2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship

2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship

Tournament information
Dates	March 29 – April 1, 2012
Location	Rancho Mirage, California
Course(s)	Mission Hills Country Club Dinah Shore Tourn. Course
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,738 yards (6,161 m)[1]
Field	117 players, 82 after cut
Cut	148 (+4)
Prize fund	$2,000,000
Winner's share	$300,000
Champion
Sun-Young Yoo
279 (–9), playoff
«2011 2013»

Mission Hills Country Club

Location in the United States

The 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship was played at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, from March 29 through April 1. It was the 41st edition of the Kraft Nabisco Championship and its 30th year as a women's major golf championship.

On the final day, I.K. Kim had a one-foot (30 cm) putt on the 18th green to seal her first major title. The putt lipped out, forcing a playoff with Sun-Young Yoo, who also shot 69 in the final round. Yoo won the sudden-death playoff with a birdie on the first extra hole.^[2] The defending champion from 2011 was Stacy Lewis, who finished two strokes back in a tie for fourth place.

Field

117 players, including 110 professionals and seven amateurs, made up the field of the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship. The tournament was cut to the top 70 players and ties after the second round. The cut was at +4 with 82 players advancing to play on the weekend.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Yani Tseng	Taiwan	2010	68	68	71	73	280	–8	3
Stacy Lewis	United States	2011	74	71	70	66	281	–7	T4
Karrie Webb	Australia	2000, 2006	71	72	71	70	284	–4	T15
Pat Hurst	United States	1998	75	73	71	71	290	+2	T43
Morgan Pressel	United States	2007	73	74	73	71	291	+3	T46

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Brittany Lincicome	United States	2009	76	76	152	+8
Grace Park	South Korea	2004	76	78	154	+10

Tournament summary

First round

Thursday, March 29, 2012
Amy Yang shot a six-under 66 to claim the lead after the first round on Friday. Lindsey Wright shot 77 for second place and world number one and 2010 Kraft Nabisco Championship winner Yani Tseng shot four-under 68 for third place. Defending champion Stacy Lewis was tied for 60th place with a two-over-par score of 74.^[3]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Amy Yang	South Korea	66	–6
2	Lindsey Wright	Australia	67	–5
3	Yani Tseng	Taiwan	68	–4
T4	Nicole Castrale	United States	69	–3
	Paula Creamer	United States
	Jodi Ewart	England
	Katherine Hull	Australia
	Haeji Kang	South Korea
	Hee Kyung Seo	South Korea
	Sun-Young Yoo	South Korea

Source:^[4]

Second round

Friday, March 30, 2012
Yani Tseng moved into first place after the second day of the tournament, repeating her first round score of 68. Haeji Kang was one stroke back. The biggest movers into the top five were Karin Sjödin and Na Yeon Choi. Both moved from T32 after round one to T5 after the second round.^[5] 82 players made the cut which was at 148 (+4).

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Yani Tseng	Taiwan	68-68=136	–8
2	Haeji Kang	South Korea	69-68=137	–7
T3	Lindsey Wright	Australia	67-71=138	–6
	Sun-Young Yoo	South Korea	69-69=138
T5	Na Yeon Choi	South Korea	72-67=139	–5
	Karin Sjödin	Sweden	72-67=139
	Se Ri Pak	South Korea	70-69=139
T8	Vicky Hurst	United States	70-70=140	–4
	Eun-Hee Ji	South Korea	71-69=140
	I.K. Kim	South Korea	70-70=140
	Momoko Ueda	Japan	71-69=140
	Amy Yang	South Korea	66-74=140

Source:^[6]

Amateurs: Jutanugarn (E), Ernst (+3), Hull (+4), Lee (+11).

Third round

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Karin Sjödin	Sweden	72-67-68=207	–9
	Yani Tseng	Taiwan	68-68-71=207
3	Haeji Kang	South Korea	69-68-72=209	–7
T4	Na Yeon Choi	South Korea	72-67-71=210	–6
	Eun-Hee Ji	South Korea	71-69-70=210
	I.K. Kim	South Korea	70-70-70=210
	Hee Kyung Seo	South Korea	69-72-69=210
	Sun-Young Yoo	South Korea	69-69-72=210
T9	Katherine Hull	Australia	69-73-69=211	–5
	Vicky Hurst	United States	70-70-71=211
	Se Ri Pak	South Korea	70-69-72=211

Source:^[7]

Fourth round

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Place	Player	Nation	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Sun-Young Yoo	South Korea	69-69-72-69=279	–9	Playoff
	I.K. Kim	South Korea	70-70-70-69=279
3	Yani Tseng	Taiwan	68-68-71-73=280	–8	132,418
T4	Stacy Lewis	United States	74-71-70-66=281	–7	77,202
	Hee Kyung Seo	South Korea	69-72-69-71=281
	Karin Sjödin	Sweden	72-67-68-74=281
	Amy Yang	South Korea	66-74-72-69=281
T8	Na Yeon Choi	South Korea	72-67-71-72=282	–6	44,806
	Natalie Gulbis	United States	76-71-70-65=282
	Se Ri Pak	South Korea	70-69-72-71=282

Amateurs: Jutanugarn (-2), Hull (+1), Ernst (+4).

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	5
Yoo	–7	–7	–6	–6	–7	–7	–7	–7	–6	–6	–7	–8	–8	–8	–9	–9	–9	–9
Kim	–6	–6	–6	–6	–6	–6	–6	–7	–7	–7	–7	–7	–7	–8	–8	–9	–10	–9
Tseng	–8	–8	–8	–8	–7	–7	–7	–6	–6	–6	–6	–7	–7	–7	–7	–7	–8	–8
Sjödin	–9	–11	–11	–11	–11	–10	–10	–10	–9	–8	–8	–8	–9	–9	–9	–8	–7	–7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[8]

Playoff

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Sun-Young Yoo	South Korea	4	–1	300,000
2	I.K. Kim	South Korea	5	E	182,538

Yoo won with a birdie on the first hole (par 5, 18th hole) of a sudden-death playoff.
Source:^[1][8]

References

External links

• Official website

Coordinates: 33°47′53″N 116°25′59″W / 33.798°N 116.433°W / 33.798; -116.433