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Sunday 28 August 2005LPGA TourYear in Review
Kerr wins Wendy's Championship for Children
Tartan Fields Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 August 2005 · Cristie Kerr’s win no. 6 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,100,000 USD · Wendy's
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 03 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/15°C · wind 12 km/h E, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/21°C · wind 13 km/h SSE, gusts 30 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/22°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 41 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/16°C · wind 10 km/h SSW, gusts 24 · 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
- Paula Creamer USA · 271Third-round leader by one; closed with a 71 after Kerr birdied 11-13, and lipped out a long birdie try on 18 that would have forced a playoff Cristie Kerr claims one shot victory - Golf Today, final round report (Wayback Machine copy)
- Annika Sorenstam SWE · 271Started five back and shot 66 (matching the day's low round) with birdies at 15 and 18 Cristie Kerr claims one shot victory - Golf Today, final round report (Wayback Machine copy)
144 started · cut -3, 71 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Wendy's Championship for Children
Tartan Fields Golf Club, Tartan Fields Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Cristie Kerr
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 August 2005
I think that was the best two putts I ever made. It was a great day for me and I'm very excited.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 August 2005
It's a snowball effect. If one person on the highway brakes, everybody else brakes, and then you're like why is there traffic, and then it opens up.
Golf Today (AP report)
28 August 2005
It was just one of those days where the hole wasn't four inches -- it felt like two inches.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristie Kerr | 68 · 67 · 66 · 69 | 270 | −18 |
| T2 | Annika Sorenstam | 69 · 67 · 69 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | Paula Creamer | 68 · 66 · 66 · 71 | 271 | −17 |
| T4 | Jeong Jang | 68 · 67 · 70 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| T4 | Pat Hurst | 67 · 68 · 67 · 70 | 272 | −16 |
| T6 | Soo-Yun Kang | 66 · 66 · 69 · 72 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Karrie Webb | 67 · 66 · 70 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| 8 | Michele Redman | 67 · 67 · 68 · 72 | 274 | −14 |
| T9 | Nadina Taylor | 67 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T9 | Young Kim | 70 · 67 · 72 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| T9 | Catriona Matthew | 66 · 66 · 77 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| T9 | Lorena Ochoa | 72 · 64 · 67 · 72 | 275 | −13 |
| T9 | Rachel Hetherington | 67 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T9 | Emily Bastel | 69 · 67 · 70 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
The golfer
born 1977-10-12, Miami, Florida; USA; turned pro 1996; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet