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Sunday 18 March 2001LPGA TourYear in Review
Sorenstam wins Standard Register PING
Moon Valley Country Club, Phoenix, Arizona · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 March 2001 · Annika Sorenstam’s win no. 25 on the LPGA Tour · purse 1,000,000 USD · Standard Register
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 51 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/8°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/8°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/10°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/7°C · wind 10 km/h NE, gusts 19 · 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
- Se Ri Pak KOR · 263Drew level at 26 under with a birdie at the 14th, then bogeyed the par-3 15th after flying the green and Sorenstam birdied the 16th; her 25-under 263 was an LPGA record for a non-winner Sorenstam sets lowest score record (Golf Today, via Wayback Machine)
, 75 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Standard Register PING
Moon Valley Country Club, Moon Valley Country Club, Phoenix, Arizona
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Annika Sorenstam
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (unbylined report; Wayback Machine)
18 March 2001
She's on a roll and I had three shots extra in case I needed it, and I did and I'm glad I had them.
Golf Today (unbylined report; Wayback Machine)
18 March 2001
I played everything I had today, which I knew that I had to do,
Golf Today (unbylined report; Wayback Machine)
18 March 2001
I was trying to reserve my energy as much as possible because I knew it was going to come down to the last few holes.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annika Sorenstam | 65 · 59 · 69 · 68 | 261 | −27 |
| 2 | Se Ri Pak | 65 · 68 · 63 · 67 | 263 | −25 |
| T3 | Dottie Pepper | 68 · 67 · 73 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Yu Ping Lin | 72 · 65 · 68 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Akiko Fukushima | 70 · 66 · 71 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Dorothy Delasin | 69 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T7 | Vicki Goetze-Ackerman | 73 · 68 · 71 · 65 | 277 | −11 |
| T7 | Rachel Teske | 67 · 70 · 73 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T7 | Pat Hurst | 69 · 64 · 76 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T7 | Rosie Jones | 70 · 69 · 72 · 66 | 277 | −11 |
| T7 | Lorie Kane | 67 · 70 · 71 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T7 | Kris Tschetter | 63 · 69 · 75 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T7 | Michelle McGann | 72 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T7 | Karrie Webb | 73 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1970-10-09, Bro, Stockholm County, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1992; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 25; majors to date: 2.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet