeon Choi 74-72-69-70=285−358,859
Flag of South Korea.svg Hee-Won Han 72-69-70-74=285
Flag of South Korea.svg Mi-Hyun Kim 70-70-76-69=285
9 Flag of South Korea.svg Inbee Park 73-70-70-73=286−245,289
T10 Flag of South Korea.svg Se Ri Pak 72-70-73-72=287−139,692
Flag of the United States.svg 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  9101112131415161718
Par454434435454434435
Flag of Mexico.svg Ochoa−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11
Flag of Norway.svg Pettersen−3−4−4−4−3−3−4−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−6
Flag of Sweden.svg Sörenstam−2−3−3−3−3−3−4−5−5−5−6−6−5−5−5−6−6−6
Flag of Sweden.svg Hjorth−3−4−4−4−3−4−4−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−5
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee−4−5−5−5−2−2−4−4−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4
Flag of South Korea.svg Choi−1−1−1−1−2−1−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−3
Flag of South Korea.svg Han−5−5−5−6−6−7−6−5−4−4−4−4−3−3−2−2−2−3
Flag of South Korea.svg KimEEE−1−1−1−1−1−2−1−2−3−3−3−3−2−2−3
Flag of South Korea.svg Park−3−4−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−3−2−2−2−2−2
Flag of South Korea.svg PakEEEEE−1−1−1EEEE−1−1−1+1E−1
Flag of the United States.svg 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

EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+

Source: [3]

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References

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  2. Crouse, Karen (April 7, 2008). "For Ochoa, a title, a soak, and a serenade". The New York Times. p. D1.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "ANA Inspiration (Kraft Nabisco Championship)". LPGA. 2008. Retrieved July 17, 2017.

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