Field
Exempt Players
1. Top 15 players from the 2007
championship.
Lorena Ochoa (champion),
Maria Hjorth,
Jee
Young Lee,
Reilly Rankin,
Se Ri Pak,
Eun-Hee Ji,
Miki Saiki,
Paula Creamer,
Linda
Wessburg,
Catriona Matthew,
Inbee Park,
Mhairi McKay,
Yuri
Fudoh,
Na On Min,
Brittany Lincicome
2. Top 10 players from the Ladies European Tour as specified by
the Rolex Rankings.
Helen Alfredsson,
Minea Blomqvist,
Laura Davies,
Louise Friberg,
Sophie Gustafson,
Suzann Pettersen,
Bo
Bae Song,
Annika
Sörenstam,
Lindsey Wright
3. Top 30 players from the LPGA Tour as specified by the Rolex Rankings.
Shi Hyun Ahn,
Nicole Castrale,
Na
Yeon Choi,
Laura Diaz,
Natalie Gulbis,
Hee-Won Han,
Juli
Inkster,
Jeong Jang,
Cristie Kerr,
Christina Kim,
In-Kyung Kim,
Mi-Hyun
Kim,
Brittany Lang,
Seon Hwa Lee,
Ai
Miyazato,
Angela Park,
Stacy Prammanasudh,
Morgan Pressel,
Angela Stanford,
Sherri Steinhauer,
Yani Tseng,
Momoko
Ueda,
Karrie Webb
4. Top 25 players in the 2008 Ladies European Tour Order of Merit who have not been specified
yet.
Maria Boden,
Stacy Bregman,
Becky Brewerton,
Anne-Lise Caudal,
Martina Eberl,
Nikki
Garrett,
Lisa Hall,
Felicity Johnson,
Ludivine Kreutz,
Diana
Luna,
Paula Marti,
Joanne Mills,
Gwladys
Nocera,
Marta Prito,
Melissa Reid,
Marianne Skarpnord,
Lisa Holm Sorensen,
Louise Stahle,
Maria Verchenova,
Johanna Westerburg,
Amy Yang,
Emma
Zackrisson,
Veronica Zorzi
5. Top 40 players from the 2008 LPGA Tour Money List not already
specified.
Kyeong Bae,
Irene
Cho,
H.J. Choi,
Diane
D'Alessio,
Allison Fouch,
Sandra Gal,
Russy
Gulyanamitta,
Johanna Head,
Rachel Hetherington,
Katherine Hull,
Karine Icher,
Soo-Yun
Kang,
Young Kim,
Carin Koch,
Kelli
Kuehne,
Candie Kung,
Meena Lee,
Leta
Lindley,
Teresa Lu,
Meg Mallon,
Jill
McGill,
Kristy McPherson,
Janice Moodie,
Becky Morgan,
Ji Young
Oh,
Hee Young Park,
Jane Park,
Alena Sharp,
Karin Sjodin,
Kris Tamulis,
Wendy
Ward,
Sun Young Yoo,
Heather Young
6. Top 5 players from the Japan LPGA Tour in 2008.
Yukari Baba,
Ji-Hee Lee,
Eun-A Lim,
Sakura Yokomine
7. Winners of LPGA and
Ladies European Tour
tournaments in 2008 who have not been specified yet.
Trish Johnson
8. Winners of the 2007 LPGA, Korean LPGA Tour,
Japan LPGA Tour, and Ladies European Tour money lists who
have not been specified yet.
Jiyai Shin
9. Past ten winners of the Women's British Open.
-None not already specified.
10. Past five winners of the U.S. Women's Open.
-None not already specified.
11. Past five winners of the Kraft Nabisco
Championship.
Grace Park
12. Past five winners of the LPGA Championship.
-None not already specified.
13. Winner of the Japan
LPGA Tour Ricoh Cup.
-None not already specified.
14. Top 5 finishers from the Jamie Farr Owens Corning
Classic who are not otherwise exempt.
Moira Dunn,
Shanshan Feng,
Katie
Futcher,
Paige Mackenzie,
Gloria Park
15. The 2008 Ladies British Amateur champ,
the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur champ, the 2007
European Ladies Amateur champ (if all have not turned pro before
championship).
Caroline Hedwall (a),
Anna Nordqvist (a),
Maria José Uribe (a)
Summary of Rounds of Play
Thursday
After one day the lead belonged to 48-year old
Juli Inkster, who shot a 7-under par round of
65. After Inkster were seven players at 6-under par:
Momoko Ueda,
Laura
Diaz,
Johanna Head,
Yuri Fudoh,
Ji Young
Oh,
Ji-Yai Shin, and
Stacy Prammanasudh. Four players were
tied at two shots off the pace, including the
2004 champion at Sunningdale;
Karen Stupples. Many well-known players stood
at 3-under par, including number-one ranked player
Lorena Ochoa,
Natalie
Gulbis, and last weeks'
Evian
Masters winner
Helen
Alfredsson. However, many other top-ranked or well-known
players struggled with their rounds, including
Cristie Kerr at 1-under par and
Paula Creamer and
Annika Sörenstam at even-par.
Friday
Friday's low round belonged to American
Cristie Kerr, who made a jump to 8-under to be
tied for fourth. First-round leader
Juli
Inkster shot a 70 to move to 9-under par and in sole possession
of third place. But the two leaders shined above all on Friday as
Yuri Fudoh and
Ji-Yai Shin each shot 68s to improve to 10-under
par on the championship. The weekend looks to be an exciting finish
to the tournament.
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