2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship

The 2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship was played at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, from March 31 – April 3. This was the 40th edition of the Kraft Nabisco Championship and its 29th year as a women's major golf championship.

2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship

Tournament information
Dates	March 31 – April 3, 2011
Location	Rancho Mirage, California
Course(s)	Mission Hills Country Club Dinah Shore Tourn. Course
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,738 yards (6,161 m)[1]
Field	113 players, 75 after cut
Cut	149 (+5)
Prize fund	$2.0 million
Winner's share	$300,000
Champion
Stacy Lewis
275 (−13)

Rancho Mirage

Location in the United States

Rancho
Mirage

Location in California

Stacy Lewis shot 69 (−3) in the final round to win her first major, three strokes ahead of runner-up Yani Tseng, the defending champion, 54-hole leader, and number one player in the women's world rankings. It was also her first official victory on the LPGA Tour.[2]

Lewis had the 36-hole lead at 135 (−9), but lost five strokes on Saturday to Tseng, who fired a 66 (−6) for 204 (−12) and a two-stroke lead entering the final round, and Lewis joined her in the final pairing.[3]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Yani Tseng	Taiwan	2010	70	68	66	74	278	−10	2
Morgan Pressel	United States	2007	70	69	69	76	284	−4	T3
Brittany Lincicome	United States	2009	66	72	74	76	288	E	T13
Karrie Webb	Australia	2000, 2006	69	74	74	71	288	E	T13
Juli Inkster	United States	1984, 1989	73	73	71	72	289	+1	T15

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Grace Park	South Korea	2004	76	74	150	+6
Helen Alfredsson	Sweden	1993	76	76	152	+8
Pat Hurst	United States	1998	74	78	152	+8

Source:[4]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Place	Player	Nation	Score	To par
T1	Stacy Lewis	United States	66	−6
	Brittany Lincicome	United States
T3	Sandra Gal	Germany	67	−5
	Mika Miyazato	Japan
T5	Chie Arimura	Japan	68	−4
	Jane Park	United States
T7	Anna Nordqvist	Sweden	69	−3
	Reilly Rankin	United States
	Karrie Webb	Australia
T10	Katie Futcher	United States	70	−2
	Mi-Hyun Kim	South Korea
	Morgan Pressel	United States
	Yani Tseng	Taiwan
	Momoko Ueda	Japan
	Mariajo Uribe	Colombia
	Wendy Ward	United States
	Amy Yang	South Korea

Source:[4]

Second round

Friday, April 1, 2011

Place	Player	Nation	Score	To par
1	Stacy Lewis	United States	66-69=135	−9
T2	Brittany Lincicome	United States	66-72=138	−6
	Jane Park	United States	68-70=138
	Yani Tseng	Taiwan	70-68=138
T5	Morgan Pressel	United States	70-69=139	−5
	Amy Yang	South Korea	70-69=139
7	Sophie Gustafson	Sweden	72-68=140	−4
T8	Chie Arimura	Japan	68-73=141	−3
	Katie Futcher	United States	70-71=141
	Sandra Gal	Germany	67-74=141
	Jimin Kang	South Korea	72-69=141
	Wendy Ward	United States	70-71=141
	Michelle Wie	United States	74-67=141

Source:[4]

Third round

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Place	Player	Nation	Score	To par
1	Yani Tseng	Taiwan	70-68-66=204	−12
2	Stacy Lewis	United States	66-69-71=206	−10
3	Morgan Pressel	United States	70-69-69=208	−8
4	Michelle Wie	United States	74-67-69=210	−6
5	Angela Stanford	United States	72-72-67=211	−5
T6	Chie Arimura	Japan	68-73-71=212	−4
	Brittany Lincicome	United States	66-72-74=212
	Mika Miyazato	Japan	67-75-70=212
T9	Mi-Hyun Kim	South Korea	70-75-69=214	−2
	Jane Park	United States	68-70-76=214

Source:[4]

Final round

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Place	Player	Nation	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Stacy Lewis	United States	66-69-71-69=275	−13	300,000
2	Yani Tseng	Taiwan	70-68-66-74=278	−10	184,255
T3	Katie Futcher	United States	70-71-74-69=284	−4	106,763
	Morgan Pressel	United States	70-69-69-76=284
	Angela Stanford	United States	72-72-67-73=284
6	Michelle Wie	United States	74-67-69-75=285	−3	68,093
T7	Chie Arimura	Japan	68-73-71-74=286	−2	50,608
	Julieta Granada	Paraguay	72-70-75-69=286
	Mika Miyazato	Japan	67-75-70-74=286
T10	In-Kyung Kim	South Korea	75-67-75-70=287	−1	37,997
	Anna Nordqvist	Sweden	69-74-73-71=287
	Se Ri Pak	South Korea	73-71-71-72=287

Source:[4]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	5
Lewis	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−13	−13	−13	−13
Tseng	−12	−13	−13	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11	−10	−10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Source:[4]

References

1. LPGA.com - results - 2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship - accessed 2011-11-20
2. Beacham, Greg (April 3, 2011). "Lewis bounces back to take down Tseng and capture Kraft Nabisco". PGA of America. Associated Press. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
3. "Yani Tseng roars past Stacy Lewis for Kraft Nabisco lead". USA Today. Associated Press. April 2, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
4. "ANA Inspiration (Kraft Nabisco Championship)". LPGA.com. 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2017.

External links

• LPGA leaderboard source