The 2011 LPGA Championship was the 57th LPGA Championship, held June 23–26 at Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York, a suburb southeast of Rochester. Known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, it was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2011 season. This was the second of four consecutive years the LPGA Championship was played at Locust Hill.
The champion was Yani Tseng, age 22, with a 269 (−19) to win by ten strokes over Morgan Pressel. It was Tseng's second LPGA Championship victory (2008) and fourth major championship. It was her third victory of 2011 and eighth career win on the LPGA Tour. It was the second consecutive year with a double-digit victory margin. Defending champion Cristie Kerr tied for third, eleven strokes back; she won by twelve strokes in 2010.
Course layout
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Field The field was composed of 150 players, which included one amateur, with the cut to the top 70 players and ties after the second round.
Round summaries
First round Thursday, June 23, 2011 Place Player Score To par 1 Yani Tseng 66 −62 Paula Creamer67−5T3 Diana D'Alessio68−4 Meena Lee Stacy Prammanasudh Angela StanfordT7 Minea Blomqvist69−3 Amy Hung Jennifer Johnson Stacy Lewis Ryann O'Toole Hee Young Park Morgan Pressel Source:
Second round Friday, June 24, 2011
The cut was at 146 (+2) or better and 78 players advanced to play on the weekend. The only amateur, 18-year-old Danielle Kang, made the cut. Kang was the U.S. Women's Amateur champion in 2010 and would repeat in 2011.
Place Player Score To par 1 Yani Tseng66-70=136−82 Pat Hurst70-67=137−7T3 Minea Blomqvist69-69=138−6 Morgan Pressel69-69=138 Hee Young Park69-69=138T6 Paula Creamer67-72=139−5 Cindy Lacrosse70-69=139 Amy Yang70-69=1399 Angela Stanford68-72=139−4T10 Shanshan Feng75-66=141−3 Tiffany Joh71-70=141 Jimin Kang71-70=141 Meena Lee68-73=141 Stacy Lewis69-72=141 Azahara Muñoz70-71=141 Stacy Prammanasudh68-73=141 Reilly Rankin73-68=141 Momoko Ueda72-69=141 Source:
Third round Saturday, June 25, 2011 Place Player Score To par 1 Yani Tseng66-70-67=203−13T2 Cindy Lacrosse70-69-69=208−8 Morgan Pressel69-69-70=2084 Hee Young Park69-69-72=210−6T5 Paula Creamer67-72-72=211−5 Cristie Kerr72-72-67=211 Meena Lee68-73-70=211 Stacy Lewis69-72-70=211T9 Katie Futcher75-68-69=212−4 Maria Hjorth71-71-70=212 Pat Hurst70-67-75=212 I.K. Kim73-70-69=212 Mika Miyazato72-72-68=211 Azahara Muñoz70-71-71=212 Momoko Ueda72-69-71=212 Source:
Final round Sunday, June 26, 2011 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 Yani Tseng66-70-67-66=269−19375,0002 Morgan Pressel69-69-70-71=279−9228,695T3 Paula Creamer67-72-72-69=280−8132,512 Cristie Kerr72-72-67-69=280 Suzann Pettersen72-72-69-67=280T6 Meena Lee68-73-70-71=282−677,630 Stacy Lewis69-72-70-71=282T8 Maria Hjorth71-71-70-71=283−553,840 Pat Hurst70-67-75-71=283 Mika Miyazato72-72-68-71=283 Azahara Muñoz70-71-71-71=283 Source:
References
External links LPGA Tour leaderboard