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1997 LPGA Championship

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1997 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesMay 15–18, 1997
LocationWilmington, Delaware
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CourseDuPont Country Club
TourLPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par71
Length6,386 yards (5,839 m)[1]
Cut150 (+8)
Prize fund$1.2 million
Winner's share$180,000
Champion
United States Christa Johnson
281 (−3), playoff
Location map
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The 1997 LPGA Championship was the 43rd LPGA Championship, played May 15–18 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware.

Christa Johnson won her only major title in a sudden-death playoff over Leta Lindley.[2] The win came with a par on the second extra hole, after both had players bogeyed the first. Johnson and Lindley were co-leaders after 54 holes.[1][2] It was the first playoff at the LPGA Championship since 1970, then a full 18-hole round on Monday.

This was the fourth of eleven consecutive LPGA Championships at DuPont Country Club.

Final leaderboard

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Sunday, May 18, 1997

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
T1 United States Christa Johnson 68-73-69-71=281 −3 Playoff
United States Leta Lindley 72-69-69-71=281
3 Sweden Annika Sörenstam 70-73-72-67=282 −2 81,519
T4 England Laura Davies 67-75-74-68=284 E 57,365
United States Sherri Steinhauer 68-71-73-72=284
T6 Error creating thumbnail: Dawn Coe-Jones 70-75-71-69=285 +1 38,947
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8 England Trish Johnson 70-73-72-71=286 +2 31,400
T9 United States Barb Mucha 68-73-72-74=287 +3 26,871
Australia Karrie Webb 71-79-70-67=287

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Playoff

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Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Christa Johnson 5-4=9 +1 180,000
2 United States Leta Lindley 5-5=10 +2 111,711
  • Sudden-death playoff held on holes 18 and 10.

Scorecard

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Hole  18   10 
Par 4 4
United States Johnson 5 4
United States Lindley 5 5
Bogey

Source:[2][4]

References

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