{{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 2000 LPGA Championship | image = | dates = June 22–25, 2000 | location = Wilmington, Delaware | course = DuPont Country Club | tour = LPGA Tour | par = 71 | yardage = {{convert|6408|yd}} | field = 144 players, 73 after cut | format = Stroke play - 72 holes | cut = 147 (+5) | purse = $1.4 million | winners_share = $210,000 | champion = {{flagicon|USA}} Juli Inkster | score = 281 (−3), playoff | previous = 1999 | next = 2001 | map = USA#USA Delaware | map_label = DuPont CC | map_caption = Location in United States##Location in Delaware | map_relief = yes | coordinates = {{coord|39.789|-75.564}} }} The '''2000 LPGA Championship''' was the 46th LPGA Championship, played June 22–25 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2000.

Defending champion Juli Inkster won her second consecutive LPGA Championship on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff with Stefania Croce, and became the first to successfully defend the title since {{nowrap|1984.<ref name=sivbte>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/2000/07/03/283877/better-than-ever-winning-majors-never-gets-old-for-juli-inkster-who-earned-her-second-straight-lpga-championship-on-the-day-after-she-turned-40 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Shipnuck |first=Alan |title=Better than ever |date=July 3, 2000 |page=G6}}</ref><ref name=irepas>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-7thAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P_IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4844%2C4891792 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Inkster repeats as LPGA champ |date=June 26, 2000 |page=C3 }}</ref>}}

On Saturday, her 40th birthday, Inkster was the 54-hole co-leader with Wendy Ward after a {{nowrap|65 (−6).<ref name=bricel>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ATozAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P_IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5470%2C2602380 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington|agency=Associated Press |title=Birdies result in celebration |date=June 25, 2000 |page=C3 }}</ref>}} On a blustery Sunday, she had a three-shot lead with five holes to play, but made a double bogey on 14 and missed a {{convert|6|ft|adj=on|spell=in}} par putt on the final hole for 75. In the sudden-death playoff, Inkster parred both holes to win the sixth of her seven major titles.<ref name=isuctd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i9ofAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SdkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2217%2C3344159 |newspaper=Fort Scott Tribune |location=Kansas |agency=Associated Press |title=Inkster successful in LPGA title defense |date=June 26, 2000 |page=8 }}</ref>

The DuPont Country Club hosted this championship for eleven consecutive seasons, from 1994 through 2004.

==Final leaderboard== ''Sunday, June 25, 2000'' {|class="wikitable" ! Place !! Player !! Score !! To par !! Money ($) |- |align=center rowspan=2|T1|| {{flagicon|USA}} Juli Inkster||72-69-65-75=281||align=center rowspan=2|−3||align=center rowspan=2|Playoff |- | {{flagicon|ITA}} Stefania Croce||72-67-74-68=281 |- |align=center rowspan=3|T3|| {{flagicon|KOR}} Se Ri Pak||73-69-69-71=282||align=center rowspan=3|−2||align=center rowspan=3|76,319 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} Nancy Scranton||72-70-67-73=282 |- || {{flagicon|USA}} Wendy Ward||69-69-68-76=282 |- |align=center rowspan=3| T6|| {{flagicon|USA}} Heather Bowie||74-70-70-69=283||align=center rowspan=3|−1||align=center rowspan=3|42,503 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jane Crafter||72-69-69-73=283 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} Laura Davies||70-66-75-72=283 |- |align=center rowspan=3|T9|| {{flagicon|JPN}} Akiko Fukushima||71-72-71-70=284||align=center rowspan=3|E||align=center rowspan=3|29,839 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jan Stephenson||70-69-69-76=284 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} Karrie Webb||72-70-69-73=284 |} <small>Source:</small><ref name=ldrbd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8SZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CUENAAAAIBAJ&pg=4234%2C6575330 |newspaper=Beaver County Times |location=Pennsylvania |agency=Associated Press |title=Leaderboard: LPGA Championship |date=June 26, 2000 |page=B4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lpga.com/golf/tournaments/lpga/wegmans-lpga-championship/full-results.aspx?year=2000 |publisher=LPGA |title=Wegmans LPGA Championship: 2000 results |accessdate=June 2, 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511193731/http://www.lpga.com/golf/tournaments/lpga/wegmans-lpga-championship/full-results.aspx?year=2000 |archivedate=May 11, 2013}}</ref>

===Playoff=== {| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ($) |- | align=center |1|| {{flagicon|USA}} '''Juli Inkster''' || align=center|4-4=8|| align=center |E|| align=center|210,000 |- | align=center |2|| {{flagicon|ITA}} Stefania Croce ||align=center|4-5=9|| align=center |+1|| align=center |130,330 |} *<small>Sudden-death playoff played on holes 18 and 10.</small><ref name=isuctd/>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054338/http://www.golfobserver.com/new/golfstats.php?year=2000&tour=LPGA&tournament=McDonald's+LPGA+Championship Golf Observer leaderboard] *[https://www.dupontcountryclub.com DuPont Country Club]

{{Women's Golf Major Championships master|2000}} {{LPGA Championship championships}} {{coord|39.789|-75.564|type:event|display=title}}

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