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Sunday 9 October 2005LPGA TourYear in Review
Perrot wins Longs Drugs Challenge
The Ridge Golf Club, Auburn, California · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 October 2005 · Nicole Perrot’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 12 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/10°C · wind 13 km/h ENE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/9°C · wind 13 km/h SSE, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/11°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/8°C · wind 16 km/h NNW, gusts 43 · 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
- Hee-Won Han KOR · 271Ran off three straight birdies (5-7) to take the lead, then closed with 11 straight pars for a 69 as Perrot birdied 11, 15 and 16 and holed a 3-foot par putt at 18 to win by one Nicole Perrot gains three shot victory [sic: one-stroke win] - Golf Today, final round report and results (Wayback Machine copy)
144 started · cut +2, 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
Nicole Perrot
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (AP report)
10 October 2005
I didn't play that bad (on the front side), I just missed two or three putts. I just kept patient, try to do the same thing I was doing all week.
Golf Today (AP report)
10 October 2005
I think this was very important for my country. Golf is getting more popular, I think this will help a lot.
Golf Today (AP report)
10 October 2005
I played pretty good, my putts just weren't going in. The wind was blowing pretty hard in the afternoon and it was hard getting second shots in there.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicole Perrot | 69 · 66 · 64 · 71 | 270 | −14 |
| 2 | Hee-Won Han | 73 · 63 · 66 · 69 | 271 | −13 |
| T3 | Catriona Matthew | 70 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 274 | −10 |
| T3 | Liselotte Neumann | 68 · 70 · 64 · 72 | 274 | −10 |
| T5 | Lindsey Wright | 67 · 68 · 70 · 70 | 275 | −9 |
| T5 | Shi Hyun Ahn | 69 · 68 · 71 · 67 | 275 | −9 |
| T7 | Jean Bartholomew | 73 · 64 · 71 · 68 | 276 | −8 |
| T7 | Heather Bowie | 70 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 276 | −8 |
| T7 | Karrie Webb | 71 · 67 · 71 · 67 | 276 | −8 |
| T7 | Young Kim | 67 · 72 · 69 · 68 | 276 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1983-12-26, Viña del Mar, Chile; CHL; turned pro 2002; age 21 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet