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Sunday 31 March 2002LPGA TourYear in Review
Sörenstam wins Kraft Nabisco Championship
Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California · Thursday 28 to Sunday 31 March 2002 · Annika Sörenstam’s win no. 33 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1.5 million USD · Kraft 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 19 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/13°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 35 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/13°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/16°C · wind 11 km/h WNW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R434°/16°C · wind 8 km/h W, gusts 30 · 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
- Liselotte Neumann SWE · 281Closed with 69 and bogeyed the par-5 11th, then birdied twice to stay one back; her 15-foot birdie putt from the fringe at 18 to force a playoff slid by on the left Sorenstam defends title with closing 68 - Golftoday, Kraft Nabisco Championship 2002 round 4 report (AP; Wayback copy)
92 started · cut +9, 74 made it
Same week
Women's major
Kraft Nabisco Championship
Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course), Rancho Mirage
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Liselotte Neumann
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
31 March 2002
Every time I stood over a putt, I saw these red little toes and made me smile. I was kidding with my caddy, he had red shades and I had red shoes.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
31 March 2002
I told my caddy last year, I would like to have my name on that wall, and now I will see it double.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
31 March 2002
When I missed the putt on the last hole, you kind of go, "Oh, when am I ever going to be in this position again."
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annika Sorenstam | 70 · 71 · 71 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| 2 | Liselotte Neumann | 69 · 70 · 73 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T3 | Rosie Jones | 72 · 69 · 72 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T3 | Cristie Kerr | 74 · 70 · 70 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | Akiko Fukushima | 73 · 76 · 68 · 66 | 283 | −5 |
| T5 | Carin Koch | 73 · 73 · 71 · 66 | 283 | −5 |
| 7 | Karrie Webb | 75 · 70 · 67 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| 8 | Lorena Ochoa | 75 · 69 · 71 · 70 | 285 | −3 |
| T9 | Se Ri Pak | 74 · 71 · 71 · 70 | 286 | −2 |
| T9 | Grace Park | 75 · 73 · 70 · 68 | 286 | −2 |
| T9 | Lorie Kane | 73 · 72 · 70 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
| T9 | Becky Iverson | 71 · 74 · 68 · 73 | 286 | −2 |
| T9 | Leta Lindley | 72 · 72 · 72 · 70 | 286 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1970-10-09, Bro, Stockholm County, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1992; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 33; majors to date: 4.
What’s in the bag
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