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Sunday 13 February 2000LPGA TourYear in Review
Davies wins Los Angeles Women's Championship presented by Yamaha
Wood Ranch Golf Club, Simi Valley, California · Friday 11 to Sunday 13 February 2000 · Laura Davies’s win no. 18 on the LPGA Tour · purse $750,000 USD · Yamaha · 54-hole event (three rounds, Friday-Sunday); rain-affected, preferred lies (lift, clean and place) in the final round
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R113°/9°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 31 · 2.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R213°/10°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 64 · 16.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R313°/9°C · wind 11 km/h S, gusts 27 · 4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Carin Koch SWE · 214closed with 70, the day's second-best round, to tie for second with Michele Redman and Janice Moodie three behind AP: Davies chips in to win LA Women's Championship wire to wire (CNNSI.com, Feb 13, 2000; Wayback)
, 71 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Los Angeles Women's Championship presented by Yamaha
Wood Ranch Golf Club, Wood Ranch Golf Club, Simi Valley, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Laura Davies
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP via CNNSI.com
13 February 2000
My putting has been great and I really believe it's because I can see the hole now, where before I was just seeing a fuzzy area.
AP via CNNSI.com
13 February 2000
This is massive. Not winning last year, I try and talk it down. It really hurts not to win.
AP via CNNSI.com
13 February 2000
I missed a few fairways that I usually wouldn't, but it was tough today out there.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laura Davies | 67 · 71 · 73 | 211 | −5 |
| T2 | Janice Moodie | 68 · 74 · 72 | 214 | −2 |
| T2 | Carin Koch | 73 · 71 · 70 | 214 | −2 |
| T2 | Michele Redman | 70 · 72 · 72 | 214 | −2 |
| T5 | Leta Lindley | 70 · 73 · 72 | 215 | −1 |
| T5 | Sherri Steinhauer | 69 · 72 · 74 | 215 | −1 |
| T7 | Dottie Pepper | 71 · 71 · 74 | 216 | E |
| T7 | Charlotta Sorenstam | 72 · 71 · 73 | 216 | E |
| T7 | Becky Iverson | 74 · 70 · 72 | 216 | E |
| T7 | Mi Hyun Kim | 69 · 72 · 75 | 216 | E |
The golfer
born 1963-10-05, Coventry, Warwickshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1985; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 18; majors to date: 4.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet