Kraft Nabisco Championship

The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the five major golf tournaments for women on the LPGA Tour. This championship was founded in 1972 by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major tournament since 1983. The tournament will each spring near Shore 's home in Rancho Mirage ( near Palm Springs ), California at the Mission Hills Country Club (33 ° 45 ' 28 " N, 116 ° 25 ' 32 " W33.757892 - 116.425666 ) discharged.

With prize money of more than 2 million U.S. dollars, the winner automatically qualifies for the Stanford Financial Tour Championship, which is organized for the end of the season on the PGA Tour.

Earlier tournament name

The name of the tournament was changed several times over the years:

Even today, the tournament is sometimes still called Dinah Shore, even though their name no longer appears in the official tournament name since 2002.

The jump in the lake

Since 1988, the winner will celebrate its traditional victory with a dip in the pond that surrounds the 18th green. The pond is a pond or the Champions "Poppy 's Pond " is known, named after Terry Wilcox, who is the tournament director since 1994 and is called by his grandchildren "Poppy ". Amy Alcott began with this tradition, but it was not repeated regularly until 1994 Donna Andrews repeated the jump, which since then has become annual tradition. One of the most memorable jumps was held in 1991 when Amy Alcott won for the third time and jumped together with the hostess Dinah Shore. Today is the " jump in the lake " " The Green Jacket" of LPG.

Popular with Lesbians

The tournament is a popular destination for lesbians and each year attracts thousands of lesbians as a spectator golf event and program of activities. It was the spring holiday for lesbians.

Pictures

Annika Sorenstam, 3 -time winner of the Kraft Nabisco Championship

Karrie Webb, 2-time winner of the Kraft Nabisco Championship

Winners 1983-2010

Winners before classification as Major Tournament

Multiple winner

  • 3 Wins: Amy Alcott (1983, 1988, 1991 ), Betsy King ( 1987, 1990, 1997), Annika Sorenstam (2001, 2002.2005 )
  • 2 wins: Sandra Post (1978, 1979), Juli Inkster (1984, 1989), Dottie Pepper / Dottie Mochrie (1992, 1999), Karrie Webb ( 2000, 2006 )
Amateur Rancho Mirage, California Palm Springs, California Yani Tseng Lorena Ochoa Morgan Pressel Australia France Patty Sheehan Helen Alfredsson Nancy Lopez
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