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LPGA - ShopRite LPGA Classic Preview
From The Sports Network
| DATES: Friday, June 1st through Sunday, June 3rd |
| SITE: Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club (Bay Course), Galloway, New Jersey |
| COURSE ARCHITECT: Hugh Wilson (1914), Donald Ross (1915), |
| Robert Cupp Jr. (restoration, 1997-98) |
| Hole-By-Hole: | 1 - Par 4 345 yds | 10 - Par 4 352 yds | |
| 2 - Par 4 420 yds | 11 - Par 3 179 yds | |
| 3 - Par 5 484 yds | 12 - Par 4 320 yds | |
| 4 - Par 4 360 yds | 13 - Par 4 405 yds | |
| 5 - Par 4 301 yds | 14 - Par 4 419 yds | |
| 6 - Par 4 393 yds | 15 - Par 3 204 yds | |
| 7 - Par 3 185 yds | 16 - Par 4 377 yds | |
| 8 - Par 4 319 yds | 17 - Par 3 115 yds | |
| 9 - Par 5 476 yds | 18 - Par 5 501 yds | |
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| 37 3,283 yds | 34 2,872 yds | |
| Annual: | 24th |
| Television: | Golf Channel - Friday -- 12:30-2:30 p.m. (et), |
| | - Saturday -- 2:30-6 p.m. (et), |
| | - Sunday -- 2-6 p.m. (et) |
| Defending Champion: | Brittany Lincicome |
| Runner-Up: | Cristie Kerr, Jiyai Shin |
| Tournament Record: | 196 (Annika Sorenstam, 1998, 2005) |
| 36-Hole Record: | 130 (Amy Benz, 1996; Denise Killeen, 2004) |
| Course Record: | 62 (Laura Davies, Jimin Kang, 2005) |
| Total Purse: | $1,500,000 |
| Shares: | 1st Place - $225,000; 2nd Place - $136,988; 3rd Place - $99,375 |
| 2011 Finish |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Brittany Lincicome | 202 | Anna Nordqvist | 205 |
| Cristie Kerr | 203 | Yani Tseng | 206 |
| Jiyai Shin | 203 | Karrie Webb | 207 |
| Catriona Matthew | 204 | Brittany Lang | 207 |
| I.K. Kim | 205 | Mindy Kim | 207 |
| Past ShopRite LPGA Classic Winners |
| Year | Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up |
| 2011 | Brittany Lincicome (202) -- Cristie Kerr, Jiyai Shin |
| 2010 | Ai Miyazato (197) -- M.J. Hur |
| 2009 | Not Held |
| 2008 | Not Held |
| 2007 | Not Held |
| 2006 | Seon Hwa Lee (197) -- Jeong Jang, Annika Sorenstam, Sherri Steinhauer |
| 2005 | Annika Sorenstam (196) -- Juli Inkster |
| 2004 | Cristie Kerr (202) -- Paula Creamer, Giulia Sergas |
| 2003 | Angela Stanford (197) -- Becky Morgan |
| 2002 | Annika Sorenstam (201) -- Carin Koch, Kate Golden, Juli Inkster |
| 2001 | Betsy King (201) -- Lorie Kane |
| 2000 | Janice Moodie (203) -- Pat Hurst, Grace Park |
| 1999 | Se Ri Pak (198) -- Trish Johnson |
| 1998 | Annika Sorenstam (196) -- Juli Inkster |
| 1997 | Michelle McGann (201) -- Annika Sorenstam |
| 1996 | Dottie Pepper (202) -- Amy Benz |
| 1995 | Betsy King (204) -- Rosie Jones, Beth Daniel |
| 1994 | Donna Andrews (207) -- Michelle Estill |
| 1993 | Shelley Hamlin (204) -- Judy Dickinson, Amy Benz, Beth Daniel |
| 1992 | *Anne-Marie Palli (207) -- Laura Davies |
| 1991 | Jane Geddes (208) -- Cindy Schreyer, Amy Alcott |
| 1990 | Chris Johnson (275) -- Pamela Wright |
| 1989 | Nancy Lopez (209) -- Chris Johnson, Vicki Fergon |
| 1988 | *Juli Inkster (206) -- Beth Daniel |
| 1987 | Betsy King (207) -- Nancy Lopez |
| 1986 | Juli Inkster (209) -- Patti Rizzo |
| Note:Formerly called Atlantic City Classic (1986-91). |
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| Top Contenders in the Field |
| Player | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2010 | 2011 | | | | |
| Brittany Lincicome | --- | --- | T-18 | --- | T-72 | Won | | | | |
| Cristie Kerr | mc | Won | T-11 | T-13 | T-22 | T-2 | | | | |
| Catriona Matthew | T-21 | T-42 | T-3 | T-25 | T-16 | 4th | | | | |
| Anna Nordqvist | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-12 | T-5 | | | | |
| I.K. Kim | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-5 | | | | |
| Yani Tseng | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-14 | 7th | | | | |
| Karrie Webb | --- | T-6 | T-13 | T-13 | T-8 | T-8 | | | | |
| Maria Hjorth | mc | T-52 | mc | mc | mc | 14th | | | | |
| Ai Miyazato | --- | --- | --- | T-13 | Won | T-20 | | | | |
| Katherine Hull | --- | mc | T-68 | mc | T-4 | T-20 | | | | |
| Natalie Gulbis | T-29 | mc | T-9 | T-19 | T-22 | T-20 | | | | |
| Michelle Wie | T-52 | --- | --- | --- | T-46 | T-26 | | | | |
| Sandra Gal | --- | --- | --- | --- | mc | T-26 | | | | |
| Paula Creamer | --- | T-2 | T-62 | T-9 | 7th | T-33 | | | | |
| Seon Hwa Lee | --- | --- | --- | Won | T-22 | T-45 | | | | |
| Angela Stanford | Won | mc | mc | T-19 | T-8 | T-52 | | | | |
| Candie Kung | --- | T-52 | T-39 | T-49 | T-22 | T-52 | | | | |
| Na Yeon Choi | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-59 | T-52 | | | | |
| Lorie Kane | T-3 | T-52 | T-27 | T-70 | T-35 | T-59 | | | | |
| Morgan Pressel | --- | --- | --- | T-5 | T-8 | mc | | | | |
| Stacy Lewis | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-14 | mc | | | | |
| Azahara Munoz | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-16 | mc | | | | |
| Sun Young Yoo | --- | --- | --- | T-55 | T-72 | mc | | | | |
| Suzann Pettersen | T-47 | T-36 | mc | T-55 | T-4 | --- | | | | |
| Karine Icher | --- | --- | T-27 | T-25 | T-8 | --- | | | | |
| Sports Network Selections |
| Pick to Win - Stacy Lewis |
| Darkhorse - Karine Icher |
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| Last week's Pick to Win (So Yeon Ryu) - Finished tied for 5th |
| Last week's Darkhorse (Azahara Munoz) - Finished 1st |
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| NOTES: |
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The LPGA Tour heads to New Jersey this week for the ShopRite LPGA Classic. The
top five players in the world are in the field, led by world No. 1 Yani Tseng.
She is joined by Na Yeon Choi, Suzann Pettersen, 2010 champion Ai Miyazato and
2004 champion Cristie Kerr.
Tseng currently leads the money list by more than $324,000 over Azahara Munoz.
She has three victories this year and is the only player with more than one.
Tseng has finished in the top 10 in all eight events she has played on the
LPGA Tour in 2012.
Munoz has finished in the top four in her last three events and the top 15 in
her last five events. She captured her first career LPGA Tour title two weeks
ago at the Sybase Match Play Championship.
Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club hosted this event the first two years of
its existence, followed by Greate Bay Resort and Country Club the next 10
years, before returning to Seaview in 1998.
Last year, Brittany Lincicome got up and down for birdie on the final hole to
win. Lincicome shot rounds of 72-64-66 to end at 11-under-par 202. It was her
fourth LPGA Tour title, but first since winning the 2009 Kraft Nabisco
Championship.
In 2010, Ai Miyazato collected her fourth of five LPGA Tour titles in 2010
and the victory moved her to No. 1 in the world rankings at the time. Miyazato
fired a seven-under 64 in the final round to come from behind for the win. She
finished at 16-under 197 and won the title by two shots.
In 2006, Seon Hwa Lee fired an eight-under 63 in the final round to come from
behind and earn her first LPGA Tour title. She finished at 16-under-par 197
for a three-shot victory over Jeong Jang, Annika Sorenstam and Sherri
Steinhauer.
Sorenstam eagled the final hole on the last day to cap a round of seven-under
64 in 2005 and earn her third title at this event. Sorenstam completed the
54-hole event at 17-under-par 196, matching her tournament record from 1998.
Juli Inkster, a two-time winner of this tournament, has finished in the top-10
at 13 times. Betsy King has finished in the top-10 seven times, including
three wins. King gained entrance into the LPGA Hall of Fame with her win here
in 1995.
There have been six wire-to-wire winners, the last being Angela Stanford in
2003. There have been only two playoffs in tournament history, the last coming
in 1992 when Anne-Marie Palli defeated Laura Davies on the first playoff hole.
The LPGA Tour moves to Pittsford, New York next week for the second major of
the season. Tseng will defend her title at the Wegmans LPGA Championship at
Locust Hill Country Club.
05/29 16:07:01 ET
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As of May 29, 2012, at 04:07 PM ET
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