2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship


The 2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship was the 42nd Kraft Nabisco Championship, held April 4–7 at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course of Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. In its 31st year as a major championship, Inbee Park won her second major title, four strokes ahead of runner-up So Yeon Ryu.
It was the first of Park's three consecutive major victories in 2013; the first to win the opening three majors of a season since Babe Zaharias
For the first time as a major, a defending champion missed the cut: Sun-Young Yoo was at 153.

Field

The field of 111 players included nine amateurs.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 4, 2013
Na Yeon Choi, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, and Suzann Pettersen shot 68 to hold a three-way tie for the lead, with Anna Nordqvist and Amy Yang a stroke back. Defending champion Sun-Young Yoo was tied for 90th place after a 77. World number one Stacy Lewis, the 2011 champion, had a triple bogey on the 14th hole leading to a 73, five strokes behind the leaders.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Na Yeon Choi68−4
T1Jodi Ewart Shadoff68−4
T1Suzann Pettersen68−4
T4Anna Nordqvist69−3
T4Amy Yang69−3
T6Jacqui Concolino70−2
T6Moriya Jutanugarn70−2
T6Jessica Korda70−2
T6Caroline Masson70−2
T6Hee Young Park70−2
T6Inbee Park70−2
T6Jane Park70−2
T6Lizette Salas70−2
T6Giulia Sergas70−2
T6Jiyai Shin70−2
T6Angela Stanford70−2

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Second round

Friday, April 5, 2013
The cut came at 149 with 73 players continuing to the weekend, including five of the nine amateurs. Reigning Vare Trophy winner Inbee Park shot 67 to move into first place with a one-stroke lead over Lizette Salas. Round one co-leaders Shadoff, Choi, and Pettersen fell to three, six, and six strokes back, respectively. Defending champion Yoo missed the cut—the first time in Kraft Nabisco Championship history. Two players, Jeong Jang and Yi Eun-jung, withdrew before completing round two.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Inbee Park70-67=137−7
2Lizette Salas70-68=138−6
T3Caroline Hedwall71-68=139−5
T3Giulia Sergas70-69=139−5
T5Jodi Ewart Shadoff68-72=140−4
T5Hee Young Park70-70=140−4
T5Pornanong Phatlum71-69=140−4
T8Haeji Kang72-69=141−3
T8Anna Nordqvist69-72=141−3
T8Se Ri Pak72-69=141−3
T8Jiyai Shin70-71=141−3

Source:
Amateurs: Hedberg, Ko, Meadow, Ramsey, Yin, Duncan, Chen, Hall, Lendl.

Third round

Saturday, April 6, 2013
Park and Salas retained their first and second place positions, with Park opening up the lead to three strokes after shooting a bogey-free 67 and 204. Six players were tied for third, three shots behind Salas at 210, including Angela Stanford, with a round-low 66 on Saturday.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Inbee Park70-67-67=204−12
2Lizette Salas70-68-69=207−9
T3Karine Icher72-70-68=210−6
T3Jessica Korda70-72-68=210−6
T3Suzann Pettersen68-75-67=210−6
T3Pornanong Phatlum71-69-70=210−6
T3Angela Stanford70-74-66=210−6
T3Karrie Webb72-71-67=210−6
T9Paula Creamer74-68-69=211−5
T9Caroline Hedwall71-68-72=211−5

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Final round

Sunday, April 7, 2013
Again in the final pairing, Park birdied the first hole while Salas double-bogeyed to double the lead to six strokes. Playing nearly an hour ahead, So Yeon Ryu shot a bogey-free 65 to climb the leaderboard into solo second place. Park finished with a 69 to finish with a four-stroke margin over Ryu. Salas shot a 79 and fell to a tie for 25th place at 286.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Inbee Park70-67-67-69=273−15300,000
2So Yeon Ryu73-71-68-65=277−11187,073
T3Caroline Hedwall71-68-72-68=279−9120,345
T3Suzann Pettersen68-75-67-69=279−9120,345
T5Haeji Kang72-69-73-68=282−676,816
T5Karrie Webb72-71-68-72=282−676,816
T7Jodi Ewart Shadoff68-72-74-69=283−544,980
T7Catriona Matthew72-73-70-68=283−544,980
T7Anna Nordqvist69-72-72-70=283−544,980
T7Hee Young Park70-70-72-71=283−544,980
T7Giulia Sergas70-69-76-68=283−544,980
T7Jiyai Shin70-71-71-71=283−544,980

Source:
Amateurs:Ko, Meadow, Ramsey, Yin, Hedberg.

Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454434435454434435
Park−13−14−14−14−14−13−13−14−15−14−14−15−16−16−16−16−15−15
Ryu−4−5−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−7−8−9−9−10−10−10−10−11
Hedwall−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−6−8−9−9−9−9−9−9−9
Pettersen−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−6−6−7−8−8−8−7−7−8−8−9
Kang−2−3−3−3−2−2−2−3−3−4−4−3−2−3−4−5−6−6
Webb−6−6−6−6−5−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−6−6−6
Salas−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−6−6−6−5−4−4−4−2−2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par