2009 LPGA Championship explained

2009 LPGA Championship
Dates:June 11–14, 2009
Location:Havre de Grace, Maryland
Course:Bulle Rock Golf Course
Tour:LPGA Tour
Par:72
Field:150 players, 78 after cut
Format:Stroke play - 72 holes
Cut:147 (+3)
Purse:$2.0 million
Winners Share:$300,000
Champion: Anna Nordqvist
Score:273 (−15)
Previous:2008
Next:2010
Map:USA#USA Maryland
Map Label:Bulle Rock GC
Map Relief:yes
Coordinates:39.542°N -76.133°W

The 2009 LPGA Championship was the 55th LPGA Championship, played June 11–14 at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2009.

Tour rookie Anna Nordqvist, age 22, won her first major title, four strokes ahead of runner-up Lindsey Wright. It was Nordqvist's first career win on the LPGA Tour.

Beginning in 2005, this championship was played at Bulle Rock for five consecutive seasons, ending with this edition.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Place Player Score To par
1 65 −7
2 66 −6
3 67 −5
T468 −4
Moira Dunn
Stacy Lewis
Paige Mackenzie
Ashleigh Simon
Aree Song
Amy Yang

Second round

Friday, June 12, 2009

Place Player Score To par
1 66-70=136 −8
2 65-72=137 −7
T369-69=138 −6
70-68=138
T5 Kyeong Bae70-69=139 −5
68-71=139
70-69=139
T8 Stacy Lewis68-72=140 −4
69-71=140
70-70=140

Third round

Saturday, June 13, 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009

Place Player Score To par
1 66-70-69=205 −11
2 70-68-69=207 −9
T368-71-70=209 −7
69-71-69=209
align=center rowspan=2 T5 70-70-70=210 −6
73-68-69=210
T7 Kyeong Bae70-69-72=211 −5
65-72-74=211
Stacy Lewis68-72-71=211
70-71-70=211

Final round

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Anna Nordqvist 66-70-69-68=273 −15 300,000
2 70-68-69-70=277 −11 182,956
3 73-68-69-68=278 −10 132,721
4 Kyeong Bae70-69-72-68=279 −9 102,670
T5 65-72-74-69=280 −8 68,948
70-70-70-70=280
70-71-70-69=280
8 68-71-70-72=281 −749,584
T9 Song-Hee Kim73-72-68-69=282−639,441
Stacy Lewis68-72-71-71=282
Jin Young Pak69-71-69-73=282
Amy Yang68-74-70-70=282
Source:[1] [2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wegmans LPGA Championship: 2009 results . LPGA . June 2, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130512142101/http://www.lpga.com/golf/tournaments/lpga/wegmans-lpga-championship/full-results.aspx?year=2009 . May 12, 2013 .
  2. Web site: 2009 LPGA Championship: leaderboard . Yahoo Sports . June 14, 2009 . June 13, 2012.