1999 LPGA Championship

1999 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 24–27, 1999
LocationWilmington, Delaware
39°47′20″N 75°33′50″W / 39.789°N 75.564°W / 39.789; -75.564
Course(s)DuPont Country Club
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par71
Length6,376 yards (5,830 m)[1]
Field139 players, 71 after cut
Cut143 (+1)
Prize fund$1.4 million
Winner's share$210,000
Champion
United States Juli Inkster
268 (−16)
Location map
DuPont CC is located in the United States
DuPont CC
DuPont CC
Location in United States
DuPont CC is located in Delaware
DuPont CC
DuPont CC
Location in Delaware
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The 1999 LPGA Championship was the 45th LPGA Championship, played June 24–27 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware. This was the third of four major championships that took place on the LPGA Tour in 1999.

Three days after turning 39, Juli Inkster shot a final round 65 to win her first LPGA Championship, four strokes ahead of runner-up Liselotte Neumann and completed the career grand slam.[2][3][4] The fifth of her seven major titles, it was also consecutive major victories; she won her first U.S. Women's Open title three weeks earlier.[2] Inkster successfully defended this LPGA Championship the following year.

The DuPont Country Club hosted this championship for 11 consecutive seasons, from 1994 through 2004.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, June 27, 1999

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Juli Inkster 68-66-69-65=268 −16 210,000
2 Sweden Liselotte Neumann 67-67-70-68=272 −12 130,330
T3 Australia Mardi Lunn 68-74-65-66=273 −11 84,538
United States Nancy Scranton 69-68-66-70=273
T5 United States Rosie Jones 64-72-68-70=274 −10 54,596
United States Cristie Kerr 70-64-69-71=274
T7 England Laura Davies 65-71-71-68=275 −9 35,224
United States Emilee Klein 72-68-67-68=275
United States Jill McGill 70-69-68-68=275
South Korea Se Ri Pak 68-69-67-71=275

Source:[1][5]

References

  1. ^ a b "LPGA Championship: final scores". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). June 28, 1999. p. 4C.
  2. ^ a b Shipnuck, Alan (July 5, 1999). "A slam-bam finish". Sports Illustrated. p. G5.
  3. ^ Shapiro, Leonard (June 28, 1999). "Inkster wraps up grand run". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). (Washington Post). p. 1C.
  4. ^ "Inkster realizes a Grand dream". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. June 28, 1999. p. C5.
  5. ^ "KPMG Women's PGA Championship (LPGA Championship)". LPGA. 1999. Retrieved July 27, 2017.

39°47′20″N 75°33′50″W / 39.789°N 75.564°W / 39.789; -75.564