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Saturday 17 June 2006AmateurYear in Review
Mozo wins Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship
Royal County Down Golf Club, Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland · Tuesday 13 to Saturday 17 June 2006 · 36-hole stroke-play qualifying June 13-14, then 64-player match play June 15-17 with an 18-hole final on Saturday June 17 (LGU scoreboards; Kirkwood)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 55 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/12°C · wind 18 km/h W, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/10°C · wind 10 km/h NNE, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/10°C · wind 10 km/h SSW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/14°C · wind 10 km/h WSW, gusts 20 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R518°/14°C · wind 16 km/h SSW, gusts 29 · 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
- Anna Nordqvist SWE · 3 and 1Lost the 18-hole final 3 and 1 to Mozo, who was two under par for the holes played; Nordqvist, the reigning British girls' champion, was bidding to hold the girls' and women's titles at once (Kirkwood; LGU) Gillian Kirkwood Golf News, June 2006 archive
, 64 made it
Same week
Women's amateur championship
Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship
Royal County Down Golf Club, Royal County Down Golf Club, Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Belen Mozo
To par and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Gillian Kirkwood Golf News (Scottish golf news site, daily report)
18 June 2006
No, Carlota Ciganda is the best. I am No 2 to her in the Spanish junior rankings and perhaps No 3 or No 4 in the Spanish women's rankings,
Gillian Kirkwood Golf News (Scottish golf news site, daily report)
18 June 2006
I was lucky and Carlota was unlucky that she was off-form during the week of the ladies' British open amateur championship at Royal County Down.
Gillian Kirkwood Golf News (Scottish golf news site, daily report)
15 June 2006
She's only human and I knew I could beat her if I played well,
The golfer
born 1988-09-25, Cádiz, Spain; ESP; turned pro 2010; age 17 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet