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Sunday 29 April 2001LPGA TourYear in Review
Jones wins Kathy Ireland Championship
Onion Creek Club, Austin, Texas · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 April 2001 · Rosie Jones’s win no. 11 on the LPGA Tour · purse $900,000 USD · Kathy Ireland
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 08 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/10°C · wind 14 km/h SSE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/11°C · wind 17 km/h SSE, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/11°C · wind 16 km/h SE, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/14°C · wind 16 km/h SE, gusts 30 · 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
- Mi Hyun Kim KOR · 268Closed with a 66 and led after a birdie at the 17th, but Jones birdied the 72nd hole to tie and won the playoff when Kim's eight-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole broke left Jones beats Kim in playoff (Golf Today)
143 started, 71 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Kathy Ireland Championship
Onion Creek Club, Onion Creek Club, Austin, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Rosie Jones
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (unbylined report; Wayback Machine)
29 April 2001
I take a lot of pride in that win," said Jones, who earned the first-place check for $135,000. "And I am just happy to have done it and pulled it out.
Golf Today (unbylined report; Wayback Machine)
29 April 2001
I knew it was close, but I couldn’t wait to see how close. I was hoping that it was like that close because I don’t have to putt anything," Jones said
Golf Today (unbylined report; Wayback Machine)
29 April 2001
And we as players, as American players, take a lot of heat for it. Let's get beyond that.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rosie Jones | 66 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 268 | −12 |
| 2 | Mi Hyun Kim | 70 · 68 · 64 · 66 | 268 | −12 |
| 3 | Marisa Baena | 70 · 67 · 64 · 68 | 269 | −11 |
| 4 | Dottie Pepper | 71 · 66 · 68 · 67 | 272 | −8 |
| 5 | Lorie Kane | 67 · 68 · 68 · 72 | 275 | −5 |
| T6 | Patricia Meunier-Lebouc | 72 · 70 · 67 · 68 | 277 | −3 |
| T6 | Catriona Matthew | 70 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 277 | −3 |
| T6 | Mhairi McKay | 67 · 72 · 69 · 69 | 277 | −3 |
| T6 | Dorothy Delasin | 70 · 69 · 71 · 67 | 277 | −3 |
| T10 | Jane Crafter | 69 · 73 · 68 · 68 | 278 | −2 |
| T10 | Hee-Won Han | 75 · 69 · 67 · 67 | 278 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1959-11-13, Santa Ana, California; USA; age 41 that week; tour wins to date: 11.
What’s in the bag
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