2008 LPGA Championship explained

2008 LPGA Championship
Dates:	June 5–8, 2008
Location:	Havre de Grace, Maryland
Course:	Bulle Rock Golf Course
Tour:	LPGA Tour
Par:	72
Field:	150 players, 81 after cut
Format:	Stroke play - 72 holes
Cut:	144 (Even)
Purse:	$2.0 million
Winners Share:	$300,000
Champion:	Yani Tseng
Score:	276 (−12), playoff
Previous:	2007
Next:	2009
Map:	USA#USA Maryland
Map Label:	Bulle Rock GC
Map Relief:	yes
Coordinates:	39.542°N -76.133°W

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
T1	Emily Bastel	66	−6
	Lorie Kane
3	Lindsey Wright	67	−5
T4	Marisa Baena	68	−4
	Nicole Castrale
	Rachel Hetherington
	Maria Hjorth
	Jin-joo Hong
T9	Hye Jung Choi	69	−3
	Wendy Doolan
	Hee-won Han
	Soo-yun Kang
	Young Kim
	Kelli Kuehne
	Lorena Ochoa
	Ji-young Oh
	Inbee Park

Second round

Friday, June 6, 2008

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Lorena Ochoa	69-65=134	−10
2	Lindsey Wright	67-68=135	−9
3	Lorie Kane	66-70=136	−8
T4	Rachel Hetherington	68-69=137	−7
Brittany Lang	70-67=137
Ji-young Oh	69-68=137
T7	Marisa Baena	68-70=138	−6
Michelle Ellis	71-67=138
Jin-joo Hong	68-70=138
Annika Sörenstam	70-68=138

Third round

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jee-young Lee	70-69-65=204	−12
2	Maria Hjorth	68-72-65=205	−11
T3	Lorena Ochoa	69-65-72=206	−10
Annika Sörenstam	70-68-68=206
T5	Laura Diaz	71-68-69=208	−8
Brittany Lang	70-67-71=208
Lindsey Wright	67-68-73=208
Yani Tseng	73-70-65=208
T9	Marisa Baena	68-70-71=209	−7
Irene Cho	72-68-69=209
Ji-young Oh	69-68-72=209

Final round

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Yani Tseng	73-70-65-68=276	−12	Playoff
Maria Hjorth	68-72-65-71=276
T3	Lorena Ochoa	69-65-72-71=277	−11	115,911
Annika Sörenstam	70-68-68-71=277
5	Laura Diaz	71-68-69-70=278	−10	81,385
T6	Shi Hyun Ahn	73-69-69-69=280	−8	53,763
Irene Cho	72-68-69-71=280
Kelli Kuehne	69-70-71-70=280
Morgan Pressel	73-69-70-68=280
T10	Nicole Castrale	68-72-71-70=281	−7	31,938
Paula Creamer	71-70-71-69=281
Jimin Jeong	73-68-69-71=281
Cristie Kerr	71-70-71-69=281
Mi Hyun Kim	72-70-71-68=281
Candie Kung	70-72-70-69=281
Seon Hwa Lee	73-71-70-67=281
Giulia Sergas	71-71-69-70=281

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
Par	4	5	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	5	3	4	4	5	4	3	4
Tseng	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12
Hjorth	−11	−11	−11	−12	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−11	−11	−12	−13	−12	−12
Ochoa	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11
Sörenstam	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11
Diaz	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10
J-y Lee	−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+

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Playoff

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Yani Tseng	4-4-3-3	−1	300,000
2		4-4-3-4	E	180,180

Scorecard

Hole	18	16	17	18
Par	4	4	3	4
Tseng	E	E	E	−1
Hjorth	E	E	E	E

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par

Source:^[6]

External links

• Golf Observer leaderboard

Notes and References

1. News: Tseng becomes first rookie in 10 years to win major title . Tuscaloosa News . (Alabama) . Associated Press . June 9, 2008 . 4C .
2. Web site: KPMG Women's PGA Championship (LPGA Championship) . LPGA . 2008 . July 21, 2017.
3. News: Scoreboard: LPGA Championship . The Press Democrat . (Santa Rosa, California) . June 9, 2008 . C4 .
4. Web site: Wegmans LPGA Championship: 2008 results . LPGA . February 22, 2023.
5. Web site: Golf Channel . McDonald's LPGA Championship Presented by Coca-Cola . September 9, 2018.
6. Web site: Major coup for Tseng, 19 . Boston.com . September 8, 2018.