2008 LPGA Championship

2008 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 5–8, 2008
LocationHavre de Grace, Maryland
39°32′31″N 76°07′59″W / 39.542°N 76.133°W / 39.542; -76.133
Course(s)Bulle Rock Golf Course
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,641 yards (6,073 m)
Field150 players, 81 after cut
Cut144 (Even)
Prize fund$2.0 million
Winner's share$300,000
Champion
Taiwan Yani Tseng
276 (−12), playoff
Location map
Bulle Rock GC is located in the United States
Bulle Rock GC
Bulle Rock GC
Location in United States
Bulle Rock GC is located in Maryland
Bulle Rock GC
Bulle Rock GC
Location in Maryland
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The 2008 LPGA Championship was the 54th LPGA Championship, played June 5–8 at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2008.

The champion was tour rookie Yani Tseng, age 19, with a playoff victory over Maria Hjorth. The two finished regulation play at 276 (−12), one stroke ahead of Annika Sörenstam and Lorena Ochoa. Tseng birdied the fourth extra hole for her first career win on the LPGA Tour and became the first rookie to win a major in a decade.[1]

This championship was played at Bulle Rock for five consecutive seasons, 2005 through 2009.

  1. ^ "Tseng becomes first rookie in 10 years to win major title". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. June 9, 2008. p. 4C.