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Dates: Thursday, April 19th through Sunday, April 22nd
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
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36 3,170 Yds 36 3,219 Yds
Annual: 6th
Defending Champion: Juli Inkster
Runner-Up: Brandie Burton
Tournament Record: 273 (Kelly Robbins, Val Skinner, 1996)
54-Hole Record: 203 (Juli Inkster, 2000)
36-Hole Record: 135 (Annika Sorenstam, 1996)
Course Record: 64 (Kelly Robbins, Amy Fruhwirth, 1996)
9-Hole Record: 30 (Amy Fruhwirth, 1996)
Total Purse: $800,000
Shares: 1st Place - $120,000; 2nd Place - 74,474; 3rd Place - 54,346
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Juli Inkster 275 Becky Iverson 286
Brandie Burton 280 Annika Sorenstam 286
Carin Koch 281 Cindy Figg-Currier 287
Rachel Teske 284 Dottie Pepper 288
A.J. Eathorne 285 Kate Golden 288
Kris Tschetter 288
Past Longs Drugs Challenge Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- Juli Inkster (275) -- Brandie Burton
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 - Two-time defending champion, 3 top-10s in 6 events
Brandie Burton - 13th on money list with 4 top-10s in eight tourneys
Laura Davies - Only 1 top-10 this season, 33rd on money list
Sophie Gustafson - 6th on money list with one win and two top-10s
Pat Hurst - Trying to rebound after last week's collapse
Mi Hyun Kim - Lost in a playoff last week to Annika at Office Depot
Catriona Matthew - Only top-10 finish in 2001 was a win in Hawaii
Janice Moodie - Tied for 2nd at Nabisco, 8th on money list, 3 top-10s
Liselotte Neumann - Contended last week until final round of 76 for 5th
Se Ri Pak - Has a first and two seconds in only six tournaments
Grace Park - 7th on money list with one win and two top-10s
Pearl Sinn - Tied for 10th last week for first top-10 of the season
Annika Sorenstam - Won last week for her fourth straight victory
Charlotta Sorenstam - Has made 6 of 9 cuts this year with one top-10 finish
Rachel Teske - Perfect 8-for-8 in cuts made with a pair of top-10s
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Juli Inkster
Darkhorse - Dorothy Delasin
Last Week's Pick to Win (Annika Sorenstam) - Finished 1st
Last Week's Darkhorse (Becky Iverson) - Missed the cut
NOTES:
History in the making this week when Annika Sorenstam tees it up on
Thursday, as she tries for her fifth straight win. A victory by Sorenstam will
tie Nancy Lopez for five consecutive wins. Lopez won five consecutive events
in tournaments played in 1978. Sorenstam would also establish an LPGA mark by
winning five consecutive events, as Lopez took a week off and did not play in
one scheduled event prior to her winning her fourth and fifth-straight
tournaments. Last year, four shots off the pace when Friday's second round
began, Juli Inkster carded rounds of 67-66-72 to cruise to a five-shot win to
successfully defend her title at this event. Inkster's third-round total of
203 set a new tournament record, enabling her to become the first two-time
winner of this event. Brandie Burton finished alone in second after shooting a
Sunday 74 while Carin Koch, who opened with three straight 69s, also shot 74
to finish fourth. Sorenstam, who finished tied for sixth, also has a victory
and two third-place finishes at this tournament. Inkster will attempt to
become the seventh player in LPGA history to win the same event three straight
seasons. 17 of the top-20 money winners on this year's list are scheduled to
compete this week. The purse was increased by $100,000 from last year. Twelve
Bridges Golf Club has hosted this event since its inception in 1996. The first
two years of the event were finished in playoffs. The LPGA moves to Texas next
week for the Kathy Ireland Championship Honoring Harvey Penick where Laura
Davies will defend her title.
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