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Sunday 10 August 2003LPGA TourYear in Review
Han wins Wendy's Championship for Children
Tartan Fields Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio · Friday 8 to Sunday 10 August 2003 · Hee-Won Han’s win no. 2 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1.1 million USD · Wendy's · 54-hole event
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).
- R126°/17°C · wind 9 km/h NNE, gusts 30 · 4.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/19°C · wind 16 km/h NNE, gusts 32 · 7.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/18°C · wind 13 km/h N, gusts 26 · 1.4 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
- Wendy Ward USA · 199Closing 63 (29 on the front nine) set the target; missed a 7-foot birdie putt to win on the first playoff hole and lost on the third when Han holed from 25 feet Han beats Ward at third playoff hole - Wendy's Championship for Children 2003 (Golf Today, AP copy, via Wayback Machine)
, 76 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Wendy's Championship for Children
Tartan Fields Golf Club, Tartan Fields Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Hee-Won Han
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 August 2003
This whole three days, I hit pretty straight and irons were pretty good and my putting pretty good. It's all good, actually.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 August 2003
The chalk line, I just - every morning I just concentrate on that one. That's what helped me.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 August 2003
I hit a 7 wood, and it hit the pin square on after one bounce. I had like a tap in for eagle. That kind of got my juices flowing.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hee-Won Han | 68 · 65 · 66 | 199 | −17 |
| 2 | Wendy Ward | 69 · 67 · 63 | 199 | −17 |
| 3 | Michele Redman | 71 · 63 · 67 | 201 | −15 |
| 4 | Juli Inkster | 69 · 69 · 66 | 204 | −12 |
| 5 | Candie Kung | 64 · 69 · 72 | 205 | −11 |
| T6 | Lorie Kane | 68 · 68 · 70 | 206 | −10 |
| T6 | Michelle Ellis | 70 · 70 · 66 | 206 | −10 |
| T8 | Emilee Klein | 70 · 71 · 67 | 208 | −8 |
| T8 | Nanci Bowen | 68 · 70 · 70 | 208 | −8 |
| T8 | Tina Barrett | 71 · 69 · 68 | 208 | −8 |
| T8 | Catriona Matthew | 68 · 68 · 72 | 208 | −8 |
| T8 | Jill McGill | 67 · 69 · 72 | 208 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1978-06-10, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 1998; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 2.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet