1997 LPGA Championship

August 2023 September 2026 1997 LPGA Championship May 15–18, 1997 Wilmington, Delaware DuPont Country Club LPGA Tour 71 6386 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nf1OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ThUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2858%2C1008802 Sunday Star-News Wilmington, North Carolina LPGA Championship May 18, 1997 8C Stroke play - 72 holes 150 (+8) $1.2 million $180,000 USA Christa Johnson 281 (−3), playoff 1996 1998 USA#USA Delaware DuPont CC Location in United States##Location in Delaware yes 39.789 -75.564 The 1997 LPGA Championship was the 43rd LPGA Championship, played May 15–18 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware. Christa Johnson won her only major title in a sudden-death playoff over Leta Lindley.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VWEeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fcgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2950%2C2854688 Times Daily Florence, Alabama Associated Press Johnson gets LPGA victory Ginsburg David May 19, 1997 4D The win came with a par on the second extra hole, after both had players bogeyed the first. Johnson and Lindley were co-leaders after 54 holes. It was the first playoff at the LPGA Championship since 1970, then a full 18-hole round on Monday. This was the fourth of eleven consecutive LPGA Championships at DuPont Country Club. Final leaderboard Sunday, May 18, 1997 Place Player Score To par Money ($)T1 USA Christa Johnson68-73-69-71=281−3Playoff USA Leta Lindley72-69-69-71=2813 SWE Annika Sörenstam70-73-72-67=282−281,519 T4 ENG Laura Davies67-75-74-68=284E57,365 USA Sherri Steinhauer68-71-73-72=284 T6 CAN Dawn Coe-Jones70-75-71-69=285+138,947 CAN Gail Graham69-79-71-66=285 8 ENG Trish Johnson70-73-72-71=286+231,400 T9 USA Barb Mucha68-73-72-74=287+326,871 AUS Karrie Webb71-79-70-67=287 Source:http://www.lpga.com/tournaments/kpmgwomenspgachampionship/results?filters=1997&archive= LPGA KPMG Women's PGA Championship (LPGA Championship) 1997 April 11, 2018https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nf1OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ThUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4940%2C1641597 Wilmington Morning Star North Carolina LPGA Championship May 19, 1997 4C Playoff PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Christa Johnson 5-4=9 +1 180,0002 USA Leta Lindley 5-5=10 +2 111,711 Sudden-death playoff held on holes 18 and 10. Scorecard Hole 18  10 Par44USA Johnson54USA Lindley 55 {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |} Source: References External links Golf Observer leaderboard 1997 39.789 -75.564 type:event title Category:Women's PGA Championship Category:Golf tournaments in Delaware Category:Women's sports in Delaware LPGA Championship LPGA Championship LPGA Championship LPGA Championship