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Sunday 9 July 2006LPGA TourYear in Review
Lincicome wins HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship
Hamilton Farm Golf Club, Gladstone, New Jersey · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 July 2006 · Brittany Lincicome’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,000,000 USD · HSBC · match play: semifinals, third-place match and final all played Sunday July 9
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 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/17°C · wind 14 km/h NNW, gusts 30 · 8.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/15°C · wind 15 km/h N, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/17°C · wind 10 km/h NNE, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/19°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 31 · 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
- Juli Inkster USAlost the final 3 and 2 after falling 5 down through eight holes with three early bogeys; the match ended with a conceded par on the 16th Immelman gets first PGA win / Lincicome tops Inkster to earn LPGA crown (AP, The Honolulu Advertiser, July 10, 2006)
64 started
Same week
LPGA event
HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship
Hamilton Farm Golf Club, Hamilton Farm Golf Club, Gladstone, New Jersey
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Brittany Lincicome
Score, to par and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 July 2006
But coming through all those players and beating all of them, it means I actually did deserve to win this tournament. And I didn't just, you know, come through playing low ranked players.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 July 2006
I'm not going to spend any of this money. Invest it or pay my car off or help my parents out or anything but I'm not buying myself anything. I'm saving. Spent enough last year.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 July 2006
This golf course, if it didn't snow here in the winter, I would probably move here.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 July 2006
It was just kind of a 3 & 2 day. So I got what I deserved.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brittany Lincicome | ||
| 2 | Juli Inkster | ||
| 3 | Lorena Ochoa | ||
| 4 | Paula Creamer | ||
| T5 | Sophie Gustafson | ||
| T5 | Karrie Webb | ||
| T5 | Annika Sorenstam | ||
| T5 | Michelle Wie | ||
| T9 | Morgan Pressel | ||
| T9 | Kyeong Bae | ||
| T9 | Brittany Lang | ||
| T9 | Se Ri Pak | ||
| T9 | Laura Diaz | ||
| T9 | Pat Hurst | ||
| T9 | Mi Hyun Kim | ||
| T9 | Marcy Hart |
The golfer
born 1985-09-19, St. Petersburg, Florida; USA; turned pro 2004; age 20 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet