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Sunday 30 March 2003LPGA TourYear in Review
Meunier-Lebouc wins Kraft Nabisco Championship
Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 March 2003 · Patricia Meunier-Lebouc’s win no. 2 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1.6 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 17 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/16°C · wind 12 km/h NNW, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/13°C · wind 17 km/h NE, gusts 58 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/12°C · wind 16 km/h ENE, gusts 51 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/16°C · wind 11 km/h ENE, gusts 37 · 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
- Annika Sorenstam SWE · 282Took the lead with a birdie at 12, then three-putted 13 and bogeyed 14 from short of the water; two back at the par-5 18th, she found two bunkers and missed a 25-footer for birdie Meunier-Lebouc holds on for victory - Golftoday, Kraft Nabisco Championship 2003 round 4 report (Wayback copy)
100 started · cut +10, 79 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: Annika Sörenstam
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 March 2003
And suddenly I just look at her and say, okay, she's one ahead, now you can play golf, maybe. And I just relax and maybe go.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 March 2003
That's why my husband came to me and said, "You did it. You just did it." And I said, "Yes." And I felt so good.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
30 March 2003
And then unfortunately I made two mistakes on 13 and 14, and then after that I was just trying to chase her the last few holes.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patricia Meunier-Lebouc | 70 · 68 · 70 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
| 2 | Annika Sorenstam | 68 · 72 · 71 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| 3 | Lorena Ochoa | 71 · 70 · 74 · 68 | 283 | −5 |
| 4 | Laura Davies | 70 · 75 · 69 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T5 | Laura Diaz | 76 · 71 · 69 · 71 | 287 | −1 |
| T5 | Catriona Matthew | 71 · 74 · 72 · 70 | 287 | −1 |
| T5 | Beth Daniel | 75 · 74 · 68 · 70 | 287 | −1 |
| T5 | Maria Hjorth | 72 · 72 · 73 · 70 | 287 | −1 |
| T9 | Jennifer Rosales | 74 · 70 · 72 · 72 | 288 | E |
| T9 | Michelle Wie | 72 · 74 · 66 · 76 | 288 | E |
The golfer
born 1972-11-16, Dijon, France; FRA; turned pro 1994; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet