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
Dates	June 6–9, 2013
Location	Pittsford, New York, U.S.
Course(s)	Locust Hill Country Club
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,530 yards (5,971 m)
Field	150 players, 77 after cut
Cut	150 (+6)
Prize fund	$2.25 million
Winner's share	$337,500
Champion
Inbee Park
283 (−5), playoff

Locust Hill CC

Location in the United States

Locust Hill Country Club

Location in New York

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

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

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

Americas	Asia & Pacific	Europe
Canada (7)	Australia (7)	England (5)
Chile (1)	China (1)	France (1)
Colombia (2)	Japan (6)	Germany (2)
Paraguay (1)	South Korea (25)	Italy (2)
United States (67)	New Zealand (1)	Netherlands (2)
Venezuela (1)	Philippines (1)	Norway (1)
	Taiwan (3)	Scotland (1)
	Thailand (3)	Spain (4)
		Sweden (5)
		Wales (1)

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Suzann Pettersen	Norway	2007	72	73	74	65	284	−4	T3
Shanshan Feng	China	2012	74	70	72	70	216	−2	T9
Cristie Kerr	United States	2010	75	72	70	70	287	−1	T12
Anna Nordqvist	Sweden	2009	71	74	73	69	287	−1	T12
Yani Tseng	Taiwan	2008, 2011	72	74	71	73	290	+2	T19
Se Ri Pak	South Korea	1998, 2002, 2006	70	74	76	72	292	+4	T28
Karrie Webb	Australia	2001	76	72	75	70	293	+5	T33
Laura Davies	England	1994, 1996	71	73	80	78	302	+14	T64

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Years won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Juli Inkster	United States	1999, 2000	78	78	156	+12

Source:[3]

Round summaries

First round

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

Play was washed out on Thursday due to heavy rain, course flooding, and occasional lightning.[4] 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.[5]

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

Source:[6]

Second round

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).[7] The cut was at 150 (+6) or better, with 77 players advancing to play the final two rounds on Sunday.[3]

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

Source:[3]

Third round

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

Source:[8]

Final round

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

Source:[10]

Scorecard

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

Source:[10]

Playoff

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	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Inbee Park	South Korea	4-4-3	−1	337,500
2	Catriona Matthew	Scotland	4-4-x		206,304

References

1. "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. "Second round leaderboard, 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship". LPGA. June 8, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
4. "Rain postpones 1st round of LPGA Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
5. "Chella Choi leads after opening 67". ESPN. Associated Press. June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
6. "First round leaderboard, 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship". LPGA. June 7, 2013. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
7. "Morgan Pressel up 2 on Inbee Park". ESPN. Associated Press. June 8, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
8. "Third round leaderboard, 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship". LPGA. June 9, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
9. "Inbee Park outlasts Catriona Matthew". ESPN. Associated Press. June 8, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
10. "Final round leaderboard, 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship". LPGA. June 9, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2013.

External links

• Official website
• Coverage on LPGA official site