2000 LPGA Championship
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The 2000 LPGA Championship was played at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware
. This was the 46th edition of the LPGA Championship
and was played from June 22-25.
This championship was won by Juli Inkster
in a sudden death playoff over Stefania Croce
with a par on the second hole.
Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley...
. This was the 46th edition of the LPGA Championship
LPGA Championship
The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour...
and was played from June 22-25.
This championship was won by Juli Inkster
Juli Inkster
Juli Inkster is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. With a professional career spanning 27 years to date, Inkster's 31 wins rank her second in wins among all active players on the LPGA Tour; she has over $11 million in career earnings...
in a sudden death playoff over Stefania Croce
Stefania Croce
Stefania Croce is an Italian professional golfer, who plays on the Ladies European Tour , and is a former member of the LPGA Tour. Croce qualified for the LPGA Tour on her second attempt in doing so in 1993. Croce won one tournament on the LET, which the win came at the 1992 Ford Ladies' Classic...
with a par on the second hole.
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juli Inkster Juli Inkster Juli Inkster is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. With a professional career spanning 27 years to date, Inkster's 31 wins rank her second in wins among all active players on the LPGA Tour; she has over $11 million in career earnings... |
72-69-65-75=281 | |||
| $210,000 | |||||
| 2 | Stefania Croce Stefania Croce Stefania Croce is an Italian professional golfer, who plays on the Ladies European Tour , and is a former member of the LPGA Tour. Croce qualified for the LPGA Tour on her second attempt in doing so in 1993. Croce won one tournament on the LET, which the win came at the 1992 Ford Ladies' Classic... |
72-67-74-68=281 | |||
| $130,330 | |||||
| T3 | Nancy Scranton Nancy Scranton Nancy Scranton is an American professional golfer.Scranton was born in Centralia, Illinois. She attended Florida State University and the University of Kentucky. Her rookie season on the LPGA Tour was 1985. She has three tournament victories on the tour, including one major championship, the 1991... |
72-70-67-73=282 | |||
| $76,319 | |||||
| T3 | Se Ri Pak Se Ri Pak Pak Se Ri is a South Korean professional golfer, playing on the LPGA Tour. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in November 2007.-Career overview:... |
73-69-69-71=282 | |||
| $76,319 | |||||
| T3 | Wendy Ward Wendy Ward Wendy Ward is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.-Early life, education and amateur career:Ward was born in San Antonio, Texas.... |
69-69-68-76=282 | |||
| $76,319 | |||||
| T6 | Heather Young Heather Bowie Young Heather Bowie Young is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She played under her maiden name, Heather Bowie, until her marriage in 2006, and is also referred to as Heather Young.... |
74-70-70-69=283 | |||
| $42,503 | |||||
| T6 | Jane Crafter Jane Crafter Jane Crafter is an Australian-American professional golfer and golf broadcster who played on the LPGA Tour. She holds dual citizenship in Australia and the United States .Crafter won once on the LPGA Tour in 1990... |
72-69-69-73=283 | |||
| $42,503 | |||||
| T6 | Laura Davies Laura Davies Laura Jane Davies CBE is an English professional golfer.She is considered the most accomplished English female golfer of modern times being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list... |
70-66-75-72=283 | |||
| $42,503 | |||||
| T9 | Akiko Fukushima Akiko Fukushima Akiko Fukushima is a Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Fukushima won 24 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour.Fukushima won twice on the LPGA Tour both in 1999.-LPGA Tour wins :-LPGA of Japan Tour wins :... |
71-72-71-70=284 | E | $29,839 | |
| T9 | Jan Stephenson Jan Stephenson Jan Lynne Stephenson is an Australian professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1974 and won three major championships and 16 LPGA Tour events in all.... |
70-69-69-76=284 | E | $29,839 | |
| T9 | Karrie Webb Karrie Webb Karrie Ann Webb AM is Australia's most successful female professional golfer, and one of the top players in the history of global women's golf. She currently plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country. She is a member of... |
72-70-69-73=284 | E | $29,839 |