The 2001 LPGA Championship was the 47th LPGA Championship, played June 21–24 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware. This was the third of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2001.
Karrie Webb won her only LPGA Championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up Laura Diaz, and completed the career It was her second consecutive major win, as she also took the U.S. Women's Open earlier in the month.
Webb, age 26, became the fifth and youngest woman to win the career slam, passing Mickey Wright, who completed hers at age 27 It was the fourth of Webb's seven major titles. With a 7-under 64 on Friday, she set the scoring record at the LPGA Championship at
The DuPont Country Club hosted this championship for eleven consecutive seasons, from 1994 through 2004.
Final leaderboard Sunday, June 24, 2001 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 Karrie Webb67-64-70-69=270−14225,0002 Laura Diaz67-71-66-68=272−12139,639T3 Maria Hjorth71-67-66-70=274−1090,577 Wendy Ward65-69-71-69=2745 Annika Sörenstam68-69-71-67=275−964,157T6 Laura Davies67-68-70-71=276−848,684 Becky Iverson66-73-67-70=2768 Mi Hyun Kim70-70-68-69=277−739,2509 Helen Alfredsson68-66-74-70=278−635,476T10 Michele Redman69-66-73-71=279−530,245 Maggie Will68-74-67-70=279 Source:
References
External links Golf Observer leaderboard DuPont Country Club