2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship

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2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 29 – April 1, 2007
LocationRancho Mirage, California
Course(s)Mission Hills Country Club
Dinah Shore Tourn. Course
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,673 yards (6,102 m)[1]
Field101 players, 72 after cut
Cut153 (+9)[2]
Prize fund$2.0 million
Winner's share$300,000
Champion
United States Morgan Pressel
285 (−3)
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The 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship was the 36th Kraft Nabisco Championship, held March 29 to April 1 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, southeast of Palm Springs. This was the 25th edition of the event as a major championship and the total purse was $2 million, with a winner's share of $300,000.

Morgan Pressel shot a bogey-free 69 in the final round to win her only major title, one stroke ahead of runners-up Brittany Lincicome, Catriona Matthew, and 54-hole co-leader Suzann Pettersen.[3][4][5] Tied for ninth and four strokes back after the third round, Pressel gained her first victory on the LPGA Tour and became the youngest-ever winner of an LPGA major at 18 years, 313 days.[5][6][7] The low amateur was collegian Stacy Lewis, a redshirt junior at Arkansas who carded a final round 70 (−2) and finished two strokes behind, in a four-way tie for fifth.

The 36-hole co-leaders at 140 (−4) were world number two Lorena Ochoa and number five Paula Creamer,[2][8] with Petterson and first round leader Shi-Hyun Ahn a stroke back; all four were in search of their first major.[9] Ochoa made a quadruple-bogey at 17 on Saturday, and Creamer shot 78 (+6) on Sunday.[4] Top-ranked Annika Sorenstam made the cut, but just barely at 151 (+7).[9]

Pettersen, 25, co-led with Se Ri Pak after the third round at 212 (−4)[10] and had a four-stroke lead with four holes to play on Sunday. Double bogeys at 15 and 16, and a bogey on the par-3 17th dropped Pettersen a stroke back, and she missed a birdie putt on the final hole to force a playoff.[4][11] She rebounded and gained her first LPGA Tour victory in May at Kingsmill, the next major at the LPGA Championship in June, and three additional victories in 2007.

Pressel's win vaulted her thirteen places in the world rankings, from seventeenth[8] to a career-high fourth.[12]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Place Player Score To par
1 South Korea Shi-Hyun Ahn 68 −4
T2 Norway Suzann Pettersen 69 −3
Australia Lindsey Wright
T4 Sweden Maria Hjorth 70 −2
South Korea Jee Young Lee
Scotland Catriona Matthew
Australia Karrie Webb
T8 United States Pat Hurst 71 −1
United States Brittany Lang
United States Stacy Lewis (a)
United States Sherri Steinhauer

Source:[13]

Second round

Friday, March 30, 2007

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Paula Creamer 73-67=140 −4
Mexico Lorena Ochoa 69-71=140
T3 South Korea Shi-Hyun Ahn 68-73=141 −3
Norway Suzann Pettersen 72-69=141
5 South Korea Se Ri Pak 72-70=142 −2
T6 Sweden Maria Hjorth 70-73=143 −1
United States Brittany Lincicome 72-71=143
Scotland Catriona Matthew 70-73=143
Australia Lindsey Wright 74-69=143
T10 United States Meaghan Francella 72-72=144 E
United States Brittany Lang 71-73=144
United States Stacy Lewis (a) 71-73=144

Source:[2][13]

Amateurs: Lewis (E), Choe (+9), Coutu (+9).

Third round

Saturday, March 31, 2007

Place Player Score To par
T1 South Korea Se Ri Pak 72-70-70=212 −4
Norway Suzann Pettersen 72-69-71=212
T3 United States Paula Creamer 73-67-73=213 −3
United States Meaghan Francella 72-72-69=213
5 United States Brittany Lincicome 72-71-71=214 −2
T6 South Korea Shi-Hyun Ahn 68-73-74=215 −1
Sweden Maria Hjorth 70-73-72=215
Scotland Catriona Matthew 70-73-72=215
T9 South Korea Sarah Lee 68-73-74=216 E
United States Stacy Prammanasudh 76-70-70=216
United States Morgan Pressel 74-72-70=216

Source:[1][10][13]

Final round

Sunday, April 1, 2007

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Morgan Pressel 74-72-70-69=285 −3 300,000
T2 United States Brittany Lincicome 72-71-71-72=286 −2 140,945
Scotland Catriona Matthew 70-73-72-71=286
Norway Suzann Pettersen 72-69-71-74=286
T5 South Korea Shi-Hyun Ahn 68-73-74-72=287 −1 69,688
United States Meaghan Francella 72-72-69-74=287
United States Stacy Prammanasudh 76-70-70-71=287
United States Stacy Lewis (a) 71-73-73-70=287 0   
9 Sweden Maria Hjorth 70-73-72-73=288 E 50,114
T10 Mexico Lorena Ochoa 69-71-77-72=289 +1 41,340
South Korea Se Ri Pak 72-70-70-77=289
United States Angela Stanford 72-75-73-69=289

Source:[13][14]

Amateurs: Lewis (−1), Coutu (+18), Choe (+19).

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 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 5
United States Pressel E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3
United States Lincicome −2 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2
Scotland Matthew E −1 −1 −2 −3 −4 −4 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2
Norway Pettersen −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −3 −2 −2
South Korea Ahn E E −1 −1 −1 E E E E −1 −1 E +1 E E −1 −1 −1
United States Francella −4 −4 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 E E −1
United States Lewis +1 +1 E E E E E E E −1 E −1 −1 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1
United States Prammanasudh E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −3 −2 −2 −1 −1
Sweden Hjorth −2 −2 −2 −1 E E E E E E −1 E E E +1 E E E
Mexico Ochoa +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +1
South Korea Pak −4 −5 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −2 −1 E +1
United States Stanford +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1
United States Creamer −2 −2 −1 −1 E E E +1 +1 E E E +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[13]

References

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  2. ^ a b c "Ochoa rallies late at Nabisco". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. wire services. March 30, 2007. p. C-3.
  3. ^ "Pressel leaps into new waters". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Associated Press. April 2, 2007. p. 8C.
  4. ^ a b c Garrity, John (April 9, 2007). "Gifted". Sports Illustrated. p. G3.
  5. ^ a b "Pressel makes history". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 2, 2007. p. D3.
  6. ^ "Pressel, 18, is youngest LPGA major champ at Kraft Nabisco". PGA Tour. Associated Press. April 1, 2007. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  7. ^ "LPGA All-Time Scoring Records" (PDF). LPGA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2008. Retrieved January 19, 2008.
  8. ^ a b "Women's World Golf Rankings". March 26, 2007. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  9. ^ a b Kroichick, Ron (March 30, 2007). "Kraft Nabisco Championship / Ochoa, Creamer thrive as Sorenstam fades". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  10. ^ a b "Pak, Pettersen share major lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 1, 2007. p. D2.
  11. ^ Bonk, Thomas (April 2, 2007). "Pressel makes LPGA history". Baltimore Sun. (Los Angeles Times). Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  12. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". April 2, 2007. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  13. ^ a b c d e "ANA Inspiration (Kraft Nabisco Championship)". LPGA. 2007. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  14. ^ "LPGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). April 2, 2007. p. D2.

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