The 2008 LPGA Championship was the 54th LPGA Championship, played June 5–8 at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2008.

The champion was tour rookie Yani Tseng, age 19, with a playoff victory over Maria Hjorth. The two finished regulation play at 276 (−12), one stroke ahead of Annika Sörenstam and Lorena Ochoa. Tseng birdied the fourth extra hole for her first career win on the LPGA Tour and became the first rookie to win a major in a decade.

This championship was played at Bulle Rock for five consecutive seasons, 2005 through 2009.

Round summaries

First round Thursday, June 5, 2008 Place Player Score To parT1 Emily Bastel66−6 Lorie Kane3 Lindsey Wright67−5T4 Marisa Baena68−4 Nicole Castrale Rachel Hetherington Maria Hjorth Jin-joo HongT9 Hye Jung Choi69−3 Wendy Doolan Hee-won Han Soo-yun Kang Young Kim Kelli Kuehne Lorena Ochoa Ji-young Oh Inbee Park

Second round Friday, June 6, 2008 Place Player Score To par1 Lorena Ochoa69-65=134−102 Lindsey Wright67-68=135−93 Lorie Kane66-70=136−8T4 Rachel Hetherington68-69=137−7 Brittany Lang70-67=137 Ji-young Oh69-68=137T7 Marisa Baena68-70=138−6 Michelle Ellis71-67=138 Jin-joo Hong68-70=138 Annika Sörenstam70-68=138

Third round Saturday, June 7, 2008

Place Player Score To par1 Jee-young Lee70-69-65=204−122 Maria Hjorth68-72-65=205−11T3 Lorena Ochoa69-65-72=206−10 Annika Sörenstam70-68-68=206T5 Laura Diaz71-68-69=208−8 Brittany Lang70-67-71=208 Lindsey Wright67-68-73=208 Yani Tseng73-70-65=208T9 Marisa Baena68-70-71=209−7 Irene Cho72-68-69=209 Ji-young Oh69-68-72=209

Final round Sunday, June 8, 2008 Place Player Score To par Money ($)T1 Yani Tseng73-70-65-68=276−12Playoff Maria Hjorth68-72-65-71=276T3 Lorena Ochoa69-65-72-71=277−11115,911 Annika Sörenstam70-68-68-71=2775 Laura Diaz71-68-69-70=278−1081,385T6 Shi Hyun Ahn73-69-69-69=280−853,763 Irene Cho72-68-69-71=280 Kelli Kuehne69-70-71-70=280 Morgan Pressel73-69-70-68=280T10 Nicole Castrale68-72-71-70=281−731,938 Paula Creamer71-70-71-69=281 Jimin Jeong73-68-69-71=281 Cristie Kerr71-70-71-69=281 Mi Hyun Kim72-70-71-68=281 Candie Kung70-72-70-69=281 Seon Hwa Lee73-71-70-67=281 Giulia Sergas71-71-69-70=281 Source:

Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par453444354453445434 Tseng −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 Hjorth −11 −11 −11 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −11 −11 −12 −13 −12 −12 Ochoa −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 Sörenstam −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 Diaz −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 J-y Lee −11 −11 −11 −10 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −9 −9 −6 −6 −6 −6 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |style="background: Olive;" width=10| |Triple bogey+

Playoff PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Yani Tseng 4-4-3-3 −1 300,0002 Maria Hjorth 4-4-3-4 E 180,180

Scorecard Hole  18   16  17  18 Par4434 Tseng E E E −1 Hjorth E E E E Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par

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References

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