The 2008 LPGA Championship was the 54th LPGA Championship, played June 5–8 at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2008.

The champion was tour rookie Yani Tseng, age 19, with a playoff victory over Maria Hjorth. The two finished regulation play at 276 (−12), one stroke ahead of Annika Sörenstam and Lorena Ochoa. Tseng birdied the fourth extra hole for her first career win on the LPGA Tour and became the first rookie to win a major in a decade.

This championship was played at Bulle Rock for five consecutive seasons, 2005 through 2009.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 5, 2008

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Emily Bastel66−6
Canada Lorie Kane
3Australia Lindsey Wright67−5
T4Colombia Marisa Baena68−4
United States Nicole Castrale
United States Rachel Hetherington
Sweden Maria Hjorth
South Korea Jin-joo Hong
T9South Korea Hye Jung Choi69−3
Australia Wendy Doolan
South Korea Hee-won Han
South Korea Soo-yun Kang
South Korea Young Kim
United States Kelli Kuehne
Mexico Lorena Ochoa
South Korea Ji-young Oh
South Korea Inbee Park

Second round

Friday, June 6, 2008

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Mexico Lorena Ochoa69-65=134−10
2Australia Lindsey Wright67-68=135−9
3Canada Lorie Kane66-70=136−8
T4United States Rachel Hetherington68-69=137−7
United States Brittany Lang70-67=137
South Korea Ji-young Oh69-68=137
T7Colombia Marisa Baena68-70=138−6
Australia Michelle Ellis71-67=138
South Korea Jin-joo Hong68-70=138
Sweden Annika Sörenstam70-68=138

Third round

Saturday, June 7, 2008

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1South Korea Jee-young Lee70-69-65=204−12
2Sweden Maria Hjorth68-72-65=205−11
T3Mexico Lorena Ochoa69-65-72=206−10
Sweden Annika Sörenstam70-68-68=206
T5United States Laura Diaz71-68-69=208−8
United States Brittany Lang70-67-71=208
Australia Lindsey Wright67-68-73=208
Taiwan Yani Tseng73-70-65=208
T9Colombia Marisa Baena68-70-71=209−7
United States Irene Cho72-68-69=209
South Korea Ji-young Oh69-68-72=209

Final round

Sunday, June 8, 2008

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1Taiwan Yani Tseng73-70-65-68=276−12Playoff
Sweden Maria Hjorth68-72-65-71=276
T3Mexico Lorena Ochoa69-65-72-71=277−11115,911
Sweden Annika Sörenstam70-68-68-71=277
5United States Laura Diaz71-68-69-70=278−1081,385
T6South Korea Shi Hyun Ahn73-69-69-69=280−853,763
United States Irene Cho72-68-69-71=280
United States Kelli Kuehne69-70-71-70=280
United States Morgan Pressel73-69-70-68=280
T10United States Nicole Castrale68-72-71-70=281−731,938
United States Paula Creamer71-70-71-69=281
South Korea Jimin Jeong73-68-69-71=281
United States Cristie Kerr71-70-71-69=281
South Korea Mi Hyun Kim72-70-71-68=281
United States Candie Kung70-72-70-69=281
South Korea Seon Hwa Lee73-71-70-67=281
Italy Giulia Sergas71-71-69-70=281

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Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444354453445434
Taiwan Tseng−9−9−10−10−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−12−11−12−12−12−12−12
Sweden Hjorth−11−11−11−12−11−11−12−12−12−13−13−13−11−11−12−13−12−12
Mexico Ochoa−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−10−9−9−9−10−10−11
Sweden Sörenstam−11−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−12−12−12−12−11−11−11−11−11−11
United States Diaz−8−9−9−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−10−10
South Korea J-y Lee−11−11−11−10−9−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−9−9−6−6−6−6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

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Playoff

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Taiwan Yani Tseng4-4-3-3−1300,000
2Sweden Maria Hjorth4-4-3-4E180,180

Scorecard

Hole18161718
Par4434
Taiwan TsengEEE−1
Sweden HjorthEEEE

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par

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