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LPGA - Moblie Bay LPGA Classic Preview
From The Sports Network
| DATES: Thursday, April 26th through Sunday, April 29th |
| SITE: Magnolia Grove Golf Course (Crossings Course), Mobile, Alabama |
| (Part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail) |
| COURSE ARCHITECT: Robert Trent Jones, Sr. (1991, 2009) |
| Hole-By-Hole: | 1 - Par 4 395 Yds | 10 - Par 4 380 Yds | |
| 2 - Par 3 180 Yds | 11 - Par 4 398 Yds | |
| 3 - Par 4 350 Yds | 12 - Par 4 376 Yds | |
| 4 - Par 5 528 Yds | 13 - Par 5 529 Yds | |
| 5 - Par 4 392 Yds | 14 - Par 3 149 Yds | |
| 6 - Par 5 488 Yds | 15 - Par 4 390 Yds | |
| 7 - Par 4 385 Yds | 16 - Par 5 485 Yds | |
| 8 - Par 3 159 Yds | 17 - Par 3 165 Yds | |
| 9 - Par 4 370 Yds | 18 - Par 4 402 Yds | |
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| 36 3,247 Yds | 36 3,274 Yds | |
| Annual: | 4th |
| Television: | Golf Channel - Thursday/Friday -- 12:30-2:30 p.m. (et), |
| | - Saturday/Sunday -- 3-6 p.m. (et) |
| Defending Champion: | Maria Hjorth |
| Runner-Up: | Song-Hee Kim |
| Tournament Record: | 277 (Angela Stanford, 2008) |
| 54-Hole Record: | 203 (Se Ri Pak, Brittany Lincicome, Suzann Pettersen, 2010) |
| 36-Hole Record: | 135 (Cristie Kerr, 2008; Se Ri Pak, 2010) |
| Course Record: | 64 (Danielle Downey, 2008) |
| Total Purse: | $1,250,000 |
| Shares: | 1st Place - $187,500; 2nd Place - $114,156; 3rd Place - $82,813 |
| 2011 Finish |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Maria Hjorth | 278 | Katherine Hull | 283 |
| Song-Hee Kim | 280 | Amy Yang | 283 |
| Suzann Pettersen | 281 | Hee Kyung Seo | 283 |
| Na Yeon Choi | 281 | Four players at | 284 |
| Stacy Lewis | 282 | | |
| Past Mobile Bay LPGA Classic Winners |
| Year | Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up |
| 2011 | Maria Hjorth (278) -- Song-Hee Kim |
| 2010 | *#Se Ri Pak (203) -- Brittany Lincicome, Suzann Pettersen |
| 2009 | Not Held |
| 2008 | Angela Stanford (277) -- Shanshan Feng |
| Note:Formerly called Bell Micro LPGA Classic (2008-10), |
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Avnet LPGA Classic (2011).
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| Top Contenders in the Field |
| Player | 2008 | 2010 | 2011 | | | | | | | |
| Maria Hjorth | T-28 | mc | Won | | | | | | | |
| Song-Hee Kim | T-25 | 8th | 2nd | | | | | | | |
| Suzann Pettersen | T-10 | T-2 | T-3 | | | | | | | |
| Na Yeon Choi | --- | T-4 | T-3 | | | | | | | |
| Stacy Lewis | T-28 | mc | 5th | | | | | | | |
| Shanshan Feng | 2nd | T-10 | T-9 | | | | | | | |
| Angela Stanford | Won | 9th | T-13 | | | | | | | |
| Morgan Pressel | --- | T-26 | T-16 | | | | | | | |
| Anna Nordqvist | --- | --- | T-19 | | | | | | | |
| Sun Young Yoo | T-28 | T-10 | T-23 | | | | | | | |
| Cristie Kerr | T-10 | T-16 | T-23 | | | | | | | |
| Brittany Lincicome | mc | T-2 | T-37 | | | | | | | |
| Karrie Webb | --- | T-12 | T-37 | | | | | | | |
| Paula Creamer | T-16 | --- | T-60 | | | | | | | |
| Azahara Munoz | --- | T-4 | T-69 | | | | | | | |
| Meena Lee | mc | T-33 | --- | | | | | | | |
| So Yeon Ryu | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | |
| Sports Network Selections |
| Pick to Win - Sun Young Yoo |
| Darkhorse - Azahara Munoz |
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| Last Week's Pick to Win (Yani Tseng) - Finished tied for 10th |
| Last Week's Darkhorse (Se Ri Pak) - Not in final field |
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| NOTES: |
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The LPGA Tour travels to Alabama this week for the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic.
This event is being held at Magnolia Grove Golf Course, which is part
of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail. Five of the top 10 players in the
world are in the field - Na Yeon Choi (2), Suzann Pettersen (3), Cristie
Kerr (4), Stacy Lewis (9) and Paula Creamer (10).
The LPGA Tournament of Champions was held at Magnolia Grove from 1999-2007.
Some of the past winners of that tournament were: Karrie Webb, Pak, Lorena
Ochoa and Creamer. Christina Kim, Webb, Creamer, Angela Stanford and Maria
Hjorth are players who have won on Magnolia Grove playing this week.
Last year, Hjorth posted a five-under in the final round to come from behind
and win. Hjorth finished at 10-under 278 and won by two strokes over
third-round co-leader Song-Hee Kim, who managed a one-under 71 in the final
round.
In 2010, Se Ri Pak made birdie from a fairway bunker to win a three-way
playoff at the rain-shortened event. Pak outlasted Brittany Lincicome and
Pettersen in the playoff to capture her 25th career LPGA Tour victory. With
the victory, her first since the 2007 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic, Pak
moved to 6-0 all-time in playoffs on the LPGA Tour.
The 2009 classic was not held that year, as the venue for the tournament
underwent significant enhancements in the neighborhood of $5.1 million. In
addition, the date was changed to a spring date.
Stanford captured the 2008 tournament when it became the first full-field,
LPGA Tour event at Magnolia Grove Golf Course. Despite a final round of 73,
Stanford edged Shanshan Feng by one shot.
The LPGA Tour heads to Brazil next week for the HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup in Rio
de Janeiro, where Mariajo Uribe won the 2011 tournament.
04/24 15:43:30 ET
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As of April 24, 2012, at 03:43 PM ET
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