2002 Kraft Nabisco Championship

2002 Kraft Nabisco Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 28–31, 2002
LocationRancho Mirage, California
Course(s)Mission Hills Country Club
Dinah Shore Tourn. Course
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,520 yards (5,962 m)[1]
Field92 players, 74 after cut
Cut153 (+9)
Prize fund$1.5 million
Winner's share$225,000
Champion
Sweden Annika Sörenstam
280 (−8)
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The 2002 Kraft Nabisco Championship was a women's professional golf tournament, held March 28–31 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the 31st edition of the Kraft Nabisco Championship, and the twentieth as a major championship.

Defending champion Annika Sörenstam shot a final round 68 to win the second of her three titles at this event, one stroke ahead of runner-up and compatriot Liselotte Neumann;[2][3] it was the fourth of Sörenstam's ten major titles. The co-leaders after 54 holes were Sörenstam, Neumann, and Karrie Webb, the 2000 champion.[1][4]

Through 2017, this is the sole successful title defense at this major championship. Before it became a major in 1983, Sandra Post won consecutively in 1978 and 1979.

  1. ^ a b "Scoreboard: Nabisco Championship". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). March 31, 2002. p. 2C.
  2. ^ Garrity, John (April 8, 2002). "Red Alert". Sports Illustrated. p. G66.
  3. ^ "Sorenstam holds on for victory". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. April 1, 2002. p. 5C.
  4. ^ "LPGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. March 31, 2002. p. 3G.