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Dates: Thursday, June 10th through Sunday, June 13th
Site: DuPont Country Club (DuPont Course), Wilmington, Delaware
Course Architect: Alfred Tull (1948); Redesign work by William Gordon and
David Gordon (1955); Geoffrey S. Cornish and
William G. Robinson (1980)
Par: 71
Yardage: 6,408
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 4 375 yds
4 - Par 4 370 yds 13 - Par 3 184 yds
5 - Par 3 167 yds 14 - Par 4 390 yds
6 - Par 4 391 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 5 502 yds 18 - Par 4 399 yds
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35 3,169 yds 36 3,239 yds
Annual: 50th
Defending Champion: Annika Sorenstam
Runner-Up: Grace Park
Tournament Record (Par 71): 267 (Betsy King, 1992 - Bethesda Country Club, MD)
Tournament Record (Par 71): 268 (Juli Inkster, 1999 - DuPont Country Club, DE)
Tournament Record (Par 72): 272 (Patty Sheehan, 1984)
54-Hole Record (Par 71): 201 (Betsy King, 1992; Karrie Webb, 2001)
54-Hole Record (Par 72): 204 (Patty Sheehan, 1984)
36-Hole Record (Par 71): 131 (Karrie Webb, 2001)
36-Hole Record (Par 72): 135 (Alexandra Reinhardt, 1983)
18-Hole Tournament Record: 63 (Patty Sheehan, 1984 - Jack Nicklaus Golf Club);
Meg Mallon, 1999 - DuPont Country Club)
9-Hole Record: 29 (Karrie Webb, 2001)
Course Record: 63 (Brandie Burton, 1992; Meg Mallon, 1999)
Total Purse: $1,600,000
Shares: 1st Place - $240,000; 2nd Place - 146,120; 3rd Place - 106,000
Past McDonald's LPGA Championship Winners and Runner-up
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Year Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
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2003 *Annika Sorenstam (278) -- Grace Park
2002 Se Ri Pak (279) -- Beth Daniel
2001 Karrie Webb (270) -- Laura Diaz
2000 *Juli Inkster (281) -- Stefania Croce
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
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