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Sunday 27 March 2005LPGA TourYear in Review
Sörenstam wins Kraft Nabisco Championship
Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 March 2005 · Annika Sörenstam’s win no. 59 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,800,000 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 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).
- R117°/11°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 47 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/11°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/12°C · wind 9 km/h NNE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/16°C · wind 8 km/h SSW, 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
- Rosie Jones USA · 281Birdied 9 and 10 to give chase but missed a close birdie try at 11 while Sorenstam birdied it; finished eight back (ASAP) Rosie Jones interview, March 27 2005 (ASAP Sports)
98 started · cut +9, 75 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: Rosie Jones
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 March 2005
I've been driving down the street, it's been green lights, everything is perfect. Good music on the radio, you name it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 March 2005
So kind of my goal went down the tubes, but now I am here and I'm soaking wet and now I'm looking forward to the rest of the year.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 March 2005
When you want to take the rest of your life off, it's hard to get yourself up for just one week of golf.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annika Sorenstam | 70 · 69 · 66 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Rosie Jones | 69 · 70 · 71 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T3 | Laura Diaz | 75 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 283 | −5 |
| T3 | Cristie Kerr | 72 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T5 | Mi Hyun Kim | 69 · 71 · 72 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T5 | Grace Park | 73 · 68 · 76 · 67 | 284 | −4 |
| 7 | Juli Inkster | 70 · 74 · 72 · 69 | 285 | −3 |
| 8 | Lorie Kane | 71 · 76 · 69 · 70 | 286 | −2 |
| T9 | Beth Daniel | 74 · 72 · 69 · 72 | 287 | −1 |
| T9 | Wendy Doolan | 74 · 69 · 73 · 71 | 287 | −1 |
| T9 | Dorothy Delasin | 71 · 72 · 73 · 71 | 287 | −1 |
| T9 | Reilley Rankin | 73 · 68 · 74 · 72 | 287 | −1 |
| T9 | Candie Kung | 72 · 73 · 71 · 71 | 287 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1970-10-09, Bro, Stockholm County, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1992; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 59; majors to date: 8.
What’s in the bag
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