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Dates: Thursday, April 12th through Saturday, April 14th
Site: The Wilshire Country Club, Los Angeles, California
Course Architect: Norman Macbeth (1919)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,349
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 385 Yds 10 - Par 4 362 Yds
2 - Par 5 515 Yds 11 - Par 4 393 Yds
3 - Par 4 331 Yds 12 - Par 3 167 Yds
4 - Par 3 185 Yds 13 - Par 5 502 Yds
5 - Par 4 379 Yds 14 - Par 4 329 Yds
6 - Par 5 436 Yds 15 - Par 5 519 Yds
7 - Par 3 142 Yds 16 - Par 4 359 Yds
8 - Par 4 373 Yds 17 - Par 4 404 Yds
9 - Par 4 413 Yds 18 - Par 3 155 Yds
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36 3,159 Yds 36 3,190 Yds
Annual: 5th
Defending Champion: Grace Park
Runner-Up: Pat Hurst, Juli Inkster
Tournament Record: 269 (Karrie Webb, 1998)
54-Hole Record: 202 (Karrie Webb, 1998)
36-Hole Record: 134 (Karrie Webb, Catrin Nilsmark, 1998, Grace Park, 2000)
18-Hole Record: 62 (Meg Mallon, 1998)
9-Hole Record: 29 (Liselotte Neumann, 1998)
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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Grace Park 274 Kate Golden 280
Pat Hurst 275 Karen Stupples 281
Juli Inkster 275 Mhairi McKay 282
Kristal Parker 278 Moira Dunn 282
Michelle McGann 279 Dale Eggeling 282
Cristie Kerr 282
Past The Office Depot hosted by Amy Alcott Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- Grace Park (274) -- Pat Hurst, Juli Inkster
1999 -- #Rachel Hetherington (137) -- Leta Lindley, Helen Alfredsson, K. Webb
1998 -- Karrie Webb (269) -- Meg Mallon
1997 -- Karrie Webb (276) -- Lorie Kane, Cathy Johnston-Forbes, Nanci Bowen
# - Rain shortened.
Note: Formerly called Susan G. Komen International (1997), City of Hope Myrtle
Beach Classic (1998-99), Kathey Ireland Greens.com LPGA Classic (2000).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Grace Park - Defending champ, won Office Depot event in Florida
Helen Alfredsson - Currently 43rd on money list with no top-10's
Brandie Burton - Has made the cut in all 7 events entered, 4 top-10's
Laura Davies - Only one top-10 finish this year in 5 events played
Sophie Gustafson - Won earlier this year, 6th on money list, 2 top-10's
Pat Hurst - A perfect 8-for-8 in cuts made with 3 top-10 finishes
Juli Inkster - 22nd on money list with a pair of top-10 results
Rosie Jones - Competing in only her 4th event in 2001, 1 top-10
Betsy King - Only 5 cuts made in 8 tries, 104th on money list
Michelle McGann - Half of her six cuts made have resulted in top-10's
Se Ri Pak - A win and two seconds in 5 events, 3rd on money list
Dottie Pepper - Two seconds, two thirds in six tournaments
Annika Sorenstam - Three straight wins, including Nabisco Championship
Rachel Teske - 15th on money list with 7 cuts made in 7 events
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Annika Sorenstam
Darkhorse - Becky Iverson
Last Week's Pick to Win (Dottie Pepper) - Finished tied for 2nd
Last Week's Darkhorse (Michelle McGann) - Missed the cut
NOTES:
Grace Park led from wire-to-wire to register her first career win, as she
defeated Pat Hurst and Juli Inkster by one shot. Park held a one-shot lead
after each of the first three rounds. Inkster had taken the lead by as many as
three shots on the back nine, but suffered bogeys on the final two holes while
Park made birdies on 16 and 17 to gain the win. Park secured the win with a
four-foot par putt on the final hole. Hurst made a 10-foot birdie on the 18th
hole to tie Inkster for second. The purse was increased by $50,000 from last
year. For the fourth time in the five-year history of the event, the name of
the tournament has changed. Wachesaw Plantation East in Myrtle Beach, South
Carolina had hosted this event since its inception in 1997. The tournament is
now a 54-hole event beginning on Thursday and has been moved to Los Angeles,
California. Due to the Easter holiday, the event will conclude on Saturday.
Annika Sorenstam is attempting to make history this week, as she seeks her
fourth straight win. The only players in the LPGA annals to win four
consecutive events were Mickey Wright in 1962 and 1963 and Kathy Whitworth in
1969. Sorenstam began her streak by winning the Welch's/Circle K Championship
and then followed that up with a brilliant performance at the Standard
Register Ping where she defeated Se Ri Pak by two shots. The victory included
an LPGA record score of 59. The streak increased to three when she cruised to
a three-shot win at the Nabisco Championship. Nancy Lopez holds the record for
most consecutive wins in tournaments participated with five. Lopez won three
straight and then skipped a week before winning the next two events. The LPGA
Tour remains in California next week for the Longs Drugs Challenge where Juli
Inkster will defend her title.
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