The 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship was the 36th Kraft Nabisco Championship, held March 29 to April 1 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, southeast of Palm Springs. This was the 25th edition of the event as a major championship and the total purse was $2 million, with a winner's share of $300,000.

Morgan Pressel shot a bogey-free 69 in the final round to win her only major title, one stroke ahead of runners-up Brittany Lincicome, Catriona Matthew, and 54-hole co-leader Suzann Pettersen. Tied for ninth and four strokes back after the third round, Pressel gained her first victory on the LPGA Tour and became the youngest-ever winner of an LPGA major at . The low amateur was collegian Stacy Lewis, a redshirt junior at Arkansas who carded a final round 70 (−2) and finished two strokes behind, in a four-way tie for fifth.

The 36-hole co-leaders at 140 (−4) were world number two Lorena Ochoa and number five Paula Creamer, with Petterson and first round leader Shi-Hyun Ahn a stroke back; all four were in search of their first major. Ochoa made a quadruple-bogey at 17 on Saturday, and Creamer shot 78 (+6) on Sunday. Top-ranked Annika Sorenstam made the cut, but just barely at 151 (+7).

Pettersen, 25, co-led with Se Ri Pak after the third round at 212 (−4) and had a four-stroke lead with four holes to play on Sunday. Double bogeys at 15 and 16, and a bogey on the par-3 17th dropped Pettersen a stroke back, and she missed a birdie putt on the final hole to force a playoff. She rebounded and gained her first LPGA Tour victory in May at Kingsmill, the next major at the LPGA Championship in June, and three additional victories in 2007.

Pressel's win vaulted her thirteen places in the world rankings, from seventeenth to a career-high fourth.

Round summaries First round Thursday, March 29, 2007 Place Player Score To par 1 Shi-Hyun Ahn68−4T2 Suzann Pettersen69−3 Lindsey WrightT4 Maria Hjorth70 −2 Jee Young Lee Catriona Matthew Karrie Webb T8 Pat Hurst71 −1 Brittany Lang Stacy Lewis (a) Sherri Steinhauer Source:

Second round Friday, March 30, 2007 Place Player Score To par T1 Paula Creamer73-67=140 −4 Lorena Ochoa69-71=140T3 Shi-Hyun Ahn68-73=141−3 Suzann Pettersen72-69=1415 Se Ri Pak72-70=142 −2T6 Maria Hjorth70-73=143−1 Brittany Lincicome72-71=143 Catriona Matthew70-73=143 Lindsey Wright74-69=143T10 Meaghan Francella72-72=144 E Brittany Lang71-73=144 Stacy Lewis (a)71-73=144 Source:

Amateurs: Lewis (E), Choe (+9), Coutu (+9).

Third round Saturday, March 31, 2007 Place Player Score To par T1 Se Ri Pak72-70-70=212 −4 Suzann Pettersen72-69-71=212T3 Paula Creamer73-67-73=213 −3 Meaghan Francella72-72-69=213 5 Brittany Lincicome72-71-71=214 −2T6 Shi-Hyun Ahn68-73-74=215−1 Maria Hjorth70-73-72=215 Catriona Matthew70-73-72=215 T9 Sarah Lee68-73-74=216E Stacy Prammanasudh76-70-70=216 Morgan Pressel74-72-70=216 Source:

Final round Sunday, April 1, 2007 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 Morgan Pressel74-72-70-69=285−3300,000 T2 Brittany Lincicome72-71-71-72=286−2140,945 Catriona Matthew70-73-72-71=286 Suzann Pettersen72-69-71-74=286 T5 Shi-Hyun Ahn68-73-74-72=287−169,688 Meaghan Francella72-72-69-74=287 Stacy Prammanasudh76-70-70-71=287 Stacy Lewis (a)71-73-73-70=2870   9 Maria Hjorth70-73-72-73=288E50,114 T10 Lorena Ochoa69-71-77-72=289+141,340 Se Ri Pak72-70-70-77=289 Angela Stanford72-75-73-69=289 Source:

Amateurs: Lewis (−1), Coutu (+18), Choe (+19).

Scorecard Final round Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8 9101112131415161718Par454434435 454434435 Pressel E−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−2−3 Lincicome −2−3−3−3−2−2−2−2−1−2−3−3−3−3−2−2−2−2 Matthew E−1−1−2−3−4−4−3−4−4−4−4−3−3−3−3−3−2 Pettersen −4−4−3−3−3−3−3−4−5−5−6−6−6−6−5−3−2−2 Ahn EE−1−1−1EEEE−1−1E+1EE−1−1−1 Francella −4−4−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1−1−2−2−2−1EE−1 Lewis +1+1EEEEEEE−1E−1−1−2−2−1−1−1 Prammanasudh E−1−1−1−1−2−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−3−2−2−1−1 Hjorth −2−2−2−1EEEEEE−1EEE+1EEE Ochoa +1+1+1+2+2+2+2+3+3+3+2+1+1+1+2+2+2+1 Pak −4−5−4−5−5−5−5−4−4−3−3−4−3−3−2−1E+1 Stanford +3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3+2+2+1+1+2+2+2+2+1+1 Creamer −2−2−1−1EEE+1+1EEE+1+1+1+1+2+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Double Eagle -->EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey Source:

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