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Sunday 7 May 2000LPGA TourYear in Review
Davies wins the Philips Invitational honoring Harvey Penick
Onion Creek Club, Austin, Texas · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 May 2000 · Laura Davies’s win no. 19 on the LPGA Tour · purse $850,000 USD · Philips
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 22 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 77° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/20°C · wind 17 km/h SE, gusts 38 · 17 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/20°C · wind 24 km/h SSE, gusts 48 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/22°C · wind 30 km/h S, gusts 57 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/22°C · wind 25 km/h S, gusts 49 · 0 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
- Dottie Pepper USA · 277Started seven back and was 2 over on the front nine, then closed with three birdies in the last six holes for a 67 and waited an hour in the clubhouse as nobody else caught Davies Laura Davis holds on to win by two (Golf Today)
141 started, 76 made it
Same week
LPGA event
The Philips Invitational honoring Harvey Penick
Onion Creek Club, Onion Creek Club, Austin, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Laura Davies
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (unbylined report; Wayback Machine)
7 May 2000
Sixty is nice. Hopefully 70 will be even better, but that's a long way off,
Golf Today (unbylined report; Wayback Machine)
7 May 2000
That's when the panic buttons went off," she said. "Coming off the green, I said 'I don't think we're going to win it.' I'm a big leaderboard watcher from day one.
Golf Today (unbylined report; Wayback Machine)
7 May 2000
At that point, I pretty much hated Austin,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laura Davies | 68 · 67 · 68 · 72 | 275 | −5 |
| 2 | Dottie Pepper | 71 · 70 · 69 · 67 | 277 | −3 |
| T3 | Susie Redman | 69 · 67 · 70 · 72 | 278 | −2 |
| T3 | Moira Dunn | 70 · 69 · 73 · 66 | 278 | −2 |
| T3 | Alison Nicholas | 71 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 278 | −2 |
| T6 | Kelly Robbins | 72 · 72 · 68 · 67 | 279 | −1 |
| T6 | Dawn Coe-Jones | 68 · 68 · 73 · 70 | 279 | −1 |
| T6 | Sherri Steinhauer | 65 · 76 · 66 · 72 | 279 | −1 |
| T9 | Annika Sorenstam | 70 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 280 | E |
| T9 | Catriona Matthew | 72 · 71 · 71 · 66 | 280 | E |
| T9 | Wendy Doolan | 70 · 67 · 71 · 72 | 280 | E |
| T9 | A.J. Eathorne | 72 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 280 | E |
| T9 | Suzanne Strudwick | 73 · 71 · 69 · 67 | 280 | E |
| T9 | Meg Mallon | 68 · 69 · 72 · 71 | 280 | E |
| T9 | Tina Barrett | 70 · 70 · 70 · 70 | 280 | E |
The golfer
born 1963-10-05, Coventry, Warwickshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1985; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 19; majors to date: 4.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet