2002 Kraft Nabisco Championship: Annika Sörenstam wins at Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course)
Annika Sörenstam won the 2002 Kraft Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course), Rancho Mirage, California, United States with 280 (−8), by 1 stroke over Liselotte Neumann.
Updated October 23, 2026
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- Dates
- March 28, 2002 to March 31, 2002
- Course
- Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course), Rancho Mirage, California, United States
- Edition
- 31st edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 72 · 6,520 yards
- Field
- 92
- Made the cut
- 74 (cut at 153)
- Purse
- $1,500,000 · winner's share $225,000
- Champion
- Annika Sörenstam · age 31 · Sweden · born Bro, Stockholm County, Sweden
- Champion's title
- 2nd title at this event · 4th major
- Winning score
- 70-71-71-68 = 280 (−8) · won by 1 stroke
- Runner-up
- Liselotte Neumann (281)
- 54-hole leader
- Annika Sörenstam, Liselotte Neumann, Karrie Webb
- Caddie
- Terry McNamara
- Low amateur
- Lorena Ochoa (285)
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annika Sörenstam | 70 | 71 | 71 | 68 | 280 | −8 |
| 2 | Liselotte Neumann | 281 |
What happened at the 2002 Kraft Nabisco Championship
Sörenstam regained the lead at the 10th with a 7-iron to 3 feet and closed with a bogey-free 68 to become the first back-to-back winner of the event as a major.
Amateur Lorena Ochoa holed an 8-iron from the 16th fairway for eagle on her way to eighth place, the best finish by an amateur at the event since 1988.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's Chevron Championship data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).
Sources
- Wikipedia: 2002 Kraft Nabisco Championship
- Wikipedia: Chevron Championship
- Wikipedia: List of Chevron Championship winners
- thegolfnewsnet.com: the chevron championship history results and past…
- Wikipedia: Annika Sörenstam
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