2008 LPGA Championship
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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.[1]
This championship was played at Bulle Rock for five consecutive seasons, 2005 through 2009.
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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T1 | ![]() | 66 | −6 |
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3 | ![]() | 67 | −5 |
T4 | ![]() | 68 | −4 |
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T9 | ![]() | 69 | −3 |
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Second round
Friday, June 6, 2008
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | ![]() | 69-65=134 | −10 |
2 | ![]() | 67-68=135 | −9 |
3 | ![]() | 66-70=136 | −8 |
T4 | ![]() | 68-69=137 | −7 |
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T7 | ![]() | 68-70=138 | −6 |
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Third round
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | ![]() | 70-69-65=204 | −12 |
2 | ![]() | 68-72-65=205 | −11 |
T3 | ![]() | 69-65-72=206 | −10 |
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T5 | ![]() | 71-68-69=208 | −8 |
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T9 | ![]() | 68-70-71=209 | −7 |
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Final round
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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T1 | ![]() | 73-70-65-68=276 | −12 | Playoff |
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T3 | ![]() | 69-65-72-71=277 | −11 | 115,911 |
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5 | ![]() | 71-68-69-70=278 | −10 | 81,385 |
T6 | ![]() | 73-69-69-69=280 | −8 | 53,763 |
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T10 | ![]() | 68-72-71-70=281 | −7 | 31,938 |
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Source:[2][3][4]
Scorecard
Final round
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
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Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
![]() | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 |
![]() | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −13 | −12 | −12 |
![]() | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −11 |
![]() | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 |
![]() | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −10 |
![]() | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −9 | −9 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+
Source:[5]
Playoff
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | ![]() | 4-4-3-3 | −1 | 300,000 |
2 | ![]() | 4-4-3-4 | E | 180,180 |
Scorecard
Hole | 18 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
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Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
![]() | E | E | E | −1 |
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Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par
Source:[6]
References
- ^ "Tseng becomes first rookie in 10 years to win major title". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. June 9, 2008. p. 4C.
- ^ "KPMG Women's PGA Championship (LPGA Championship)". LPGA. 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
- ^ "Scoreboard: LPGA Championship". The Press Democrat. (Santa Rosa, California). June 9, 2008. p. C4.
- ^ "Wegmans LPGA Championship: 2008 results". LPGA. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ "McDonald's LPGA Championship Presented by Coca-Cola". Golf Channel. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- ^ "Major coup for Tseng, 19". Boston.com. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
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