Kraft Nabisco Championship

Kraft Nabisco Championship

Tournament information
Location	Rancho Mirage, California
Established	1972
Course(s)	Mission Hills Country Club
Par	72
Length	6,627 yards
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	$2,000,000
Month played	March-April
Tournament record score
Aggregate	269 Dottie Pepper (1999)
To par	−19 Dottie Pepper (1999)
Current champion
Stacy Lewis

The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four major championships on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983. The annual tournament has been held at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California since its inception and holds the distinction of being the second oldest tournament continuously held at the same location after the the Masters.^{[citation needed]}

Tournament names through the years:

• 1972-1980: Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle
• 1981: Colgate-Dinah Shore
• 1982: Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational
• 1983-1999: Nabisco Dinah Shore
• 2000-2001: Nabisco Championship
• 2002-present: Kraft Nabisco Championship

The tournament is still sometimes called the Dinah Shore, even though Shore's name was removed from the tournament title in 2000.

Beginning in 1988, the tournament winner has celebrated her victory by jumping in the pond surrounding the 18th green. The pond is known as Champions Lake or “Poppie's Pond” as it was dubbed in 2006 honor of Terry Wilcox, the tournament director from 1994 through 2008; Wilcox is known as “Poppie” to his grandchildren.^[1] Amy Alcott started the practice but it was not fully embraced until 1994 when Donna Andrews took the leap and it has since become a yearly tradition. One of the most memorable jumps was in 1991 after Alcott won for the third time and made the jump with then tournament host Dinah Shore. In 1998, winner Pat Hurst jumped in only up to her knees, as she could not swim.^[2] Today, the pond jump has become the Green Jacket of the LPGA.^[3]

The tournament has become a popular tourist destination for some lesbians and bisexual women, drawing thousands of lesbian spectators each year to the golf events and associated parties.^[4] It has been referred to as "spring break for lesbians."^[5][6]

Winners

See also: List of Kraft Nabisco Championship champions

Year	Dates	Champion	Score		To par	Margin of victory	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)
2011	Mar 31-Apr 3	Stacy Lewis	66-69-71-69	275	-13	3 strokes	2,000,000	300,000
2010	Mar 29-Apr 4	Yani Tseng	69-71-67-68	275	-13	1 stroke	2,000,000	300,000
2009	Apr 2-5	Brittany Lincicome	66-74-70-69	279	-9	1 stroke	2,000,000	300,000
2008	Apr 3-6	Lorena Ochoa	68-71-71-67	277	-11	5 strokes	2,000,000	300,000
2007	Mar 29-Apr 1	Morgan Pressel	74-72-70-69	285	-3	1 stroke	2,000,000	300,000
2006	Mar 30-Apr 2	Karrie Webb (2)	70-68-76-65	279	-9	Playoff	1,800,000	270,000
2005	Mar 24-27	Annika Sörenstam (3)	70-69-66-68	273	-15	8 strokes	1,800,000	270,000
2004	Mar 25-28	Grace Park	72-69-67-69	277	-11	1 stroke	1,600,000	240,000
2003	Mar 27-30	Patricia Meunier-Lebouc	70-68-70-73	281	-7	1 stroke	1,600,000	240,000
2002	Mar 28-31	Annika Sörenstam (2)	70-71-71-68	280	-8	1 stroke	1,500,000	225,000
2001	Mar 22-25	Annika Sörenstam	72-70-70-69	281	-7	3 strokes	1,500,000	225,000
2000	Mar 23-26	Karrie Webb	67-70-67-70	274	-14	10 strokes	1,250,000	187,500
1999	Mar 25-28	Dottie Pepper (2)	70-66-67-66	269	-19	6 strokes	1,000,000	150,000
1998	Mar 26-29	Pat Hurst	68-72-70-71	281	-7	1 stroke	1,000,000	150,000
1997	Mar 27-30	Betsy King (3)	71-67-67-71	276	-12	2 strokes	900,000	135,000
1996	Mar 28-31	Patty Sheehan	71-72-67-71	281	-7	1 stroke	900,000	135,000
1995	Mar 23-26	Nanci Bowen	69-75-71-70	285	-3	1 stroke	850,000	127,500
1994	Mar 24-27	Donna Andrews	70-69-67-70	276	-12	1 stroke	700,000	105,000
1993	Mar 25-28	Helen Alfredsson	69-71-72-72	284	-4	2 strokes	700,000	105,000
1992	Mar 26-29	Dottie Mochrie	69-71-70-69	279	-9	Playoff	700,000	105,000
1991	Mar 28-31	Amy Alcott (3)	67-70-68-68	273	-15	8 strokes	600,000	90,000
1990	Mar 29-Apr 1	Betsy King (2)	69-70-69-75	283	-5	2 strokes	500,000	90,000
1989	Mar 30-Apr 2	Juli Inkster (2)	66-69-73-71	279	-9	5 strokes	500,000	80,000
1988	Mar 31-Apr 3	Amy Alcott (2)	71-66-66-71	274	-14	2 strokes	500,000	80,000
1987	Apr 2-5	Betsy King	68-75-72-68	283	-5	Playoff	500,000	80,000
1986	Apr 3-6	Pat Bradley	68-72-69-71	280	-8	2 strokes	430,000	75,000
1985	Apr 4-7	Alice Miller	70-68-70-67	275	-13	3 strokes	400,000	55,000
1984	Apr 2-5	Juli Inkster	70-73-69-68	280	-8	Playoff	400,000	55,000
1983	Mar 31-Apr 3	Amy Alcott	70-70-70-72	282	-6	2 strokes	400,000	55,000

Winners before the event became a major in 1983

Year	Champion	Country	Score		To par	Margin of victory	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)
1982	Sally Little	South Africa	76-67-71-64	278	-10	3 strokes	300,000	45,000
1981	Nancy Lopez	United States	71-73-69-64	277	-11	2 strokes	250,000	37,500
1980	Donna Caponi	United States	71-67-66-71	275	-13	2 strokes	250,000	37,500
1979	Sandra Post (2)	Canada	68-70-68-70	276	-12	1 stroke	250,000	37,500
1978	Sandra Post	Canada	65-75-72-72	283	-5	Playoff	240,000	36,000
1977	Kathy Whitworth	United States	76-70-72-71	289	+1	1 stroke	240,000	36,000
1976	Judy Rankin	United States	74-72-71-68	285	-3	3 strokes	185,000	32,000
1975	Sandra Palmer	United States	70-70-70-73	283	-5	1 stroke	180,000	32,000
1974	Jo Ann Prentice	United States	71-71-74-73	289	+1	Playoff	179,000	32,000
1973	Mickey Wright	United States	71-74-71-68	284	-4	2 strokes	135,000	25,000
1972	Jane Blalock	United States	71-70-72	213	-3	3 strokes	110,000	20,050

Multiple champions

This table lists the golfers who have won more than one Kraft Nabisco Championship as a major.

Deceased golfer †

Grand Slam winners ‡

Deceased Grand Slam winners ∞

Country	Golfer	Total	Years
USA	Amy Alcott	3	1983, 1988, 1991
USA	Betsy King	3	1987, 1990, 1997
SWE	Annika Sörenstam ‡	3	2001, 2002, 2005
USA	Juli Inkster ‡	2	1984, 1989
USA	Dottie Pepper	2	1992, 1999
AUS	Karrie Webb ‡	2	2000, 2006

Champions by nationality

This table lists the total number of titles won by golfers of each nationality as a major.

Nationality	Number of wins
United States	19
Sweden	4
Australia	2
France	1
Mexico	1
South Korea	1
Taiwan	1

References

1. ^ "Clear Water Awaits 2006 Kraft Nabisco Champion". LPGA.com. April 2, 2006. http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=2&pid=6051x. Retrieved 2007-04-02. 
2. ^ Zullo, Allan, “Astonishing but True Golf Facts”, Andrew McMeels Publishing, Forest Fairview, North Carolina, 2001.
3. ^ "The Ladies of the Lake: the Champion's Leap at the Kraft Nabisco Championship". Kraft Nabisco Championship. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-04-01. http://web.archive.org/web/20070401131225/http://www.kncgolf.com/ladies.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-02. 
4. ^ "Tee party; LPGA: The lesbian connection". The Observer. May 6, 2001. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,482447,00.html. Retrieved 2009-04-05. 
5. ^ "Don't Quote Me: Dinah Shore Weekend". AfterEllen.com. 2006. http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/column/2006/2/quote-dinah.html. Retrieved 2007-12-12. 
6. ^ Downs, Maggie Dinah Shore events part of celebration that began with a round of golf March 28, 2010 The Desert Sun

External links

• Official website
• LPGA official tournament microsite
• Birdiebook of the Kraft Nabisco Championship-Course - video presentation

Coordinates: 33°45′28″N 116°25′32″W / 33.75778°N 116.42556°W / 33.75778; -116.42556