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Sunday 15 July 2001LPGA TourYear in Review
Klein wins Michelob Light Classic
Fox Run Golf Club, Eureka, Missouri · Friday 13 to Sunday 15 July 2001 · Emilee Klein’s win no. 3 on the LPGA Tour · purse $800,000 USD · Michelob Light · 54-hole event
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 26 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/17°C · wind 13 km/h NE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/18°C · wind 8 km/h ENE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/17°C · wind 10 km/h SE, gusts 26 · 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
- Jill McGill USA · 210Closed with a bogey-free course-record 63 an hour before the leaders teed off, but finished five back. LPGA weekly press release, July 16, 2001
- Annika Sorenstam SWE · 210Closed with a 70; never got within four of Klein on the back nine. Klein wins Michelob Light wire-to-wire (AP), CNNSI.com
, 76 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Michelob Light Classic
Fox Run Golf Club, Fox Run Golf Club, Eureka, Missouri
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Emilee Klein
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press (CNNSI.com)
15 July 2001
I've won so many times, I've never been scared to win. I've won so many times, I know how to do it.
Associated Press (CNNSI.com)
15 July 2001
I'm not going to tournaments just to play in tournaments any more, I'm going to win golf tournaments.
LPGA weekly press release
16 July 2001
I had a lot of opportunities and made almost all of them I had, which hasn't happened in a long time.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emilee Klein | 64 · 72 · 69 | 205 | −11 |
| T2 | Jill McGill | 71 · 76 · 63 | 210 | −6 |
| T2 | Annika Sorenstam | 68 · 72 · 70 | 210 | −6 |
| T4 | Shani Waugh | 73 · 72 · 66 | 211 | −5 |
| T4 | Denise Killeen | 68 · 71 · 72 | 211 | −5 |
| T4 | Mitzi Edge | 71 · 73 · 67 | 211 | −5 |
| T7 | Diana D'Alessio | 69 · 74 · 69 | 212 | −4 |
| T7 | Jeong Jang | 72 · 73 · 67 | 212 | −4 |
| T7 | Kris Tschetter | 68 · 73 · 71 | 212 | −4 |
| T7 | Karrie Webb | 70 · 69 · 73 | 212 | −4 |
| T7 | Leta Lindley | 69 · 75 · 68 | 212 | −4 |
| T7 | Amy Fruhwirth | 74 · 69 · 69 | 212 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1974-06-11, Santa Monica, California; USA; turned pro 1994; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 3.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet