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Sunday 24 September 2006LPGA TourYear in Review
Webb wins Longs Drugs Challenge
Blackhawk Country Club, Danville, California · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 September 2006 · Karrie Webb’s win no. 34 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,100,000 USD · Longs Drugs
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 51 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 51° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/12°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/12°C · wind 15 km/h N, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/12°C · wind 9 km/h NW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/12°C · wind 10 km/h WNW, gusts 28 · 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
- Annika Sorenstam SWE · 274Started the final round five behind; eagled the ninth, birdied 15 and 17 and closed with a 65, but went long on the 18th, missed the chip and parred to lose by one Karrie Webb holds on to claim fourth win of 2006 - Longs Drugs Challenge 2006, Round 4 (Golf Today; Wayback Machine copy of dead page)
· cut +4, 72 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Longs Drugs Challenge
Blackhawk Country Club (Lakeside Course), Blackhawk Country Club, Danville, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Karrie Webb
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
24 September 2006
I played very solidly for the pressure Annika was putting on in front of me. I'm just very happy that I didn't succumb to that.
Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
24 September 2006
She's probably the last person you want to see having a good day
Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
24 September 2006
It was a lot of fun. I played aggressive today. I tried to make as many birdies as possible
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karrie Webb | 67 · 70 · 66 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Annika Sorenstam | 70 · 70 · 69 · 65 | 274 | −14 |
| 3 | Morgan Pressel | 71 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T4 | Mi Hyun Kim | 70 · 72 · 67 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Cristie Kerr | 69 · 70 · 71 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Lorena Ochoa | 68 · 72 · 72 · 66 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Stacy Prammanasudh | 70 · 68 · 72 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| 8 | Maria McBride | 70 · 68 · 70 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| 9 | Il Mi Chung | 71 · 71 · 69 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Meredith Duncan | 73 · 72 · 69 · 67 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Lorie Kane | 67 · 71 · 71 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Sarah Lee | 73 · 73 · 68 · 67 | 281 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1974-12-21, Ayr, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1994; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 34; majors to date: 7.
What’s in the bag
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