Longs Drugs Challenge
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Preivew of this years tournament
News and report from the 1st round
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 Dates: Thursday, April 13th through Sunday, April 16th

 Site: Twelve Bridges Golf Club, Lincoln, California

 Course Architect: Richard Phelps (1994)

 Par: 72

 Yardage: 6,389

 Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 370 Yds         10 - Par 4 404 Yds

               2 - Par 5 480 Yds         11 - Par 4 370 Yds

               3 - Par 4 350 Yds         12 - Par 5 451 Yds

               4 - Par 3 137 Yds         13 - Par 3 156 Yds

               5 - Par 4 400 Yds         14 - Par 4 375 Yds

               6 - Par 5 491 Yds         15 - Par 3 170 Yds

               7 - Par 4 403 Yds         16 - Par 4 348 Yds

               8 - Par 3 159 Yds         17 - Par 5 560 Yds

               9 - Par 4 380 Yds         18 - Par 4 385 Yds

                   -------------              -------------

                    36 3,170 Yds               36 3,219 Yds

 

 Annual: 5th

 Defending Champion: Juli Inkster

 Runner-Up: Sherri Steinhauer

 Tournament Record: 273 (Kelly Robbins, Val Skinner, 1996)

 54-Hole Record: 207 (Annika Sorenstam, Cindy Schreyer, Barb Mucha, 

1996)36-Hole

 Course Record: 64 (Kelly Robbins, Amy Fruhwirth, 1996)

 9-Hole Record: 30 (Amy Fruhwirth, 1996)

 Total Purse: $700,000

 Shares: 1st Place - $105,000; 2nd Place - 65,165; 3rd Place - 47,552

 

                             1999 Finish

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 Player                Score              Player                 Score

 ------                -----              ------                 -----

 Juli Inkster           280               Pearl Sinn              286

 Sherri Steinhauer      284               Susie Redman            286

 Annika Sorenstam       285               Jill McGill             286

 A.J. Eathorne          285               Hiromi Kobayashi        287

 Wendy Doolan           285               Cindy Figg-Currier      287

 

              Past Longs Drugs Challenge Winners and Runners-Up

              -------------------------------------------------

 

 1999 -- Juli Inkster (280) -- Sherri Steinhauer

 1998 -- Donna Andrews (278) -- Carin Koch

 1997 -- *Annika Sorenstam (285) -- Pamela Kometani

 1996 -- *Kelly Robbins (273) -- Val Skinner

 

 * - Won in playoff

 

 Note: Formerly called Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic (1996).

 

                      Top Contenders in the Field

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 Juli Inkster        - Defending champion, has 3 top-five finishes in 5 events

 Tina Barrett        - Leads tour in driving accuracy, 23rd on money list

 Rachel Hetherington - Off to a slow start this year at 42nd on money list

 Maria Hjorth        - 4th in birdies, 16th on money list with two top-10's

 Pat Hurst           - Has made the cut in five of six events, 3 top-10's

 Chris Johnson       - 17th on money list, has made the cut in all 8 events

 Lorie Kane          - Has three top-10's this year, made 7 of 9 cuts

 Se Ri Pak           - 39th on money list with just one top-10 in 5 events

 Dottie Pepper       - Has three top-10's in six events with one runner-up finish

 Annika Sorenstam    - 2nd in scoring and money, has one win and 3 top-five's

 Charlotta Sorenstam - Won Standard Register Ping, 4th on money list

 Sherri Steinhauer   - 5th in scoring, five top-10 finishes in nine events

 Kris Tschetter      - Struggling this year making only 4 of 7 cuts, no top-10's

 

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