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Sunday 24 June 2001Women’s majorsYear in Review
Webb wins McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG
DuPont Country Club, Wilmington, Delaware · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 June 2001 · purse $1,500,000 · winner's share $225,000
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 49 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).
- R128°/21°C · wind 12 km/h E, gusts 24 · 14.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/20°C · wind 18 km/h SSE, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/19°C · wind 19 km/h S, gusts 42 · 18.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/18°C · wind 11 km/h NNW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- LPGA Championship
- Eve-LPGA Championship
- Mazda LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
- LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans
- Wegmans LPGA Championship
- KPMG Women's PGA Championship
1955–2026 in our record, 72 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
144 started, 73 (cut at 145) made it
Same week
Women's major
McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG
DuPont Country Club, Wilmington
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Laura Diaz
The golfer
b. 1974-12-21, Ayr, Queensland, Australia; Australia; age 26 at the win (year page); 5th major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet