2008 LPGA Championship


The 2008 LPGA Championship was the 54th LPGA Championship, played June 5–8 at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2008.
The champion was tour rookie Yani Tseng, age 19, with a playoff victory over Maria Hjorth. The two finished regulation play at 276, one stroke ahead of Annika Sörenstam and Lorena Ochoa. Tseng birdied the fourth extra hole for her first career win on the LPGA Tour and became the first rookie to win a major in a decade.
This championship was played at Bulle Rock for five consecutive seasons, 2005 through 2009.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

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Missed the cut

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 5 2008
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Emily Bastel66−6
T1Lorie Kane66−6
3Lindsey Wright67−5
T4Marisa Baena68−4
T4Nicole Castrale68−4
T4Rachel Hetherington68−4
T4Maria Hjorth68−4
T4Jin-joo Hong68−4
T9Hye Jung Choi69−3
T9Wendy Doolan69−3
T9Hee-won Han69−3
T9Soo-yun Kang69−3
T9Young Kim69−3
T9Kelli Kuehne69−3
T9Lorena Ochoa69−3
T9Ji-young Oh69−3
T9Inbee Park69−3

Second round

Friday, June 6 2008
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lorena Ochoa69-65=134−10
2Lindsey Wright67-68=135−9
3Lorie Kane66-70=136−8
T4Rachel Hetherington68-69=137−7
T4Brittany Lang70-67=137−7
T4Ji-young Oh69-68=137−7
T7Marisa Baena68-70=138−6
T7Michelle Ellis71-67=138−6
T7Jin-joo Hong68-70=138−6
T7Annika Sörenstam70-68=138−6

Third round

Saturday, June 7 2008
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jee-young Lee70-69-65=204−12
2Maria Hjorth68-72-65=205−11
T3Lorena Ochoa69-65-72=206−10
T3Annika Sörenstam70-68-68=206−10
T5Laura Diaz71-68-69=208−8
T5Brittany Lang70-67-71=208−8
T5Lindsey Wright67-68-73=208−8
T5Yani Tseng73-70-65=208−8
T9Marisa Baena68-70-71=209−7
T9Irene Cho72-68-69=209−7
T9Ji-young Oh69-68-72=209−7

Final round

Sunday, June 8, 2008
PlacePlayerNationScoreTo parMoney
T1Yani Tseng73-70-65-68=276−12Playoff
T1Maria Hjorth68-72-65-71=276−12Playoff
T3Lorena Ochoa69-65-72-71=277−11115,911
T3Annika Sörenstam70-68-68-71=277−11115,911
5Laura Diaz71-68-69-70=278−1081,385
T6Shi Hyun Ahn73-69-69-69=280−853,763
T6Irene Cho72-68-69-71=280−853,763
T6Kelli Kuehne69-70-71-70=280−853,763
T6Morgan Pressel73-69-70-68=280−853,763
T10Nicole Castrale68-72-71-70=281−731,938
T10Paula Creamer71-70-71-69=281−731,938
T10Jimin Jeong73-68-69-71=281−731,938
T10Cristie Kerr71-70-71-69=281−731,938
T10Mi Hyun Kim72-70-71-68=281−731,938
T10Candie Kung70-72-70-69=281−731,938
T10Seon Hwa Lee73-71-70-67=281−731,938
T10Giulia Sergas71-71-69-70=281−731,938

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Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444354453445434
Tseng−9−9−10−10−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−12−11−12−12−12−12−12
Hjorth−11−11−11−12−11−11−12−12−12−13−13−13−11−11−12−13−12−12
Ochoa−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−10−9−9−9−10−10−11
Sörenstam−11−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−12−12−12−12−11−11−11−11−11−11
Diaz−8−9−9−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−10−10
J-y Lee−11−11−11−10−9−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−9−9−6−6−6−6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Playoff

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Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par
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