1997 LPGA Championship
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The 1997 LPGA Championship was played at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware
. This was the 43rd edition of the LPGA Championship
and was played from May -.
This championship was won by Christa Johnson
in a sudden death playoff over Leta Lindley
with a par on the second extra hole.
Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley...
. This was the 43rd edition of the LPGA Championship
LPGA Championship
The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour...
and was played from May -.
This championship was won by Christa Johnson
Christa Johnson
Christa Johnson is an American professional golfer.Johnson was born in Arcata, California. She attended the University of Arizona....
in a sudden death playoff over Leta Lindley
Leta Lindley
Leta Lindley is an American professional golfer who captured her first LPGA Tour title after 15 years on tour at the 2008 LPGA Corning Classic....
with a par on the second extra hole.
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christa Johnson Christa Johnson Christa Johnson is an American professional golfer.Johnson was born in Arcata, California. She attended the University of Arizona.... |
68-73-69-71=281 | |||
| $180,000 | |||||
| 2 | Leta Lindley Leta Lindley Leta Lindley is an American professional golfer who captured her first LPGA Tour title after 15 years on tour at the 2008 LPGA Corning Classic.... |
72-69-69-71=281 | |||
| $111,711 | |||||
| 3 | Annika Sörenstam Annika Sörenstam Annika Sörenstam is a Swedish-American professional golfer whose achievements rank her as one of the most successful golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she won 90 international tournaments as a professional, making her the female golfer... |
70-73-72-67=282 | |||
| $81,519 | |||||
| T4 | Laura Davies Laura Davies Laura Jane Davies CBE is an English professional golfer.She is considered the most accomplished English female golfer of modern times being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list... |
67-75-74-68=284 | E | $57,365 | |
| T4 | Sherri Steinhauer Sherri Steinhauer Sherri Steinhauer is an American golfer who currently plays on the LPGA Tour and on the Legends Tour. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin and attended The University of Texas at Austin. Her rookie season on the LPGA Tour was 1986. She has won eight tournaments on the Tour, including two major... |
68-71-73-72=284 | E | $57,365 | |
| T6 | Dawn Coe-Jones Dawn Coe-Jones Dawn Coe-Jones is a Canadian professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Coe-Jones was born in Campbell River, British Columbia. She won several amateur events in Canada, including the Canadian Women's Amateur in 1983... |
70-75-71-69=285 | 1 | $38,947 | |
| T6 | Gail Graham Gail Graham Gail Anderson Graham is a Canadian professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Graham won twice on the LPGA Tour in 1995 and 1997.-LPGA Tour wins:*1995 Fieldcrest Cannon Classic*1997 Alpine Australian Ladies Masters... |
69-79-71-66=285 | 1 | $38,947 | |
| 8 | Trish Johnson Trish Johnson Patricia Mary "Trish" Johnson is an English professional golfer.-Amateur career:Johnson was born in Bristol. She had a successful amateur career. She was South Western Champion in 1983 and 1984. In 1984 she was both England Under-23 and Under-21 Champion... |
70-73-72-71=286 | 2 | $31,400 | |
| T9 | Barb Mucha Barb Mucha Barb Mucha is an American professional golfer.Mucha was born in Parma Heights, Ohio. She played college golf at Michigan State University.Prior to joining the LPGA Tour in 1987, Mucha won six events on the Futures Tour... |
68-73-72-74=287 | 3 | $26,871 | |
| T9 | Karrie Webb Karrie Webb Karrie Ann Webb AM is Australia's most successful female professional golfer, and one of the top players in the history of global women's golf. She currently plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country. She is a member of... |
71-79-70-67=287 | 3 | $26,871 |