2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship

The 2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship was a women's professional golf tournament, held March 30 to April 2 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. It was the 35th edition of the Kraft Nabisco Championship, and the 24th as a major championship. The purse was $1.8 million, with a winner's share of $270,000.

2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship

Tournament information
Dates	March 30 – April 2, 2006
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	6,569 yards (6,007 m)
Field	100 players, 70 after cut
Cut	150 (+6)
Prize fund	$1.8 million
Winner's share	$270,000
Champion
Karrie Webb
279 (−9), playoff

Rancho Mirage

Location in the United States

Rancho
Mirage

Location in California

In a sudden-death playoff, 2000 champion Karrie Webb defeated Lorena Ochoa with a birdie on the first extra hole, the par-5 18th.[1][2] Webb had earlier holed out for an eagle on the same hole to card a 65 (−7) in the final round to force the playoff. Ochoa recorded a 62 (−10) in the first round, but was one over-par for the final 54 holes; she also eagled the 72nd hole. One stroke out of the playoff were Natalie Gulbis and Michelle Wie, then age 16.[3][4]

It was Webb's second win at this event and her seventh major title, the first in nearly four years, since the Women's British Open in 2002. Through 2016, it is her most recent victory in a major.

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	70	68	76	65	279	−9	1
Juli Inkster	United States	1984, 1989	69	73	74	68	284	−4	5
Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	2001, 2002, 2005	71	72	73	70	286	−2	T6
Helen Alfredsson	Sweden	1993	70	72	72	73	287	−1	T8
Pat Hurst	United States	1998	73	73	73	72	291	+3	T17
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc	France	2003	77	67	77	73	294	+6	T29
Grace Park	South Korea	2004	74	72	78	71	295	+7	T35

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Amy Alcott	United States	1983, 1988, 1991	75	76	151	+7
Patty Sheehan	United States	1996	75	78	153	+9

Source:[4]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Lorena Ochoa	Mexico	62	−10
2	Michelle Wie	United States	66	−6
3	Stacy Prammanasudh	United States	67	−5
4	Angela Park (a)	Brazil  United States	68	−4
T5	Paula Creamer	United States	69	−3
	Juli Inkster	United States
	Seon Hwa Lee	South Korea
	Morgan Pressel	United States
	Karen Stupples	England
T10	Helen Alfredsson	Sweden	70	−2
	Shi Hyun Ahn	South Korea
	Carin Koch	Sweden
	Brittany Lang	United States
	Ai Miyazato	Japan
	Johanna Mundy	England
	Karrie Webb	Australia

Source:[4]

Second round

Friday, March 31, 2006

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Lorena Ochoa	Mexico	62-71=133	−11
2	Michelle Wie	United States	66-71=137	−7
T3	Seon Hwa Lee	South Korea	69-69=138	−6
	Karrie Webb	Australia	70-68=138
T5	Paula Creamer	United States	69-71=140	−4
	Stacy Prammanasudh	United States	67-73=140
T7	Shi Hyun Ahn	South Korea	70-71=141	−3
	Angela Park (a)	Brazil  United States	68-73=141
T9	Helen Alfredsson	Sweden	70-72=142	−2
	Juli Inkster	United States	69-73=142
	Carin Koch	Sweden	70-72=142

Source:[4]

Amateurs: A. Park (−3), Martinez (+3), Michaels (+6), I. Park (+6).

Third round

Saturday, April 1, 2006

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Lorena Ochoa	Mexico	62-71-74=207	−9
2	Michelle Wie	United States	66-71-73=210	−6
T3	Shi Hyun Ahn	South Korea	70-71-71=212	−4
	Natalie Gulbis	United States	73-71-68=212
	Seon Hwa Lee	South Korea	69-69-74=212
T6	Helen Alfredsson	Sweden	70-72-72=214	−2
	Karrie Webb	Australia	70-68-76=214
T8	Hee-Won Han	South Korea	75-72-68=215	−1
	Morgan Pressel	United States	69-76-70=215
	Karen Stupples	England	69-74-72=215

Source:[4]

Final round

Sunday, April 2, 2006

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Karrie Webb	Australia	70-68-76-65=279	−9	Playoff
	Lorena Ochoa	Mexico	62-71-74-72=279
T3	Natalie Gulbis	United States	73-71-68-68=280	−8	108,222
	Michelle Wie	United States	66-71-73-70=280
5	Juli Inkster	United States	69-73-74-68=284	−4	75,985
T6	Hee-Won Han	South Korea	75-72-68-71=286	−2	57,104
	Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	71-72-73-70=286
T8	Shi Hyun Ahn	South Korea	70-71-71-75=287	−1	41,293
	Helen Alfredsson	Sweden	70-72-72-73=287
	Brittany Lang	United States	70-74-72-71=287

Source:[4]

Amateurs: A. Park (+2), Martinez (+16), I. Park (+16), Michaels (+20)

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	5
Webb	−2	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−9
Ochoa	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−8	−7	−7	−6	−7	−7	−9
Gulbis	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8
Wie	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8
Inkster	E	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−2	−3	−3	−4	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4
Han	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2
Sörenstam	E	E	+1	+1	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−2	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Source:[5]

Playoff

The sudden-death playoff began on the par-5 18th hole; Webb birdied to win the title.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Karrie Webb	Australia	4	−1	270,000
2	Lorena Ochoa	Mexico	5	E	168,226

References

1. "Webb's major comeback complete". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 3, 2006. p. D3.
2. Shipnuck, Alan (April 10, 2006). "Ecstasy and agony". Sports Illustrated. p. G3.
3. "2006 KNC - final round notes". LPGA. April 2, 2006. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
4. "ANA Inspiration (Kraft Nabisco Championship)". LPGA. 2006. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
5. "Kraft Nabisco Championship". LPGA. Retrieved October 20, 2018.

External links

• Golf Observer leaderboard