2011 LPGA Championship explained

2011 LPGA Championship
Dates:June 23–26, 2011
Location:Pittsford, New York, U.S.
Course:Locust Hill Country Club
Tour:LPGA Tour
Par:72
Yardage:[1]
Field:150 players,
78 after cut
Format:Stroke play - 72 holes
Cut:146 (+2)
Purse:$2,500,000
Winners Share:$375,000
Champion: Yani Tseng
Score:269 (−19)
Previous:2010
Next:2012
Map:USA#USA New York
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Locust Hill CC
Coordinates:43.088°N -77.563°W

The 2011 LPGA Championship was the 57th LPGA Championship, held June 23–26 at Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York, a suburb southeast of Rochester. Known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, it was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2011 season. This was the second of four consecutive years the LPGA Championship was played at Locust Hill.

The champion was Yani Tseng, age 22, with a 269 (−19) to win by ten strokes over Morgan Pressel. It was Tseng's second LPGA Championship victory (2008) and fourth major championship. It was her third victory of 2011 and eighth career win on the LPGA Tour. It was the second consecutive year with a double-digit victory margin. Defending champion Cristie Kerr tied for third, eleven strokes back; she won by twelve strokes in 2010.

Course layout

See main article: article and Locust Hill Country Club.

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal[2]
Yards4143373805321614391784661723,0794135093613864001503414783873,4256,504
Par444534353354544434543772

Field

The field was composed of 150 players, which included one amateur, with the cut to the top 70 players and ties after the second round.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Place Player Score To par
166 −6
2 Paula Creamer67−5
align=center rowspan=4T3 Diana D'Alessioalign=center rowspan=468align=center rowspan=4−4
Meena Lee
Stacy Prammanasudh
Angela Stanford
align=center rowspan=7T7 Minea Blomqvistalign=center rowspan=769align=center rowspan=7−3
Amy Hung
Jennifer Johnson
Stacy Lewis
Ryann O'Toole
Hee Young Park
Morgan Pressel
Source:[3]

Second round

Friday, June 24, 2011

The cut was at 146 (+2) or better and 78 players advanced to play on the weekend. The only amateur, 18-year-old Danielle Kang, made the cut.[1] Kang was the U.S. Women's Amateur champion in 2010 and would repeat in 2011.

Place Player Score To par
1 Yani Tseng66-70=136−8
2 Pat Hurst70-67=137−7
align=center rowspan=3T3 Minea Blomqvist69-69=138align=center rowspan=3−6
Morgan Pressel69-69=138
Hee Young Park69-69=138
align=center rowspan=3T6 Paula Creamer67-72=139align=center rowspan=3−5
Cindy Lacrosse70-69=139
Amy Yang70-69=139
9 Angela Stanford68-72=139−4
T10 Shanshan Feng75-66=141align=center rowspan=9−3
Tiffany Joh71-70=141
Jimin Kang71-70=141
Meena Lee68-73=141
Stacy Lewis69-72=141
Azahara Muñoz70-71=141
Stacy Prammanasudh68-73=141
Reilly Rankin73-68=141
Momoko Ueda72-69=141
Source:[4]

Third round

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Place Player Score To par
1 Yani Tseng66-70-67=203−13
align=center rowspan=2T2 Cindy Lacrosse70-69-69=208align=center rowspan=2−8
Morgan Pressel69-69-70=208
4 Hee Young Park69-69-72=210−6
T5 Paula Creamer67-72-72=211align=center rowspan=4−5
Cristie Kerr72-72-67=211
Meena Lee68-73-70=211
Stacy Lewis69-72-70=211
T9 Katie Futcher75-68-69=212−4
Maria Hjorth71-71-70=212
Pat Hurst70-67-75=212
I.K. Kim73-70-69=212
Mika Miyazato72-72-68=211
Azahara Muñoz70-71-71=212
Momoko Ueda72-69-71=212
Source:[5]

Final round

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Yani Tseng66-70-67-66=269−19375,000
2 Morgan Pressel69-69-70-71=279−9228,695
T3 Paula Creamer67-72-72-69=280−8132,512
Cristie Kerr72-72-67-69=280
Suzann Pettersen72-72-69-67=280
T6 Meena Lee68-73-70-71=282−677,630
Stacy Lewis69-72-70-71=282
T8 Maria Hjorth71-71-70-71=283−553,840
Pat Hurst70-67-75-71=283
Mika Miyazato72-72-68-71=283
Azahara Muñoz70-71-71-71=283
Source:[6] [7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 Wegmans LPGA Championship . LPGA . June 4, 2012 .
  2. Web site: Course Overview - Locust Hill Country Club . Wegmans LPGA Championship . November 20, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120611044249/http://www.wegmanslpga.org/course-overview.aspx# . June 11, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
  3. Web site: First round leaderboard, 2011 LPGA Championship . LPGA . June 4, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120606031608/http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx?TournamentID=27828&RoundID=1 . June 6, 2012 . dead .
  4. Web site: Second round leaderboard, 2011 LPGA Championship . LPGA . June 4, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120606031602/http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx?TournamentID=27828&RoundID=2 . June 6, 2012 . dead .
  5. Web site: Third round leaderboard, 2011 LPGA Championship . LPGA . June 4, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120606031552/http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx?TournamentID=27828&RoundID=3 . June 6, 2012 . dead .
  6. Web site: Wegmans LPGA Championship: 2011 results . LPGA . June 2, 2012.
  7. Web site: Final round leaderboard, 2011 LPGA Championship . LPGA . June 4, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120606031546/http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx?TournamentID=27828&RoundID=4 . June 6, 2012 . dead .

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