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Sunday 27 June 1999LPGA TourYear in Review

Inkster wins McDonald's LPGA Championship

DuPont Country Club, Wilmington, Delaware · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 June 1999 · Juli Inkster’s win no. 21 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,400,000 USD · McDonald's

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

14 h 48 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R128°/18°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R227°/18°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R331°/22°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R431°/22°C · wind 15 km/h S, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis

The name over time

  1. LPGA Championship
  2. Eve-LPGA Championship
  3. Mazda LPGA Championship
  4. McDonald's LPGA Championship
  5. McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG
  6. McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
  7. LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans
  8. Wegmans LPGA Championship
  9. KPMG Women's PGA Championship

1955–2026 in our record, 72 editions.

The ones it got away from

147 started · cut +1, 71 made it

Same week

Women's major

McDonald's LPGA Championship

DuPont Country Club, Wilmington

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Juli Inkster

268Total
−16To par
4 strokesMargin

Runner-up: Liselotte Neumann

From the papers

Associated Press (Doug Ferguson) via GOLFonline

I can't comprehend this. It's been an awesome year. For once in my life, I'm speechless.

Juli Inkster, quoted in Associated Press (Doug Ferguson) via GOLFonline, 27 June 1999. The report

Associated Press (Doug Ferguson) via GOLFonline

I always thought this is what I wanted, to win the four majors. I won two really quick, and didn't think it was going to be that tough.

Juli Inkster, quoted in Associated Press (Doug Ferguson) via GOLFonline, 27 June 1999. The report

Associated Press (Doug Ferguson) via GOLFonline

I felt good when I made that birdie on No. 16. I was right in the hunt. But it's hard to put pressure on someone playing that well.

Liselotte Neumann, quoted in Associated Press (Doug Ferguson) via GOLFonline, 27 June 1999. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Juli Inkster68 · 66 · 69 · 65268−16
2Liselotte Neumann67 · 67 · 70 · 68272−12
T3Mardi Lunn68 · 74 · 65 · 66273−11
T3Nancy Scranton69 · 68 · 66 · 70273−11
T5Rosie Jones64 · 72 · 68 · 70274−10
T5Cristie Kerr70 · 64 · 69 · 71274−10
T7Laura Davies65 · 71 · 71 · 68275−9
T7Emilee Klein72 · 68 · 67 · 68275−9
T7Jill McGill70 · 69 · 68 · 68275−9
T7Se Ri Pak68 · 69 · 67 · 71275−9
The golfer

born 1960-06-24, Santa Cruz, California; USA; turned pro 1983; age 39 that week; tour wins to date: 21; majors to date: 5.

Juli Inkster’s player card · Source

What’s in the bag

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