2002 Kraft Nabisco Championship

The 2002 Kraft Nabisco Championship was a women's professional golf tournament, held March 28–31 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the 31st edition of the Kraft Nabisco Championship, and the twentieth as a major championship.

2002 Kraft Nabisco Championship

Tournament information
Dates	March 28–31, 2002
Location	Rancho Mirage, California
Course(s)	Mission Hills Country Club Dinah Shore Tourn. Course
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,520 yards (5,962 m)[1]
Field	92 players, 74 after cut
Cut	153 (+9)
Prize fund	$1.5 million
Winner's share	$225,000
Champion
Annika Sörenstam
280 (−8)
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Rancho Mirage

Location in the United States

Rancho
Mirage

Location in California

Defending champion Annika Sörenstam shot a final round 68 to win the second of her three titles at this event, one stroke ahead of runner-up and compatriot Liselotte Neumann;^[2][3] it was the fourth of Sörenstam's ten major titles. The co-leaders after 54 holes were Sörenstam, Neumann, and Karrie Webb, the 2000 champion.^[1][4]

Through 2017, this is the sole successful title defense at this major championship. Before it became a major in 1983, Sandra Post won consecutively in 1978 and 1979.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, March 31, 2002

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Annika Sörenstam	70-71-71-68=280	−8	225,000
2	Liselotte Neumann	69-70-73-69=281	−7	136,987
T3	Rosie Jones	72-69-72-69=282	−6	88,125
	Cristie Kerr	74-70-70-68=282
T5	Akiko Fukushima	73-76-68-66=283	−5	56,250
	Carin Koch	73-73-71-66=283
7	Karrie Webb	75-70-67-72=284	−4	42,375
8	Lorena Ochoa (a)	75-69-71-70=285	−3	0
T9	Becky Iverson	71-74-68-73=286	−2	31,050
	Lorie Kane	73-72-70-71=286
	Leta Lindley	72-72-72-70=286
	Se Ri Pak	74-71-71-70=286
	Grace Park	75-73-70-68=286

Source:^[5][6]

Amateurs: Lorena Ochoa (−3), Aree Song (+11), Naree Song (+11), Meredith Duncan (+19).