2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship

The 2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship was a women's professional golf tournament, held March 30 to April 2 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. It was the 35th edition of the Kraft Nabisco Championship, and the 24th as a major championship. The purse was $1.8 million, with a winner's share of $270,000.

2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship

Tournament information
Dates	March 30 – April 2, 2006
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	6,569 yards (6,007 m)
Field	100 players, 70 after cut
Cut	150 (+6)
Prize fund	$1.8 million
Winner's share	$270,000
Champion
Karrie Webb
279 (−9), playoff
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Rancho Mirage

Location in the United States

Rancho
Mirage

Location in California

In a sudden-death playoff, 2000 champion Karrie Webb defeated Lorena Ochoa with a birdie on the first extra hole, the par-5 18th.^[1][2] Webb had earlier holed out for an eagle on the same hole to card a 65 (−7) in the final round to force the playoff. Ochoa recorded a 62 (−10) in the first round, but was one over-par for the final 54 holes; she also eagled the 72nd hole. One stroke out of the playoff were Natalie Gulbis and Michelle Wie, then age 16.^[3][4]

It was Webb's second win at this event and her seventh major title, the first in nearly four years, since the Women's British Open in 2002. Through 2016, it is her most recent victory in a major.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Lorena Ochoa	62	−10
2	Michelle Wie	66	−6
3	Stacy Prammanasudh	67	−5
4	Angela Park (a)	68	−4
T5	Paula Creamer	69	−3
	Juli Inkster
	Seon Hwa Lee
	Morgan Pressel
	Karen Stupples
T10	Helen Alfredsson	70	−2
	Shi Hyun Ahn
	Carin Koch
	Brittany Lang
	Ai Miyazato
	Johanna Mundy
	Karrie Webb

Source:^[4]

Second round

Friday, March 31, 2006

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Lorena Ochoa	62-71=133	−11
2	Michelle Wie	66-71=137	−7
T3	Seon Hwa Lee	69-69=138	−6
	Karrie Webb	70-68=138
T5	Paula Creamer	69-71=140	−4
	Stacy Prammanasudh	67-73=140
T7	Shi Hyun Ahn	70-71=141	−3
	Angela Park (a)	68-73=141
T9	Helen Alfredsson	70-72=142	−2
	Juli Inkster	69-73=142
	Carin Koch	70-72=142

Source:^[4]

Amateurs: A. Park (−3), Martinez (+3), Michaels (+6), I. Park (+6).

Third round

Saturday, April 1, 2006

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Lorena Ochoa	62-71-74=207	−9
2	Michelle Wie	66-71-73=210	−6
T3	Shi Hyun Ahn	70-71-71=212	−4
	Natalie Gulbis	73-71-68=212
	Seon Hwa Lee	69-69-74=212
T6	Helen Alfredsson	70-72-72=214	−2
	Karrie Webb	70-68-76=214
T8	Hee-Won Han	75-72-68=215	−1
	Morgan Pressel	69-76-70=215
	Karen Stupples	69-74-72=215

Source:^[4]

Final round

Sunday, April 2, 2006

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Karrie Webb	70-68-76-65=279	−9	Playoff
	Lorena Ochoa	62-71-74-72=279
T3	Natalie Gulbis	73-71-68-68=280	−8	108,222
	Michelle Wie	66-71-73-70=280
5	Juli Inkster	69-73-74-68=284	−4	75,985
T6	Hee-Won Han	75-72-68-71=286	−2	57,104
	Annika Sörenstam	71-72-73-70=286
T8	Shi Hyun Ahn	70-71-71-75=287	−1	41,293
	Helen Alfredsson	70-72-72-73=287
	Brittany Lang	70-74-72-71=287

Source:^[4]

Amateurs: A. Park (+2), Martinez (+16), I. Park (+16), Michaels (+20)

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	5
Webb	−2	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−9
Ochoa	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−8	−7	−7	−6	−7	−7	−9
Gulbis	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8
Wie	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8
Inkster	E	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−2	−3	−3	−4	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4
Han	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2
Sörenstam	E	E	+1	+1	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−2	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Source:^[5]

Playoff

The sudden-death playoff began on the par-5 18th hole; Webb birdied to win the title.

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Karrie Webb	4	−1	270,000
2	Lorena Ochoa	5	E	168,226