2013 LPGA Championship

The 2013 LPGA Championship was the 59th LPGA Championship, held June 6–9 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 five major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2013 season. This was the fourth consecutive year the LPGA Championship was played at Locust Hill.

2013 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 6–9, 2013
LocationPittsford, New York, U.S.
Course(s)Locust Hill Country Club
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,530 yards (5,971 m)
Field150 players, 77 after cut
Cut150 (+6)
Prize fund$2.25 million
Winner's share$337,500
Champion
South Korea Inbee Park
283 (−5), playoff
Locust Hill CC is located in the United States
Locust Hill CC
Locust Hill CC
Location in the United States
Locust Hill Country Club is located in New York
Locust Hill Country Club
Locust Hill Country Club
Location in New York

Inbee Park, number one in the world rankings, won her third major title in a sudden-death playoff, defeating runner-up Catriona Matthew on the third extra hole, their 39th of the day. The third and fourth rounds were played on Sunday after play was washed out by heavy rain on Thursday.

The win was the second consecutive major for Park; she won the Kraft Nabisco Championship in April and became only the third to win both in the same year, joining Pat Bradley (1986) and Annika Sörenstam (2005).[1]

It was the eighth playoff at the LPGA Championship and the first since 2008.

Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal[2]
Yards4143373805321614391784661723,0794135113613864001503564783963,4516,530
Par444534353354544434543772

Field

The field included 150 players from 24 countries, with the 36-hole cut to the top 70 players and ties after the second round.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 6, 2013
Friday, June 7, 2013

Play was washed out on Thursday due to heavy rain, course flooding, and occasional lightning.[3] Chella Choi shot a 67 (−5) on Friday on a soggy course to take the first round lead; major winners Morgan Pressel and Jiyai Shin were one stroke back at 68.[4]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1South Korea Chella Choi67−5
T2United States Morgan Pressel68−4
South Korea Jiyai Shin
4United States Brittany Lincicome69−3
T5United States Jessica Korda70−2
South Korea Se Ri Pak
T7Japan Chie Arimura71−1
England Laura Davies
South Korea M. J. Hur
South Korea Ilhee Lee
Scotland Catriona Matthew
Sweden Anna Nordqvist
United States Angela Stanford
United States Lexi Thompson
South Korea Amy Yang

Source:[5]

Second round

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Pressel grabbed the lead with a 70 (−2) for 138 (−6), and world number one Inbee Park shot 68 to move into tie for second place with first round leader Choi, two strokes back at 140 (−4).[6] The cut was at 150 (+6) or better, with 77 players advancing to play the final two rounds on Sunday.[7]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Morgan Pressel68-70=138−6
T2South Korea Chella Choi67-73=140−4
South Korea Inbee Park72-68=140
T4South Korea Jiyai Shin68-73=141−3
Australia Sarah Jane Smith72-69=141
South Korea Amy Yang71-70=141
T7South Korea Na Yeon Choi72-70=142−2
United States Brittany Lincicome69-73=142
Scotland Catriona Matthew71-71=142
United States Angela Stanford71-71=142
South Korea Sun Young Yoo73-69=142

Source:[7]

Third round

Sunday, June 9, 2013 (morning)

One-over for the round after the first eight holes, Park then made five birdies and five pars for another 68 (−4) to total 208 (−8), one stroke ahead of Pressel.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1South Korea Inbee Park72-68-68=208−8
2United States Morgan Pressel68-70-71=209−7
3South Korea Jiyai Shin68-73-69=210−6
T4South Korea Na Yeon Choi72-70-70=212−4
South Korea Sun Young Yoo73-69-70=212
6South Korea Chella Choi67-73-73=213−3
T7Germany Caroline Masson74-69-71=214−2
United States Kristy McPherson73-72-69=214
T9Sweden Pernilla Lindberg73-71-71=215−1
Scotland Catriona Matthew71-71-73=215
Japan Ai Miyazato74-75-66=215
United States Michelle Wie76-68-71=215
South Korea Amy Yang71-70-74=215

Source:[8]

Final round

Sunday, June 9, 2013 (afternoon)

Following the third round in the morning, the groupings were kept the same for the afternoon's final round. The top three players after 54 holes, Park, Pressel, and Shin, all shot 75 (+3) and came back to the field. Matthew recorded a 68 (−4) without a bogey for a 283 (−5), which tied Park and forced a sudden-death playoff. Suzann Pettersen, the champion in 2007, started the round eleven strokes back, in a tie for 31st. She carded a tournament best 65 (−7), but finished one stroke back at 284 (−4), tied with Pressel for third place.[1][9]

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1South Korea Inbee Park72-68-68-75=283−5Playoff
Scotland Catriona Matthew71-71-73-68=283
T3Norway Suzann Pettersen72-73-74-65=284−4132,716
United States Morgan Pressel68-70-71-75=284
T5South Korea Chella Choi67-73-73-72=285−372,288
South Korea Jiyai Shin68-73-69-75=285
South Korea Amy Yang71-70-74-70=285
South Korea Sun Young Yoo73-69-70-73=285
T9South Korea Na Yeon Choi72-70-70-74=286−246,121
China Shanshan Feng74-70-72-70=286
United States Michelle Wie76-68-71-71=286

Source:[10]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par444534353454443454
South Korea Park−8−8−8−8−9−8−8−7−7−7−8−8−8−7−7−6−6−5
Scotland Matthew−1−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−5
Norway Pettersen+3+3+2+2+1+1+1EE−1−1−1−2−2−2−3−3−4
United States Pressel−7−7−7−7−7−7−6−7−7−6−6−5−5−5−5−4−4−4
South Korea Shin−5−4−4−4−4−3−2−2−2−2−3−2−3−2−3−4−3−3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey

Source:[10]

Playoff

The sudden-death playoff began on the 18th hole and alternated with the 10th hole, both par fours. Both players parred the first two holes, with Matthew scrambling for par on the second after finding the rough and pitching out to the fairway. She drove into the rough again on the third hole while Park hit the fairway. Matthew failed to chip in for par from 50 feet (15 m) and Park sank her 18-foot (5.5 m) birdie putt for the championship.[1]

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1South Korea Inbee Park4-4-3−1337,500
2Scotland Catriona Matthew4-4-x206,304

References

  1. "Wegmans LPGA Championship Final Round Notes and Interviews". LPGA. June 9, 2013. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  2. "Course Overview – Locust Hill Country Club". Wegmans LPGA Championship. Archived from the original on April 26, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  3. "Rain postpones 1st round of LPGA Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  4. "Chella Choi leads after opening 67". ESPN. Associated Press. June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  5. "First round leaderboard, 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship". LPGA. June 7, 2013. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  6. "Morgan Pressel up 2 on Inbee Park". ESPN. Associated Press. June 8, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  7. "Second round leaderboard, 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship". LPGA. June 8, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  8. "Third round leaderboard, 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship". LPGA. June 9, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  9. "Inbee Park outlasts Catriona Matthew". ESPN. Associated Press. June 8, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  10. "Final round leaderboard, 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship". LPGA. June 9, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2013.

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