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2008 LPGA Championship

Field	Value
name	2008 LPGA Championship
dates	June 5–8, 2008
location	Havre de Grace, Maryland
course	Bulle Rock Golf Course
tour	LPGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6641 yd
field	150 players, 81 after cut
format	Stroke play - 72 holes
cut	144 (Even)
purse	$2.0 million
winners_share	$300,000
champion	TWN Yani Tseng
score	276 (−12), playoff
previous	2007
next	2009
map	USA#USA Maryland
map_label	Bulle Rock GC
map_caption	Location in United States##Location in Maryland
map_relief	yes
coordinates

The 2008 LPGA Championship was the 54th LPGA Championship, played June 5–8 at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2008.

The champion was tour rookie Yani Tseng, age 19, with a playoff victory over Maria Hjorth. The two finished regulation play at 276 (−12), one stroke ahead of Annika Sörenstam and Lorena Ochoa. Tseng birdied the fourth extra hole for her first career win on the LPGA Tour and became the first rookie to win a major in a decade.

This championship was played at Bulle Rock for five consecutive seasons, 2005 through 2009.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Emily Bastel	66	−6
CAN Lorie Kane
3	AUS Lindsey Wright	67	−5
T4	COL Marisa Baena	68	−4
USA Nicole Castrale
USA Rachel Hetherington
SWE Maria Hjorth
KOR Jin-joo Hong
T9	KOR Hye Jung Choi	69	−3
AUS Wendy Doolan
KOR Hee-won Han
KOR Soo-yun Kang
KOR Young Kim
USA Kelli Kuehne
MEX Lorena Ochoa
KOR Ji-young Oh
KOR Inbee Park

Second round

Friday, June 6, 2008

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	MEX Lorena Ochoa	69-65=134	−10
2	AUS Lindsey Wright	67-68=135	−9
3	CAN Lorie Kane	66-70=136	−8
T4	USA Rachel Hetherington	68-69=137	−7
USA Brittany Lang	70-67=137
KOR Ji-young Oh	69-68=137
T7	COL Marisa Baena	68-70=138	−6
AUS Michelle Ellis	71-67=138
KOR Jin-joo Hong	68-70=138
SWE Annika Sörenstam	70-68=138

Third round

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	KOR Jee-young Lee	70-69-65=204	−12
2	SWE Maria Hjorth	68-72-65=205	−11
T3	MEX Lorena Ochoa	69-65-72=206	−10
SWE Annika Sörenstam	70-68-68=206
T5	USA Laura Diaz	71-68-69=208	−8
USA Brittany Lang	70-67-71=208
AUS Lindsey Wright	67-68-73=208
TWN Yani Tseng	73-70-65=208
T9	COL Marisa Baena	68-70-71=209	−7
USA Irene Cho	72-68-69=209
KOR Ji-young Oh	69-68-72=209

Final round

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	TWN Yani Tseng	73-70-65-68=276	−12	Playoff
SWE Maria Hjorth	68-72-65-71=276
T3	MEX Lorena Ochoa	69-65-72-71=277	−11	115,911
SWE Annika Sörenstam	70-68-68-71=277
5	USA Laura Diaz	71-68-69-70=278	−10	81,385
T6	KOR Shi Hyun Ahn	73-69-69-69=280	−8	53,763
USA Irene Cho	72-68-69-71=280
USA Kelli Kuehne	69-70-71-70=280
USA Morgan Pressel	73-69-70-68=280
T10	USA Nicole Castrale	68-72-71-70=281	−7	31,938
USA Paula Creamer	71-70-71-69=281
KOR Jimin Jeong	73-68-69-71=281
USA Cristie Kerr	71-70-71-69=281
KOR Mi Hyun Kim	72-70-71-68=281
USA Candie Kung	70-72-70-69=281
KOR Seon Hwa Lee	73-71-70-67=281
ITA Giulia Sergas	71-71-69-70=281

Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.lpga.com/tournaments/kpmgwomenspgachampionship/results?filters=2008

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	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	5	3	4	4	5	4	3	4
TWN Tseng	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12
SWE Hjorth	−11	−11	−11	−12	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−11	−11	−12	−13	−12	−12
MEX Ochoa	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11
SWE Sörenstam	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11
USA Diaz	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10
KOR J-y Lee	−11	−11	−11	−10	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−9	−9	−6	−6	−6	−6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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Playoff

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	TWN Yani Tseng	4-4-3-3	−1	300,000
2	SWE Maria Hjorth	4-4-3-4	E	180,180

Scorecard

Hole	18	16	17	18
Par	4	4	3	4
TWN Tseng	E	E	E	−1
SWE Hjorth	E	E	E	E

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par

Source:

References

(June 9, 2008). "Tseng becomes first rookie in 10 years to win major title". Tuscaloosa News.
(June 9, 2008). "Scoreboard: LPGA Championship". The Press Democrat.
"Wegmans LPGA Championship: 2008 results". LPGA.
"McDonald's LPGA Championship Presented by Coca-Cola". Golf Channel.
"Major coup for Tseng, 19". Boston.com.

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