2013 LPGA Championship

The 2013 LPGA Championship was the 59th LPGA Championship, held June 6–9 at Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York, a suburb southeast of Rochester. Known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, it was the second of five major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2013 season. This was the fourth consecutive year the LPGA Championship was played at Locust Hill.

2013 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 6–9, 2013
LocationPittsford, New York, U.S.
43°05′17″N 77°33′47″W / 43.088°N 77.563°W / 43.088; -77.563
Course(s)Locust Hill Country Club
Organized byLPGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,530 yards (5,971 m)
Field150 players,
77 after cut
Cut150 (+6)
Prize fund$2.25 million
Winner's share$337,500
Champion
South Korea Inbee Park
283 (−5), playoff
Location map
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Location in the United States
Locust Hill CC is located in New York
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Inbee Park, number one in the world rankings, won her third major title in a sudden-death playoff, defeating runner-up Catriona Matthew on the third extra hole, their 39th of the day. The third and fourth rounds were played on Sunday after play was washed out by heavy rain on Thursday.

The win was the second consecutive major for Park; she won the Kraft Nabisco Championship in April and became only the third to win both in the same year, joining Pat Bradley (1986) and Annika Sörenstam (2005).[1]

It was the eighth playoff at the LPGA Championship and the first since 2008.

Course

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Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total[2]
Yards 414 337 380 532 161 439 178 466 172 3,079 413 511 361 386 400 150 356 478 396 3,451 6,530
Par 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 5 3 35 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 37 72

Field

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The field included 150 players from 24 countries, with the 36-hole cut to the top 70 players and ties after the second round.

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, June 6, 2013
Friday, June 7, 2013

Play was washed out on Thursday due to heavy rain, course flooding, and occasional lightning.[3] Chella Choi shot a 67 (−5) on Friday on a soggy course to take the first round lead; major winners Morgan Pressel and Jiyai Shin were one stroke back at 68.[4]

Place Player Score To par
1   Chella Choi 67 −5
T2   Morgan Pressel 68 −4
  Jiyai Shin
4   Brittany Lincicome 69 −3
T5   Jessica Korda 70 −2
  Se Ri Pak
T7   Chie Arimura 71 −1
  Laura Davies
  M. J. Hur
  Ilhee Lee
  Catriona Matthew
  Anna Nordqvist
  Angela Stanford
  Lexi Thompson
  Amy Yang

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Second round

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Saturday, June 8, 2013

Pressel grabbed the lead with a 70 (−2) for 138 (−6), and world number one Inbee Park shot 68 to move into tie for second place with first round leader Choi, two strokes back at 140 (−4).[6] The cut was at 150 (+6) or better, with 77 players advancing to play the final two rounds on Sunday.[7]

Place Player Score To par
1   Morgan Pressel 68-70=138 −6
T2   Chella Choi 67-73=140 −4
  Inbee Park 72-68=140
T4   Jiyai Shin 68-73=141 −3
  Sarah Jane Smith 72-69=141
  Amy Yang 71-70=141
T7   Na Yeon Choi 72-70=142 −2
  Brittany Lincicome 69-73=142
  Catriona Matthew 71-71=142
  Angela Stanford 71-71=142
  Sun Young Yoo 73-69=142

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Third round

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Sunday, June 9, 2013 (morning)

One-over for the round after the first eight holes, Park then made five birdies and five pars for another 68 (−4) to total 208 (−8), one stroke ahead of Pressel.

Place Player Score To par
1   Inbee Park 72-68-68=208 −8
2   Morgan Pressel 68-70-71=209 −7
3   Jiyai Shin 68-73-69=210 −6
T4   Na Yeon Choi 72-70-70=212 −4
  Sun Young Yoo 73-69-70=212
6   Chella Choi 67-73-73=213 −3
T7   Caroline Masson 74-69-71=214 −2
  Kristy McPherson 73-72-69=214
T9   Pernilla Lindberg 73-71-71=215 −1
  Catriona Matthew 71-71-73=215
  Ai Miyazato 74-75-66=215
  Michelle Wie 76-68-71=215
  Amy Yang 71-70-74=215

Source:[8]

Final round

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Sunday, June 9, 2013 (afternoon)

Following the third round in the morning, the groupings were kept the same for the afternoon's final round. The top three players after 54 holes, Park, Pressel, and Shin, all shot 75 (+3) and came back to the field. Matthew recorded a 68 (−4) without a bogey for a 283 (−5), which tied Park and forced a sudden-death playoff. Suzann Pettersen, the champion in 2007, started the round eleven strokes back, in a tie for 31st. She carded a tournament best 65 (−7), but finished one stroke back at 284 (−4), tied with Pressel for third place.[1][9]

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
T1   Inbee Park 72-68-68-75=283 −5 Playoff
  Catriona Matthew 71-71-73-68=283
T3   Suzann Pettersen 72-73-74-65=284 −4 132,716
  Morgan Pressel 68-70-71-75=284
T5   Chella Choi 67-73-73-72=285 −3 72,288
  Jiyai Shin 68-73-69-75=285
  Amy Yang 71-70-74-70=285
  Sun Young Yoo 73-69-70-73=285
T9   Na Yeon Choi 72-70-70-74=286 −2 46,121
  Shanshan Feng 74-70-72-70=286
  Michelle Wie 76-68-71-71=286

Source:[10]

Scorecard

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Final round

Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 5 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 4
  Park −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −6 −6 −5
  Matthew −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5
  Pettersen +3 +3 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 E E −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −4
  Pressel −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4
  Shin −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −2 −3 −2 −3 −4 −3 −3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey

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Playoff

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The sudden-death playoff began on the 18th hole and alternated with the 10th hole, both par fours. Both players parred the first two holes, with Matthew scrambling for par on the second after finding the rough and pitching out to the fairway. She drove into the rough again on the third hole while Park hit the fairway. Matthew failed to chip in for par from 50 feet (15 m) and Park sank her 18-foot (5.5 m) birdie putt for the championship.[1]

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Inbee Park 4-4-3 −1 337,500
2   Catriona Matthew 4-4-x 206,304

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Wegmans LPGA Championship Final Round Notes and Interviews". LPGA. June 9, 2013. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "Course Overview – Locust Hill Country Club". Wegmans LPGA Championship. Archived from the original on April 26, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  3. ^ "Rain postpones 1st round of LPGA Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  4. ^ "Chella Choi leads after opening 67". ESPN. Associated Press. June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  5. ^ "First round leaderboard, 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship". LPGA. June 7, 2013. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  6. ^ "Morgan Pressel up 2 on Inbee Park". ESPN. Associated Press. June 8, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Second round leaderboard, 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship". LPGA. June 8, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Third round leaderboard, 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship". LPGA. June 9, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Inbee Park outlasts Catriona Matthew". ESPN. Associated Press. June 8, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  10. ^ a b "Final round leaderboard, 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship". LPGA. June 9, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2013.[permanent dead link]
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