The 2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship was the 42nd Kraft Nabisco Championship, held April 4–7 at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course of Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. In its 31st year as a major championship, Inbee Park won her second major title, four strokes ahead of runner-up So Yeon Ryu.

It was the first of Park's three consecutive major victories in 2013; the first to win the opening three majors of a season since Babe Zaharias

For the first time as a major, a defending champion missed the cut: Sun-Young Yoo was at 153 (+9).

Field The field of 111 players included nine amateurs.

Round summaries First round Thursday, April 4, 2013

Na Yeon Choi, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, and Suzann Pettersen shot 68 (−4) to hold a three-way tie for the lead, with Anna Nordqvist and Amy Yang a stroke back. Defending champion Sun-Young Yoo was tied for 90th place after a 77 (+5). World number one Stacy Lewis, the 2011 champion, had a triple bogey on the 14th hole leading to a 73, five strokes behind the leaders.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Na Yeon Choi 68 −4 Jodi Ewart Shadoff Suzann PettersenT4 Anna Nordqvist 69 −3 Amy YangT6 Jacqui Concolino 70 −2 Moriya Jutanugarn Jessica Korda Caroline Masson Hee Young Park Inbee Park Jane Park Lizette Salas Giulia Sergas Jiyai Shin Angela Stanford Source:

Second round Friday, April 5, 2013

The cut came at 149 (+5) with 73 players continuing to the weekend, including five of the nine amateurs. Reigning Vare Trophy winner Inbee Park shot 67 (−5) to move into first place with a one-stroke lead over Lizette Salas. Round one co-leaders Shadoff, Choi, and Pettersen fell to three, six, and six strokes back, respectively. Defending champion Yoo missed the cut—the first time in Kraft Nabisco Championship history. Two players, Jeong Jang and Yi Eun-jung, withdrew before completing round two.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Inbee Park 70-67=137 −72 Lizette Salas 70-68=138 −6T3 Caroline Hedwall 71-68=139 −5 Giulia Sergas 70-69=139T5 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 68-72=140 −4 Hee Young Park 70-70=140 Pornanong Phatlum 71-69=140T8 Haeji Kang 72-69=141 −3 Anna Nordqvist 69-72=141 Se Ri Pak 72-69=141 Jiyai Shin 70-71=141 Source:

Amateurs: Hedberg (E), Ko (+2), Meadow (+2), Ramsey (+2), Yin (+4), Duncan (+6), Chen (+7), Hall (+10), Lendl (+29).

Third round Saturday, April 6, 2013

Park and Salas retained their first and second place positions, with Park opening up the lead to three strokes after shooting a bogey-free 67 (−5) and 204 (−12). Six players were tied for third, three shots behind Salas at 210, including Angela Stanford, with a round-low 66 (−6) on Saturday.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Inbee Park 70-67-67=204 −122 Lizette Salas 70-68-69=207 −9T3 Karine Icher 72-70-68=210 −6 Jessica Korda 70-72-68=210 Suzann Pettersen 68-75-67=210 Pornanong Phatlum 71-69-70=210 Angela Stanford 70-74-66=210 Karrie Webb 72-71-67=210T9 Paula Creamer 74-68-69=211 −5 Caroline Hedwall 71-68-72=211 Source:

Final round Sunday, April 7, 2013

Again in the final pairing, Park birdied the first hole while Salas double-bogeyed to double the lead to six strokes. Playing nearly an hour ahead, So Yeon Ryu shot a bogey-free 65 (−7) to climb the leaderboard into solo second place. Park finished with a 69 (−3) to finish with a four-stroke margin over Ryu. Salas shot a 79 (+7) and fell to a tie for 25th place at 286 (−2). Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 Inbee Park 70-67-67-69=273 −15 300,0002 So Yeon Ryu 73-71-68-65=277 −11 187,073T3 Caroline Hedwall 71-68-72-68=279 −9 120,345 Suzann Pettersen 68-75-67-69=279 T5 Haeji Kang 72-69-73-68=282 −6 76,816 Karrie Webb 72-71-68-72=282T7 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 68-72-74-69=283 −5 44,980 Catriona Matthew 72-73-70-68=283 Anna Nordqvist 69-72-72-70=283 Hee Young Park 70-70-72-71=283 Giulia Sergas 70-69-76-68=283 Jiyai Shin 70-71-71-71=283 Source:

Amateurs:Ko (−2), Meadow (+1), Ramsey (+2), Yin (+5), Hedberg (+13).

Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454434435454434435 Park −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 −13 −14 −15 −14 −14 −15 −16 −16 −16 −16 −15 −15 Ryu −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 Hedwall −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −6 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 Pettersen −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 Kang −2 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −4 −4 −3 −2 −3 −4 −5 −6 −6 Webb −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 Salas −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −5 −4 −4 −4 −2 −2 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey

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Coverage on the LPGA Tour official site