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Sunday 21 November 2004LPGA TourYear in Review
Sorenstam wins ADT Championship
Trump International Golf Club, West Palm Beach, Florida · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 November 2004 · Annika Sorenstam’s win no. 56 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1.00 M USD · ADT
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 33 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 43° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/18°C · wind 9 km/h NNE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/18°C · wind 12 km/h E, gusts 29 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/18°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/18°C · wind 12 km/h E, gusts 26 · 0 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
- Cristie Kerr USA · 275Tied at 13-under 275 after a closing 68, then pushed a 7-wood from a sidehill lie into the water on the first playoff hole (18th) and made double bogey Sorenstam defeats Kerr in playoff (Golftoday, Wayback copy)
30 started, 30 made it
Same week
LPGA event
ADT Championship
Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach, Championship Course, Trump International Golf Club, West Palm Beach, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Annika Sorenstam
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 November 2004
I really don't care. A win is a win. If Cristie would have hit it to a foot, I don't know what I would have done
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 November 2004
To play 20 times and win 10, that seems like the right recipe for me, so I really don't know why I should change anything, if you think about it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 November 2004
I don't think people realize how hard it is to do what Annika has done the last six years. She's won almost 50 times in the last six years.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annika Sorenstam | 66 · 68 · 72 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Cristie Kerr | 67 · 70 · 70 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Carin Koch | 73 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Karrie Webb | 68 · 69 · 74 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| 5 | Jennifer Rosales | 70 · 68 · 69 · 74 | 281 | −7 |
| 6 | Laura Diaz | 69 · 68 · 75 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Rachel Teske | 70 · 69 · 72 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
| T7 | Meg Mallon | 74 · 66 · 73 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T9 | Juli Inkster | 74 · 74 · 70 · 69 | 287 | −1 |
| T9 | Jeong Jang | 68 · 72 · 75 · 72 | 287 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1970-10-09, Bro, Stockholm County, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1992; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 56; majors to date: 7.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet