2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship

The 2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship was the 42nd Kraft Nabisco Championship, held April 4–7 at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course of Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. In its 31st year as a major championship, Inbee Park won her second major title, four strokes ahead of runner-up So Yeon Ryu.[2][3]

2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship

Tournament information
Dates	April 4–7, 2013
Location	Rancho Mirage, California
Course(s)	Mission Hills Country Club Dinah Shore Tournament Course
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,738 yards (6,161 m)[1]
Field	111 players, 73 after cut
Cut	149 (+5)
Prize fund	$2.0 million
Winner's share	$300,000
Champion
Inbee Park
273 (−15)

Rancho Mirage

Location in the United States

Rancho
Mirage

Location in California

It was the first of Park's three consecutive major victories in 2013; the first to win the opening three majors of a season since Babe Zaharias in 1950.[4]

For the first time as a major, a defending champion missed the cut: Sun-Young Yoo was at 153 (+9).

Field

The field of 111 players included nine amateurs.[5]

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Karrie Webb	Australia	2000, 2006	72	71	67	72	282	−6	T5
Stacy Lewis	United States	2011	73	71	71	72	287	−1	T32
Yani Tseng	Taiwan	2010	72	75	69	74	290	+2	T48
Morgan Pressel	United States	2007	72	75	72	73	292	+4	T52

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Juli Inkster	United States	1984, 1989	77	74	151	+7
Brittany Lincicome	United States	2009	77	74	151	+7
Helen Alfredsson	Sweden	1993	75	77	152	+8
Pat Hurst	United States	1998	74	78	152	+8
Sun-Young Yoo	South Korea	2012	77	76	153	+9
Amy Alcott	United States	1983, 1988, 1991	81	80	161	+17

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Na Yeon Choi, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, and Suzann Pettersen shot 68 (−4) to hold a three-way tie for the lead, with Anna Nordqvist and Amy Yang a stroke back. Defending champion Sun-Young Yoo was tied for 90th place after a 77 (+5). World number one Stacy Lewis, the 2011 champion, had a triple bogey on the 14th hole leading to a 73, five strokes behind the leaders.[6][7]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Na Yeon Choi	South Korea	68	−4
	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	England
	Suzann Pettersen	Norway
T4	Anna Nordqvist	Sweden	69	−3
	Amy Yang	South Korea
T6	Jacqui Concolino	United States	70	−2
	Moriya Jutanugarn	Thailand
	Jessica Korda	United States
	Caroline Masson	Germany
	Hee Young Park	South Korea
	Inbee Park	South Korea
	Jane Park	United States
	Lizette Salas	United States
	Giulia Sergas	Italy
	Jiyai Shin	South Korea
	Angela Stanford	United States

Source:[7]

Second round

Friday, April 5, 2013

The cut came at 149 (+5) with 73 players continuing to the weekend, including five of the nine amateurs. Reigning Vare Trophy winner Inbee Park shot 67 (−5) to move into first place with a one-stroke lead over Lizette Salas. Round one co-leaders Shadoff, Choi, and Pettersen fell to three, six, and six strokes back, respectively. Defending champion Yoo missed the cut—the first time in Kraft Nabisco Championship history. Two players, Jeong Jang and Yi Eun-jung, withdrew before completing round two.[8][9]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Inbee Park	South Korea	70-67=137	−7
2	Lizette Salas	United States	70-68=138	−6
T3	Caroline Hedwall	Sweden	71-68=139	−5
	Giulia Sergas	Italy	70-69=139
T5	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	England	68-72=140	−4
	Hee Young Park	South Korea	70-70=140
	Pornanong Phatlum	Thailand	71-69=140
T8	Haeji Kang	South Korea	72-69=141	−3
	Anna Nordqvist	Sweden	69-72=141
	Se Ri Pak	South Korea	72-69=141
	Jiyai Shin	South Korea	70-71=141

Source:[10]

Amateurs: Hedberg (E), Ko (+2), Meadow (+2), Ramsey (+2), Yin (+4), Duncan (+6), Chen (+7), Hall (+10), Lendl (+29).

Third round

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Park and Salas retained their first and second place positions, with Park opening up the lead to three strokes after shooting a bogey-free 67 (−5) and 204 (−12). Six players were tied for third, three shots behind Salas at 210, including Angela Stanford, with a round-low 66 (−6) on Saturday.[11]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Inbee Park	South Korea	70-67-67=204	−12
2	Lizette Salas	United States	70-68-69=207	−9
T3	Karine Icher	France	72-70-68=210	−6
	Jessica Korda	United States	70-72-68=210
	Suzann Pettersen	Norway	68-75-67=210
	Pornanong Phatlum	Thailand	71-69-70=210
	Angela Stanford	United States	70-74-66=210
	Karrie Webb	Australia	72-71-67=210
T9	Paula Creamer	United States	74-68-69=211	−5
	Caroline Hedwall	Sweden	71-68-72=211

Source:[12]

Final round

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Again in the final pairing, Park birdied the first hole while Salas double-bogeyed to double the lead to six strokes. Playing nearly an hour ahead, So Yeon Ryu shot a bogey-free 65 (−7) to climb the leaderboard into solo second place. Park finished with a 69 (−3) to finish with a four-stroke margin over Ryu. Salas shot a 79 (+7) and fell to a tie for 25th place at 286 (−2).[2][3]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Inbee Park	South Korea	70-67-67-69=273	−15	300,000
2	So Yeon Ryu	South Korea	73-71-68-65=277	−11	187,073
T3	Caroline Hedwall	Sweden	71-68-72-68=279	−9	120,345
	Suzann Pettersen	Norway	68-75-67-69=279
T5	Haeji Kang	South Korea	72-69-73-68=282	−6	76,816
	Karrie Webb	Australia	72-71-68-72=282
T7	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	England	68-72-74-69=283	−5	44,980
	Catriona Matthew	Scotland	72-73-70-68=283
	Anna Nordqvist	Sweden	69-72-72-70=283
	Hee Young Park	South Korea	70-70-72-71=283
	Giulia Sergas	Italy	70-69-76-68=283
	Jiyai Shin	South Korea	70-71-71-71=283

Source:[13][14]

Amateurs:Ko (−2), Meadow (+1), Ramsey (+2), Yin (+5), Hedberg (+13).

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
Park	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−13	−13	−14	−15	−14	−14	−15	−16	−16	−16	−16	−15	−15
Ryu	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−8	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11
Hedwall	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9
Pettersen	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9
Kang	−2	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4	−3	−2	−3	−4	−5	−6	−6
Webb	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6
Salas	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−5	−4	−4	−4	−2	−2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Source:[15]

References

1. "Kraft Nabisco Championship Course Info". LPGA. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
2. Elliott, Mick (April 7, 2013). "Park cruises to second major title and No. 2 ranking". LPGA. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
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4. "Inbee Park claims historic win". ESPN. Associated Press. June 30, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
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11. "Inbee Park cards 67, up 3 at Kraft". ESPN. Associated Press. April 6, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
12. "Kraft Nabisco Championship Round 3 Scoring". LPGA. April 6, 2013. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
13. "Kraft Nabisco Championship Round 4 Scoring". LPGA. April 7, 2013. Archived from the original on December 18, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
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External links

• Official website
• Coverage on the LPGA Tour official site