HISTORY OF THE KRAFT NABISCO CHAMPIONSHIP *

(Mission Hills Country Club, Dinah Shore Tournament Course)

2009: WINNER – BRITTANY LINCICOME (66-74-70-69 – 279).
After an opening round of 66, Lincicome struggled with strong winds on Friday, finishing the day with a 74. She recovered by shooting a 70 on Saturday, and on Sunday eagled the 18th hole to win the 38th annual Kraft Nabisco Championship. It was the first time any player - man or woman – has eagled the 72nd hole of a major championship to win by one shot. Lincicome never led in the final round until the winning putt, completing the day with a round of 69 and finishing the tournament at nine under. Kristy McPherson and Cristie Kerr tied for second at eight under.

2008: WINNER - LORENA OCHOA (68-71-71-67 - 277)
Coming off a victory at the Safeway International in Arizona, Lorena Ochoa became the first player since Annika Sorenstam in 2005 to win a major after taking home the trophy the week before. Ochoa birdied the first two holes on the final round Sunday at Mission Hills Country Club and never looked back, shooting a 67 to finish 11 under par. Ochoa began the final day at 6 under, one stroke ahead of Hee-Won Han. After opening with two birdies, Ochoa added three more birds at the 8th, 9th and 10th holes. She finished five strokes ahead of Annika Sorenstam and Suzann Pettersen, who both finished at 6 under. The 2008 Kraft Nabisco Championship was Ochoa's second consecutive victory at a major, having won the RICOH Women's British Open in 2007.

2007: WINNER - MORGAN PRESSEL (74-72-70-69 - 285)
LPGA history was made at the 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship when 18-year-old Morgan Pressel became the youngest player to win a women's major. Pressel scored a 69 for the final round on Sunday and was three under for the tournament, finishing one shot ahead of Catriona Matthew, Brittany Lincicome and Suzann Pettersen. Pettersen went into the final round at six under and held onto a three-stroke lead until a bogey on the 15th hole, a double-bogey on the 16th, and a bogey on the 17th gave Pressel the win and her first LPGA victory.

2006: WINNER - KARRIE WEBB (70-68-76-65 - 279)
Karrie Webb won in sudden death on Sunday to mark a dramatic conclusion to the final round of the 2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship. For the complete four rounds, Webb shot 70-68-76-65 - 279 to secure the largest come-from-behind win in tournament history. The win marks the Aussie's 7th major, 31st win, and the second time she's taken the leap into Champions Lake. Her first victory at the Kraft Nabisco Championship was back in 2000 when she shot a 67-70-67-70 - 274 in a wire-to-wire victory. That win came much easier than this year's, as her 10-stroke lead over Dottie Pepper was the largest margin of victory in the tournament's history.

2005: WINNER - ANNIKA SORENSTAM (70-69-66-68 - 273)
Near perfect play all week netted Sorenstam her third Kraft Nabisco title, her eighth career major and her fifth straight win on Tour, tying Nancy Lopez's 27-year-old record for most consecutive victories. Annika beat runner-up Rosie Jones by eight shots, finishing at 15-under par 273 and tying her for second best all-time Kraft Nabisco score with Amy Alcott's 273 in 1991. The win was Annika's 59th career victory on Tour. She won her 60th soon after to tie Patty Berg on the all-time LPGA wins list and now stands third all-time behind only Kathy Whitworth (88) and Mickey Wright (82)

2004: WINNER - GRACE PARK (72-69-67-69 - 277)
In what many consider the most thrilling finish in the 33-year history of the tournament, 25-year-old Grace Park sank a tricky six-foot birdie putt to break a tie with Aree Song and capture her first career major. Despite the fact her "knees, arms and whole body" were shaking, rising superstar Park truly proved to be Grace Under Pressure rolling her final putt into the center of the cup for a final round 69 and 11-under-par 277 for the tournament. Moments earlier, 17-year-old Song thrilled the huge Sunday gallery by drilling a dramatic 30-foot eagle putt, creating a momentary tie for first with Park. Aree then watched Grace line up and make her winning putt. It was the first time the Kraft Nabisco Championship was decided with a closing birdie on the 72nd hole since Donna Andrews did it back in 1994.

2003: WINNER - PATRICIA MEUNIER-LEBOUC (70-68-70-73 - 281)
With a one-shot victory, Meunier-Lebouc foiled Annika Sorenstam's bid to become the first player in the modern era to win an LPGA Tour "major" three years in a row. Beginning play three shots down on Sunday, Sorenstam battled back to take a one-stroke lead at Number 12. Meunier-Lebouc responded with an 18-foot birdie at Number 13, then took the lead for good when Sorenstam three-putted 13 for bogey. Undaunted, Sorenstam came back again to nearly force a playoff with a birdie at 18 after Meunier-Lebouc three-putted for bogey on the par-5 finishing hole. But Sorenstam's 20-foot birdie attempt went awry, securing Patricia's second LPGA Tour win and first major victory.

2002: WINNER - ANNIKA SORENSTAM (70-71-71-68 - 280)
Annika Sorenstam fended off fellow countrywoman Liselotte Neumann to become the first player to win the Kraft Nabisco Championship back-to-back since the tournament was designated a major in 1983. The battle between Sorenstam and rival superstar Karrie Webb -- the two were paired together in the final group on Sunday for the first time at a major -- never materialized, as Karrie couldn't get her putter working until making birdie at the 16th hole. Neumann, however, shook off any nerves she might have had competing for a major title during the longest winless streak of her great career by pushing Annika down to the last putt of the final hole. Neumann just missed a 15-foot birdie putt on 18 that could have forced a playoff. Sorenstam tapped in a two-foot par putt to clinch the victory and secure her fourth career major championship.

2001: WINNER - ANNIKA SORENSTAM (72-70-70-69- 281)
Future Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam claimed the 2001 Nabisco Championship for her first "major" victory since winning the U.S. Women's Open back-to-back in 1995 and '96. Her 3-under final round 69 was good enough for a three-shot win over five other players, including Karrie Webb (who also shot a final round 69), Rachel Teske (who began play Sunday with a one-shot lead, only to finish with a 73), two-time Nabisco champion Dottie Pepper, Scotland's Janice Moodie and Akiko Fukushima. The victory came just nine days after Sorenstam shot the first 59 in LPGA Tour history. It was also the third victory in a record streak Annika extended to four straight the following week, tying an all-time record set by Hall of Famers Mickey Wright (who won four straight in 1962 and '63) and Kathy Whitworth (1969).

2000: WINNER - KARRIE WEBB (67-70-67-70 - 274)
Australian superstar Karrie Webb won her second major LPGA tournament in record fashion, completing a wire-to-wire victory on the Dinah Shore Tournament Course. Webb fired a 2-under-par 70, including a hole-in-one on the par-3, 170-yard fifth hole on the final day for a 14-under 274. She defeated defending champion Dottie Pepper by 10 strokes, the largest victory margin in the tournament's 29-year history. After two-putting for par on 18 to conclude the tournament, Webb, spurred by a friendly push from Pepper, took the traditional winner's leap into the lake surrounding the 18th green. Pepper salvaged a second-place finish, shooting a 284 which gave her a one-stroke margin over third-place winner Meg Mallon.

1999: WINNER - DOTTIE PEPPER (70-66-67-66-269)
It took the murky lake around the 18th green to cool off two-time Nabisco champion Dottie Pepper. After turning the 1999 Nabisco tournament into a runaway, Pepper plunged into the famous water around the finishing hole at Mission Hills Country Club. Pepper was hot throughout the tournament, with her closing 6-under-par 66 putting her at 19-under to shatter the Nabisco tournament record and also put her into the books with the most strokes under par in any LPGA major. Meg Mallon, who led the first two days of the tournament, entered the final round three strokes behind Pepper but surrendered when Pepper eagled the 16th hole from 144 yards. Pepper's 269 was good for a six-shot victory over Mallon.

1998: WINNER - PAT HURST (68-72-70-71--281)
Demonstrating her trademark patience and consistency, and outlasting a throng of international challengers including England's Helen Dobson and Sweden's Helen Alfredsson, Pat Hurst shot her way wire-to-wire capturing her first-ever win at a major championship. Despite rain and gusty winds, Hurst continued hitting fairways and sinking putts all week and refused to yield the lead she held or shared since the first round. Going into 18, Hurst knew all she needed was par at the 526-yard, par-five hole to win. She calmly dropped a five-foot putt into the center of the cup on the final hole to shoot a closing 71 and finish 7-under-par, one stroke in front of the charging Dobson. Helen Alfredsson finished tied for third place with Laura Davies of England at 5 under. The victory at the 1998 Nabisco event marked Hurst's second career victory. Her first win was the 1997 Oldsmobile Classic.

1997: WINNER - BETSY KING (71-67-67-71--276)
LPGA legend Betsy King proved she would not go quietly into the night at the 1997 Nabisco tournament. The Hall of Famer became the second three-time champion of the tournament (Amy Alcott was the first) by outplaying Kelly Robbins, Amy Fruhwirth and Kris Tschetter on the final day to capture her best Nabisco title showing at 12-under-par. King had a two-shot lead on Tschetter before her tee off at 18, so she knew all she had to do was keep away from the infamous water surrounding the hole. She safely three-stroked it onto the green and two-putted her way to her 31st career victory. It was her first victory on the Tour in nearly two years.

1996: WINNER - PATTY SHEEHAN (71-72-67-71--281)
Already one of the greatest golfers of this century, Patty Sheehan added to her legacy by making one of the more dramatic two-putts for par in golf history to win the 1996 Nabisco tournament. Facing what she described as a "monster putt," Sheehan found herself 120 feet from the pin Sunday afternoon on 18, needing to get down in two to capture a championship she dreamed of winning as a young girl. Kelly Robbins, Meg Mallon and Annika Sorenstam each had just missed putts on 18 that could have forced a playoff with Sheehan. Those three watched anxiously as the Hall of Famer lined up her final putts from a zip code or two away. Sheehan stroked the first putt up and over a ridge, then watched it roll to the left and then to the right before coming to rest about 10 feet from the hole. With the huge Sunday gallery holding its breath, her three nearest foes standing motionless, and a national television audience glued to their screens at home, Sheehan confidently stroked the 10-foot par putt into the center of the cup to capture her first Nabisco title. It was the 35th career victory for Patty and sixth major championship. Robbins, Mallon and Sorenstam tied for second at one back and six-under for the tournament.

1995: WINNER - NANCI BOWEN (69-75-71-70--285)
Georgia native Nanci Bowen emerged from a trio of superstars and living legends late on Sunday to capture the 1995 Nabisco crown. A clutch 20-foot birdie putt on the par-three 17 helped Bowen build a two-stroke lead going into the final hole of the tournament, and it proved to be enough as the soft-spoken Southerner gently pried the title away from Hall of Famer Nancy Lopez and superstars Laura Davies and Tammie Green. After Bowen bogeyed 18, Lopez, Green and Davies each had a chance to force a playoff, Davies needing an eagle, the other two birdies. But Lopez drove into the trees and found the water on 18, leaving her two shots behind Bowen at 287. Green's second shot at 18 landed in a fairway bunker and she ended up in a tie for seventh at even-par 288. After reaching the 526-yard hole in two, Davies three-putted to finish in a tie for third with Lopez, Brandie Burton and Sherri Turner. Bowen's final round partner Susie Redman sank key birdies at 15 and 18 to wind up in sole possession of second place with a 72-hole total of 286.

1994: WINNER - DONNA ANDREWS (70-69-67-70--276)
In posting the fourth best four-round total (276) in the history of the event, Donna Andrews won the 1994 Nabisco title in a tense duel with long-hitting Laura Davies of England that went right down to the final putt on the 72nd hole -- when Davies missed a putt that would have led to a playoff. Andrews mastered the Dinah Shore Tournament Course (previously known as the Old Course) with accurate tee shots and especially with precision iron play that kept her near the pin all week. Only Amy Alcott (273 and 274), Alice Miller (275) and Donna Caponi (275) have bettered Andrews' 72-hole score of 276 in Nabisco play over the years.

1993: WINNER - HELEN ALFREDSSON (69-71-72-72--284)
Helen Alfredsson's initial Nabisco victory was a model of consistency. The tall Swedish star shot an opening-round 69, one stroke off the pace of co-leaders Nancy Lopez, Marta Figueras-Dotti and Missie Berteotti, and was tied for the lead after the second round (140) and after the third round (212). On closing day, as her nearest challengers (Betsy King and Dawn Coe-Jones), faltered with rounds of 74 and 75, Alfredsson, refusing to wilt under the pressure of winning her first LPGA major, calmly carved out a workmanlike 72 to earn the first place prize of $105,000. Amy Benz moved up with a final round 70 for runner-up.

1992: WINNER - DOTTIE MOCHRIE (69-71-70-69--279)
After finishing second to Amy Alcott in 1991, Dottie Mochrie captured her first Nabisco title in a thrilling one-hole playoff with tenacious Juli Inkster. Mochrie overcame Inkster's two-shot 54-hole lead by firing a final-round 69 to deadlock Juli at 279 on Sunday and set up the playoff on No. 10. Both hit good drivers but Inkster's second shot found the right front bunker while Dottie hit the green in good shape. Inkster's trap shot left her 30 feet away and she missed the par putt. Mochrie got down in a routine par--and it was all over.

1991: WINNER - AMY ALCOTT (67-70-68-68--273)
En route to her third Nabisco title, Alcott posted a record score of 15-under par 273 and won by eight shots over Dottie Mochrie (281). Amy bettered the record of 274 that she set in 1988, when she won her second Nabisco title.

1990: WINNER - BETSY KING (69-70-69-75--283)
Despite faltering on the back 9 of the final round and posting a 75, Betsy captured her second Nabisco championship by two strokes over runners-up Shirley Furlong and Kathy Postlewait. King's 75 was a record high final round for a Nabisco winner ... but it was enough.

1989: WINNER - JULI INKSTER (66-69-73-71--279)
Juli opened with a sizzling 66 and led wire-to-wire as she registered her second Nabisco victory. In scoring her 12th LPGA Tour win, Inkster set a 36-hole tournament record of 135, placing her far out of reach of Tammie Green and JoAnne Carner, who shared second place at 284.

1988: WINNER - AMY ALCOTT (71-66-66-71--274)
Amy captured her second Nabisco championship with a then-record total of 274, joining Sandra Post as the only two-time victors at Mission Hills. Amy's 54-hole total of 203, 13 under par, was another tournament record-- and she needed all of it to hold off Colleen Walker. Amy's $80,000 first prize made her the third LPGA player ever to top the $2 million mark in career earnings, and she celebrated by jumping into the lake near the 18th hole with caddie Bill Kurre.

1987: WINNER - BETSY KING (68-75-72-68--283)
King won her first Nabisco title by beating Patty Sheehan on the second hole of a sudden death playoff. Betsy made a dramatic par out of trouble on the first extra hole to stay alive and then won on the next hole when Sheehan missed a short par putt. With a purse of $500,000 the Nabisco tournament became the richest major championship in women's golf.

1986: WINNER - PAT BRADLEY (68-72-69-71--280)
Bradley won her first Nabisco title and went on to annex two other majors, the LPGA Championship and the du Maurier Classic, earning Player of the Year honors for 1986. Pat held a share of the lead the first two days and opened a three-shot lead with a 69 on Saturday, cruising by two over Val Skinner in the final round.

1985: WINNER - ALICE MILLER (70-68-70-67--275)
Miller claimed her first major LPGA win by three shots, holding off a late-charging Jan Stephenson, who fired a closing 66 to tighten things up. Miller's brilliant 67 on Sunday gave her a share of the then-record 72-hole total of 275.

1984: WINNER - JULI INKSTER (70-73-69-68--280)
Inkster became the first LPGA rookie to win the event as she beat Pat Bradley on the first hole of sudden death. Juli fired a closing four-under 68 to tie Bradley and then won the first playoff hole with a par, becoming the youngest (23) champion.

1983: WINNER - AMY ALCOTT (70-70-70-72--282)
The $400,000 Nabisco tournament was designated as one of the four LPGA "majors" and Alcott marked the occasion by catching leader Beth Daniel on a wind-swept Sunday to win her first Nabisco title by two shots over Daniel and the veteran Kathy Whitworth, both finishing at 284.

1982: WINNER - SALLY LITTLE--(76-67-71-64--278)
Little scorched the Mission Hills CC course on Sunday with an eight-under 64, coming from five strokes back to beat third-round leader Hollis Stacy and Sandra Haynie by three shots. With a record purse of $300,000 and 87 entries, a cut was introduced for the first time at the tournament.

1981: WINNER - NANCY LOPEZ (71-73-69-64--277)
The 10th anniversary tournament was won by Nancy Lopez, who stayed close to the leaders over the first three rounds and then fired a course-record eight-under 64 on Sunday to beat Carolyn Hill, who began the final round with a three-stroke advantage.

1980: WINNER - DONNA CAPONI (71-67-66-71--275)
After opening with a 71, Caponi fired consecutive rounds of 67 and 66, giving her a record total of 204 for 54 holes. Still, she needed a one-under 71 on closing day to hold off Amy Alcott, who had equaled the course record with a 65 on Friday. Amy was second at 277.

1979: WINNER - SANDRA POST (68-70-68-70--276)
Sandra became the first two-time winner as she beat Nancy Lopez by one stroke with a 12-under 276. Post and Lopez, each opening with 68s, shared the lead at 36 holes (138) and 54 holes (206).

1978: WINNER - SANDRA POST (65-75-72-72--283)
Post set a tournament record with an opening 65 but was unable to break par over the next three rounds and found herself in a playoff with Penny Pulz, despite equaling the 72-hole record of 283, set in 1975. Post won when Pulz bogeyed the second extra hole, giving Sandra her first LPGA win in 10 years.

1977: WINNER - KATHY WHITWORTH (76-70-72-71--289)
Whitworth started the final round one stroke behind early pace-setters Betty Burfeindt, Pat Bradley and Judy Rankin but her 71 was good enough for the victory as the others fell back in winds gusting to 45 mph winds. The victory was the 78th of Kathy's career.

1976: WINNER - JUDY RANKIN (74-72-71-68--285)
Trailing co-leaders Kathy Whitworth and Sandra Haynie by three shots going into the final round, Rankin shot a torrid 68 (the only pro to break 70 on Sunday) to win the $32,000 first prize -- and a job as the touring Mission Hills CC pro.

1975: WINNER - SANDRA PALMER (70-70-70-73--283)
Palmer grabbed the lead on the first round and never trailed as she won the $180,000 event by one stroke over fast-closing Kathy McMullen in a tournament-record five-under 283. Sandra went on to win the U.S. Women's Open and was Player of the Year.

1974: WINNER - JO ANN PRENTICE (71-71-74-73--289)
In one of the tournament's most exciting finishes, Prentice defeated Jane Blalock and Sandra Haynie in a playoff. Haynie went out on the second extra hole and then Jo Ann won it with a birdie three on the fourth playoff hole. At 41, she was the oldest player ever to win the tournament.

1973: WINNER - MICKEY WRIGHT (71-74-71-68--284)
This was the 82nd and last victory of Hall of Famer Wright's illustrious LPGA career. Joyce Kazmierski took a four-shot lead into the final round but slipped badly and Wright carded a 68 to storm past her for the win.

1972: WINNER - JANE BLALOCK (71-70-72--213)
This first tournament was a 54-hole event with a purse of $110,000, tops at the time on the Tour. Judy Rankin had a one-stroke lead on Blalock on the final round but faltered on the back nine while Jane posted three birdies to win by three shots. The inaugural event drew 15,739 spectators including 4,950 for the final round.


* Colgate Dinah Shore: 1972 - 1981
Nabisco Dinah Shore: 1982 - 1999
Nabisco Championship: 2000 - 2001
Kraft Nabisco Championship: 2002 - Current

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