2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship: Sun Young Yoo wins at Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course)
Sun Young Yoo won the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course), Rancho Mirage, California, United States with 279 (−9), beating In-Kyung Kim in a playoff.
Updated October 23, 2026
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- Dates
- March 29, 2012 to April 1, 2012
- Course
- Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course), Rancho Mirage, California, United States
- Edition
- 41st edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 72 · 6,738 yards
- Field
- 117
- Made the cut
- 82 (cut at 148)
- Purse
- $2,000,000 · winner's share $300,000
- Champion
- Sun Young Yoo · age 25 · South Korea · born Seoul, South Korea
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 1st major
- World ranking
- No. 37 (Rolex Rankings)
- Winning score
- 69-69-72-69 = 279 (−9)
- Runner-up
- In-Kyung Kim (279)
- 54-hole leader
- Karin Sjödin, Yani Tseng · Sun Young Yoo was 3 strokes back
- Playoff
- sudden death; 1 holes; beat In-Kyung Kim; 18th hole (par 5), 1st extra hole - Yoo birdie (4), Kim par (5)
- Low amateur
- Ariya Jutanugarn (286)
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun Young Yoo | 69 | 69 | 72 | 69 | 279 | −9 |
| 2 | In-Kyung Kim | 279 |
What happened at the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship
I.K. Kim missed a one-foot par putt on the 72nd hole that would have won the championship outright.
Yoo won on the first playoff hole, the par-5 18th, with a 20-foot birdie putt.
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).