2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship


The 2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship was a women's professional golf tournament, held March 30 to April 2 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. It was the 35th edition of the Kraft Nabisco Championship, and the 24th as a major championship. The purse was $1.8 million, with a winner's share of $270,000.
In a sudden-death playoff, 2000 champion Karrie Webb defeated Lorena Ochoa with a birdie on the first extra hole, the par-5 Webb had earlier holed out for an eagle on the same hole to card a 65 in the final round to force the playoff. Ochoa recorded a 62 in the first round, but was one over-par for the final 54 holes; she also eagled the 72nd hole. One stroke out of the playoff were Natalie Gulbis and Michelle Wie, then
It was Webb's second win at this event and her seventh major title, the first in nearly four years, since the Women's British Open in 2002. Through 2016, it is her most recent victory in a major.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 30, 2006
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lorena Ochoa62−10
2Michelle Wie66−6
3Stacy Prammanasudh67−5
4Angela Park
68−4
T5Paula Creamer69−3
T5Juli Inkster69−3
T5Seon Hwa Lee69−3
T5Morgan Pressel69−3
T5Karen Stupples69−3
T10Helen Alfredsson70−2
T10Shi Hyun Ahn70−2
T10Carin Koch70−2
T10Brittany Lang70−2
T10Ai Miyazato70−2
T10Johanna Mundy70−2
T10Karrie Webb70−2

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Second round

Friday, March 31, 2006
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lorena Ochoa62-71=133−11
2Michelle Wie66-71=137−7
T3Seon Hwa Lee69-69=138−6
T3Karrie Webb70-68=138−6
T5Paula Creamer69-71=140−4
T5Stacy Prammanasudh67-73=140−4
T7Shi Hyun Ahn70-71=141−3
T7Angela Park
68-73=141−3
T9Helen Alfredsson70-72=142−2
T9Juli Inkster69-73=142−2
T9Carin Koch70-72=142−2

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Amateurs: A. Park, Martinez, Michaels, I. Park.

Third round

Saturday, April 1, 2006
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lorena Ochoa62-71-74=207−9
2Michelle Wie66-71-73=210−6
T3Shi Hyun Ahn70-71-71=212−4
T3Natalie Gulbis73-71-68=212−4
T3Seon Hwa Lee69-69-74=212−4
T6Helen Alfredsson70-72-72=214−2
T6Karrie Webb70-68-76=214−2
T8Hee-Won Han75-72-68=215−1
T8Morgan Pressel69-76-70=215−1
T8Karen Stupples69-74-72=215−1

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Final round

Sunday, April 2, 2006
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
T1Karrie Webb70-68-76-65=279−9Playoff
T1Lorena Ochoa62-71-74-72=279−9Playoff
T3Natalie Gulbis73-71-68-68=280−8108,222
T3Michelle Wie66-71-73-70=280−8108,222
5Juli Inkster69-73-74-68=284−475,985
T6Hee-Won Han75-72-68-71=286−257,104
T6Annika Sörenstam71-72-73-70=286−257,104
T8Shi Hyun Ahn70-71-71-75=287−141,293
T8Helen Alfredsson70-72-72-73=287−141,293
T8Brittany Lang70-74-72-71=287−141,293

Source:
Amateurs: A. Park, Martinez, I. Park, Michaels

Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454434435454434435
Webb−2−2−3−3−4−4−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−9
Ochoa−9−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−9−9−8−7−7−6−7−7−9
Gulbis−3−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−7−7−8−8
Wie−7−8−8−8−8−7−8−8−9−9−9−8−8−7−7−8−8−8
InksterE−1−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−2−3−3−4−3−4−4−4−4
Han−1−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2
SörenstamEE+1+1EEE−1−1−1−2−3−2−2−3−2−2−2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Playoff

The sudden-death playoff began on the par-5 18th hole; Webb birdied to win the title.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Karrie Webb4−1270,000
2Lorena Ochoa5E168,226