1997 LPGA Championship
Golf tournament
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The 1997 LPGA Championship was the 43rd LPGA Championship, played May 15–18 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware.
Christa Johnson won her only major title in a sudden-death playoff over Leta Lindley.[2] The win came with a par on the second extra hole, after both had players bogeyed the first. Johnson and Lindley were co-leaders after 54 holes.[1][2] It was the first playoff at the LPGA Championship since 1970, then a full 18-hole round on Monday.
This was the fourth of eleven consecutive LPGA Championships at DuPont Country Club.
Final leaderboard
Sunday, May 18, 1997
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | ![]() | 68-73-69-71=281 | −3 | Playoff |
![]() | 72-69-69-71=281 | |||
3 | ![]() | 70-73-72-67=282 | −2 | 81,519 |
T4 | ![]() | 67-75-74-68=284 | E | 57,365 |
![]() | 68-71-73-72=284 | |||
T6 | ![]() | 70-75-71-69=285 | +1 | 38,947 |
![]() | 69-79-71-66=285 | |||
8 | ![]() | 70-73-72-71=286 | +2 | 31,400 |
T9 | ![]() | 68-73-72-74=287 | +3 | 26,871 |
![]() | 71-79-70-67=287 |
Source:[3][4]
Playoff
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 5-4=9 | +1 | 180,000 |
2 | ![]() | 5-5=10 | +2 | 111,711 |
- Sudden-death playoff held on holes 18 and 10.
Scorecard
Hole | 18 | 10 |
---|---|---|
Par | 4 | 4 |
![]() | 5 | 4 |
![]() | 5 | 5 |
Bogey
Source:[2][4]
References
- ^ a b "LPGA Championship". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). May 18, 1997. p. 8C.
- ^ a b c Ginsburg, David (May 19, 1997). "Johnson gets LPGA victory". Times Daily. (Florence, Alabama). Associated Press. p. 4D.
- ^ "KPMG Women's PGA Championship (LPGA Championship)". LPGA. 1997. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ^ a b "LPGA Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). May 19, 1997. p. 4C.
External links
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