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Sunday 18 November 2007LPGA TourYear in Review
Ochoa wins ADT Championship
Trump International Golf Club, West Palm Beach, Florida · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 November 2007 · Lorena Ochoa’s win no. 17 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,550,000 USD · ADT · Season-ending playoff format: 32-player field, scores reset after the second and third rounds (AP); the $1 million title went to the low score among the eight final-round players
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/19°C · wind 17 km/h NW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/13°C · wind 24 km/h NNW, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/15°C · wind 14 km/h ENE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/20°C · wind 15 km/h ENE, 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
- Natalie Gulbis USA · 70Birdied 17 as Ochoa double-bogeyed to get within one, then hit her approach to 12 feet at 18 but missed the putt as Ochoa birdied from 30 inches Golf: On verge of collapse, Ochoa pulls through (Doug Ferguson, AP) - The Honolulu Advertiser, Nov 18 2007
32 started, 8 made it
Same week
LPGA event
ADT Championship
Trump International Golf Club, Trump International Golf Club, West Palm Beach, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lorena Ochoa
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 November 2007
I had a horrible lie, and for sure because of the conditions and because I was only one shot leading the tournament, I think it was my best shot so far in my career.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 November 2007
I feel like I can't speak English anymore. I feel like I really need a vacation.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 November 2007
She's the best player in the world, so I thought that she would at least -- we'd get kind of an eye-for-an-eye putt at it. She stuck it to like a foot, maybe a foot and a half.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorena Ochoa | 70 · 70 · 66 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Natalie Gulbis | 72 · 75 · 70 · 70 | 287 | −1 |
| 3 | Paula Creamer | 68 · 73 · 66 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| 4 | Cristie Kerr | 69 · 71 · 69 · 74 | 283 | −5 |
| 5 | Mi Hyun Kim | 67 · 70 · 71 · 78 | 286 | −2 |
| 6 | Sarah Lee | 74 · 71 · 70 · 80 | 295 | +7 |
| 7 | Christina Kim | 67 · 71 · 71 · 81 | 290 | +2 |
| 8 | Karrie Webb | 76 · 70 · 68 · 84 | 298 | +10 |
| T9 | Seon Hwa Lee | 74 · 70 · 72 | 216 | E |
| T9 | Suzann Pettersen | 73 · 68 · 74 | 215 | −1 |
| T9 | Ai Miyazato | 75 · 72 · 74 | 221 | +5 |
| T9 | Morgan Pressel | 73 · 65 · 73 | 211 | −5 |
| T9 | Catriona Matthew | 69 · 75 · 79 | 223 | +7 |
| T9 | Nicole Castrale | 71 · 72 · 71 | 214 | −2 |
| T9 | Sophie Gustafson | 72 · 70 · 71 | 213 | −3 |
| T9 | Juli Inkster | 68 · 75 · 72 | 215 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1981-11-15, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; MEX; turned pro 2002; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 17; majors to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet