2008 Kraft Nabisco Championship

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.

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

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]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Annika Sörenstam Sweden2001, 2002, 200571707368282−6T2
Karrie Webb Australia2000, 200676706974289+1T13
Helen Alfredsson Sweden199375727372292+4T21
Morgan Pressel United States200771747575295+7T38
Pat Hurst United States199873727777299+11T55
Juli Inkster United States1984, 198974757675300+12T58

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Grace Park South Korea20047677153+9
Amy Alcott United States1983, 1988, 19917977156+12
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc France200383WD

Source:[3]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 3, 2008

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Karen Stupples England67−5
T2Ai Miyazato Japan68−4
Lorena Ochoa Mexico
T4Natalie Gulbis United States69−3
Heather Young United States
T6Maria Hjorth Sweden70−2
Mi-Hyun Kim South Korea
Liselotte Neumann Sweden
Mariajo Uribe (a) Colombia
T10Mallory Blackwelder (a) United States71−1
Chung Il-mi South Korea
Paula Creamer United States
Meena Lee South Korea
Morgan Pressel United States
Michele Redman United States
Annika Sörenstam Sweden
Momoko Ueda Japan

Source:[3]

Second round

Friday, April 4, 2008

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Lorena Ochoa Mexico68-71=139−5
Heather Young United States69-70=139
T3Maria Hjorth Sweden70-70=140−4
Mi-Hyun Kim South Korea70-70=140
T5Hee-Won Han South Korea72-69=141−3
Annika Sörenstam Sweden71-70=141
T7Ai Miyazato Japan68-74=142−2
Liselotte Neumann Sweden70-72=142
Karen Stupples England67-75=142
Se Ri Pak South Korea72-70=142

Source:[3]

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

Third round

Saturday, April 5, 2008

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lorena Ochoa Mexico68-71-71=210−6
2Hee-Won Han South Korea72-69-70=211−5
T3Maria Hjorth Sweden70-70-72=212−4
Seon-Hwa Lee South Korea73-71-68=212
T5Inbee Park South Korea73-70-70=213−3
Heather Young United States69-70-74=213
T7Suzann Pettersen Norway74-75-65=214−2
Annika Sörenstam Sweden71-70-73=214
T9Na Yeon Choi South Korea74-72-69=215−1
Se Ri Pak South Korea72-70-73=215

Source:[3]

Final round

Sunday, April 6, 2008

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Lorena Ochoa Mexico68-71-71-67=277−11300,000
T2Suzann Pettersen Norway74-75-65-68=282−6160,369
Annika Sörenstam Sweden71-70-73-68=282
4Maria Hjorth Sweden70-70-72-71=283−5104,317
5Seon-Hwa Lee South Korea73-71-68-72=284−483,963
T6Na Yeon Choi South Korea74-72-69-70=285−358,859
Hee-Won Han South Korea72-69-70-74=285
Mi-Hyun Kim South Korea70-70-76-69=285
9Inbee Park South Korea73-70-70-73=286−245,289
T10Se Ri Pak South Korea72-70-73-72=287−139,692
Heather Young United States69-70-74-74=287

Source:[3]

Amateurs: Blumenherst (+5), Uribe (+12), Blackwelder (+14)

Scorecard

Final round

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8  9101112131415161718
Par454434435454434435
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
KimEEE−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
PakEEEEE−1−1−1EEEE−1−1−1+1E−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. "ANA Inspiration (Kraft Nabisco Championship)". LPGA. 2008. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
Preceded by
2007 Women's British Open		 Major Championships Succeeded by
2008 LPGA Championship

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