2005 LPGA Championship

2005 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 9–12, 2005
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
Length6,488 yards (5,933 m)[1]
Field150 players, 80 after cut
Cut149 (+5)
Prize fund$1.8 million
Winner's share$270,000
Champion
Sweden Annika Sörenstam
277 (−11)
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 2005 LPGA Championship was the 51st LPGA Championship, played June 9–12 at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2005.

Two-time defending champion Annika Sörenstam won for the third consecutive year, three strokes ahead of runner-up Michelle Wie, a 15-year-old amateur.[2][3] It was the ninth of Sörenstam's ten major titles, and was also consecutive major wins, as she won the Kraft Nabisco Championship by eleven strokes in March.

Wie's inclusion created some controversy, as the event was traditionally for professionals only;[3] she turned pro four months later in October.

Starting with this edition, the LPGA Championship was played at Bulle Rock for five consecutive years, through 2009; the previous eleven were held in nearby Delaware at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington.

  1. ^ "Scoreboard: LPGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). June 13, 2005. p. E5.
  2. ^ Ferguson, Doug (June 13, 2005). "Sorenstam stays at Woods' pace". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. E3.
  3. ^ a b Swift, E.M. (June 20, 2005). "Overdrive". Sports Illustrated. p. G10.