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Sunday 17 July 2005LPGA TourYear in Review

Lee wins BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Open

Glen Arbour Golf Course, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 July 2005 · Meena Lee’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,300,000 USD · BMO Financial Group

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

15 h 01 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R121°/14°C · wind 20 km/h SSW, gusts 44 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R224°/16°C · wind 19 km/h WSW, gusts 40 · 7.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R323°/14°C · wind 18 km/h NNW, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R428°/12°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, 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

150 started, 71 made it

Same week

LPGA event

BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Open

Glen Arbour Golf Course, Glen Arbour Golf Course, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Meena Lee

279Total
−9To par
1 strokeMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

I'm LPGA rookie, and I feel confident, and I'm looking forward to future game to be the good scores.

Meena Lee, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 17 July 2005. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

It's kind of bittersweet getting this close and being only one shot off when I did leave a few putts out there.

Katherine Hull, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 17 July 2005. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

I thought maybe Janice was going to birdie and force a playoff. I guess she kind of had a bit of trouble.

Katherine Hull, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 17 July 2005. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Meena Lee73 · 68 · 69 · 69279−9
2Katherine Hull72 · 70 · 69 · 69280−8
T3Leta Lindley71 · 71 · 71 · 68281−7
T3Angela Stanford69 · 69 · 70 · 73281−7
T3Il Mi Chung69 · 68 · 72 · 72281−7
T6Dorothy Delasin71 · 69 · 69 · 73282−6
T6Johanna Head69 · 71 · 74 · 68282−6
T6Janice Moodie66 · 69 · 72 · 75282−6
T6Brittany Lang69 · 73 · 72 · 68282−6
10Emily Bastel67 · 74 · 70 · 72283−5
The golfer

born 1981-12-25, Jeonju, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2002; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1.

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