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Sunday 2 April 2006LPGA TourYear in Review
Webb wins Kraft Nabisco Championship
Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California · Thursday 30 March to Sunday 2 April 2006 · Karrie Webb’s win no. 31 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 24 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/10°C · wind 9 km/h WSW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/13°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/12°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 44 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/10°C · wind 9 km/h SW, gusts 28 · 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
- Lorena Ochoa MEX · 279Led by three after 54 holes after an opening 62, but bogeyed the 9th and three back-nine holes after missing fairways; eagled the 72nd (5-wood from 225 yards to eight feet) to force the playoff and lost to Webb's birdie on the first extra hole (ASAP; Wikipedia) Lorena Ochoa interview, Apr 2 2006 (ASAP Sports)
100 started · cut +6, 70 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: Lorena Ochoa
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 April 2006
And when it went in, I just couldn't believe it. I think my heart just about jumped out of my chest, because it was aching for about five minutes after.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 April 2006
So I thought, I can't believe I have to play a hole after doing that, because it took me probably 15 minutes to calm down.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 April 2006
Before I made my birdie putt on 16, somebody in the gallery yelled, "Karrie just made it from the fairway for an eagle."
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karrie Webb | 70 · 68 · 76 · 65 | 279 | −9 |
| 2 | Lorena Ochoa | 62 · 71 · 74 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Natalie Gulbis | 73 · 71 · 68 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Michelle Wie | 66 · 71 · 73 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| 5 | Juli Inkster | 69 · 73 · 74 · 68 | 284 | −4 |
| T6 | Hee-Won Han | 75 · 72 · 68 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
| T6 | Annika Sorenstam | 71 · 72 · 73 · 70 | 286 | −2 |
| T8 | Helen Alfredsson | 70 · 72 · 72 · 73 | 287 | −1 |
| T8 | Brittany Lang | 70 · 74 · 72 · 71 | 287 | −1 |
| T8 | Shi Hyun Ahn | 70 · 71 · 71 · 75 | 287 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1974-12-21, Ayr, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1994; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 31; majors to date: 7.
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