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Sunday 1 September 2002LPGA TourYear in Review
Meunier-Lebouc wins State Farm Classic
The Rail Golf Course, Springfield, Illinois · Thursday 29 August to Sunday 1 September 2002 · Patricia Meunier-Lebouc’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1.1 million USD · State Farm
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 52 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/16°C · wind 11 km/h NE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/17°C · wind 14 km/h E, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/18°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/18°C · wind 9 km/h SSE, gusts 21 · 0.2 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 · 272Began the day tied for the lead and played alongside the winner; bogeyed the 14th, then found greenside bunkers on 16, 17 and 18 and bogeyed the last for a 69 Meunier-Lebouc 18 under; Klein gets Solheim berth (AP, ESPN.com, Sept. 1, 2002, via Wayback Machine)
- Se Ri Pak KOR · 272Closed with a 65 to tie for second, two shots back Meunier-Lebouc 18 under; Klein gets Solheim berth (AP, ESPN.com, Sept. 1, 2002, via Wayback Machine)
, 83 made it
Same week
LPGA event
State Farm Classic
The Rail Golf Course, The Rail Golf Course, Springfield, Illinois
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 September 2002
I won a couple, five times already, but it was very different. I was going through it very well.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 September 2002
I said, well, I think it's going to be in between minus, should be in between minus four and minus six. And I did minus five, which is right in the middle.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 September 2002
I was angered at the course. Patricia played pretty good. She shoot pretty good. And I just, I was playing pretty good too. But we just enjoyed each other at the course.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patricia Meunier-Lebouc | 64 · 67 · 72 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| T2 | Se Ri Pak | 70 · 69 · 68 · 65 | 272 | −16 |
| T2 | Mi Hyun Kim | 67 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| T4 | Beth Bauer | 71 · 70 · 65 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Emilee Klein | 68 · 69 · 67 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Laura Davies | 73 · 68 · 65 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| 7 | Cristie Kerr | 67 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| 8 | Angela Stanford | 68 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| 9 | Pat Hurst | 71 · 66 · 68 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| T10 | Karen Stupples | 71 · 70 · 69 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Shani Waugh | 67 · 70 · 67 · 73 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1972-11-16, Dijon, France; FRA; turned pro 1994; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet