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Sunday 9 September 2001LPGA TourYear in Review
Park wins Williams Championship
Tulsa Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma · Friday 7 to Sunday 9 September 2001 · Gloria Park’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1 million USD · Williams · 54-hole event (inaugural)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/20°C · wind 34 km/h S, gusts 67 · 20.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/17°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 34 · 13 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/16°C · wind 20 km/h NNW, gusts 41 · 0.3 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
- Donna Andrews USA · 202Led by four entering the final round (Park started five back); closed with a 70 and her 50-foot birdie putt to tie on 18 stopped just short. Her course-record 62 on Saturday included a self-imposed one-stroke penalty for double-hitting a putt. Park overtakes Andrews to win Williams Championship (AP, CNNSI.com)
, 74 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Williams Championship
Tulsa Country Club, Tulsa Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Gloria Park
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
LPGA weekly press release
10 September 2001
This week, I was thinking if I had one bad hole, don't think about it. And if I make birdies, don't get too excited about that either. I did that this week—I controlled myself pretty good.
Associated Press (CNNSI.com)
9 September 2001
I wasn't thinking about winning, first of all. I just wanted to try as best I can do. I just play a really good game, I guess, today.
Associated Press (CNNSI.com)
9 September 2001
But I think I wouldn't have played as well today if I had that in the back of my mind, that I had not done the right thing. I wouldn't have felt good about myself.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gloria Park | 68 · 69 · 64 | 201 | −9 |
| 2 | Donna Andrews | 70 · 62 · 70 | 202 | −8 |
| 3 | Rachel Teske | 69 · 67 · 71 | 207 | −3 |
| 4 | Nancy Scranton | 71 · 67 · 70 | 208 | −2 |
| T5 | Wendy Ward | 70 · 66 · 73 | 209 | −1 |
| T5 | Barb Mucha | 72 · 67 · 70 | 209 | −1 |
| T5 | Becky Iverson | 73 · 66 · 70 | 209 | −1 |
| T5 | Yu Ping Lin | 72 · 66 · 71 | 209 | −1 |
| T5 | Grace Park | 72 · 68 · 69 | 209 | −1 |
| T10 | Rosie Jones | 71 · 65 · 74 | 210 | E |
| T10 | Amy Fruhwirth | 70 · 68 · 72 | 210 | E |
The golfer
born 1980-02-27, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 1998; age 21 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
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