2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship

2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship
Tournament information
Dates March 29 – April 1, 2012
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 117 players, 82 after cut
Cut 148 (+4)
Prize fund $2,000,000
Winner's share $300,000
Champion
South Korea Sun-Young Yoo
279 (–9), playoff
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Mission Hills Country Club
Location in the United States

The 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship was played at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, from March 29 through April 1. It was the 41st edition of the Kraft Nabisco Championship and its 30th year as a women's major golf championship.

On the final day, I.K. Kim had a one-foot (30 cm) putt on the 18th green to seal her first major title. The putt lipped out, forcing a playoff with Sun-Young Yoo, who also shot 69 in the final round. Yoo won the sudden-death playoff with a birdie on the first extra hole.[2] The defending champion from 2011 was Stacy Lewis, who finished two strokes back in a tie for fourth place.

Field

117 players, including 110 professionals and seven amateurs, made up the field of the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship. The tournament was cut to the top 70 players and ties after the second round. The cut was at +4 with 82 players advancing to play on the weekend.

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 68 68 71 73 280 –8 3
Stacy Lewis  United States 2011 74 71 70 66 281 –7 T4
Karrie Webb  Australia 2000, 2006 71 72 71 70 284 –4 T15
Pat Hurst  United States 1998 75 73 71 71 290 +2 T43
Morgan Pressel  United States 2007 73 74 73 71 291 +3 T46

Missed the cut

Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To par
Brittany Lincicome  United States 2009 76 76 152 +8
Grace Park  South Korea 2004 76 78 154 +10

Tournament summary

First round

Thursday, March 29, 2012
Amy Yang shot a six-under 66 to claim the lead after the first round on Friday. Lindsey Wright shot 77 for second place and world number one and 2010 Kraft Nabisco Championship winner Yani Tseng shot four-under 68 for third place. Defending champion Stacy Lewis was tied for 60th place with a two-over-par score of 74.[3]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Amy Yang South Korea66–6
2Lindsey Wright Australia67–5
3Yani Tseng Taiwan68–4
T4Nicole Castrale United States69–3
Paula Creamer United States
Jodi Ewart England
Katherine Hull Australia
Haeji Kang South Korea
Hee Kyung Seo South Korea
Sun-Young Yoo South Korea

Source:[4]

Second round

Friday, March 30, 2012
Yani Tseng moved into first place after the second day of the tournament, repeating her first round score of 68. Haeji Kang was one stroke back. The biggest movers into the top five were Karin Sjödin and Na Yeon Choi. Both moved from T32 after round one to T5 after the second round.[5] 82 players made the cut which was at 148 (+4).

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Yani Tseng Taiwan68-68=136–8
2Haeji Kang South Korea69-68=137–7
T3Lindsey Wright Australia67-71=138–6
Sun-Young Yoo South Korea69-69=138
T5Na Yeon Choi South Korea72-67=139–5
Karin Sjödin Sweden72-67=139
Se Ri Pak South Korea70-69=139
T8Vicky Hurst United States70-70=140–4
Eun-Hee Ji South Korea71-69=140
I.K. Kim South Korea70-70=140
Momoko Ueda Japan71-69=140
Amy Yang South Korea66-74=140

Source:[6]

Amateurs: Jutanugarn (E), Ernst (+3), Hull (+4), Lee (+11).

Third round

Saturday, March 31, 2012

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Karin Sjödin Sweden72-67-68=207–9
Yani Tseng Taiwan68-68-71=207
3Haeji Kang South Korea69-68-72=209–7
T4Na Yeon Choi South Korea72-67-71=210–6
Eun-Hee Ji South Korea71-69-70=210
I.K. Kim South Korea70-70-70=210
Hee Kyung Seo South Korea69-72-69=210
Sun-Young Yoo South Korea69-69-72=210
T9Katherine Hull Australia69-73-69=211–5
Vicky Hurst United States70-70-71=211
Se Ri Pak South Korea70-69-72=211

Source:[7]

Fourth round

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Place Player Nation Score To par Money ($)
T1 Sun-Young Yoo South Korea69-69-72-69=279–9 Playoff
I.K. Kim South Korea70-70-70-69=279
3 Yani Tseng Taiwan68-68-71-73=280–8132,418
T4 Stacy Lewis United States74-71-70-66=281–777,202
Hee Kyung Seo South Korea69-72-69-71=281
Karin Sjödin Sweden72-67-68-74=281
Amy Yang South Korea66-74-72-69=281
T8 Na Yeon Choi South Korea72-67-71-72=282–644,806
Natalie Gulbis United States76-71-70-65=282
Se Ri Pak South Korea70-69-72-71=282

Amateurs: Jutanugarn (-2), Hull (+1), Ernst (+4).

Scorecard

Final round

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 
Par454434435 454434435
South Korea Yoo –7–7–6–6–7–7–7–7–6–6–7–8–8–8–9–9–9–9
South Korea Kim –6–6–6–6–6–6–6–7–7–7–7–7–7–8–8–9–10–9
Taiwan Tseng –8–8–8–8–7–7–7–6–6–6–6–7–7–7–7–7–8–8
Sweden Sjödin   –9–11–11–11–11–10–10–10–9–8–8–8–9–9–9–8–7–7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[8]

Playoff

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Sun-Young Yoo South Korea4 –1 300,000
2I.K. Kim South Korea5 E 182,538

Yoo won with a birdie on the first hole (par 5, 18th hole) of a sudden-death playoff.
Source:[1][8]

References

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Coordinates: 33°47′53″N 116°25′59″W / 33.798°N 116.433°W / 33.798; -116.433

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