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Sunday 13 June 2004Women’s majorsYear in Review
Sörenstam wins McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
DuPont Country Club, Wilmington, Delaware · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 June 2004 · purse $1,600,000 · winner's share $240,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/21°C · wind 14 km/h WNW, gusts 36 · 8.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/14°C · wind 12 km/h NE, gusts 27 · 17.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/12°C · wind 14 km/h E, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/14°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- LPGA Championship
- Eve-LPGA Championship
- Mazda LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
- LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans
- Wegmans LPGA Championship
- KPMG Women's PGA Championship
1955–2026 in our record, 72 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
144 started, 79 (cut at 146) made it
Same week
Women's major
McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
DuPont Country Club, Wilmington
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Shi Hyun Ahn
The golfer
b. 1970-10-09, Bro, Stockholm County, Sweden; Sweden; age 33 at the win (year page); 7th major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet