| 2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship | |
| Dates: | April 4–7, 2013 |
| Location: | Rancho Mirage, California |
| Course: | Mission Hills Country Club Dinah Shore Tournament Course |
| Tour: | LPGA Tour |
| Format: | Stroke play - 72 holes |
| Par: | 72 |
| Yardage: | [1] |
| Field: | 111 players, 73 after cut |
| Cut: | 149 (+5) |
| Purse: | $2.0 million |
| Winners Share: | $300,000 |
| Champion: |  Inbee Park |
| Score: | 273 (−15) |
| Previous: | 2012 |
| Next: | 2014 |
The 2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship was the 42nd Kraft Nabisco Championship, held April 4–7 at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course of Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. In its 31st year as a major championship, Inbee Park won her second major title, four strokes ahead of runner-up So Yeon Ryu.[2] [3]
For the first time as a major, a defending champion missed the cut: Sun-Young Yoo was at 153 (+9).
The field of 111 players included nine amateurs.[4]
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Na Yeon Choi, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, and Suzann Pettersen shot 68 (−4) to hold a three-way tie for the lead, with Anna Nordqvist and Amy Yang a stroke back. Defending champion Sun-Young Yoo was tied for 90th place after a 77 (+5). World number one Stacy Lewis, the 2011 champion, had a triple bogey on the 14th hole leading to a 73, five strokes behind the leaders.[5] [6]
| Place | Player | Score | To par | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=3 | T1 | align=center rowspan=3 | 68 | align=center rowspan=3 | −4 | |
| Jodi Ewart Shadoff | ||||||
 Suzann Pettersen | ||||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | T4 | align=center rowspan=2 | 69 | align=center rowspan=2 | −3 | |
| Amy Yang | ||||||
| align=center rowspan=11 | T6 | align=center rowspan=11 | 70 | align=center rowspan=11 | −2 | |
 Moriya Jutanugarn | ||||||
 Jessica Korda | ||||||
 Caroline Masson | ||||||
| Hee Young Park | ||||||
| Inbee Park | ||||||
| Jane Park | ||||||
| Lizette Salas | ||||||
 Giulia Sergas | ||||||
| Jiyai Shin | ||||||
| Angela Stanford |
Friday, April 5, 2013
The cut came at 149 (+5) with 73 players continuing to the weekend, including five of the nine amateurs. Reigning Vare Trophy winner Inbee Park shot 67 (−5) to move into first place with a one-stroke lead over Lizette Salas. Round one co-leaders Shadoff, Choi, and Pettersen fell to three, six, and six strokes back, respectively. Defending champion Yoo missed the cut—the first time in Kraft Nabisco Championship history. Two players, Jeong Jang and Yi Eun-jung, withdrew before completing round two.[7] [8]
| Place | Player | Score | To par | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 70-67=137 | −7 | |||
| 2 | 70-68=138 | −6 | |||
| align=center rowspan=2 | T3 | 71-68=139 | align=center rowspan=2 | −5 | |
| 70-69=139 | |||||
| align=center rowspan=3 | T5 | 68-72=140 | align=center rowspan=3 | −4 | |
| 70-70=140 | |||||
| 71-69=140 | |||||
| align=center rowspan=4 | T8 | 72-69=141 | align=center rowspan=4 | −3 | |
| 69-72=141 | |||||
| 72-69=141 | |||||
| 70-71=141 |
Amateurs: Hedberg (E), Ko (+2), Meadow (+2), Ramsey (+2), Yin (+4), Duncan (+6), Chen (+7), Hall (+10), Lendl (+29).
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Park and Salas retained their first and second place positions, with Park opening up the lead to three strokes after shooting a bogey-free 67 (−5) and 204 (−12). Six players were tied for third, three shots behind Salas at 210, including Angela Stanford, with a round-low 66 (−6) on Saturday.[10]
| Place | Player | Score | To par | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 70-67-67=204 | −12 | |||
| 2 | 70-68-69=207 | −9 | |||
| align=center rowspan=6 | T3 | 72-70-68=210 | align=center rowspan=6 | −6 | |
| 70-72-68=210 | |||||
| 68-75-67=210 | |||||
| 71-69-70=210 | |||||
| 70-74-66=210 | |||||
| 72-71-67=210 | |||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | T9 | 74-68-69=211 | align=center rowspan=2 | −5 | |
| 71-68-72=211 |
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Again in the final pairing, Park birdied the first hole while Salas double-bogeyed to double the lead to six strokes. Playing nearly an hour ahead, So Yeon Ryu shot a bogey-free 65 (−7) to climb the leaderboard into solo second place. Park finished with a 69 (−3) to finish with a four-stroke margin over Ryu. Salas shot a 79 (+7) and fell to a tie for 25th place at 286 (−2).[2] [3]
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inbee Park | 70-67-67-69=273 | −15 | 300,000 | |||
| 2 | 73-71-68-65=277 | −11 | 187,073 | ||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | T3 | 71-68-72-68=279 | align=center rowspan=2 | −9 | align=center rowspan=2 | 120,345 | |
| 68-75-67-69=279 | |||||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | T5 | 72-69-73-68=282 | −6 | 76,816 | |||
| 72-71-68-72=282 | |||||||
| align=center rowspan=6 | T7 | 68-72-74-69=283 | align=center rowspan=6 | −5 | align=center rowspan=6 | 44,980 | |
| 72-73-70-68=283 | |||||||
| 69-72-72-70=283 | |||||||
| 70-70-72-71=283 | |||||||
| 70-69-76-68=283 | |||||||
| 70-71-71-71=283 |
Amateurs:Ko (−2), Meadow (+1), Ramsey (+2), Yin (+5), Hedberg (+13).
Final round
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |
| Park | −13 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −15 | −14 | −14 | −15 | −16 | −16 | −16 | −16 | −15 | −15 | |
| Ryu | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | |
 Hedwall | −5 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −6 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | |
| Pettersen | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −9 | |
| Kang | −2 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −3 | −2 | −3 | −4 | −5 | −6 | −6 | |
 Webb | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −6 | |
| Salas | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −2 | −2 |
| Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |