2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship Explained

The 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship was the 43rd Kraft Nabisco Championship, held April 3–6 at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course of Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. It was the 32nd year of the tournament as a major championship. Golf Channel televised the event.

Lexi Thompson, age 19, shot a bogey-free final round 68 (−4) to win her first major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Michelle Wie.^{[2] [3]} The two entered the final round as co-leaders at 206 (−10). Thompson opened with a birdie, carded a 32 (−4) on the front nine, then finished with nine consecutive pars. Wie won the next major, the U.S. Women's Open in June, for her first major title.

Field

The field of 111 players included 10 amateurs.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		66	−6
align=center rowspan=2	T2		align=center rowspan=2	67	align=center rowspan=2	−5
Michelle Wie
align=center rowspan=2	T4		align=center rowspan=2	68	align=center rowspan=2	−4
Angel Yin (a)
align=center rowspan=3	T6		align=center rowspan=3	69	align=center rowspan=3	−3
Jennifer Rosales
Jiyai Shin
align=center rowspan=5	T9		align=center rowspan=5	70	align=center rowspan=5	−2
Tiffany Joh
Haeji Kang
Morgan Pressel
So Yeon Ryu

(a) = amateur

Second round

Friday, April 4, 2014

73 players made the cut at 149 (+5).

Place	Player	Score	To par
align=center rowspan=2	T1		67-70=137	align=center rowspan=2	−7
	73-64=137
3		67-71=138	−6
align=center rowspan=2	T4		66-73=139	align=center rowspan=2	−5
	69-70=139
align=center rowspan=3	T6		72-68=140	align=center rowspan=3	−4
	71-69=140
	70-70=140
align=center rowspan=2	T9		73-68=141	align=center rowspan=2	−3
	68-73=141

Third round

Saturday, April 5, 2014

Place	Player	Score	To par
align=center rowspan=2	T1		73-64-69=206	align=center rowspan=2	−10
	67-71-68=206
align=center rowspan=2	T3		73-69-66=208	align=center rowspan=2	−8
	67-70-71=208
align=center rowspan=2	T4		69-70-71=210	align=center rowspan=2	−6
	72-68-70=210
align=center rowspan=2	T7		70-72-69=211	align=center rowspan=2	−5
	66-73-72=211
align=center rowspan=6	T9		73-70-69=212	align=center rowspan=6	−4
	72-70-70=212
	77-65-70=212
	69-73-70=212
	74-69-69=212
	68-73-71=212

Final round

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Lexi Thompson	73-64-69-68=274	−14	300,000
2		67-71-68-71=277	−11	187,584
3		73-70-69-69=281	−7	136,079
align=center rowspan=2	T4		69-70-71-72=282	align=center rowspan=2	−6	align=center rowspan=2	94,998
	67-70-71-74=282
6		66-73-72-72=283	−5	69,323
align=center rowspan=3	T7		74-69-69-72=284	align=center rowspan=3	−4	align=center rowspan=3	51,522
	72-70-70-72=284
	73-69-66-76=284
10		68-73-71-73=285	−3	41,594

Source:^{[4] [5]}
Amateurs: Minjee Lee (E), Brooke Henderson (+1), Alison Lee (+2), Lilia Vu (+6), Su-Hyun Oh (+7), Angel Yin (+14).

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
Thompson	−11	−11	−11	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14
Wie	−10	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−10	−11	−11
Lewis	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7
Kerr	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6
Pak	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−6

Source:

External links

• • Coverage on the LPGA Tour official site

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Notes and References

1. Web site: LPGA . Kraft Nabisco Championship Course Info . April 1, 2013.
2. News: Lexi Thompson wins 1st major title . ESPN . Associated Press . April 7, 2014 . July 15, 2014.
3. News: Lexi Thompson wins maiden major crown after Kraft Nabisco triumph . April 7, 2014 . . Press Association . April 15, 2014.
4. Web site: Leaderboard: 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship . Yahoo! Sports . April 6, 2014 . July 15, 2014.
5. Web site: Kraft Nabisco Championship: scores . ESPN . April 6, 2014 . July 15, 2014.