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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).
- R121°/14°C · wind 20 km/h SSW, gusts 44 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/16°C · wind 19 km/h WSW, gusts 40 · 7.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/14°C · wind 18 km/h NNW, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- 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
- Katherine Hull AUS · 280Lee's playing partner; closed with a 69 and birdied the 18th to finish one shot back after missing several back-nine putts Katherine Hull-Kirk interview, July 17, 2005 (ASAP Sports)
- Janice Moodie SCO · 282Led after each of the first three rounds; three-putt double bogey at the 72nd hole cost her a playoff, closing 75 for a share of sixth Three-putt dashes Moodie hopes (BBC Sport, July 17, 2005)
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
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 July 2005
I'm LPGA rookie, and I feel confident, and I'm looking forward to future game to be the good scores.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 July 2005
It's kind of bittersweet getting this close and being only one shot off when I did leave a few putts out there.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 July 2005
I thought maybe Janice was going to birdie and force a playoff. I guess she kind of had a bit of trouble.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meena Lee | 73 · 68 · 69 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| 2 | Katherine Hull | 72 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Leta Lindley | 71 · 71 · 71 · 68 | 281 | −7 |
| T3 | Angela Stanford | 69 · 69 · 70 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
| T3 | Il Mi Chung | 69 · 68 · 72 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Dorothy Delasin | 71 · 69 · 69 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
| T6 | Johanna Head | 69 · 71 · 74 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
| T6 | Janice Moodie | 66 · 69 · 72 · 75 | 282 | −6 |
| T6 | Brittany Lang | 69 · 73 · 72 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
| 10 | Emily Bastel | 67 · 74 · 70 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1981-12-25, Jeonju, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2002; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet