The 2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship was the 42nd

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, held April 4–7 at the

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Tournament Course of

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. In its 31st year as a major championship,

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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

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; the first to win the opening three majors of a season since

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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''

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, and

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shot 68 (−4) to hold a three-way tie for the lead, with

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and

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a stroke back. Defending champion Sun-Young Yoo was tied for 90th place after a 77 (+5). World number one

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, the

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champion, had a triple bogey on the 14th hole leading to a 73, five strokes behind the leaders. 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

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winner

shot 67 (−5) to move into first place with a one-stroke lead over

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. 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,

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and Yi Eun-jung, withdrew before completing round two. 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

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, with a round-low 66 (−6) on Saturday. 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). Source: Amateurs: Ko (−2), Meadow (+1), Ramsey (+2), Yin (+5), Hedberg (+13).

Scorecard

''Final round'' ''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''
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References

External links

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Coverage on the LPGA Tour official site
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