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  Women's major golf championships - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The LPGA's list of majors has changed several times over the years, with the last change in 2001, after the du Maurier Classic, held in Canada, was discontinued after that country passed severe restrictions on tobacco advertising.
The U.S. and British Opens match their male equivalents, and the LPGA Championship is analogous to the PGA Championship, so by default the Kraft Nabisco Championship is the closest equivalent of The Masters.
The LPGA of Japan Tour, which is the second richest women's golf tour, has its own set of three majors: the Japan Open, the JLPGA Championship and the JLPGA Tour Championship.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Women's_majors   (714 words)

  
 KNC NEWS
According to Carolyn Bivens, LPGA commissioner, and Terry Wilcox, Kraft Nabisco Championship tournament director, clarifications have been made in both the Automatic Qualification portion of the eligibility criteria as well as the portion covering Kraft Nabisco’s sponsor exemptions.
Wie, who turned professional last October, is eligible to be invited to compete in the 2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship as a result of her second-place finish at last year’s McDonald’s LPGA Championship, her third-place finish at the Weetabix Women’s British Open and her tie for 14th in last year’s Kraft Nabisco Championship.
Pressel is eligible for the 2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship by virtue of her tie for second place in last year’s U.S. Women’s Open and her tie for 19th in last year’s Kraft Nabisco Championship.
www.kncgolf.com /eligibility_2006.htm   (699 words)

  
 LPGA - Nabisco Championship
Wongluekiet (pronounced Wahn-gloo-KEE-it) and her twin sister, Naree, both the second-youngest ever to play in an LPGA tournament, left the notes for Webb.
DIVOTS: The lowest round ever by an amateur in the Nabisco was a 66 by Caroline Keggi in the third round of the '88 tournament.
Judy Rankin, whose record of 25 top-10 finishes in 1977 still stands, was nominated for the LPGA Hall of Fame by the tour's veteran's committee.
www.golftoday.co.uk /tours/2000/nabisco/round3report.html   (831 words)

  
 LPGA - Nabisco Championship 2000
Webb shot a 2-under-par 70 today for a 14-under 274 total to win the Nabisco Championship by 10 shots over defending champion Dottie Pepper, then jumped feet first into the murky water at the 18th green in the traditional winner's celebration.
Aree and her twin sister, Naree, were the second-youngest ever to play in an LPGA tournament.
However, she must wait until 2006, when she completes 10 years as an LPGA member to be inducted.
www.golftoday.co.uk /tours/2000/nabisco/round4report.html   (1053 words)

  
 "Lesbians Turn Out for Nabisco Ladies Golf Championship" by Steve Sailer March 2001; Dinah Shore, Palm ...
The LPGA could point out, more realistically, that the Nabisco Championship is not representative of their typical tournament.
Theoretically, the LPGA ought to be able to excite corporate sponsors who want to advertise to that most desirable of all marketing demographics: young working mothers who shop for their families.
If the LPGA were to set about whipping up a patriotic-feminist frenzy over the necessity of retaking the Cup in Minnesota in 2002, it just might put women's golf back on the front pages again.
www.isteve.com /Golf_Lesbians_Nabisco.htm   (1151 words)

  
 Kraft Nabisco Championship Article Archives by KeepMedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Sweden's Annika Sorenstam took a major step in her quest for a Grand Slam sweep and a piece of LPGA history, seizing a five-stroke lead at the Kraft Nabisco Championship.
On the magical day when Karrie Webb reclaimed her spot as one of the top players on the LPGA tour, it was hard to believe that she had been away so long.
For a few seconds yesterday, in a brief but tense playoff at the McDonald's LPGA Championship, it looked as if Se Ri Pak was going to do to Karrie Webb what Webb had done to her pursuers to win the Kraft Nabisco Championship earlier this year.
www.topix.net /golf/lpga-kraft-nabisco-championship/keepmedia   (1114 words)

  
 The Wire: Tickets Now On Sale For 2003 Kraft Nabisco Championship
The 2003 Kraft Nabisco Championship LPGA golf tournament will be held March 24-30 at Mission Hills Country Club for the 32nd consecutive year.
This year's practice round for the LPGA players will be held on Monday, March 24, and admission is free.
For more information on the 2003 Kraft Nabisco Championship or to purchase tickets or tournament merchandise, please call the Tournament Office at 760/324-4546 or log onto www.kraftnabiscochampionship.com.
www.golftransactions.com /tournaments/nabisco121302.html   (513 words)

  
 GolfDigest.com - LPGA/Kraft Nabisco Championship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
When Rosie Jones said late last year she would retire after the 2004 season, several of her friends on the LPGA tour laughed and gave it a wait-and-see approach.
The Olivia contract is a one-year deal with options for future years, and the reception Jones received at the Kraft Nabisco, combined with her continued high level of play, makes it likely that Olivia will want the arrangement to extend past this year.
At the far end of the practice range at Mission Hills CC, several hundred yards from where players were warming up for the first round of the Kraft Nabisco Championship, was a practice putting green with two familiar figures, one putting and the other observing.
golfdigest.com /newsandtour/index.ssf?/newsandtour/gw20040402lpga.html   (1084 words)

  
 2005 Kraft Nabisco Championship | Sorenstam improves major record at Kraft Nabisco | iseekgolf.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Today's win at the Kraft Nabisco was her fifth in her last thirteen major appearances and when three runner up and one third placings are added to that, she now dominates major golf in the same manner in which she has dominated the women's game generally.
59 LPGA Tour victories to go with another 12 international victories make her the most prolific winner in the last thirty years, male or female, and when you consider that she is not yet 35 years of age, it is reasonable to assume there are plenty more to come.
No-one was going to get near her today as she extended her five shot third round lead to eight and from perhaps as early as halfway through the third round, it was a case of who would run second rather than who would win the tournament.
www.iseekgolf.com /news/6826   (923 words)

  
 Veterans Sorenstam and Jones move ahead of the kids in the LPGA Kraft Nabisco
The most dominant player in golf shot a 3-under 69 Friday to move into a tie for the lead with 45-year-old Rosie Jones after two rounds of the first LPGA major of the year.
Wie, meanwhile, had a large gallery following a threesome that included LPGA pinup girl Natalie Gulbis, and was in contention much of the day.
But she was undone by double-bogeys on the seventh and 16th holes, and needs to shoot something like the third-round 66 she had here two years ago as a 13-year-old to get back in the mix.
www.pga.com /news/tours/lpga/kraft032505.cfm   (1018 words)

  
 Sorenstam romps out to a five-shot lead over Jones in the LPGA Kraft Nabisco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
With a 6-under 66 Saturday, Annika Sorenstam all but wrapped up the first LPGA major championship of the year.
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) -- Annika Sorenstam was on the back nine of her Saturday runaway when a marshal's loud command for the quiet crowd to get even quieter forced her to back off her ball just as she was set to hit.
Bad marshaling aside, Sorenstam had a lot to be happy about in the third round of the Kraft Nabisco Championship.
www.pga.com /news/tours/lpga/kraft032605.cfm   (988 words)

  
 “Play Safe In The Sun” Campaign Scores Well At The Kraft Nabisco Championship. | Events of the Women's ...
At the Kraft-Nabisco LPGA Tournament in Rancho Mirage on March 28, 2004 are members of the Women's Dermatologic Society, Dr. Wendy Roberts, Dr. Sandra Read, and Dr. Karen Vigeland.
This public service reached more than 4,500 tournament attendees who visited the WDS Exhibition Tent, where 302 skin cancer screenings were conducted by WDS members, who presumptively diagnosed 11 melanomas and 56 lesions of basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma.
Citations the WDS received for the LPGA tournaments in Rancho Mirage and Wilmington, Del.
www.womensderm.org /events/lpga_rancho_mirage.html   (572 words)

  
 SI.com - Golf - LPGA's Nabisco to change dates - Thursday August 19, 2004 9:40PM
The Nabisco has been played the final weekend in March since 1991.
Even with Annika Sorenstam winning the Nabisco two straight years, or Michelle Wie contending for the title as a 14-year-old, its coverage is minimal.
Grace Park won the Nabisco this year, taking the traditional plunge into the pond fronting the 18th green.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/golf/08/19/bc.glf.kraftnabisco.ap   (241 words)

  
 GCSAA - 2004 Tournament fact sheet - LPGA - Kraft Nabisco Championship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of two tournaments (Masters) that has been played on the same golf course (Dinah Shore Tournament Course) since its inception in 1972.
The Kraft Nabisco Championship, formerly the Colgate-Dinah Shore and the Nabisco Dinah Shore, will celebrate its 33rd anniversary in 2004.
Designated a "major" tournament by the LPGA in 1983, the traditional victory leap into Champions Lake at the 18th hole has evolved into one of the most thrilling finishes in all of professional golf.
www.gcsaa.org /news/factsheets/2004/lpga/kraft.asp   (682 words)

  
 Cybergolf Women's Golf
The LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association and is the longest-running women’s sports association in the world.
The LPGA was founded over 50 years ago by a group of dynamic and talented women golfers including the famous Patty Berg.
In order to play on an LPGA Tour event, a female golfer must be 18 or over, declared herself a “professional” and have demonstrated the required skill through previous tournament play.
www.cybergolf.com /womensgolf/index.asp?newsID=3094   (2024 words)

  
 Wie will play in LPGA's Kraft Nabisco tourney - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
Michelle Wie was one of six amateurs who officially accepted a Kraft Nabisco Championship invitation Tuesday, according to Tournament Director Terry Wilcox.
The Punahou sophomore played in the LPGA's first major the past two years, finishing ninth and fourth.
Excluding majors, Sunday's final round rating of 2.2 was the network's highest-rated golf telecast since the final round of the 2000 Bell Canadian Open (3.5).
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2005/Jan/13/sp/sp02p.html   (1074 words)

  
 2004 Kraft Nabisco Championship | iseekgolf.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Kraft Nabisco puts Sorenstam's goal to early test
An early start for major golf at the Kraft Nabisco 25 Mar 2003 14:51
Sorenstam in the winners circle at Nabisco 01 Apr 2002 03:56
www.iseekgolf.com /tournaments/1527   (188 words)

  
 Golf.NL :: Toernooien :: LPGA Tour
Sorenstam, Wie, Webb ousted in LPGA Match-Play quarter-finals
LPGA sterren strijden om record hoogte prijzengeld deze week in Orlando
Wie shoots 72 to remain in hunt at Kraft Nabisco Championship
www.golf.nl /toernooien/lpga_news.php   (2901 words)

  
 Toronto Golf Nuts - Greater Toronto Area Golf Forum - LPGA Kraft Nabisco
I just finished watching the last nine holes and your posts were almost as good as watching it live.
A few more putts falling for Michelle and she could have won.
Wie is likely to play all 4 LPGA championships
www.torontogolfnuts.com /showthread.php?t=6426   (1398 words)

  
 Webb wins LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship in playoff
Webb wins LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship in playoff Posted on Monday, April 03, 2006 (EST)
LPGA Hall of Famer Karrie Webb beat Lorena Ochoa with a birdie at the first playoff hole to win the Kraft Nabisco Championship, first major of the women's season.
RANCHO MIRAGE, United States (AFP) - Australia's Webb had eagled the final hole of regulation to complete a flawless 65 that saw her erase a seven-shot deficit and pull even with overnight leader Ochoa.
news.sawf.org /Sports/9924.aspx   (1026 words)

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