Park Tries to Continue Major dominance

Inbee Park returns this week to Mission Hills Country Club, the place where her magical major run began last year when she ran away from the field for her second career major title. It was the first of three straight major victories for the 25-year-old. By winning the first three majors of 2013, Park became just the fourth player in LPGA history to record three Major victories in the season and the first to do it since Pat Bradley accomplished the feat in 1986.

Lewis Looks to Add More Major Hardware

While Inbee Park captured the goling world with her Major streak to start the 2013 season, Sta- cy Lewis was able to end the streak and take home her second-career major at the RICOH British Open.

Lewis became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the 2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship and then added her second major title at St. Andrew’s. Lewis, who is sitting in fourth in the Race to the CME Globe, has recorded top-10 finishes in 16 of her past 17 events on Tour.

A Proud Tradtion Continues at Mission Hills

One of the most iconic venues in women’s golf will once again play host to one of the Tour’s premire events. Mission Hills has been an LPGA tradition since 1972 and is entering its 43rd year.

The event, which has been a major since 1983, holds the distinction of being the second oldest golf tournament continuously held at the same course, trailing only Augusta National and The Masters.

Who Will Take the Leap in 2014?

The most prominant tradtion of the Kraft Nabisco Championship is the winner’s post-round dive into Poppie’s Pond. Since 1988, when Amy Alcott made the initial leap, 22 golfers have taken the plung into the famous pond.Every champion since 1994 has ended their day by joyously sub- merging themsleves in the water just off the 18th green at Mission Hills.

Nordqvist On a Roll

Anna Nordqvist waited nearly five years to get back in the winner’s circle on the LPGA Tour with her convincing wire-to-wire victory at the Honda LPGA Thailand. Nordqvist’s second victory of the season didn’t take nearly as long, a mere 28 days after her victory in Thailand Nordqvist captured the Kia Classic title thanks to a pair of 67s on the weekend. With the victory in Carlsbad, Nordqvist joined Karrie Webb as players with multiple wins in 2014.

International Crown Field Set

Pool "A"			Pool " B"
1.	United States	32	2.	South Korea	33
	Stacy Lewis	3		Inbee Park	1
	Paula Creamer	8		So Yeon Ryu	6
	Lexi Thompson	9		Na Yeon Choi	11
	Cristie Kerr	12		I.K. Kim	15

4.	Thailand	230	3.	Japan	131
	Pornanong Phatlum	30		Mika Miyazato	27
	Ariya Jutanugarn	34		Ai Miyazato	31
	Moriya Jutanugarn	80		Sakura Yokomine	36
	Onnarin Sattayabanphot	86		Rikako Morita	37

5.	Spain	236	6.	Sweden	318
	Azahara Munoz	19		Anna Nordqvist	10
	Beatriz Recari	23		Caroline Hedwall	24
	Carlota Ciganda	45		Pernilla Lindberg	112
	Belen Mozo	149		Mikaela Parmlid	172

8.	Australia	360	7.	Chinese Taipei	351
	Karrie Webb	5		Yani Tseng	46
	Katherine Kirk	110		Teresa Lu	48
	Minjee Lee	115		Candie Kung	97
	Lindsey Wright	130		Hsuan-Yu Yao	160

QUICK FACTS

April 3-6
Kraft Nabisco Championship Mission Hills Country Club Dinah Shore Tournament Course Rancho Mirage, Calif.

Field: 112 (102 professionals, 10 amateurs)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,738
Purse: $2,000,000
Winner: $300,000
Defending Champion: Inbee Park

TV Times
Golf Channel
April 3                                 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
April 3                                   6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
April 4                                 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
April 4                                   6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
April 5                                   5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
April 6                                   5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
All times listed are Eastern

2014 LPGA Tour Rookies (3) Lydia Ko Mirim Lee Line Vedel

Sponsor Invitations (9)
Brooke Henderson (a) Nelly Korda (a) Allison Lee (a) Minjee Lee (a)
Su-Hyon Oh (a) Annie Park (a) Ashlyn Ramsey (a) Emma Talley (a) Angel Yin (a)

Rolex Rankings Top 10: 10/10
Top 20: 20/20

2014 LPGA Official Money List Top 10: 10/10
Top 20: 20/20

Past Champions (since it became a major)

1983	Amy Alcott	1994	Donna Andrews	2005	Annika Sorenstam
1984	Juli Inkster	1995	Nanci Bowen	2006	Karrie Webb
1985	Alice Miller	1996	Patty Sheehan	2007	Morgan Pressel
1986	Pat Bradley	1997	Betsy King	2008	Lorena Ochoa
1987	Betsy King	1998	Pat Hurst	2009	Brittany Lincicome
1988	Amy Alcott	1999	Dottie Pepper	2010	Yani Tseng
1989	Juli Inkster	2000	Karrie Webb	2011	Stacy Lewis
1990	Betsy King	2001	Annika Sorenstam	2012	Sun Young Yoo
1991	Amy Alcott	2002	Annika Sorenstam	2013	Inbee Park
1992	Dottie Pepper	2003	Patricia Meunier-Lebouc
1993	Helen Alfredsson	2004	Grace Park

PRESS CONFERENCE AND MEDIA EVENT SCHEDULE

Tuesday, April 1
Time	Event	Location
12:45 p.m.	International Crown Press Conference	Media Center
1:45 p.m.	Karrie Webb Press Conference	Media Center
2:00 p.m.	Stacy Lewis Press Conference	Media Center
2:20 p.m.	Paula Creamer Press Conference	Media Center
2:40 p.m.	Lydia Ko Press Conference	Media Center
3:00 p.m.	Michelle Wie Press Conference	Media Center

Wednesday, April 2
Time	Event	Location
10:00 a.m.	Juli Inkster Press Conference	Media Center
1:10 p.m.	Inbee Park Press Conference	Media Center
1:30 p.m.	Anna Nordqvist Press Conference	Media Center
2:30 p.m.	Press Conference with Rolex, Mike Whan & Annika Sorenstam	Media Center

* All times are Pacific

Kraft Nabisco Championship Storylines

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