2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship

The 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship was the 36th Kraft Nabisco Championship, held March 29 to April 1 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, southeast of Palm Springs. This was the 25th edition of the event as a major championship and the total purse was $2 million, with a winner's share of $300,000.

2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 29 – April 1, 2007
LocationRancho Mirage, California
Course(s)Mission Hills Country Club
Dinah Shore Tourn. Course
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,673 yards (6,102 m)[1]
Field101 players, 72 after cut
Cut153 (+9)[2]
Prize fund$2.0 million
Winner's share$300,000
Champion
Morgan Pressel
285 (−3)
Rancho Mirage
Location in the United States
Rancho
Mirage
Location in California

Morgan Pressel shot a bogey-free 69 in the final round to win her only major title, one stroke ahead of runners-up Brittany Lincicome, Catriona Matthew, and 54-hole co-leader Suzann Pettersen.[3][4][5] Tied for ninth and four strokes back after the third round, Pressel gained her first victory on the LPGA Tour and became the youngest-ever winner of an LPGA major at 18 years, 313 days.[5][6][7] The low amateur was collegian Stacy Lewis, a redshirt junior at Arkansas who carded a final round 70 (−2) and finished two strokes behind, in a four-way tie for fifth.

The 36-hole co-leaders at 140 (−4) were world number two Lorena Ochoa and number five Paula Creamer,[2][8] with Petterson and first round leader Shi-Hyun Ahn a stroke back; all four were in search of their first major.[9] Ochoa made a quadruple-bogey at 17 on Saturday, and Creamer shot 78 (+6) on Sunday.[4] Top-ranked Annika Sorenstam made the cut, but just barely at 151 (+7).[9]

Pettersen, 25, co-led with Se Ri Pak after the third round at 212 (−4)[10] and had a four-stroke lead with four holes to play on Sunday. Double bogeys at 15 and 16, and a bogey on the par-3 17th dropped Pettersen a stroke back, and she missed a birdie putt on the final hole to force a playoff.[4][11] She rebounded and gained her first LPGA Tour victory in May at Kingsmill, the next major at the LPGA Championship in June, and three additional victories in 2007.

Pressel's win vaulted her thirteen places in the world rankings, from seventeenth[8] to a career-high fourth.[12]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 29, 2007

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Shi-Hyun Ahn68−4
T2 Suzann Pettersen69−3
Lindsey Wright
T4 Maria Hjorth70−2
Jee Young Lee
Catriona Matthew
Karrie Webb
T8 Pat Hurst71−1
Brittany Lang
Stacy Lewis (a)
Sherri Steinhauer

Source:[13]

Second round

Friday, March 30, 2007

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Paula Creamer73-67=140−4
Lorena Ochoa69-71=140
T3 Shi-Hyun Ahn68-73=141−3
Suzann Pettersen72-69=141
5 Se Ri Pak72-70=142−2
T6 Maria Hjorth70-73=143−1
Brittany Lincicome72-71=143
Catriona Matthew70-73=143
Lindsey Wright74-69=143
T10 Meaghan Francella72-72=144E
Brittany Lang71-73=144
Stacy Lewis (a)71-73=144

Source:[2][13]

Amateurs: Lewis (E), Choe (+9), Coutu (+9).

Third round

Saturday, March 31, 2007

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Se Ri Pak72-70-70=212−4
Suzann Pettersen72-69-71=212
T3 Paula Creamer73-67-73=213−3
Meaghan Francella72-72-69=213
5 Brittany Lincicome72-71-71=214−2
T6 Shi-Hyun Ahn68-73-74=215−1
Maria Hjorth70-73-72=215
Catriona Matthew70-73-72=215
T9 Sarah Lee68-73-74=216E
Stacy Prammanasudh76-70-70=216
Morgan Pressel74-72-70=216

Source:[1][10][13]

Final round

Sunday, April 1, 2007

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Morgan Pressel74-72-70-69=285−3300,000
T2 Brittany Lincicome72-71-71-72=286−2140,945
Catriona Matthew70-73-72-71=286
Suzann Pettersen72-69-71-74=286
T5 Shi-Hyun Ahn68-73-74-72=287−169,688
Meaghan Francella72-72-69-74=287
Stacy Prammanasudh76-70-70-71=287
Stacy Lewis (a)71-73-73-70=2870   
9 Maria Hjorth70-73-72-73=288E50,114
T10 Lorena Ochoa69-71-77-72=289+141,340
Se Ri Pak72-70-70-77=289
Angela Stanford72-75-73-69=289

Source:[13][14]

Amateurs: Lewis (−1), Coutu (+18), Choe (+19).

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8 9101112131415161718
Par454434435454434435
PresselE−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−2−3
Lincicome−2−3−3−3−2−2−2−2−1−2−3−3−3−3−2−2−2−2
MatthewE−1−1−2−3−4−4−3−4−4−4−4−3−3−3−3−3−2
Pettersen−4−4−3−3−3−3−3−4−5−5−6−6−6−6−5−3−2−2
AhnEE−1−1−1EEEE−1−1E+1EE−1−1−1
Francella−4−4−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−2−2−2−1EE−1
Lewis+1+1EEEEEEE−1E−1−1−2−2−1−1−1
PrammanasudhE−1−1−1−1−2−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−3−2−2−1−1
Hjorth−2−2−2−1EEEEEE−1EEE+1EEE
Ochoa+1+1+1+2+2+2+2+3+3+3+2+1+1+1+2+2+2+1
Pak−4−5−4−5−5−5−5−4−4−3−3−4−3−3−2−1E+1
Stanford+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+2+2+1+1+2+2+2+2+1+1
Creamer−2−2−1−1EEE+1+1EEE+1+1+1+1+2+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[13]

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