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. 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. 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 Sunday, May 18, 1997 Place Player Score To par Money ($)T1 Christa Johnson68-73-69-71=281−3Playoff Leta Lindley72-69-69-71=2813 Annika Sörenstam70-73-72-67=282−281,519 T4 Laura Davies67-75-74-68=284E57,365 Sherri Steinhauer68-71-73-72=284 T6 Dawn Coe-Jones70-75-71-69=285+138,947 Gail Graham69-79-71-66=285 8 Trish Johnson70-73-72-71=286+231,400 T9 Barb Mucha68-73-72-74=287+326,871 Karrie Webb71-79-70-67=287 Source:
Playoff PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Christa Johnson 5-4=9 +1 180,0002 Leta Lindley 5-5=10 +2 111,711 Sudden-death playoff held on holes 18 and 10.
Scorecard Hole 18 10 Par44 Johnson54 Lindley 55 {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |} Source:
References
External links Golf Observer leaderboard