The 2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship was a women's professional golf tournament, held March 30 to April 2 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. It was the 35th edition of the Kraft Nabisco Championship, and the 24th as a major championship. The purse was $1.8 million, with a winner's share of $270,000.
In a sudden-death playoff, 2000 champion Karrie Webb defeated Lorena Ochoa with a birdie on the first extra hole, the par-5 Webb had earlier holed out for an eagle on the same hole to card a 65 (−7) in the final round to force the playoff. Ochoa recorded a 62 (−10) in the first round, but was one over-par for the final 54 holes; she also eagled the 72nd hole. One stroke out of the playoff were Natalie Gulbis and Michelle Wie, then
It was Webb's second win at this event and her seventh major title, the first in nearly four years, since the Women's British Open in 2002. Through 2016, it is her most recent victory in a major.
Round summaries First round Thursday, March 30, 2006 Place Player Score To par 1 Lorena Ochoa62 −102 Michelle Wie66 −63 Stacy Prammanasudh67 −54 Angela Park (a)68 −4T5 Paula Creamer 69 −3 Juli Inkster Seon Hwa Lee Morgan Pressel Karen StupplesT10 Helen Alfredsson70−2 Shi Hyun Ahn Carin Koch Brittany Lang Ai Miyazato Johanna Mundy Karrie Webb Source:
Second round Friday, March 31, 2006 Place Player Score To par 1 Lorena Ochoa62-71=133 −112 Michelle Wie66-71=137 −7T3 Seon Hwa Lee 69-69=138 −6 Karrie Webb70-68=138T5 Paula Creamer 69-71=140 −4 Stacy Prammanasudh67-73=140T7 Shi Hyun Ahn70-71=141−3 Angela Park (a)68-73=141T9 Helen Alfredsson70-72=142−2 Juli Inkster69-73=142 Carin Koch 70-72=142 Source:
Amateurs: A. Park (−3), Martinez (+3), Michaels (+6), I. Park (+6).
Third round Saturday, April 1, 2006 Place Player Score To par 1 Lorena Ochoa62-71-74=207 −92 Michelle Wie66-71-73=210 −6T3 Shi Hyun Ahn70-71-71=212−4 Natalie Gulbis73-71-68=212 Seon Hwa Lee69-69-74=212T6 Helen Alfredsson70-72-72=214−2 Karrie Webb70-68-76=214T8 Hee-Won Han75-72-68=215−1 Morgan Pressel69-76-70=215 Karen Stupples69-74-72=215 Source:
Final round Sunday, April 2, 2006 Place Player Score To par Money ($)T1 Karrie Webb70-68-76-65=279−9Playoff Lorena Ochoa62-71-74-72=279T3 Natalie Gulbis73-71-68-68=280−8108,222 Michelle Wie66-71-73-70=2805 Juli Inkster69-73-74-68=284−475,985T6 Hee-Won Han75-72-68-71=286−257,104 Annika Sörenstam71-72-73-70=286 T8 Shi Hyun Ahn70-71-71-75=287−141,293 Helen Alfredsson70-72-72-73=287 Brittany Lang70-74-72-71=287 Source:
Amateurs: A. Park (+2), Martinez (+16), I. Park (+16), Michaels (+20)
Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454434435454434435 Webb −2 −2 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −9 Ochoa −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −8 −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −9 Gulbis −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −8 −8 Wie −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 Inkster E −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −2 −3 −3 −4 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 Han −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 Sörenstam E E +1 +1 E E E −1 −1 −1 −2 −3 −2 −2 −3 −2 −2 −2 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey
Playoff The sudden-death playoff began on the par-5 18th hole; Webb birdied to win the title.
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Karrie Webb 4 −1 270,0002 Lorena Ochoa 5 E 168,226
References
External links Golf Observer leaderboard