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Sunday 26 September 2004LPGA TourYear in Review
Kim wins Longs Drugs Challenge
The Ridge Golf Club, Auburn, California · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 September 2004 · Christina Kim’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,000,000 USD · Longs Drugs
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/9°C · wind 9 km/h E, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/11°C · wind 10 km/h ENE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/11°C · wind 10 km/h ESE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/12°C · wind 10 km/h E, gusts 28 · 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
- Karrie Webb AUS · 267Closing 64 (with an eagle) put her level until Kim birdied 17; missed a 7-foot birdie putt on 18 that would have forced a playoff Kim gains maiden LPGA Tour title - Golf Today, final round report (AP; Wayback Machine copy)
, 75 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Longs Drugs Challenge
The Ridge Golf Club, The Ridge Golf Club, Auburn, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Christina Kim
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (AP report, second round)
24 September 2004
I hit nearly every fairway, so it was fairway, two putts, fairway, two putts. I hit the ball very good. I hit some monster drives. But it was frustrating.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christina Kim | 64 · 69 · 68 · 65 | 266 | −18 |
| 2 | Karrie Webb | 68 · 66 · 69 · 64 | 267 | −17 |
| 3 | Juli Inkster | 66 · 66 · 68 · 68 | 268 | −16 |
| 4 | Hee-Won Han | 67 · 67 · 71 · 65 | 270 | −14 |
| T5 | Jeong Jang | 70 · 71 · 68 · 62 | 271 | −13 |
| T5 | Anna Acker-Macosko | 69 · 70 · 72 · 60 | 271 | −13 |
| T7 | Katherine Hull | 72 · 67 · 65 · 68 | 272 | −12 |
| T7 | Mi Hyun Kim | 69 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 272 | −12 |
| T7 | Michelle Estill | 66 · 68 · 70 · 68 | 272 | −12 |
| T10 | Liselotte Neumann | 73 · 65 · 69 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| T10 | Donna Andrews | 70 · 68 · 67 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1984-03-15, San Jose, California; USA; turned pro 2002; age 20 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet