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Dates: Thursday, March 15th through Sunday, March 18th
Site: Moon Valley Country Club, Phoenix, Arizona
Course Architect: Dick Wilson (1959), Bob Cupp (redesign, 2000)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,459
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 349 Yds 10 - Par 5 534 Yds
2 - Par 3 169 Yds 11 - Par 3 157 Yds
3 - Par 4 336 Yds 12 - Par 4 394 Yds
4 - Par 5 511 Yds 13 - Par 5 506 Yds
5 - Par 3 136 Yds 14 - Par 4 355 Yds
6 - Par 4 393 Yds 15 - Par 3 177 Yds
7 - Par 4 401 Yds 16 - Par 4 414 Yds
8 - Par 5 476 Yds 17 - Par 4 360 Yds
9 - Par 4 383 Yds 18 - Par 4 408 Yds
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36 3,154 Yds 36 3,305 Yds
Annual: 22nd
Defending Champion: Charlotta Sorenstam
Runner-up: Karrie Webb
Tournament Record: 274 (Karrie Webb, 1999)
54-Hole Record: 205 (Patty Sheehan, Dawn Coe-Jones, 1993;
Liselotte Neumann, 1998; Karrie Webb, 1999)
36-Hole Record: 135 (Allison Finney, 1989; Kelly Robbins, Barb Mucha, 1997;
Traci Hanson, 1999; Annika Sorenstam, 2000)
18-Hole Record: 64 (Charlotta Sorenstam, 2000 - Legacy Golf Resort)
Course Record: 64 (Juli Inkster, 1998)
9-Hole Record: 30 (Barb Bunkowsky, 1991; Marta Figueras-Dotti, 1992;
Dawn Coe-Jones, 1993; Jill Briles-Hinton, 1994;
Maria Hjorth, Kim Williams, 1998; Tracy Hanson, 1999)
Total Purse: $1,000,000
Shares: 1st Place - $150,000; 2nd Place - 93,092; 3rd Place - 67,932
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Charlotta Sorenstam 276 Joan Pitcock 283
Karrie Webb 278 Betsy King 283
Annika Sorenstam 281 Hiromi Kobayashi 283
Leta Lindley 282 Jane Geddes 283
Carin Koch 282 Mi Hyun Kim 283
Past Standard Register PING Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- Charlotta Sorenstam (276) -- Karrie Webb
1999 -- Karrie Webb (274) -- Lorie Kane
1998 -- *Liselotte Neumann (279) -- Rosie Jones
1997 -- *Laura Davies (277) -- Kelly Robbins
1996 -- Laura Davies (284) -- Kristal Parker
1995 -- Laura Davies (280) -- Beth Daniel
1994 -- Laura Davies (277) -- Beth Daniel, Elaine Crosby
1993 -- Patty Sheehan (275) -- Dawn Coe-Jones, Kris Tschetter
1992 -- Danielle Ammaccapane (279) -- Kristi Albers
1991 -- Danielle Ammaccapane (283) -- Meg Mallon, Barb Munkowsky
1990 -- Pat Bradley (280) -- Ayako Okamoto
1989 -- Allison Finney (282) -- Beth Daniel
1988 -- Ok-Hee Ku (281) -- Dottie Pepper, Ayako Okamoto
1987 -- Pat Bradley (286) -- Chris Johnson
1986 -- Mary Beth Zimmerman (278) -- Donna Caponi, Cathy Kratzert
1985 -- *Betsy King (280) -- Patty Sheehan
1984 -- Chris Johnson (276) -- Lauri Peterson
1983 -- #Anne-Marie Palli (205) -- Lynn Adams
1982 -- *Beth Daniel (278) -- Carole Jo Callison
1981 -- Patty Hayes (277) -- Sandra Palmer
1980 -- Jan Stephenson (275) -- M.J. Smith
* - Won in playoff.
# - Rain shortened.
Note: Formerly called Sun City Classic (1980-81), American Express Sun
City Classic (1982), Samaritan Turquoise Classic (1983-85), Standard
Register Turquoise Classic (1986-90).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Charlotta Sorenstam - Defending champion, no top-10's in six events this year
Brandie Burton - 14th on money list with three top-10 finishes
Laura Davies - Perfect 3-for-3 on LPGA Tour in cuts made with 1 top-10
Sophie Gustafson - Defeated Karrie Webb at last week's Australian Open
Maria Hjorth - Faded last week after opening rounds of 69-69
Pat Hurst - 20th on money list, has made the cut in all 6 events
Juli Inkster - Has recorded two top-10 finishes in 3 tournaments
Lorie Kane - 2nd on money list with one win and four top-10 finishes
Meg Mallon - Posted a pair of top-10 finishes in three tournaments
Michelle McGann - Finished tied for 2nd last week with final round of 64
Se Ri Pak - Recorded 4 rounds in the 60's last week to tie for 2nd
Dottie Pepper - Shot final round of 67 to tie for 2nd last week
Kelly Robbins - Has made the cut in all 5 events entered, 1 top-10
Annika Sorenstam - Won last week's Welch's event, 3 top-5's in 3 events
Karrie Webb - World number-one, has finished 2nd twice on LPGA Tour
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Karrie Webb
Darkhorse - Laura Diaz
Last Week's Pick to Win (Annika Sorenstam) - Finished 1st
Last Week's Darkhorse (Danielle Ammaccapane) - Finished tied for 10th
NOTES:
Tied for the lead with the top two players in the world (Karrie
Webb and Annika Sorenstam) after three rounds, Charlotta Sorenstam
carded a final round of 68 to defeat Webb by two shots and her sister
Annika by five as she captured her maiden LPGA victory. Charlotta
moved into contention with a 18-hole record tying 64 during round two.
Charlotta and Webb were tied for the lead with just three holes
remaining, however Webb shanked her bunker shot on 16 leading to a
bogey and Charlotta birdied the final hole for the two-stroke
advantage. Sister Annika struggled with her second straight round of
73 to finish alone in third, five strokes back. Hiromi Kobayashi was
the only player in the field to post all four rounds under par,
leading her to a tie for sixth place finish. The purse was increased
by $150,000 from last year. Laura Davies won this event four straight
years from 1994-97, but tied for 25th last year. The tournament
returns to Moon Valley Country Club after a one-year hiatus for course
renovations. Moon Valley Country Club had hosted this tournament from
1987 through 1999, but the event was held at Legacy Golf Resort in
2000. Arizona Biltmore Country Club was the tournament host in 1983-86
and Hillcrest Golf Club held the event the first three years of its
existence (1980-82). This is the final tune-up for next week's first
"major" of the season, the Nabisco Championship where Webb is the
defending champion.
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