2002 LPGA Championship explained

2002 LPGA Championship
Dates:June 6–9, 2002
Location:Wilmington, Delaware
Course:DuPont Country Club
Tour:LPGA Tour
Par:71
Field:144 players, 71 after cut
Format:Stroke play - 72 holes
Cut:150 (+8)
Purse:$1.5 million
Winners Share:$225,000
Champion: Se Ri Pak
Score:279 (−5)
Previous:2001
Next:2003
Map:USA#USA Delaware
Map Label:DuPont CC
Map Relief:yes
Coordinates:39.789°N -75.564°W

The 2002 LPGA Championship was the 48th LPGA Championship, played June 6–9 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware.

Se Ri Pak, age 24, won the second of her three LPGA Championships,[1] [2] three strokes ahead of runner-up Beth Daniel, the 54-hole leader and champion in 1990.[3] It was the fourth of Pak's five major titles; at the time, she was the youngest woman to win four major titles.[2] Daniel, age 45, was attempting to become the oldest winner of a major in LPGA history, but carded a final round 77.[1]

Annika Sörenstam shot 65 to climb up the leaderboard into third; she won the next three editions of this championship.

The DuPont Country Club hosted the LPGA Championship for eleven consecutive seasons, from 1994 through 2004.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, June 9, 2002

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Se Ri Pak71-70-68-70=279−5225,000
2 Beth Daniel67-70-68-77=282−2136,987
3 Annika Sörenstam70-76-73-65=284E99,375
align=center rowspan=2T4 Juli Inkster69-75-70-71=285align=center rowspan=2+1align=center rowspan=269,375
Karrie Webb68-71-72-74=285
align=center rowspan=2T6 Carin Koch68-73-73-72=286align=center rowspan=2+2align=center rowspan=246,500
Michele Redman74-69-70-73=286
8 Catriona Matthew70-73-75-70=288+437,125
align=center rowspan=3T9 Kristi Albers74-73-73-70=290align=center rowspan=3+6align=center rowspan=330,625
Michelle McGann71-72-72-75=290
Karen Stupples75-70-70-75=290
Source:[2] [4]

External links

39.789°N -75.564°W

Notes and References

  1. Rough and tumble . Sports Illustrated . Garrity . John . June 17, 2002 . G5.
  2. News: Pak is youngest to win 4 majors . Toledo Blade . (Ohio) . Associated Press . June 9, 2002 . C1 .
  3. News: Daniel holds 4-shot lead in LPGA Championship . Toledo Blade . (Ohio) . Associated Press . June 8, 2002 . F2.
  4. Web site: Wegmans LPGA Championship: 2002 results . LPGA . June 2, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130513122203/http://www.lpga.com/golf/tournaments/lpga/wegmans-lpga-championship/full-results.aspx?year=2002 . May 13, 2013.