2005 LPGA Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | June 9–12, 2005 |
| Location | Havre de Grace, Maryland 39°32′31″N 76°07′59″W / 39.542°N 76.133°W |
| Course(s) | Bulle Rock Golf Course |
| Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,488 yards (5,933 m)[1] |
| Field | 150 players, 80 after cut |
| Cut | 149 (+5) |
| Prize fund | $1.8 million |
| Winner's share | $270,000 |
| Champion | |
 Annika Sörenstam | |
| 277 (−11) | |
| Location map | |
  Bulle Rock GC Location in United States  Bulle Rock GC Location in Maryland | |
The 2005 LPGA Championship was the 51st LPGA Championship, played June 9–12 at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2005.
Two-time defending champion Annika Sörenstam won for the third consecutive year, three strokes ahead of runner-up Michelle Wie, a 15-year-old amateur.[2][3] It was the ninth of Sörenstam's ten major titles, and was also consecutive major wins, as she won the Kraft Nabisco Championship by eleven strokes in March.
Wie's inclusion created some controversy, as the event was traditionally for professionals only;[3] she turned pro four months later in October.
Starting with this edition, the LPGA Championship was played at Bulle Rock for five consecutive years, through 2009; the previous eleven were held in nearby Delaware at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington.
Final leaderboard
[edit]Sunday, June 12, 2005
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annika Sörenstam |
68-67-69-73=277 | −11 | 270,000 |
| 2 |  Michelle Wie (a) |
69-71-71-69=280 | −8 | 0 |
| T3 | Paula Creamer |
68-73-74-67=282 | −6 | 140,517 |
 Laura Davies |
67-70-74-71=282 | |||
| T5 | Natalie Gulbis |
67-71-73-73=284 | −4 | 82,486 |
 Lorena Ochoa |
72-72-68-72=284 | |||
| T7 | Moira Dunn |
71-68-72-74=285 | −3 | 43,993 |
| Pat Hurst |
72-73-71-69=285 | |||
 Mi Hyun Kim |
69-75-74-67=285 | |||
| Young Kim |
73-68-68-76=285 | |||
| Carin Koch |
74-70-69-72=285 | |||
| Gloria Park |
71-71-72-71=285 |
Amateur: Michelle Wie (−8)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Scoreboard: LPGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). June 13, 2005. p. E5.
- ^ Ferguson, Doug (June 13, 2005). "Sorenstam stays at Woods' pace". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. E3.
- ^ a b Swift, E.M. (June 20, 2005). "Overdrive". Sports Illustrated. p. G10.
- ^ "KPMG Women's PGA Championship (LPGA Championship)". LPGA. 2005. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- ^ "Wegmans LPGA Championship: 2005 results". LPGA. Retrieved June 2, 2012.