2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | March 29 – April 1, LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,673 yards (6,102 m)[1] |
Field | 101 players, 72 after cut |
Cut | 153 (+9)[2] |
Prize fund | $2.0 million |
Winner's share | $300,000 |
Champion | |
Morgan Pressel | |
285 (−3) | |
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The 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship was the 36th
Kraft Nabisco Championship, held March 29 to April 1 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, southeast of Palm Springs. This was the 25th edition of the event as a major championship and the total purse was $
2 million, with a winner's share of $300,000.
LPGA Tour and became the youngest-ever winner of an LPGA major at 18 years, 313 days.[5][6][7] The low amateur was collegian Stacy Lewis, a redshirt junior at Arkansas
who carded a final round 70 (−2) and finished two strokes behind, in a four-way tie for fifth.
The 36-hole co-leaders at 140 (−4) were world number two
Annika Sorenstam made the cut, but just barely at 151 (+7).[9]
Pettersen, 25, co-led with
Kingsmill, the next major at the LPGA Championship in June, and three additional victories in 2007
.
Pressel's win vaulted her thirteen places in the world rankings, from seventeenth[8] to a career-high fourth.[12]
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Shi-Hyun Ahn |
68 | −4 |
T2 | Suzann Pettersen | 69 | −3 |
Lindsey Wright | |||
T4 | Maria Hjorth | 70 | −2 |
Jee Young Lee
| |||
Catriona Matthew | |||
Karrie Webb | |||
T8 | Pat Hurst | 71 | −1 |
Brittany Lang | |||
Stacy Lewis (a) | |||
Sherri Steinhauer |
Source:[13]
Second round
Friday, March 30, 2007
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
T1 | Paula Creamer | 73-67=140 | −4 |
Lorena Ochoa | 69-71=140 | ||
T3 | Shi-Hyun Ahn |
68-73=141 | −3 |
Suzann Pettersen | 72-69=141 | ||
5 | Se Ri Pak |
72-70=142 | −2 |
T6 | Maria Hjorth | 70-73=143 | −1 |
Brittany Lincicome | 72-71=143 | ||
Catriona Matthew | 70-73=143 | ||
Lindsey Wright | 74-69=143 | ||
T10 | Meaghan Francella | 72-72=144 | E |
Brittany Lang | 71-73=144 | ||
Stacy Lewis (a) | 71-73=144 |
Amateurs: Lewis (E), Choe (+9), Coutu (+9).
Third round
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
T1 | Se Ri Pak |
72-70-70=212 | −4 |
Suzann Pettersen | 72-69-71=212 | ||
T3 | Paula Creamer | 73-67-73=213 | −3 |
Meaghan Francella | 72-72-69=213 | ||
5 | Brittany Lincicome | 72-71-71=214 | −2 |
T6 | Shi-Hyun Ahn |
68-73-74=215 | −1 |
Maria Hjorth | 70-73-72=215 | ||
Catriona Matthew | 70-73-72=215 | ||
T9 | Sarah Lee | 68-73-74=216 | E |
Stacy Prammanasudh | 76-70-70=216 | ||
Morgan Pressel | 74-72-70=216 |
Final round
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Morgan Pressel | 74-72-70-69=285 | −3 | 300,000 |
T2 | Brittany Lincicome | 72-71-71-72=286 | −2 | 140,945 |
Catriona Matthew | 70-73-72-71=286 | |||
Suzann Pettersen | 72-69-71-74=286 | |||
T5 | Shi-Hyun Ahn |
68-73-74-72=287 | −1 | 69,688 |
Meaghan Francella | 72-72-69-74=287 | |||
Stacy Prammanasudh | 76-70-70-71=287 | |||
Stacy Lewis (a) | 71-73-73-70=287 | 0 | ||
9 | Maria Hjorth | 70-73-72-73=288 | E | 50,114 |
T10 | Lorena Ochoa | 69-71-77-72=289 | +1 | 41,340 |
Se Ri Pak |
72-70-70-77=289 | |||
Angela Stanford | 72-75-73-69=289 |
Amateurs: Lewis (−1), Coutu (+18), Choe (+19).
Scorecard
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
Source:[13]
References
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- ^ a b c "Ochoa rallies late at Nabisco". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. wire services. March 30, 2007. p. C-3.
- ^ "Pressel leaps into new waters". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Associated Press. April 2, 2007. p. 8C.
- ^ a b c Garrity, John (April 9, 2007). "Gifted". Sports Illustrated. p. G3.
- ^ a b "Pressel makes history". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 2, 2007. p. D3.
- ^ "Pressel, 18, is youngest LPGA major champ at Kraft Nabisco". PGA Tour. Associated Press. April 1, 2007. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
- ^ "LPGA All-Time Scoring Records" (PDF). LPGA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2008. Retrieved January 19, 2008.
- ^ a b "Women's World Golf Rankings". March 26, 2007. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
- ^ a b Kroichick, Ron (March 30, 2007). "Kraft Nabisco Championship / Ochoa, Creamer thrive as Sorenstam fades". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
- ^ a b "Pak, Pettersen share major lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 1, 2007. p. D2.
- ^ Bonk, Thomas (April 2, 2007). "Pressel makes LPGA history". Baltimore Sun. (Los Angeles Times). Retrieved June 9, 2013.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". April 2, 2007. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "ANA Inspiration (Kraft Nabisco Championship)". LPGA. 2007. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
- ^ "LPGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). April 2, 2007. p. D2.