2011 LPGA Championship
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The 2011 LPGA Championship was played at Locust Hill Country Club
in Pittsford, New York
, from June 23-26. This was the 57th edition of the LPGA Championship
, the second of four major championships
on the LPGA Tour in 2011.
The champion was Yani Tseng
, age 22, with a 269 (-19) to win by ten strokes over Morgan Pressel
. It was Tseng's second LPGA Championship victory and fourth major championship. It was her third victory of 2011
and eighth career win on the LPGA Tour.
Locust Hill Country Club
Locust Hill Country Club is a championship golf club located in the Towns of Henrietta and Pittsford, New York, suburbs six miles southeast of downtown Rochester....
in Pittsford, New York
Pittsford, New York
Pittsford may refer to two municipalities in the suburban area of Rochester, New York in the United States:*Pittsford , New York*Pittsford , New York, located entirely within the town...
, from June 23-26. This was the 57th 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...
, the second of four major championships
Women's major golf championships
Women's golf has a set of major championships which parallels that in men's golf, but the women's system is younger and has been less stable than the men's. Many professional stroke play events for women are played over three rounds , but the majors are played over four rounds , which is the...
on the LPGA Tour in 2011.
The champion was Yani Tseng
Yani Tseng
Yani Tseng is a Taiwanese professional golfer currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships and is currently ranked number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings....
, age 22, with a 269 (-19) to win by ten strokes over Morgan Pressel
Morgan Pressel
Morgan Pressel is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She turned pro at age 17 and is the youngest-ever winner of a modern LPGA major championship. Pressel has reached as high as fourth in the world rankings....
. It was Tseng's second LPGA Championship victory and fourth major championship. It was her third victory of 2011
2011 LPGA Tour
The 2011 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Thailand on February 17, 2011 and had its last official event end on November 20, 2011 in Florida...
and eighth career win on the LPGA Tour.
Course layout
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yards | 414 | 337 | 380 | 532 | 161 | 439 | 178 | 466 | 172 | 3,079 | 413 | 509 | 361 | 386 | 400 | 150 | 341 | 478 | 387 | 3,425 | 6,504 |
Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 72 |
Final leaderboard
Place | Player | Nation | Score | To par | Money ($ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... ) |
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1 | Yani Tseng Yani Tseng Yani Tseng is a Taiwanese professional golfer currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships and is currently ranked number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings.... |
66-70-67-66 = 269 | −19 | 375,000 | |
2 | Morgan Pressel Morgan Pressel Morgan Pressel is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She turned pro at age 17 and is the youngest-ever winner of a modern LPGA major championship. Pressel has reached as high as fourth in the world rankings.... |
69-69-70-71 = 279 | −9 | 228,695 | |
T3 | Paula Creamer Paula Creamer Paula Creamer is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 11 tournaments, including 9 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high as number 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She was the 2010 U.S... |
67-72-72-69 = 280 | −8 | 132,512 | |
Cristie Kerr Cristie Kerr Cristie Kerr is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has 14 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $13 million in career earnings... |
72-72-67-69 = 280 | ||||
Suzann Pettersen Suzann Pettersen Suzann Pettersen is a Norwegian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking is second. She has held that position at several times, most recently beginning 22 August 2011.-Amateur... |
72-72-67-69 = 280 | ||||
T6 | Meena Lee Meena Lee Meena Lee is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the United States-based LPGA Tour.Lee was born in Jeonju, South Korea. She took up golf at the age of fourteen, which is unusually late for a future professional golfer, but just a few years later, in 2000, she became the Korean Amateur... |
68-73-70-71 = 282 | −6 | 77,630 | |
Stacy Lewis Stacy Lewis Stacy Lewis is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Early years:Born in Ohio, Lewis grew up in Texas at The Woodlands outside of Houston, and graduated from The Woodlands High School in 2003... |
69-72-70-71 = 282 | ||||
T8 | Maria Hjorth Maria Hjorth Maria Anna "Mimmi" Hjorth is a Swedish professional golfer. She attended the University of Stirling in Scotland. She won more than twenty amateur titles including the 1995 European Ladies Amateur Championship. She turned professional in 1996 and played mainly on the Ladies European Tour that year... |
71-71-70-71 = 283 | −5 | 53,840 | |
Pat Hurst Pat Hurst Pat Hurst is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.Hurst's father is American and her mother is originally from Japan. She was born in San Leandro, California and raised in California.-Amateur career:... |
70-67-75-71 = 283 | ||||
Mika Miyazato Mika Miyazato Mika Miyazato is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour.As an amateur, Miyazato won the 2004 Japan Amateur Women's Championship at the age of 14, and was the youngest player to win the event. In the Asian Games, she won silver medals in the... |
72-72-68-71 = 283 | ||||
Azahara Muñoz Azahara Muñoz Azahara Muñoz Guijarro is a Spanish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:... |
70-71-71-71 = 283 |