2004 Kraft Nabisco Championship

2004 Kraft Nabisco Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 25–28, 2004
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]
Field99 players, 77 after cut
Cut152 (+8)
Prize fund$1.6 million
Winner's share$240,000
Champion
South Korea Grace Park
277 (−11)
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The 2004 Kraft Nabisco Championship was a women's professional golf tournament, held March 25–28 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the 33rd edition of the Kraft Nabisco Championship, and the 22nd edition as a major championship.

Grace Park won her only major title by one stroke, sinking a 6-foot (1.8 m) birdie putt on the 72nd hole.[2][3] Only moments earlier, runner-up Aree Song had dropped a 30-foot (9 m) eagle putt to tie.[4] Long-time tournament director Terry Wilcox called this Kraft Nabisco "the most thrilling he can recall."[5]

The top amateur was 14-year-old Michelle Wie, four strokes back in fourth place.[1]

Defending champion Patricia Meunier-Lebouc gave birth to her first child in February and opted not to participate.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Scoreboard: Nabisco Championship". Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). March 29, 2004. p. 2C.
  2. ^ Shipnuck, Alan (April 6, 2004). "The future is now". Sports Illustrated. p. 14.
  3. ^ Park wins first major
  4. ^ "Park too much for Song". Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. March 29, 2004. p. 2C.
  5. ^ "Top 10 Kraft Nabisco Championship". Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
  6. ^ Bonk, Thomas (February 26, 2004). "There's no defense for new mother". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 6, 2019.