Dates: Friday, August 10th through Sunday, August 12th
Site: New Albany Country Club, New Albany, Ohio
Course Architect: Jack Nicklaus (1992)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,279
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 362 Yds 10 - Par 4 385 Yds
2 - Par 3 168 Yds 11 - Par 3 163 Yds
3 - Par 5 510 Yds 12 - Par 4 398 Yds
4 - Par 4 410 Yds 13 - Par 5 470 Yds
5 - Par 3 150 Yds 14 - Par 3 130 Yds
6 - Par 5 450 Yds 15 - Par 4 379 Yds
7 - Par 4 375 Yds 16 - Par 5 483 Yds
8 - Par 4 344 Yds 17 - Par 4 355 Yds
9 - Par 4 370 Yds 18 - Par 4 377 Yds
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36 3,139 Yds 36 3,140 Yds
Annual: 3rd
Defending Champion: Lorie Kane
Runner-Up: Mi Hyun Kim
Tournament Record: 269 (Annika Sorenstam, 1999)
54-Hole Record: 203 (Annika Sorenstam, 1999)
36-Hole Record: 134 (Annika Sorenstam, 1999)
Course Record: 64 (Kristal Parker-Gregory, 1999)
9-Hole Record: 30 (Becky Iverson, Annika Sorenstam, 1999; Dina Ammaccapane,
Brandie Burton, Betsy King, 2000)
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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Lorie Kane * 277 Annika Sorenstam 279
Mi Hyun Kim 277 Rachel Teske 280
Kelli Kuehne 278 Meg Mallon 280
Brandie Burton 278 Susie Redman 280
Shani Waugh 278 Beth Daniel 280
* - Won in playoff.
Past Wendy's Championship for Children Winners and Runners-up
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2000 -- *Lorie Kane (277) -- Mi Hyun Kim
1999 -- Annika Sorenstam (269) -- Mardi Lunn
* - Won in playoff.
Note: Formerly called New Albany Golf Classic (1999-2000).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Lorie Kane - Defending champion, one win including 9 top-10's
Laura Diaz - 3rd last week, four seconds in 2001, 6th in money
Maria Hjorth - 7 top-5's but no wins, 4th in money, 2nd in birdies
Rosie Jones - 15-of-15 cuts made, two wins, 6 top-5's
Mi Hyun Kim - 2nd at Women's British, 1st in birdies, 7th in money
Betsy King - Won ShopRite Classic for her 34th LPGA win
Se Re Pak - Won last week for the 4th time in 2001, 1st in money
Dottie Pepper - 5th in money, no wins but 8 top-5's in 2001
Annika Sorenstam - 5 wins, 2nd in money, 10 top-5's, 1st in scoring avg.
Karrie Webb - Ranked 1st in world, 2 wins, 3 seconds, 15th last week
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Dottie Pepper
Darkhorse - Catriona Matthew
Last week's Pick to Win (Helen Alfredsson) - Finished tied for 65th
Last week's Darkhorse (Janice Moodie) - Finished tied for 3rd
NOTES:
Canada's Lorie Kane rolled home a 10-foot birdie putt on the first hole
of sudden death to defeat Mi Hyun Kim and win her second title of the 2000
season. Both players finished regulation tied at 11-under-par after matching
68's. In the playoff, Kane hit a six-iron from 160 yards to 10 feet and holed
the putt while Kim, had a chip to get on the green and could do no better than
par. Both players trailed third-round leader Shani Waugh by five shots heading
into Sunday, but Waugh stumbled home with a two-over 74 to tie for third. 1999
winner Annika Sorenstam, who started the final day one back, also shot 74 and
finished sixth. Sorenstam is the only player in the history of the event to
shoot all four rounds in the 60's when she won here in 1999. This year's
tournament has been shortened to 54 holes and has had a name change to Wendy's
Championship for Children. Next week the LPGA Tour moves to Montreal for the
inaugural Canadian Women's Open at the South Course at Angus Glen Golf Club
in Markham, Ontario.
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