2008 LPGA Championship

September 2026 2008 LPGA Championship June 5–8, 2008 Havre de Grace, Maryland Bulle Rock Golf Course LPGA Tour 72 6641 yd 150 players, 81 after cut Stroke play - 72 holes 144 (Even) $2.0 million $300,000 TWN Yani Tseng 276 (−12), playoff 2007 2009 USA#USA Maryland Bulle Rock GC Location in United States##Location in Maryland yes 39.542 -76.133 type:event The 2008 LPGA Championship was the 54th LPGA Championship, played June 5–8 at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2008. The champion was tour rookie Yani Tseng, age 19, with a playoff victory over Maria Hjorth. The two finished regulation play at 276 (−12), one stroke ahead of Annika Sörenstam and Lorena Ochoa. Tseng birdied the fourth extra hole for her first career win on the LPGA Tour and became the first rookie to win a major in a decade.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_IYpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HL8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5024%2C5258608 Tuscaloosa News Alabama Associated Press Tseng becomes first rookie in 10 years to win major title June 9, 2008 4C This championship was played at Bulle Rock for five consecutive seasons, 2005 through 2009. Round summaries First round Thursday, June 5, 2008 Place Player Score To parT1 USA Emily Bastel66−6 CAN Lorie Kane3 AUS Lindsey Wright67−5T4 COL Marisa Baena68−4 USA Nicole Castrale USA Rachel Hetherington SWE Maria Hjorth KOR Jin-joo HongT9 KOR Hye Jung Choi69−3 AUS Wendy Doolan KOR Hee-won Han KOR Soo-yun Kang KOR Young Kim USA Kelli Kuehne MEX Lorena Ochoa KOR Ji-young Oh KOR Inbee Park Second round Friday, June 6, 2008 Place Player Score To par1 MEX Lorena Ochoa69-65=134−102 AUS Lindsey Wright67-68=135−93 CAN Lorie Kane66-70=136−8T4 USA Rachel Hetherington68-69=137−7 USA Brittany Lang70-67=137 KOR Ji-young Oh69-68=137T7 COL Marisa Baena68-70=138−6 AUS Michelle Ellis71-67=138 KOR Jin-joo Hong68-70=138 SWE Annika Sörenstam70-68=138 Third round Saturday, June 7, 2008 Place Player Score To par1 KOR Jee-young Lee70-69-65=204−122 SWE Maria Hjorth68-72-65=205−11T3 MEX Lorena Ochoa69-65-72=206−10 SWE Annika Sörenstam70-68-68=206T5 USA Laura Diaz71-68-69=208−8 USA Brittany Lang70-67-71=208 AUS Lindsey Wright67-68-73=208 TWN Yani Tseng73-70-65=208T9 COL Marisa Baena68-70-71=209−7 USA Irene Cho72-68-69=209 KOR Ji-young Oh69-68-72=209 Final round Sunday, June 8, 2008 Place Player Score To par Money ($)T1 TWN Yani Tseng73-70-65-68=276−12Playoff SWE Maria Hjorth68-72-65-71=276T3 MEX Lorena Ochoa69-65-72-71=277−11115,911 SWE Annika Sörenstam70-68-68-71=2775 USA Laura Diaz71-68-69-70=278−1081,385T6 KOR Shi Hyun Ahn73-69-69-69=280−853,763 USA Irene Cho72-68-69-71=280 USA Kelli Kuehne69-70-71-70=280 USA Morgan Pressel73-69-70-68=280T10 USA Nicole Castrale68-72-71-70=281−731,938 USA Paula Creamer71-70-71-69=281 KOR Jimin Jeong73-68-69-71=281 USA Cristie Kerr71-70-71-69=281 KOR Mi Hyun Kim72-70-71-68=281 USA Candie Kung70-72-70-69=281 KOR Seon Hwa Lee73-71-70-67=281 ITA Giulia Sergas71-71-69-70=281 Source:http://www.lpga.com/tournaments/kpmgwomenspgachampionship/results?filters=2008 LPGA KPMG Women's PGA Championship (LPGA Championship) 2008 July 21, 2017https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EYZPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VCUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6998%2C2203072 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Scoreboard: LPGA Championship June 9, 2008 C4 https://www.lpga.com/tournaments/kpmgwomenspgachampionship/results?filters=2008&archive= LPGA Wegmans LPGA Championship: 2008 results February 22, 2023 Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par453444354453445434 TWN Tseng −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 SWE Hjorth −11 −11 −11 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −11 −11 −12 −13 −12 −12 MEX Ochoa −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 SWE Sörenstam −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 USA Diaz −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 KOR J-y Lee −11 −11 −11 −10 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −9 −9 −6 −6 −6 −6 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |style="background: Olive;" width=10| |Triple bogey+ |} Source:Golf Channel https://www.golfchannel.com/tours/lpga/2008/mcdonalds-lpga-championship-presented-coca-cola/ McDonald's LPGA Championship Presented by Coca-Cola September 9, 2018 Playoff PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 TWN Yani Tseng 4-4-3-3 −1 300,0002 SWE Maria Hjorth 4-4-3-4 E 180,180 Scorecard Hole  18   16  17  18 Par4434 TWN Tseng E E E −1 SWE Hjorth E E E E Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par Source:https://archive.boston.com/sports/golf/articles/2008/06/09/major_coup_for_tseng_19/?page=2 Boston.com Major coup for Tseng, 19 September 8, 2018 References External links Golf Observer leaderboard 2008 Category:Women's PGA Championship Category:Golf tournaments in Maryland Category:Women's sports in Maryland LPGA Championship LPGA Championship LPGA Championship LPGA Championship