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Sunday 12 June 2005Women’s majorsYear in Review
Sörenstam wins McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
Bulle Rock Golf Course, Havre de Grace, Maryland · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 June 2005 · purse $1,800,000 · winner's share $270,000
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 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/22°C · wind 16 km/h S, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/23°C · wind 17 km/h S, gusts 43 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/22°C · wind 17 km/h S, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/22°C · wind 17 km/h SSW, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- LPGA Championship
- Eve-LPGA Championship
- Mazda LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
- LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans
- Wegmans LPGA Championship
- KPMG Women's PGA Championship
1955–2026 in our record, 72 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
150 started, 80 (cut at 149) made it
Same week
Women's major
McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
Bulle Rock Golf Course, Havre de Grace
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Michelle Wie West (a)
The golfer
b. 1970-10-09, Bro, Stockholm County, Sweden; Sweden; age 34 at the win (year page); 9th major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet