2009 Kraft Nabisco Championship Explained

The 2009 Kraft Nabisco Championship was played April 2–5 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the 38th edition of the Kraft Nabisco Championship and the 27th as a women's major golf championship.

Brittany Lincicome, age 23, eagled the final hole to win her first major, one stroke ahead of runner-up the victory was her third on the LPGA Tour. Down a stroke on the 72nd hole, Lincicome's second shot at the 485yd par-5 stopped within 4feet of the flagstick and she sank the putt. Defending champion Lorena Ochoa finished eight strokes back, tied for twelfth.^[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Brittany Lincicome	66	−6
T2		67	−5
Ji-young Oh
Angela Stanford
5	Kristy McPherson	68	−4
T6	Katherine Hull	69	−5
Christina Kim
Song-Hee Kim
Jee-Young Lee
Ji-Hee Lee
Yani Tseng

Source:^[2]

Second round

Friday, April 3, 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Christina Kim	69-69=138	−6
Kristy McPherson	68-70=138
3	Cristie Kerr	71-68=139	−5
4	Brittany Lincicome	66-74=140	−4
align=center rowspan=2	T5	Jimin Kang	71-70=141	−3
Lindsey Wright	70-71=141
T7	Helen Alfredsson	72-70=142	−2
Paula Creamer	70-72=142
Pat Hurst	71-71=142
Angela Stanford	67-75=142

Source:^[2]

Third round

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Kristy McPherson	68-70-70=208	−8
2	Cristie Kerr	71-68-70=209	−7
3	Brittany Lincicome	66-74-70=210	−6
align=center rowspan=2	T4	Jimin Kang	71-70-71=212	−5
Lindsey Wright	70-71-71=212
6	Christina Kim	69-69-75=213	−3
T7	Helen Alfredsson	72-70-72=214	−2
Meaghan Francella	72-73-69=214
Katherine Hull	69-74-71=214
10	Pat Hurst	71-71-73=215	−3

Source:^[2]

Final round

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Brittany Lincicome	66-74-70-69=279	−9	300,000
T2	Cristie Kerr	71-68-70-71=280	−8	161,831
Kristy McPherson	68-70-70-72=280
4	Lindsey Wright	70-71-71-70=282	−6	105,268
T5	Meaghan Francella	72-73-69-69=283	−5	77,026
Suzann Pettersen	71-72-74-66=283
7	Christina Kim	69-69-75-72=285	−3	58,026
T8	Katherine Hull	69-74-71-72=286	−2	44,162
Pat Hurst	71-71-73-71=286
Jimin Kang	71-70-71-74=286
Karrie Webb	73-72-72-69=286

Source:^{[1] [2]}

Amateurs: Joh (+2), Thompson (+2), Muñoz (+7).

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
Lincicome	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−9
Kerr	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−9	−7	−7	−7	−8
McPherson	−8	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8
Wright	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6
Francella	−2	−3	−4	−4	−5	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5
Pettersen	+1	E	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

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External links

• Golf Channel - Down memory lane: Lincicome's Kraft win in '09

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Leaderboard: 2009 Kraft Nabisco Championship. Yahoo! Sports. April 5, 2009 . July 15, 2014.
2. News: ANA Inspiration (Kraft Nabisco Championship) . LPGA.com . 2009 . July 16, 2017.
3. Web site: LPGA . ANA INSPIRATION . September 10, 2018.