1997 LPGA Championship

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The 1997 LPGA Championship was the 43rd LPGA Championship, played May 15–18 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware.

Christa Johnson won her only major title in a sudden-death playoff over Leta Lindley.[2] The win came with a par on the second extra hole, after both had players bogeyed the first. Johnson and Lindley were co-leaders after 54 holes.[1][2] It was the first playoff at the LPGA Championship since 1970, then a full 18-hole round on Monday.

This was the fourth of eleven consecutive LPGA Championships at DuPont Country Club.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, May 18, 1997

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
T1 United States Christa Johnson 68-73-69-71=281 −3 Playoff
United States Leta Lindley 72-69-69-71=281
3 Sweden Annika Sörenstam 70-73-72-67=282 −2 81,519
T4 England Laura Davies 67-75-74-68=284 E 57,365
United States Sherri Steinhauer 68-71-73-72=284
T6 Canada Dawn Coe-Jones 70-75-71-69=285 +1 38,947
Canada Gail Graham 69-79-71-66=285
8 England Trish Johnson 70-73-72-71=286 +2 31,400
T9 United States Barb Mucha 68-73-72-74=287 +3 26,871
Australia Karrie Webb 71-79-70-67=287

Source:[3][4]

Playoff

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Christa Johnson 5-4=9 +1 180,000
2 United States Leta Lindley 5-5=10 +2 111,711
  • Sudden-death playoff held on holes 18 and 10.

Scorecard

Hole  18   10 
Par 4 4
United States Johnson 5 4
United States Lindley 5 5
Bogey

Source:[2][4]

References

  1. ^ a b "LPGA Championship". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). May 18, 1997. p. 8C.
  2. ^ a b c Ginsburg, David (May 19, 1997). "Johnson gets LPGA victory". Times Daily. (Florence, Alabama). Associated Press. p. 4D.
  3. ^ "KPMG Women's PGA Championship (LPGA Championship)". LPGA. 1997. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "LPGA Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). May 19, 1997. p. 4C.

External links

  • Golf Observer leaderboard
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