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Sunday 26 June 2005LPGA TourYear in Review
Kim wins U.S. Women's Open
Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, Colorado · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 June 2005 · Birdie Kim’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $3,100,000 USD
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 74° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/14°C · wind 11 km/h WSW, gusts 27 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/13°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 30 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/12°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 32 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/14°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 28 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Open
1946–2026 in our record, 81 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Morgan Pressel USA · 289Amateur, 17, tied for the lead on the 72nd fairway when Kim holed out from the greenside bunker ahead of her; needed to hole her chip to tie, ran it 20 feet past and bogeyed (Wikipedia; ASAP) 2005 U.S. Women's Open - Wikipedia
- Brittany Lang USA · 289Amateur; missed an 8-foot par putt late and closed 71 to tie second (Wikipedia) 2005 U.S. Women's Open - Wikipedia
156 started · cut +8, 63 made it
Same week
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Cherry Hills C.C., Cherry Hills Village
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Morgan Pressel (a), Brittany Lang (a)
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 June 2005
I don't think I make. I just try to get close. Tried my best to make par, maybe I can, make bogey still I have chance.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 June 2005
Now LPGA has a lot of last name is Kim. Everybody cannot remember their first name. Also I want to make special with a name for golf, that's why I make Birdie.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 June 2005
It's just it's disappointing. I wanted to win. And yeah, I finished second, but it's -- I am not holding the trophy.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birdie Kim | 74 · 72 · 69 · 72 | 287 | +3 |
| T2 | Brittany Lang | 69 · 77 · 72 · 71 | 289 | +5 |
| T2 | Morgan Pressel | 71 · 73 · 70 · 75 | 289 | +5 |
| T4 | Lorie Kane | 74 · 71 · 76 · 69 | 290 | +6 |
| T4 | Natalie Gulbis | 70 · 75 · 74 · 71 | 290 | +6 |
| T6 | Karine Icher | 69 · 75 · 75 · 72 | 291 | +7 |
| T6 | Candie Kung | 73 · 73 · 71 · 74 | 291 | +7 |
| T6 | Lorena Ochoa | 74 · 68 · 77 · 72 | 291 | +7 |
| T6 | Young Jo | 74 · 71 · 70 · 76 | 291 | +7 |
| T10 | Angela Stanford | 69 · 74 · 73 · 76 | 292 | +8 |
| T10 | Karen Stupples | 75 · 70 · 69 · 78 | 292 | +8 |
| T10 | Cristie Kerr | 74 · 71 · 72 · 75 | 292 | +8 |
The golfer
born 1981-08-26, Iksan, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2000; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
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