2013 LPGA Championship

The 2013 LPGA Championship was the 59th LPGA Championship, held June 6–9 at Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York, a suburb southeast of Rochester. Known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, it was the second of five major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2013 season. This was the fourth consecutive year the LPGA Championship was played at Locust Hill.

2013 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 6–9, 2013
LocationPittsford, New York, U.S.
Course(s)Locust Hill Country Club
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,530 yards (5,971 m)
Field150 players, 77 after cut
Cut150 (+6)
Prize fund$2.25 million
Winner's share$337,500
Champion
Inbee Park
283 (−5), playoff
Locust Hill CC
Location in the United States
Locust Hill Country Club
Location in New York

Inbee Park, number one in the world rankings, won her third major title in a sudden-death playoff, defeating runner-up Catriona Matthew on the third extra hole, their 39th of the day. The third and fourth rounds were played on Sunday after play was washed out by heavy rain on Thursday.

The win was the second consecutive major for Park; she won the Kraft Nabisco Championship in April and became only the third to win both in the same year, joining Pat Bradley (1986) and Annika Sörenstam (2005).[1]

It was the eighth playoff at the LPGA Championship and the first since 2008.

Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal[2]
Yards4143373805321614391784661723,0794135113613864001503564783963,4516,530
Par444534353354544434543772

Field

The field included 150 players from 24 countries, with the 36-hole cut to the top 70 players and ties after the second round.

AmericasAsia & PacificEurope
 Canada (7) Australia (7) England (5)
 Chile (1) China (1) France (1)
 Colombia (2) Japan (6) Germany (2)
 Paraguay (1) South Korea (25) Italy (2)
 United States (67) New Zealand (1) Netherlands (2)
 Venezuela (1) Philippines (1) Norway (1)
 Taiwan (3) Scotland (1)
 Thailand (3) Spain (4)
 Sweden (5)
 Wales (1)

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Suzann Pettersen Norway200772737465284−4T3
Shanshan Feng China201274707270216−2T9
Cristie Kerr United States201075727070287−1T12
Anna Nordqvist Sweden200971747369287−1T12
Yani Tseng Taiwan2008, 201172747173290+2T19
Se Ri Pak South Korea1998, 2002, 200670747672292+4T28
Karrie Webb Australia200176727570293+5T33
Laura Davies England1994, 199671738078302+14T64

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYears wonR1R2TotalTo par
Juli Inkster United States1999, 20007878156+12

Source:[3]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 6, 2013
Friday, June 7, 2013

Play was washed out on Thursday due to heavy rain, course flooding, and occasional lightning.[4] Chella Choi shot a 67 (−5) on Friday on a soggy course to take the first round lead; major winners Morgan Pressel and Jiyai Shin were one stroke back at 68.[5]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Chella Choi South Korea67−5
T2Morgan Pressel United States68−4
Jiyai Shin South Korea
4Brittany Lincicome United States69−3
T5Jessica Korda United States70−2
Se Ri Pak South Korea
T7Chie Arimura Japan71−1
Laura Davies England
M. J. Hur South Korea
Ilhee Lee South Korea
Catriona Matthew Scotland
Anna Nordqvist Sweden
Angela Stanford United States
Lexi Thompson United States
Amy Yang South Korea

Source:[6]

Second round

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Pressel grabbed the lead with a 70 (−2) for 138 (−6), and world number one Inbee Park shot 68 to move into tie for second place with first round leader Choi, two strokes back at 140 (−4).[7] The cut was at 150 (+6) or better, with 77 players advancing to play the final two rounds on Sunday.[3]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Morgan Pressel United States68-70=138−6
T2Chella Choi South Korea67-73=140−4
Inbee Park South Korea72-68=140
T4Jiyai Shin South Korea68-73=141−3
Sarah Jane Smith Australia72-69=141
Amy Yang South Korea71-70=141
T7Na Yeon Choi South Korea72-70=142−2
Brittany Lincicome United States69-73=142
Catriona Matthew Scotland71-71=142
Angela Stanford United States71-71=142
Sun Young Yoo South Korea73-69=142

Source:[3]

Third round

Sunday, June 9, 2013 (morning)

One-over for the round after the first eight holes, Park then made five birdies and five pars for another 68 (−4) to total 208 (−8), one stroke ahead of Pressel.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Inbee Park South Korea72-68-68=208−8
2Morgan Pressel United States68-70-71=209−7
3Jiyai Shin South Korea68-73-69=210−6
T4Na Yeon Choi South Korea72-70-70=212−4
Sun Young Yoo South Korea73-69-70=212
6Chella Choi South Korea67-73-73=213−3
T7Caroline Masson Germany74-69-71=214−2
Kristy McPherson United States73-72-69=214
T9Pernilla Lindberg Sweden73-71-71=215−1
Catriona Matthew Scotland71-71-73=215
Ai Miyazato Japan74-75-66=215
Michelle Wie United States76-68-71=215
Amy Yang South Korea71-70-74=215

Source:[8]

Final round

Sunday, June 9, 2013 (afternoon)

Following the third round in the morning, the groupings were kept the same for the afternoon's final round. The top three players after 54 holes, Park, Pressel, and Shin, all shot 75 (+3) and came back to the field. Matthew recorded a 68 (−4) without a bogey for a 283 (−5), which tied Park and forced a sudden-death playoff. Suzann Pettersen, the champion in 2007, started the round eleven strokes back, in a tie for 31st. She carded a tournament best 65 (−7), but finished one stroke back at 284 (−4), tied with Pressel for third place.[1][9]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1Inbee Park South Korea72-68-68-75=283−5Playoff
Catriona Matthew Scotland71-71-73-68=283
T3Suzann Pettersen Norway72-73-74-65=284−4132,716
Morgan Pressel United States68-70-71-75=284
T5Chella Choi South Korea67-73-73-72=285−372,288
Jiyai Shin South Korea68-73-69-75=285
Amy Yang South Korea71-70-74-70=285
Sun Young Yoo South Korea73-69-70-73=285
T9Na Yeon Choi South Korea72-70-70-74=286−246,121
Shanshan Feng China74-70-72-70=286
Michelle Wie United States76-68-71-71=286

Source:[10]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par444534353454443454
Park−8−8−8−8−9−8−8−7−7−7−8−8−8−7−7−6−6−5
Matthew−1−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−5
Pettersen+3+3+2+2+1+1+1EE−1−1−1−2−2−2−3−3−4
Pressel−7−7−7−7−7−7−6−7−7−6−6−5−5−5−5−4−4−4
Shin−5−4−4−4−4−3−2−2−2−2−3−2−3−2−3−4−3−3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey

Source:[10]

Playoff

The sudden-death playoff began on the 18th hole and alternated with the 10th hole, both par fours. Both players parred the first two holes, with Matthew scrambling for par on the second after finding the rough and pitching out to the fairway. She drove into the rough again on the third hole while Park hit the fairway. Matthew failed to chip in for par from 50 feet (15 m) and Park sank her 18-foot (5.5 m) birdie putt for the championship.[1]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Inbee Park South Korea4-4-3−1337,500
2Catriona Matthew Scotland4-4-x206,304

References

  1. "Wegmans LPGA Championship Final Round Notes and Interviews". LPGA. June 9, 2013. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  2. "Course Overview – Locust Hill Country Club". Wegmans LPGA Championship. Archived from the original on April 26, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  3. "Second round leaderboard, 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship". LPGA. June 8, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  4. "Rain postpones 1st round of LPGA Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  5. "Chella Choi leads after opening 67". ESPN. Associated Press. June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  6. "First round leaderboard, 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship". LPGA. June 7, 2013. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  7. "Morgan Pressel up 2 on Inbee Park". ESPN. Associated Press. June 8, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  8. "Third round leaderboard, 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship". LPGA. June 9, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  9. "Inbee Park outlasts Catriona Matthew". ESPN. Associated Press. June 8, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  10. "Final round leaderboard, 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship". LPGA. June 9, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
Preceded by
2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship
Major Championships Succeeded by
2013 U.S. Women's Open

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