2004 Kraft Nabisco Championship

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.

2004 Kraft Nabisco Championship

Tournament information
Dates	March 25–28, 2004
Location	Rancho Mirage, California
Course(s)	Mission Hills Country Club Dinah Shore Tourn. Course
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,520 yards (5,962 m)[1]
Field	99 players, 77 after cut
Cut	152 (+8)
Prize fund	$1.6 million
Winner's share	$240,000
Champion
Grace Park
277 (−11)

Rancho Mirage

Location in the United States

Rancho
Mirage

Location in California

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]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Karrie Webb	Australia	2000	68	71	71	69	279	−9	3
Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	2001, 2002	71	76	69	69	285	−3	T13
Dottie Pepper	United States	1992, 1999	68	70	74	78	290	+2	T24
Juli Inkster	United States	1984, 1989	74	74	73	70	291	+3	T28
Donna Andrews	United States	1994	70	74	73	74	291	+3	T28
Pat Hurst	United States	1998	72	76	69	76	293	+5	T35
Helen Alfredsson	Sweden	1993	75	72	71	76	294	+6	T40
Betsy King	United States	1987, 1990, 1997	75	74	75	76	300	+12	T58
Amy Alcott	United States	1983, 1988, 1991	74	76	79	79	308	+20	77

Source:[1][6]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Nanci Bowen	United States	1995	72	81	153	+9
Patty Sheehan	United States	1996	76	81	157	+13
Alice Miller	United States	1985	80	83	163	+19
Pat Bradley	United States	1986	80	84	164	+20

Source:[6]

• Defending champion Patricia Meunier-Lebouc gave birth to her first child in February and opted not to participate.[7]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, March 28, 2004

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Grace Park	South Korea	72-69-67-69=277	−11	240,000
2	Aree Song	South Korea  Thailand	66-73-69-70=278	−10	146,826
3	Karrie Webb	Australia	68-71-71-69=279	−9	106,512
4	Michelle Wie (a)	United States	69-72-69-71=281	−7	0
T5	Cristie Kerr	United States	71-71-71-69=282	−6	74,358
	Catriona Matthew	Scotland	67-75-70-70=282
7	Mi Hyun Kim	South Korea	71-70-71-71=283	−5	54,261
T8	Rosie Jones	United States	67-73-71-73=284	−4	36,737
	Christina Kim	United States	72-72-70-70=284
	Candie Kung	Taiwan	69-75-71-69=284
	Jung Yeon Lee	South Korea	69-69-71-75=284
	Lorena Ochoa	Mexico	67-76-74-67=284

Source:[1][6]

Amateurs: Michelle Wie (−7), Jane Park (+2), Liz Janangelo (+6), Paula Creamer (+7).

References

1. "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. "ANA Inspiration (Kraft Nabisco Championship)". LPGA. 2004. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
7. Bonk, Thomas (February 26, 2004). "There's no defense for new mother". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 6, 2019.

External links

• Golf Observer leaderboard