2002 Kraft Nabisco Championship

The 2002 Kraft Nabisco Championship was a women's professional golf tournament, held March 28–31 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the 31st edition of the Kraft Nabisco Championship, and the twentieth as a major championship.

2002 Kraft Nabisco Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 28–31, 2002
LocationRancho Mirage, California
Course(s)Mission Hills Country Club
Dinah Shore Tourn. Course
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,520 yards (5,962 m)[1]
Field92 players, 74 after cut
Cut153 (+9)
Prize fund$1.5 million
Winner's share$225,000
Champion
Sweden Annika Sörenstam
280 (−8)
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Defending champion Annika Sörenstam shot a final round 68 to win the second of her three titles at this event, one stroke ahead of runner-up and compatriot Liselotte Neumann;[2][3] it was the fourth of Sörenstam's ten major titles. The co-leaders after 54 holes were Sörenstam, Neumann, and Karrie Webb, the 2000 champion.[1][4]

Through 2017, this is the sole successful title defense at this major championship. Before it became a major in 1983, Sandra Post won consecutively in 1978 and 1979.

Final leaderboard

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Sunday, March 31, 2002

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Annika Sörenstam 70-71-71-68=280 −8 225,000
2   Liselotte Neumann 69-70-73-69=281 −7 136,987
T3   Rosie Jones 72-69-72-69=282 −6 88,125
  Cristie Kerr 74-70-70-68=282
T5   Akiko Fukushima 73-76-68-66=283 −5 56,250
  Carin Koch 73-73-71-66=283
7   Karrie Webb 75-70-67-72=284 −4 42,375
8   Lorena Ochoa (a) 75-69-71-70=285 −3 0
T9   Becky Iverson 71-74-68-73=286 −2 31,050
  Lorie Kane 73-72-70-71=286
  Leta Lindley 72-72-72-70=286
  Se Ri Pak 74-71-71-70=286
  Grace Park 75-73-70-68=286

Source:[5][6]

Amateurs: Lorena Ochoa (−3), Aree Song (+11), Naree Song (+11), Meredith Duncan (+19).

References

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  1. ^ a b "Scoreboard: Nabisco Championship". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). March 31, 2002. p. 2C.
  2. ^ Garrity, John (April 8, 2002). "Red Alert". Sports Illustrated. p. G66.
  3. ^ "Sorenstam holds on for victory". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. April 1, 2002. p. 5C.
  4. ^ "LPGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. March 31, 2002. p. 3G.
  5. ^ "ANA Inspiration (Kraft Nabisco Championship)". LPGA. 2002. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  6. ^ "Scoreboard: Nabisco Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). April 1, 2002. p. 2C.
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