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Sunday 25 June 2000LPGA TourYear in Review
Inkster wins McDonald's LPGA Championship
DuPont Country Club, Wilmington, Delaware · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 June 2000 · Juli Inkster’s win no. 24 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 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/21°C · wind 19 km/h WSW, gusts 42 · 9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/19°C · wind 14 km/h WNW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/20°C · wind 12 km/h S, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/22°C · wind 19 km/h S, gusts 52 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- LPGA Championship
- Eve-LPGA Championship
- Mazda LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
- LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans
- Wegmans LPGA Championship
- KPMG Women's PGA Championship
1955–2026 in our record, 72 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Stefania Croce ITA · 281Posted a closing 69 early and waited; Inkster bogeyed the 72nd to tie, and Croce lost at the second playoff hole (10th) after overshooting the green Inkster defends title after playoff - Golftoday, McDonalds LPGA Championship 2000 round 4 report (Wayback copy)
144 started · cut +5, 73 made it
Same week
Women's major
McDonald's LPGA Championship
DuPont Country Club, Wilmington
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Stefania Croce
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 June 2000
Sometimes, you know, you bogey the last couple holes and you lose a tournament and you fret the whole week: Why am I doing this, I don't need to do this.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 June 2000
I would have liked to have made the putt, but I didn't, so I just kind of tried to regroup and hopefully just prevail. That's the best word for it, just prevail.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 June 2000
At home, in golf, I am known, but besides golf, nobody knows. I think if Tiger Woods walked into Rome, I don't think people will really understand who he is.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juli Inkster | 72 · 69 · 65 · 75 | 281 | −3 |
| 2 | Stefania Croce | 72 · 67 · 74 · 68 | 281 | −3 |
| T3 | Se Ri Pak | 73 · 69 · 69 · 71 | 282 | −2 |
| T3 | Nancy Scranton | 72 · 70 · 67 · 73 | 282 | −2 |
| T3 | Wendy Ward | 69 · 69 · 68 · 76 | 282 | −2 |
| T6 | Laura Davies | 70 · 66 · 75 · 72 | 283 | −1 |
| T6 | Heather Bowie | 74 · 70 · 70 · 69 | 283 | −1 |
| T6 | Jane Crafter | 72 · 69 · 69 · 73 | 283 | −1 |
| T9 | Akiko Fukushima | 71 · 72 · 71 · 70 | 284 | E |
| T9 | Karrie Webb | 72 · 70 · 69 · 73 | 284 | E |
| T9 | Jan Stephenson | 70 · 69 · 69 · 76 | 284 | E |
The golfer
born 1960-06-24, Santa Cruz, California; USA; turned pro 1983; age 40 that week; tour wins to date: 24; majors to date: 6.
What’s in the bag
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