Dates: Thursday, June 22nd through Sunday, June 25th
Site: DuPont Country Club (DuPont Course), Wilmington, Delaware
Course Architect: Alfred Tull (1946); Redesign work by William Gordon (1960s);
Geoffrey Cornish
Par: 71
Yardage: 6,376
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 384 yds 10 - Par 4 360 yds
2 - Par 4 400 yds 11 - Par 5 528 yds
3 - Par 4 372 yds 12 - Par 4 357 yds
4 - Par 4 370 yds 13 - Par 3 184 yds
5 - Par 3 167 yds 14 - Par 4 390 yds
6 - Par 4 381 yds 15 - Par 4 382 yds
7 - Par 4 391 yds 16 - Par 5 465 yds
8 - Par 3 192 yds 17 - Par 3 156 yds
9 - Par 5 498 yds 18 - Par 4 399 yds
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35 3,155 yds 36 3,221 yds
Annual: 46th
Defending Champion: Juli Inkster
Runner-Up: Liselotte Neumann
Tournament Record (Par 71): 267 (Betsy King, 1992)
Tournament Record (Par 72): 272 (Patty Sheehan, 1984)
54-Hole Record (Par 71): 201 (Betsy King, 1992)
54-Hole Record (Par 72): 204 (Patty Sheehan, 1984)
36-Hole Record (Par 71): 133 (Se Ri Pak, 1998)
36-Hole Record (Par 72): 135 (Alexandra Reinhardt, 1983)
18-Hole Tournament Record: 63 (Patty Sheehan, 1984)
9-Hole Record: 30 (Nancy Ramsbottom, 1998; Meg Mallon, Laura Davies, Rosie
Jones, 1999)
Course Record: 63 (Brandie Burton, 1992; Meg Mallon, 1999)
Total Purse: $1,400,000
Shares: 1st Place - $210,000; 2nd Place - 130,330; 3rd Place - 95,105
Key Players to Watch
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Finish Last Nine Years
Player 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
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Juli Inkster 9th 9th T-65 T-14 T-47 T-5 T-53 T-16 Won
Liselotte Neumann T-11 T-2 T-25 T-3 T-38 T-41 mc T-37 2nd
Nancy Scranton mc T-22 T-8 T-49 T-18 dnp T-60 T-25 T-3
Mardi Lunn dnp dnp dnp T-17 mc T-58 T-22 mc T-3
Rosie Jones T-11 T-35 T-17 mc T-33 T-69 mc mc T-5
Cristie Kerr dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp mc mc T-5
Se Ri Pak dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp Won T-7
Emilee Klein dnp dnp dnp dnp T-72 T-58 T-67 T-6 T-7
Laura Davies T-51 T-52 T-45 Won 2nd Won T-4 T-44 T-7
Jill McGill dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-26 T-60 dnp T-7
Meg Mallon Won T-26 T-45 T-11 T-15 T-10 T-22 T-6 T-11
Tammie Green T-56 T-26 T-4 T-17 T-8 T-63 mc T-14 T-11
Annika Sorenstam dnp dnp dnp dnp 10th T-14 3rd T-30 T-16
Jan Stephenson wd T-12 T-11 T-63 wd dnp mc mc T-16
Sherri Steinhauer T-11 T-44 mc T-7 mc T-18 T-4 T-37 T-19
Dottie Pepper T-22 T-5 T-30 T-11 T-6 T-26 T-37 mc T-19
Hiromi Kobayashi T-47 T-44 T-62 T-3 wd T-5 T-60 mc T-19
Lorie Kane dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-16 T-30 T-26
Barb Mucha mc T-72 mc T-17 T-15 T-34 T-9 T-51 T-26
Leta Lindley dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp 2nd mc T-26
Trish Johnson T-47 mc T-8 mc T-38 T-34 8th mc T-26
Kelli Kuehne dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp mc T-26
Jane Crafter dnp T-35 T-17 mc T-55 T-3 T-60 dnp T-26
Hollis Stacy T-26 T-18 mc 45th mc mc T-53 T-66 T-36
Dana Dormann T-31 T-52 T-53 T-14 mc T-51 T-11 T-25 T-42
Michelle McGann mc T-30 T-4 T-26 wd T-41 T-31 T-25 T-47
Tina Barrett T-44 T-30 mc T-28 mc mc T-22 mc T-47
Chris Johnson T-47 T-15 T-30 T-14 T-38 T-58 Won T-6 T-54
Catrin Nilsmark dnp dnp dnp dnp mc mc dnp T-9 T-54
Kris Tschetter T-37 T-74 T-11 T-49 T-18 T-18 mc T-30 T-54
Penny Hammel mc mc mc mc mc T-3 mc T-68 T-54
Sophie Gustafson dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-54
Pat Bradley T-2 T-15 mc T-3 T-8 T-51 T-11 T-44 65th
Kelly Robbins dnp T-22 T-50 mc Won T-18 T-11 T-9 66th
Betsy King 7th Won T-4 T-17 T-11 T-14 T-53 T-37 T-69
Lisa Hackney dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp mc T-2 mc
Karrie Webb dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-41 T-9 T-4 mc
Wendy Ward dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp mc dnp T-4 mc
Joan Pitcock mc T-35 T-11 mc T-11 mc T-46 T-11 mc
Jane Geddes T-15 T-22 T-17 mc T-29 T-26 T-67 T-11 mc
Dawn Coe-Jones T-22 T-64 mc T-77 T-47 dq T-6 T-44 mc
Helen Alfredsson dnp T-5 mc T-35 T-38 mc T-67 T-51 mc
Charlotta Sorenstam dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-56 mc
Kristi Albers mc T-18 T-53 mc T-11 T-10 T-46 T-58 mc
Beth Daniel 4th T-35 T-17 T-7 T-18 T-26 dnp T-58 mc
Gail Graham mc T-74 mc T-28 mc T-51 T-6 T-66 mc
Marianne Morris dnp mc dnp T-49 T-3 T-74 T-46 T-70 mc
Amy Alcott 10th T-10 mc T-7 mc mc T-67 mc mc
Val Skinner T-22 T-44 mc 13th T-47 T-5 T-80 mc mc
Elaine Crosby mc T-49 T-17 T-3 mc mc mc mc mc
JoAnne Carner 8th T-2 T-37 T-26 T-38 dnp mc mc mc
Donna Andrews mc T-12 T-11 T-17 mc T-63 T-16 T-2 dnp
Annette DeLuca dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-11 dnp
Pat Hurst dnp dnp dnp dnp T-33 T-34 T-75 T-21 dnp
Nancy Lopez dnp T-18 T-25 wd T-18 T-18 T-37 T-44 dnp
Brandie Burton T-59 T-10 T-37 T-28 mc T-63 T-11 T-68 dnp
Patty Sheehan T-64 T-7 Won T-7 T-3 T-10 mc mc dnp
dnp - Did Not Play
mc - Missed Cut
wd - Withdrew
Past McDonald's LPGA Championship Winners and Runner-up
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1999 -- Juli Inkster (268) -- Liselotte Neumann
1998 -- Se Ri Pak (273) -- Donna Andrews, Lisa Hackney
1997 -- *Chris Johnson (281) -- Leta Lindley
1996 -- #Laura Davies (213) -- Julie Piers
1995 -- Kelly Robbins (274) -- Laura Davies
1994 -- Laura Davies (279) -- Alice Ritzman
1993 -- Patty Sheehan (275) -- Lauri Merten
1992 -- Betsy King (267) -- JoAnne Carner, Karen Noble, Liselotte Neumann
1991 -- Meg Mallon (274) -- Pat Bradley, Ayako Okamoto
1990 -- Beth Daniel (280) -- Rosie Jones
1989 -- Nancy Lopez (274) -- Ayako Okamoto
1988 -- Sherri Turner (281) -- Amy Alcott
1987 -- Jane Geddes (275) -- Betsy King
1986 -- Pat Bradley (277) -- Patty Sheehan
1985 -- Nancy Lopez (273) -- Alice Miller
1984 -- Patty Sheehan (272) -- Beth Daniel, Pat Bradley
1983 -- Patty Sheehan (279) -- Sandra Haynie
1982 -- Jan Stephenson (279) -- JoAnne Carner
1981 -- Donna Caponi (280) -- Jerilyn Britz, Pat Meyers
1980 -- Sally Little (285) -- Jane Blalock
1979 -- Donna Caponi (279) -- Jerilyn Britz
1978 -- Nancy Lopez (275) -- Amy Alcott
1977 -- Chako Higuchi (279) -- Pat Bradley, Sandra Post, Judy Rankin
1976 -- Betty Burfeindt (287) -- Judy Rankin
1975 -- Kathy Whitworth (288) -- Sandra Haynie
1974 -- Sandra Haynie (288) -- JoAnne Carner
1973 -- Mary Mills (288) -- Betty Burfeindt
1972 -- Kathy Ahern (293) -- Jane Blalock
1971 -- Kathy Whitworth (288) -- Kathy Ahern
1970 -- * Shirley Englehorn (285) -- Kathy Whitworth
1969 -- Betsy Rawls (293) -- Susie Berning, Carol Mann
1968 -- * Sandra Post (294) -- Kathy Whitworth
1967 -- Kathy Whitworth (284) -- Shirley Englehorn
1966 -- Gloria Ehret (282) -- Mickey Wright
1965 -- Sandra Haynie (279) -- Clifford A. Creed
1964 -- Mary Mills (278) -- Mickey Wright
1963 -- Mickey Wright (294) -- Mary Lena Faulk, Mary Mills, Louise Suggs
1962 -- Judy Kimball (282) -- Shirley Spork
1961 -- Mickey Wright (287) -- Louise Suggs
1960 -- Mickey Wright (292) -- Louise Suggs
1959 -- Betsy Rawls (288) -- Patty Berg
1958 -- Mickey Wright (288) -- Fay Crocker
1957 -- Louise Suggs (285) -- Wiffi Smith
1956 -- * Marlene Hagge (291) -- Patty Berg
1955 -- Beverly Hanson (220) -- Louise Suggs
* - Won in playoff
# - Rain shortened
Note: Formerly called LPGA Championship (1955-87), Mazda LPGA Championship
(1987-93).
2000 Grand Slam Finishes
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Dinah Shore
Karrie Webb Won
Dottie Pepper 2nd
Meg Mallon 3rd
Cathy Johnston-Forbes T-4
Michele Redman T-4
Helen Dobson T-6
Chris Johnson T-6
Rosie Jones T-8
Kim Saiki T-8
Pat Hurst T-10
Se Ri Pak T-15
Kelly Robbins T-17
Annika Sorenstam T-17
Sherri Steinhauer T-17
Charlotta Sorenstam T-17
Juli Inkster T-17
Carin Koch T-17
Alison Nicholas T-27
Bradie Burton T-31
Laura Davies T-35
Lorie Kane T-35
Nancy Lopez T-43
Patty Sheehan T-47
Beth Daniel T-47
Helen Alfredsson T-57
Catrin Nilsmark T-57
Rachel Hetherington T-62
Liselotte Neumann 72nd
Kelli Kuehne mc
Michelle McGann mc
Betsy King mc
Hiromi Kobayashi mc
Jane Crafter mc
Amy Alcott mc
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