2011 LPGA Championship

The 2011 LPGA Championship was the 57th LPGA Championship, held June 23–26 at Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York, a suburb southeast of Rochester. Known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, it was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2011 season. This was the second of four consecutive years the LPGA Championship was played at Locust Hill.

2011 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 23–26, 2011
LocationPittsford, New York, U.S.
43.088°N 77.563°W / 43.088; -77.563
Course(s)Locust Hill Country Club
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,534 yards (5,975 m)[1]
Field150 players,
78 after cut
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fund$2,500,000
Winner's share$375,000
Champion
Yani Tseng
269 (−19)
Location map
Locust Hill CC
Location in the United States
Locust Hill CC
Location in New York

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 (2008) and fourth major championship. It was her third victory of 2011 and eighth career win on the LPGA Tour. It was the second consecutive year with a double-digit victory margin. Defending champion Cristie Kerr tied for third, eleven strokes back; she won by twelve strokes in 2010.

Course layout
Main article: Locust Hill Country Club
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal[2]
Yards4143373805321614391784661723,0794135093613864001503414783873,4256,504
Par444534353354544434543772

Field

The field was composed of 150 players, which included one amateur, with the cut to the top 70 players and ties after the second round.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 23, 2011

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Yani Tseng66−6
2 Paula Creamer67−5
T3 Diana D'Alessio68−4
Meena Lee
Stacy Prammanasudh
Angela Stanford
T7 Minea Blomqvist69−3
Amy Hung
Jennifer Johnson
Stacy Lewis
Ryann O'Toole
Hee Young Park
Morgan Pressel

Source:[3]

Second round

Friday, June 24, 2011

The cut was at 146 (+2) or better and 78 players advanced to play on the weekend. The only amateur, 18-year-old Danielle Kang, made the cut.[1] Kang was the U.S. Women's Amateur champion in 2010 and would repeat in 2011.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Yani Tseng66-70=136−8
2 Pat Hurst70-67=137−7
T3 Minea Blomqvist69-69=138−6
Morgan Pressel69-69=138
Hee Young Park69-69=138
T6 Paula Creamer67-72=139−5
Cindy Lacrosse70-69=139
Amy Yang70-69=139
9 Angela Stanford68-72=139−4
T10 Shanshan Feng75-66=141−3
Tiffany Joh71-70=141
Jimin Kang71-70=141
Meena Lee68-73=141
Stacy Lewis69-72=141
Azahara Muñoz70-71=141
Stacy Prammanasudh68-73=141
Reilly Rankin73-68=141
Momoko Ueda72-69=141

Source:[4]

Third round

Saturday, June 25, 2011

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Yani Tseng66-70-67=203−13
T2 Cindy Lacrosse70-69-69=208−8
Morgan Pressel69-69-70=208
4 Hee Young Park69-69-72=210−6
T5 Paula Creamer67-72-72=211−5
Cristie Kerr72-72-67=211
Meena Lee68-73-70=211
Stacy Lewis69-72-70=211
T9 Katie Futcher75-68-69=212−4
Maria Hjorth71-71-70=212
Pat Hurst70-67-75=212
I.K. Kim73-70-69=212
Mika Miyazato72-72-68=211
Azahara Muñoz70-71-71=212
Momoko Ueda72-69-71=212

Source:[5]

Final round

Sunday, June 26, 2011

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Yani Tseng66-70-67-66=269−19375,000
2 Morgan Pressel69-69-70-71=279−9228,695
T3 Paula Creamer67-72-72-69=280−8132,512
Cristie Kerr72-72-67-69=280
Suzann Pettersen72-72-69-67=280
T6 Meena Lee68-73-70-71=282−677,630
Stacy Lewis69-72-70-71=282
T8 Maria Hjorth71-71-70-71=283−553,840
Pat Hurst70-67-75-71=283
Mika Miyazato72-72-68-71=283
Azahara Muñoz70-71-71-71=283

Source:[6][7]

References
  1. "2011 Wegmans LPGA Championship" (PDF). LPGA. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
  2. "Course Overview - Locust Hill Country Club". Wegmans LPGA Championship. Archived from the original on June 11, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  3. "First round leaderboard, 2011 LPGA Championship". LPGA. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
  4. "Second round leaderboard, 2011 LPGA Championship". LPGA. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
  5. "Third round leaderboard, 2011 LPGA Championship". LPGA. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
  6. "Wegmans LPGA Championship: 2011 results". LPGA. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  7. "Final round leaderboard, 2011 LPGA Championship". LPGA. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
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