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LPGA - HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup
From The Sports Network
| DATES: Saturday, May 5th and Sunday, May 6th |
| SITE: Itanhanga Golf Club, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil |
| COURSE ARCHITECT: David Davidson (1933) |
| Hole-By-Hole: | 1 - Par 3 168 yds | 10 - Par 4 279 yds | |
| 2 - Par 5 505 yds | 11 - Par 4 413 yds | |
| 3 - Par 4 390 yds | 12 - Par 5 475 yds | |
| 4 - Par 3 132 yds | 13 - Par 3 191 yds | |
| 5 - Par 4 330 yds | 14 - Par 5 461 yds | |
| 6 - Par 5 502 yds | 15 - Par 3 178 yds | |
| 7 - Par 5 545 yds | 16 - Par 4 324 yds | |
| 8 - Par 3 190 yds | 17 - Par 4 407 yds | |
| 9 - Par 5 448 yds | 18 - Par 4 387 yds | |
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| 37 3,170 yds | 36 3,115 yds | |
| Annual: | 4th |
| Television: | None |
| Defending Champion: | Mariajo Uribe |
| Runner-Up: | Lindsey Wright |
| Tournament Record: | 135 (Mariajo Uribe, 2011) |
| Course Record: | 66 (Heather Bowie Young, Mariajo Uribe, 2011) |
| Total Purse: | $720,000 |
| Shares: | Winner - $108,000; 2nd Place - $83,990; 3rd Place - $60,929 |
| 2011 Finish |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Mariajo Uribe | 135 | Catriona Matthew | 139 |
| Lindsey Wright | 136 | Karine Icher | 139 |
| Maria Hjorth | 137 | Azahara Munoz | 139 |
| Heather Bowie Young | 138 | Shi Hyun Ahn | 140 |
| Sarah Jane Smith | 138 | Suzann Pettersen | 141 |
| Past HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup Winners |
| Year | Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up |
| 2011 | Mariajo Uribe (135) -- Lindsey Wright |
| 2010 | *Meaghan Francella (140) -- Mariajo Uribe |
| 2009 | Catriona Matthew (138) -- Kristy McPherson |
| Top Contenders in the Field |
| Player | 2010 | 2011 | | | | | | | | |
| Mariajo Uribe | 2nd | Won | | | | | | | | |
| Karine Icher | T-9 | T-6 | | | | | | | | |
| Suzann Pettersen | --- | 10th | | | | | | | | |
| Karen Stupples | --- | T-11 | | | | | | | | |
| Brittany Lang | T-17 | T-14 | | | | | | | | |
| Candie Kung | 3rd | T-16 | | | | | | | | |
| Chella Choi | --- | --- | | | | | | | | |
| Paula Creamer | --- | --- | | | | | | | | |
| Katie Futcher | --- | --- | | | | | | | | |
| Anna Nordqvist | --- | --- | | | | | | | | |
| Sports Network Selections |
| Pick to Win - Suzann Pettersen |
| Darkhorse - Brittany Lang |
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| Last Week's Pick to Win (Sung Young Yoo) - Finished tied for 4th |
| Last Week's Darkhorse (Azahara Munoz) - Finished tied for 4th |
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| NOTES: |
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The LPGA Tour travels to Brazil this week for the HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup at
Itanhanga Golf Club in Rio De Janeiro. There are 30 players in the field for
this special event. Two of the top 10 players in the world are in the field -
Suzann Pettersen (3) and Paula Creamer (10).
This tournament is an international golf exhibition. It is not an official
event on the LPGA Tour and money is not official. The tournament will take
place on Saturday and Sunday.
Rio De Janeiro is hosting the Olympic return of golf in 2016 and with 14
different countries represented in the field, some of the same golfers could
be playing in the Olympics in four years.
Last year, Mariajo Uribe atoned for her runner-up finish in 2010 with rounds
of 69-66 to win. Uribe finished the tournament at nine-under 135 to defeat
Lindsey Wright by a stroke.
In 2010, Meaghan Francella birdied the sixth playoff hole to down Uribe and
win. Francella captured the unofficial 36-hole tournament with a birdie at the
par-three 17th, ending the long sudden-death playoff.
In 2009, Catriona Matthew fired two rounds of 69 to finish at six-under-par
138 and defeat Kristy McPherson by five shots. Matthew was the only player in
the field to post a sub-70 round. Matthew won the event just five months
before giving birth to her second daughter, Sophie.
The LPGA Tour travels to New Jersey in two weeks for the Sybase Match Play
Championship in Gladstone, where Pettersen will defend her title.
05/01 16:53:51 ET
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As of May 1, 2012, at 04:53 PM ET
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