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2008 LPGA Championship

2008 LPGA Championship
Dates June 5–8, 2008
Location Havre de Grace, Maryland
Course(s) Bulle Rock Golf Course
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play - 72 holes
Par 72
Length 6,641 yards (6,073 m)
Field 150 players, 81 after cut
Cut 144 (Even)
Prize fund $2.0 million
Winner's share $300,000
Taiwan Yani Tseng
276 (−12), playoff
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The 2008 LPGA Championship was the 54th LPGA Championship, played June 5–8 at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2008.

The champion was tour rookie Yani Tseng, age 19, with a playoff victory over Maria Hjorth. The two finished regulation play at 276 (−12), one stroke ahead of Annika Sörenstam and Lorena Ochoa. Tseng birdied the fourth extra hole for her first career win on the LPGA Tour and became the first rookie to win a major in a decade.

This championship was played at Bulle Rock for five consecutive seasons, 2005 through 2009.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

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Coordinates: 39°32′31″N 76°07′59″W / 39.542°N 76.133°W / 39.542; -76.133


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