2011 LPGA Championship

The 2011 LPGA Championship was the 57th LPGA Championship, held June 23–26 at Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York, a suburb southeast of Rochester. Known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, it was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2011 season. This was the second of four consecutive years the LPGA Championship was played at Locust Hill.

2011 LPGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	June 23–26, 2011
Location	Pittsford, New York, U.S.
Course(s)	Locust Hill Country Club
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,534 yards (5,975 m)^[1]
Field	150 players, 78 after cut
Cut	146 (+2)
Prize fund	$2,500,000
Winner's share	$375,000
Champion
Yani Tseng
269 (−19)
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Locust Hill CC

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Location in the United States

Locust Hill Country Club

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Location in New York

The champion was Yani Tseng, age 22, with a 269 (−19) to win by ten strokes over Morgan Pressel. It was Tseng's second LPGA Championship victory (2008) and fourth major championship. It was her third victory of 2011 and eighth career win on the LPGA Tour. It was the second consecutive year with a double-digit victory margin. Defending champion Cristie Kerr tied for third, eleven strokes back; she won by twelve strokes in 2010.

Course layout

Main article: Locust Hill Country Club

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total^[2]
Yards	414	337	380	532	161	439	178	466	172	3,079	413	509	361	386	400	150	341	478	387	3,425	6,504
Par	4	4	4	5	3	4	3	5	3	35	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	37	72

Field

The field was composed of 150 players, which included one amateur, with the cut to the top 70 players and ties after the second round.

Past champions in the field

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Yani Tseng	Taiwan	2008	66	70	67	66	269	−19	1
Cristie Kerr	United States	2010	72	72	67	69	280	−8	T3
Suzann Pettersen	Norway	2007	72	72	69	67	280
Karrie Webb	Australia	2001	74	69	71	72	286	−2	T20
Anna Nordqvist	Sweden	2009	73	70	74	70	287	−1	T25
Se Ri Pak	South Korea	1998, 2002, 2006	78	68	72	71	289	+1	T34
Juli Inkster	United States	1999, 2000	74	70	73	72	289
Laura Davies	England	1994, 1996	75	71	70	76	292	+4	T57

All eight former champions in the field made the cut.

Tournament summary

First round

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Place	Player	Nation	Score	To par
1	Yani Tseng	Taiwan	66	−6
2	Paula Creamer	United States	67	−5
T3	Diana D'Alessio	United States	68	−4
	Meena Lee	South Korea
	Stacy Prammanasudh	United States
	Angela Stanford	United States
T7	Minea Blomqvist	Finland	69	−3
	Amy Hung	Taiwan
	Jennifer Johnson	United States
	Stacy Lewis	United States
	Ryann O'Toole	United States
	Hee Young Park	South Korea
	Morgan Pressel	United States

Source:^[3]

Second round

Friday, June 24, 2011

The cut was at 146 (+2) or better and 78 players advanced to play on the weekend. The only amateur, 18-year-old Danielle Kang, made the cut.^[1] Kang was the U.S. Women's Amateur champion in 2010 and would repeat in 2011.

Place	Player	Nation	Score	To par
1	Yani Tseng	Taiwan	66-70=136	−8
2	Pat Hurst	United States	70-67=137	−7
T3	Minea Blomqvist	Finland	69-69=138	−6
	Morgan Pressel	United States	69-69=138
	Hee Young Park	South Korea	69-69=138
T6	Paula Creamer	United States	67-72=139	−5
	Cindy Lacrosse	United States	70-69=139
	Amy Yang	South Korea	70-69=139
9	Angela Stanford	United States	68-72=139	−4
T10	Shanshan Feng	China	75-66=141	−3
	Tiffany Joh	United States	71-70=141
	Jimin Kang	South Korea	71-70=141
	Meena Lee	South Korea	68-73=141
	Stacy Lewis	United States	69-72=141
	Azahara Muñoz	Spain	70-71=141
	Stacy Prammanasudh	United States	68-73=141
	Reilly Rankin	United States	73-68=141
	Momoko Ueda	Japan	72-69=141

Source:^[4]

Third round

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Place	Player	Nation	Score	To par
1	Yani Tseng	Taiwan	66-70-67=203	−13
T2	Cindy Lacrosse	United States	70-69-69=208	−8
	Morgan Pressel	United States	69-69-70=208
4	Hee Young Park	South Korea	69-69-72=210	−6
T5	Paula Creamer	United States	67-72-72=211	−5
	Cristie Kerr	United States	72-72-67=211
	Meena Lee	South Korea	68-73-70=211
	Stacy Lewis	United States	69-72-70=211
T9	Katie Futcher	United States	75-68-69=212	−4
	Maria Hjorth	Sweden	71-71-70=212
	Pat Hurst	United States	70-67-75=212
	I.K. Kim	South Korea	73-70-69=212
	Mika Miyazato	Japan	72-72-68=211
	Azahara Muñoz	Spain	70-71-71=212
	Momoko Ueda	Japan	72-69-71=212

Source:^[5]

Final round

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Place	Player	Nation	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Yani Tseng	Taiwan	66-70-67-66=269	−19	375,000
2	Morgan Pressel	United States	69-69-70-71=279	−9	228,695
T3	Paula Creamer	United States	67-72-72-69=280	−8	132,512
	Cristie Kerr	United States	72-72-67-69=280
	Suzann Pettersen	Norway	72-72-69-67=280
T6	Meena Lee	South Korea	68-73-70-71=282	−6	77,630
	Stacy Lewis	United States	69-72-70-71=282
T8	Maria Hjorth	Sweden	71-71-70-71=283	−5	53,840
	Pat Hurst	United States	70-67-75-71=283
	Mika Miyazato	Japan	72-72-68-71=283
	Azahara Muñoz	Spain	70-71-71-71=283

Source:^[6][7]

References

1. "2011 Wegmans LPGA Championship" (PDF). LPGA. Retrieved June 4, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. . Wegmans LPGA Championship. Archived from the original on June 11, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
3. . LPGA. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
4. . LPGA. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
5. . LPGA. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
6. "Wegmans LPGA Championship: 2011 results". LPGA. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
7. . LPGA. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.

External links

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