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Sunday 26 March 2000LPGA TourYear in Review
Webb wins Nabisco Championship
Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 March 2000 · Karrie Webb’s win no. 20 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,250,000 USD · Nabisco
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 11 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/12°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/12°C · wind 10 km/h SSW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/12°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/13°C · wind 8 km/h WSW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle
- Colgate-Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational
- Nabisco Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Championship
- Kraft Nabisco Championship
- ANA Inspiration
- Chevron Championship
1972–2026 in our record, 55 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Dottie Pepper USA · 284The defending champion was second all four days; nursing a sacroiliac back injury from a slip on the range, she shot par 72 in each of the last three rounds and finished 10 behind Dottie Pepper interview, The Nabisco Championship, March 26 2000 (ASAP Sports)
102 started · cut +7, 73 made it
Same week
Women's major
Nabisco Championship
Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course), Rancho Mirage
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Dottie Pepper
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 March 2000
when Dottie started pushing me, I just thought, what the heck, get wet now, and get it over and done with. But there's a pair of sunglasses at the bottom of the lake right now.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 March 2000
It's very generous for Nabisco to put up $2.5 million. But I think with the odds on winning four majors in one year, I'm not saying it's not possible, but they have got a pretty safe bet.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 March 2000
But I have to say we would have had one heck of a tournament if it wasn't for Karrie Webb.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karrie Webb | 67 · 70 · 67 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Dottie Pepper | 68 · 72 · 72 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| 3 | Meg Mallon | 75 · 70 · 73 · 67 | 285 | −3 |
| T4 | Michele Redman | 73 · 73 · 69 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
| T4 | Cathy Johnston-Forbes | 74 · 71 · 71 · 70 | 286 | −2 |
| T6 | Christa Johnson | 73 · 68 · 73 · 73 | 287 | −1 |
| T6 | Helen Dobson | 73 · 74 · 72 · 68 | 287 | −1 |
| T8 | Kim Saiki-Maloney | 72 · 77 · 68 · 71 | 288 | E |
| T8 | Rosie Jones | 74 · 71 · 74 · 69 | 288 | E |
| T10 | Jenny Lidback | 75 · 72 · 74 · 68 | 289 | +1 |
| T10 | Pat Hurst | 72 · 72 · 70 · 75 | 289 | +1 |
| T10 | Wendy Doolan | 73 · 73 · 69 · 74 | 289 | +1 |
| T10 | Aree Wongluekiet | 75 · 71 · 68 · 75 | 289 | +1 |
The golfer
born 1974-12-21, Ayr, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1994; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 20; majors to date: 2.
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