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 / 39.542; -76.133
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
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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.

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

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

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

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]

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]

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

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]

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