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Sunday 6 April 2008LPGA TourYear in Review
Ochoa wins Kraft Nabisco Championship
Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 April 2008 · Lorena Ochoa’s win no. 20 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,000,000 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 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/13°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/13°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 50 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/14°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/13°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 53 · 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
- Suzann Pettersen NOR · 282Made the cut at 149 and played the weekend in 11 under (65-68) with one bogey in 36 holes, but finished five behind (ASAP; ESPN) Suzann Pettersen interview, Apr 6 2008 (ASAP Sports)
- Annika Sorenstam SWE · 282Closed with a 68 to tie for second but was never close to Ochoa (AP) AP via The Honolulu Advertiser
110 started · cut +5, 71 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: Suzann Pettersen, Annika Sörenstam
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 April 2008
For some reason I couldn't stop thinking of that jump in the lake. It was something that I've been waiting for for a long time
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 April 2008
It's a really big sacrifice. We choose to do this. I choose to be in the No. 1 position, so it's part of the things that we have to do as professionals.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 April 2008
So I mean, it shows that just making the cut at a major, you could potentially win even being ten back.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorena Ochoa | 68 · 71 · 71 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T2 | Suzann Pettersen | 74 · 75 · 65 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
| T2 | Annika Sorenstam | 71 · 70 · 73 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
| 4 | Maria Hjorth | 70 · 70 · 72 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| 5 | Seon Hwa Lee | 73 · 71 · 68 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T6 | Na Yeon Choi | 74 · 72 · 69 · 70 | 285 | −3 |
| T6 | Hee-Won Han | 72 · 69 · 70 · 74 | 285 | −3 |
| T6 | Mi Hyun Kim | 70 · 70 · 76 · 69 | 285 | −3 |
| 9 | Inbee Park | 73 · 70 · 70 · 73 | 286 | −2 |
| T10 | Se Ri Pak | 72 · 70 · 73 · 72 | 287 | −1 |
| T10 | Heather Bowie Young | 69 · 70 · 74 · 74 | 287 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1981-11-15, Guadalajara, Mexico; MEX; turned pro 2002; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 20; majors to date: 2.
What’s in the bag
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