The 2004 LPGA Championship was the 50th

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, played June 10–13 at

DuPont Country Club Along Delaware Route 141 there are a number of historic sites that trace the history of both the Du Pont family and the DuPont company. At the southwest end is DuPont’s Chestnut Run Plaza and at the northeastern end is the Alfred I. duPont Ho ...

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. Defending champion

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won the second of her three consecutive LPGA championships, three strokes ahead of runner-up

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. Due to heavy rains on Friday, the final 36 holes were played on Sunday. It was the seventh of Sörenstam's ten

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titles. Beginning in

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, the DuPont Country Club hosted this championship for eleven consecutive seasons, ending with this edition. The next five were played in nearby

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, at

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in Havre de Grace.

Final leaderboard

''Sunday, June 13, 2004'' Source:

References

External links

Golf Observer leaderboardDuPont Country Club
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