2011 LPGA Championship


The 2011 LPGA Championship was the 57th LPGA Championship, held June 23–26 at Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York, a suburb southeast of Rochester. Known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, it was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2011 season. This was the second of four consecutive years the LPGA Championship was played at Locust Hill.
The champion was Yani Tseng, age 22, with a 269 to win by ten strokes over Morgan Pressel. It was Tseng's second LPGA Championship victory and fourth major championship. It was her third victory of 2011 and eighth career win on the LPGA Tour. It was the second consecutive year with a double-digit victory margin. Defending champion Cristie Kerr tied for third, eleven strokes back; she won by twelve strokes in 2010.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4143373805321614391784661723,0794135093613864001503414783873,4256,504
Par444534353354544434543772

Field

The field was composed of 150 players, which included one amateur, with the cut to the top 70 players and ties after the second round.

Past champions in the field

All eight former champions in the field made the cut.

Tournament summary

First round

Thursday, June 23, 2011
PlacePlayerNationScoreTo par
1Yani Tseng66−6
2Paula Creamer67−5
T3Diana D'Alessio68−4
T3Meena Lee68−4
T3Stacy Prammanasudh68−4
T3Angela Stanford68−4
T7Minea Blomqvist69−3
T7Amy Hung69−3
T7Jennifer Johnson69−3
T7Stacy Lewis69−3
T7Ryann O'Toole69−3
T7Hee Young Park69−3
T7Morgan Pressel69−3

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Second round

Friday, June 24, 2011
The cut was at 146 or better and 78 players advanced to play on the weekend. The only amateur, 18-year-old Danielle Kang, made the cut. Kang was the U.S. Women's Amateur champion in 2010 and would repeat in 2011.
PlacePlayerNationScoreTo par
1Yani Tseng66-70=136−8
2Pat Hurst70-67=137−7
T3Minea Blomqvist69-69=138−6
T3Morgan Pressel69-69=138−6
T3Hee Young Park69-69=138−6
T6Paula Creamer67-72=139−5
T6Cindy Lacrosse70-69=139−5
T6Amy Yang70-69=139−5
9Angela Stanford68-72=139−4
T10Shanshan Feng75-66=141−3
T10Tiffany Joh71-70=141−3
T10Jimin Kang71-70=141−3
T10Meena Lee68-73=141−3
T10Stacy Lewis69-72=141−3
T10Azahara Muñoz70-71=141−3
T10Stacy Prammanasudh68-73=141−3
T10Reilly Rankin73-68=141−3
T10Momoko Ueda72-69=141−3

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Third round

Saturday, June 25, 2011
PlacePlayerNationScoreTo par
1Yani Tseng66-70-67=203−13
T2Cindy Lacrosse70-69-69=208−8
T2Morgan Pressel69-69-70=208−8
4Hee Young Park69-69-72=210−6
T5Paula Creamer67-72-72=211−5
T5Cristie Kerr72-72-67=211−5
T5Meena Lee68-73-70=211−5
T5Stacy Lewis69-72-70=211−5
T9Katie Futcher75-68-69=212−4
T9Maria Hjorth71-71-70=212−4
T9Pat Hurst70-67-75=212−4
T9I.K. Kim73-70-69=212−4
T9Mika Miyazato72-72-68=211−4
T9Azahara Muñoz70-71-71=212−4
T9Momoko Ueda72-69-71=212−4

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Final round

Sunday, June 26, 2011
PlacePlayerNationScoreTo parMoney
1Yani Tseng66-70-67-66=269−19375,000
2Morgan Pressel69-69-70-71=279−9228,695
T3Paula Creamer67-72-72-69=280−8132,512
T3Cristie Kerr72-72-67-69=280−8132,512
T3Suzann Pettersen72-72-69-67=280−8132,512
T6Meena Lee68-73-70-71=282−677,630
T6Stacy Lewis69-72-70-71=282−677,630
T8Maria Hjorth71-71-70-71=283−553,840
T8Pat Hurst70-67-75-71=283−553,840
T8Mika Miyazato72-72-68-71=283−553,840
T8Azahara Muñoz70-71-71-71=283−553,840

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