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Sunday 10 August 2003AmateurYear in Review
Nirapathpongporn wins U.S. Women's Amateur
Philadelphia Country Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Monday 4 to Sunday 10 August 2003 · Championship dates Aug. 4-10; 36-hole stroke-play qualifying, then 64-player match play; quarterfinals Friday Aug. 8, semifinals Saturday Aug. 9, 36-hole final Sunday Aug. 10 (USGA bracket)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 47 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/23°C · wind 12 km/h S, gusts 33 · 16.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/21°C · wind 14 km/h SSE, gusts 25 · 15.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/21°C · wind 10 km/h S, gusts 31 · 6.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/21°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 20 · 3.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R528°/21°C · wind 13 km/h NNW, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R626°/23°C · wind 12 km/h SE, gusts 29 · 4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R727°/22°C · wind 10 km/h S, gusts 28 · 3.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Amateur
1895–2026 in our record, 126 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Jane Park USA · 2 and 1Won three straight holes to square the final, then bogeyed the next hole when her third spun back off the green; lost 2 and 1 (ASAP) Jane Park interview, August 10 2003 (ASAP Sports)
, 64 made it
Same week
Women's amateur championship
U.S. Women's Amateur
Philadelphia C.C., Gladwyne
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jane Park
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 August 2003
I am just so proud of myself of how I just have grown up the last six years, basically by myself, but I know my parents are there in Thailand but they are very far away.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 August 2003
Even if he was dying, he would still want to be here. But I told him, dad, please stay home, stay healthy now so that you can watch me ten years from now.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 August 2003
I got to within 1 up, but I guess the momentum was just on her side today. I just didn't pull it off the way I'd like to.
The golfer
born 1982-04-21, Bangkok, Thailand; THA; turned pro 2004; age 21 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet