2014 LPGA Championship explained

2014 LPGA Championship
Dates:August 14–17, 2014
Location:Pittsford, New York, U.S.
Course:Monroe Golf Club
Org:LPGA
Tour:LPGA Tour
Par:72
Yardage:[1]
Field:150 players,
73 after cut
Format:Stroke play - 72 holes
Cut:146 (+2)
Purse:$2.25 million
Winners Share:$337,500
Champion: Inbee Park
Score:277 (−11), playoff
Previous:2013
Next:2015
Map:USA#USA New York
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Monroe GC
Coordinates:43.096°N -77.496°W

The 2014 LPGA Championship was the 60th LPGA Championship, held August 14–17 at Monroe Golf Club in Pittsford, New York, a suburb southeast of Rochester. Known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, it was the fourth of five major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2014 season. This was the first LPGA Championship played at Monroe Golf Club, after four years at nearby Locust Hill Country Club.

Defending champion Inbee Park won her second LPGA Championship, defeating runner-up Brittany Lincicome on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff for her fifth major title.[2] Park was the first to win consecutive LPGA Championship titles in nine years, last accomplished by Annika Sörenstam, who won her third straight in 2005. Park's win the previous year at Locust Hill was also in a playoff.

This was the final year as the LPGA Championship, which became the "KPMG Women's PGA Championship" in 2015, conducted by the PGA of America.[3]

Course

See main article: article and Monroe Golf Club. The course was designed by Donald Ross and opened in 1924.[4]

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards396 381 465 406 431 207 392 145 516 3,339 423 414 480 183 488 360 193 415 422 3,378 6,717
Par445443435364453543443672
Source:[1]

Field

The field included 150 players, including one amateur, from 28 countries.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 14, 2014

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 66 −6
Lexi Thompson
T3 67 −5
Brittany Lincicome
Lisa McCloskey
T6 68 −4
Cristie Kerr
T8 69 −3
Eun-hee Ji
Ilhee Lee
Mirim Lee
Catriona Matthew
Anna Nordqvist
Brooke Pancake
Angela Stanford

Second round

Friday, August 15, 2014

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 67-68=135 −9
T2 72-66=138 −6
66-72=138
T4 70-69=139 −5
66-73=139
70-69=139
T7 68-72=140 −4
75-65=140
70-70=140
69-71=140
71-69=140
70-70=140

Third round

Saturday, August 16, 2014

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 67-68-71=206 −10
T2 72-66-69=207 −9
71-69-67=207
4 69-71-69=209 −7
T5 70-69-71=210 −6
66-73-71=210
72-69-69=210
T8 68-72-71=211 −5
69-73-69=211
70-69-72=211

Final round

Sunday, August 17, 2014

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1 72-66-69-70=277 −11 Playoff
67-68-71-71=277
3 70-69-71-70=280 −8 150,737
T4 71-70-71-70=282 −6 105,231
69-73-69-71=282
T6 68-72-71-72=283 −5 58,816
75-65-72-71=283
69-71-69-74=283
71-73-71-68=283
71-69-67-76=283
Source:[5] [6]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par445443435445354344
Park −9−9−9−10−10−10−9−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−10−10−11−11
Lincicome−10−10−11−11−11−10−10−11−11−11−12−11−11−12−12−12−12−11
Ko −6−6−7−7−7−6−6−7−8−7−7−8−8−9−10−10−9−8
Muñoz −5−5−6−6−6−5−6−6−6−7−8−9−9−9−9−7−7−6
Nordqvist −5−5−5−5−6−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−7−8−8−7−6−6
Feng−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−4−5−5
Granada−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−6−7−7−6−6−5
Lee−7−7−7−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−8−7−6−5−6−5−5
Lewis−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−1−2−3−4−4−5−5−5
Pettersen−7−7−7−6−6−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−6−6−6−5
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[5]

Playoff

The sudden-death playoff lasted one hole, played on the 422yd par-4 18th hole. Both players missed the green with their approach shots and had chip shots. Lincicome missed her putt for par from six feet (1.8 m) while Park made her 3-footer (0.9 m) to win her second straight LPGA Championship.[2]

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Inbee Park 4 E 337,500
2 5 +1 207,791
Source:[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Course Overview – Monroe Golf Club . Wegmans LPGA Championship . 2014 . July 18, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140426052534/http://www.wegmanslpga.org/courseoverview.aspx . April 26, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
  2. News: Inbee Park wins LPGA Championship . Yahoo! Sports . Associated Press . Kekis . John . August 17, 2014 . August 17, 2014 . August 19, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090920/http://sports.yahoo.com/news/inbee-park-wins-lpga-championship-234928841--golf.html . dead .
  3. Web site: PGA of America, LPGA, KPMG join forces for KPMG Women's PGA Championship . PGA of America . May 29, 2014 . July 18, 2014.
  4. Web site: Monroe Golf Club: A Donald Ross Classic . Monroe Golf Club . August 13, 2014.
  5. Web site: Wegman's LPGA Championship: Full results . LPGA . August 17, 2014 . August 18, 2014.
  6. News: Wegmans LPGA Championship: Leaderboard . Yahoo! Sports . August 17, 2014 . August 19, 2014.