2008 LPGA Championship

2008 LPGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	June 5–8, 2008
Location	Havre de Grace, Maryland
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

Havre de Grace 

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Location in the United States

Bulle Rock  
Golf Course

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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.

This championship was played at Bulle Rock for five consecutive seasons, 2005 through 2009.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	2003, 2004, 2005	70	68	68	71	277	−11	T3
Karrie Webb	Australia	2001	71	71	69	73	284	−4	T29
Suzann Pettersen	Norway	2007	71	68	74	72	221	−3	T34
Se Ri Pak	South Korea	1998, 2002, 2006	72	74	74	74	287	−1	T46

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Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Laura Davies	England	1994, 1996	75	75	149	+5
Meg Mallon	United States	1991	76	74	150	+6

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Emily Bastel	United States	66	−6
	Lorie Kane	Canada
3	Lindsey Wright	Australia	67	−5
T4	Marisa Baena	Colombia	68	−4
	Nicole Castrale	United States
	Rachel Hetherington	United States
	Maria Hjorth	Sweden
	Jin-joo Hong	South Korea
T9	Hye Jung Choi	South Korea	69	−3
	Wendy Doolan	Australia
	Hee-won Han	South Korea
	Soo-yun Kang	South Korea
	Young Kim	South Korea
	Kelli Kuehne	United States
	Lorena Ochoa	Mexico
	Ji-young Oh	South Korea
	Inbee Park	South Korea

Second round

Friday, June 6, 2008

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Lorena Ochoa	Mexico	69-65=134	−10
2	Lindsey Wright	Australia	67-68=135	−9
3	Lorie Kane	Canada	66-70=136	−8
T4	Rachel Hetherington	United States	68-69=137	−7
	Brittany Lang	United States	70-67=137
	Ji-young Oh	South Korea	69-68=137
T7	Marisa Baena	Colombia	68-70=138	−6
	Michelle Ellis	Australia	71-67=138
	Jin-joo Hong	South Korea	68-70=138
	Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	70-68=138

Third round

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jee-young Lee	South Korea	70-69-65=204	−12
2	Maria Hjorth	Sweden	68-72-65=205	−11
T3	Lorena Ochoa	Mexico	69-65-72=206	−10
	Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	70-68-68=206
T5	Laura Diaz	United States	71-68-69=208	−8
	Brittany Lang	United States	70-67-71=208
	Lindsey Wright	Australia	67-68-73=208
	Yani Tseng	Taiwan	73-70-65=208
T9	Marisa Baena	Colombia	68-70-71=209	−7
	Irene Cho	United States	72-68-69=209
	Ji-young Oh	South Korea	69-68-72=209

Final round

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Place	Player	Nation	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Yani Tseng	Taiwan	73-70-65-68=276	−12	Playoff
	Maria Hjorth	Sweden	68-72-65-71=276
T3	Lorena Ochoa	Mexico	69-65-72-71=277	−11	115,911
	Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	70-68-68-71=277
5	Laura Diaz	United States	71-68-69-70=278	−10	81,385
T6	Shi Hyun Ahn	South Korea	73-69-69-69=280	−8	53,763
	Irene Cho	United States	72-68-69-71=280
	Kelli Kuehne	United States	69-70-71-70=280
	Morgan Pressel	United States	73-69-70-68=280
T10	Nicole Castrale	United States	68-72-71-70=281	−7	31,938
	Paula Creamer	United States	71-70-71-69=281
	Jimin Jeong	South Korea	73-68-69-71=281
	Cristie Kerr	United States	71-70-71-69=281
	Mi Hyun Kim	South Korea	72-70-71-68=281
	Candie Kung	United States	70-72-70-69=281
	Seon Hwa Lee	South Korea	73-71-70-67=281
	Giulia Sergas	Italy	71-71-69-70=281

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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+

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Playoff

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Yani Tseng	Taiwan	4-4-3-3	−1	300,000
2	Maria Hjorth	Sweden	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

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External links

• Golf Observer leaderboard