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
Mexico Lorena Ochoa
277 (−11)
Rancho Mirage is located in the United States
Rancho Mirage
Rancho Mirage
Location in the United States
RanchoMirage is located in California
RanchoMirage
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]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 3, 2008

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1England Karen Stupples67−5
T2Japan Ai Miyazato68−4
Mexico Lorena Ochoa
T4United States Natalie Gulbis69−3
United States Heather Young
T6Sweden Maria Hjorth70−2
South Korea Mi-Hyun Kim
Sweden Liselotte Neumann
Colombia Mariajo Uribe (a)
T10United States Mallory Blackwelder (a)71−1
South Korea Chung Il-mi
United States Paula Creamer
South Korea Meena Lee
United States Morgan Pressel
United States Michele Redman
Sweden Annika Sörenstam
Japan Momoko Ueda

Source:[3]

Second round

Friday, April 4, 2008

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Mexico Lorena Ochoa68-71=139−5
United States Heather Young69-70=139
T3Sweden Maria Hjorth70-70=140−4
South Korea Mi-Hyun Kim70-70=140
T5South Korea Hee-Won Han72-69=141−3
Sweden Annika Sörenstam71-70=141
T7Japan Ai Miyazato68-74=142−2
Sweden Liselotte Neumann70-72=142
England Karen Stupples67-75=142
South Korea Se Ri Pak72-70=142

Source:[3]

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

Third round

Saturday, April 5, 2008

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Mexico Lorena Ochoa68-71-71=210−6
2South Korea Hee-Won Han72-69-70=211−5
T3Sweden Maria Hjorth70-70-72=212−4
South Korea Seon-Hwa Lee73-71-68=212
T5South Korea Inbee Park73-70-70=213−3
United States Heather Young69-70-74=213
T7Norway Suzann Pettersen74-75-65=214−2
Sweden Annika Sörenstam71-70-73=214
T9South Korea Na Yeon Choi74-72-69=215−1
South Korea Se Ri Pak72-70-73=215

Source:[3]

Final round

Sunday, April 6, 2008

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Mexico Lorena Ochoa68-71-71-67=277−11300,000
T2Norway Suzann Pettersen74-75-65-68=282−6160,369
Sweden Annika Sörenstam71-70-73-68=282
4Sweden Maria Hjorth70-70-72-71=283−5104,317
5South Korea Seon-Hwa Lee73-71-68-72=284−483,963
T6South Korea Na Yeon Choi74-72-69-70=285−358,859
South Korea Hee-Won Han72-69-70-74=285
South Korea Mi-Hyun Kim70-70-76-69=285
9South Korea Inbee Park73-70-70-73=286−245,289
T10South Korea Se Ri Pak72-70-73-72=287−139,692
United States Heather Young69-70-74-74=287

Source:[3]

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

Scorecard

Final round

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8  9101112131415161718
Par454434435454434435
Mexico Ochoa−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11
Norway Pettersen−3−4−4−4−3−3−4−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−6
Sweden Sörenstam−2−3−3−3−3−3−4−5−5−5−6−6−5−5−5−6−6−6
Sweden Hjorth−3−4−4−4−3−4−4−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−5
South Korea Lee−4−5−5−5−2−2−4−4−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4
South Korea Choi−1−1−1−1−2−1−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−3
South Korea Han−5−5−5−6−6−7−6−5−4−4−4−4−3−3−2−2−2−3
South Korea KimEEE−1−1−1−1−1−2−1−2−3−3−3−3−2−2−3
South Korea Park−3−4−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−3−2−2−2−2−2
South Korea PakEEEEE−1−1−1EEEE−1−1−1+1E−1
United States 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.

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