2001 LPGA Championship

2001 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 21–24, 2001
LocationWilmington, Delaware
39°47′20″N 75°33′50″W / 39.789°N 75.564°W / 39.789; -75.564
Course(s)DuPont Country Club
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par71
Length6,408 yards (5,859 m)
Field144 players, 73 after cut
Cut145 (+3)
Prize fund$1.5 million
Winner's share$225,000
Champion
Australia Karrie Webb
270 (−14)
Location map
DuPont CC is located in the United States
DuPont CC
DuPont CC
Location in United States
DuPont CC is located in Delaware
DuPont CC
DuPont CC
Location in Delaware
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The 2001 LPGA Championship was the 47th LPGA Championship, played June 21–24 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware. This was the third of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2001.

Karrie Webb won her only LPGA Championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up Laura Diaz, and completed the career grand slam.[1][2] It was her second consecutive major win, as she also took the U.S. Women's Open earlier in the month.

Webb, age 26, became the fifth and youngest woman to win the career slam, passing Mickey Wright, who completed hers at age 27 in 1962.[2] It was the fourth of Webb's seven major titles. With a 7-under 64 on Friday, she set the 36-hole scoring record at the LPGA Championship at 131 (−11).[3]

The DuPont Country Club hosted this championship for eleven consecutive seasons, from 1994 through 2004.

  1. ^ Garrity, John (July 2, 2001). "Somber slam". Sports Illustrated. p. G6.
  2. ^ a b "Webb cruises to final leg of career Grand Slam". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 25, 2001. p. 3E.
  3. ^ Ferguson, Doug (June 23, 2001). "Webb doesn't clown around". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C1.