The 2005 LPGA Championship was the 51st LPGA Championship, played June 9–12 at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2005.
Two-time defending champion Annika Sörenstam won for the third consecutive year, three strokes ahead of runner-up Michelle Wie, a 15-year-old amateur. It was the ninth of Sörenstam's ten major titles, and was also consecutive major wins, as she won the Kraft Nabisco Championship by eleven strokes in March.
Wie's inclusion created some controversy, as the event was traditionally for professionals only; she turned pro four months later in October.
Starting with this edition, the LPGA Championship was played at Bulle Rock for five consecutive years, through 2009; the previous eleven were held in nearby Delaware at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington.
Final leaderboard Sunday, June 12, 2005 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 Annika Sörenstam68-67-69-73=277−11270,0002 Michelle Wie (a)69-71-71-69=280−80 T3 Paula Creamer68-73-74-67=282−6140,517 Laura Davies67-70-74-71=282T5 Natalie Gulbis67-71-73-73=284−482,486 Lorena Ochoa72-72-68-72=284T7 Moira Dunn71-68-72-74=285−343,993 Pat Hurst72-73-71-69=285 Mi Hyun Kim69-75-74-67=285 Young Kim73-68-68-76=285 Carin Koch74-70-69-72=285 Gloria Park71-71-72-71=285 Source:
Amateur: Michelle Wie (−8)
References
External links Golf Observer leaderboard