2011 LPGA Championship

The 2011 LPGA Championship was the 57th LPGA Championship, held June 23–26 at Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York, a suburb southeast of Rochester. Known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, it was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2011 season. This was the second of four consecutive years the LPGA Championship was played at Locust Hill.

2011 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 23–26, 2011
LocationPittsford, New York, U.S.
43°05′17″N 77°33′47″W / 43.088°N 77.563°W / 43.088; -77.563
Course(s)Locust Hill Country Club
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,534 yards (5,975 m)[1]
Field150 players,
78 after cut
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fund$2,500,000
Winner's share$375,000
Champion
Taiwan Yani Tseng
269 (−19)
Location map
Locust Hill CC is located in the United States
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Location in the United States
Locust Hill CC is located in New York
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Location in New York
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The champion was Yani Tseng, age 22, with a 269 (−19) to win by ten strokes over Morgan Pressel. It was Tseng's second LPGA Championship victory (2008) and fourth major championship. It was her third victory of 2011 and eighth career win on the LPGA Tour. It was the second consecutive year with a double-digit victory margin. Defending champion Cristie Kerr tied for third, eleven strokes back; she won by twelve strokes in 2010.

Course layout

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Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total[2]
Yards 414 337 380 532 161 439 178 466 172 3,079 413 509 361 386 400 150 341 478 387 3,425 6,504
Par 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 5 3 35 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 37 72

Field

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The field was composed of 150 players, which included one amateur, with the cut to the top 70 players and ties after the second round.

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Place Player Score To par
1   Yani Tseng 66 −6
2   Paula Creamer 67 −5
T3   Diana D'Alessio 68 −4
  Meena Lee
  Stacy Prammanasudh
  Angela Stanford
T7   Minea Blomqvist 69 −3
  Amy Hung
  Jennifer Johnson
  Stacy Lewis
  Ryann O'Toole
  Hee Young Park
  Morgan Pressel

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Second round

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Friday, June 24, 2011

The cut was at 146 (+2) or better and 78 players advanced to play on the weekend. The only amateur, 18-year-old Danielle Kang, made the cut.[1] Kang was the U.S. Women's Amateur champion in 2010 and would repeat in 2011.

Place Player Score To par
1   Yani Tseng 66-70=136 −8
2   Pat Hurst 70-67=137 −7
T3   Minea Blomqvist 69-69=138 −6
  Morgan Pressel 69-69=138
  Hee Young Park 69-69=138
T6   Paula Creamer 67-72=139 −5
  Cindy Lacrosse 70-69=139
  Amy Yang 70-69=139
9   Angela Stanford 68-72=139 −4
T10   Shanshan Feng 75-66=141 −3
  Tiffany Joh 71-70=141
  Jimin Kang 71-70=141
  Meena Lee 68-73=141
  Stacy Lewis 69-72=141
  Azahara Muñoz 70-71=141
  Stacy Prammanasudh 68-73=141
  Reilly Rankin 73-68=141
  Momoko Ueda 72-69=141

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Third round

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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Place Player Score To par
1   Yani Tseng 66-70-67=203 −13
T2   Cindy Lacrosse 70-69-69=208 −8
  Morgan Pressel 69-69-70=208
4   Hee Young Park 69-69-72=210 −6
T5   Paula Creamer 67-72-72=211 −5
  Cristie Kerr 72-72-67=211
  Meena Lee 68-73-70=211
  Stacy Lewis 69-72-70=211
T9   Katie Futcher 75-68-69=212 −4
  Maria Hjorth 71-71-70=212
  Pat Hurst 70-67-75=212
  I.K. Kim 73-70-69=212
  Mika Miyazato 72-72-68=211
  Azahara Muñoz 70-71-71=212
  Momoko Ueda 72-69-71=212

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Final round

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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Yani Tseng 66-70-67-66=269 −19 375,000
2   Morgan Pressel 69-69-70-71=279 −9 228,695
T3   Paula Creamer 67-72-72-69=280 −8 132,512
  Cristie Kerr 72-72-67-69=280
  Suzann Pettersen 72-72-69-67=280
T6   Meena Lee 68-73-70-71=282 −6 77,630
  Stacy Lewis 69-72-70-71=282
T8   Maria Hjorth 71-71-70-71=283 −5 53,840
  Pat Hurst 70-67-75-71=283
  Mika Miyazato 72-72-68-71=283
  Azahara Muñoz 70-71-71-71=283

Source:[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "2011 Wegmans LPGA Championship" (PDF). LPGA. Retrieved June 4, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Course Overview - Locust Hill Country Club". Wegmans LPGA Championship. Archived from the original on June 11, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  3. ^ "First round leaderboard, 2011 LPGA Championship". LPGA. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
  4. ^ "Second round leaderboard, 2011 LPGA Championship". LPGA. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
  5. ^ "Third round leaderboard, 2011 LPGA Championship". LPGA. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
  6. ^ "Wegmans LPGA Championship: 2011 results". LPGA. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  7. ^ "Final round leaderboard, 2011 LPGA Championship". LPGA. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
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