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Sunday 29 July 2007LPGA TourYear in Review
Gulbis wins Evian Masters
Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains, France · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 July 2007 · Natalie Gulbis’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD · Evian
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 62° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/16°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/19°C · wind 11 km/h WSW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/18°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/18°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 46 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Evian Masters
- Evian Championship
- Amundi Evian Championship
1994–2026 in our record, 32 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Jeong Jang KOR · 284Closed 72 with birdies on three of the last four holes to tie, then lost the playoff on the first extra hole: 5-wood over the 18th green, par to Gulbis's birdie Jeong Jang interview, Evian Masters, July 29, 2007 (ASAP Sports)
90 started, 72 made it
Same week
Women's tour event
Evian Masters
Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Natalie Gulbis
Runner-up: Jeong Jang
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 July 2007
What does it mean? How long do you have? This is my sixth year on tour, and obviously the U.S. has been quite a bit of hype on if I would ever win a tournament.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 July 2007
Before the playoff I was very upset at myself because I felt like I had given away this tournament.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 July 2007
I was kind of thinking this might be a blessing in disguise with the injury, and I kept working on it and working on my posture and I kept hitting it further
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 July 2007
You know, I really, really -- more than really -- like happy for her. She did really great job. I think right time, too.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natalie Gulbis | 72 · 69 · 73 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| 2 | Jeong Jang | 69 · 71 · 72 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T3 | Juli Inkster | 73 · 68 · 69 · 75 | 285 | −3 |
| T3 | Lorena Ochoa | 72 · 70 · 75 · 68 | 285 | −3 |
| T3 | Jiyai Shin | 73 · 70 · 70 · 72 | 285 | −3 |
| T6 | Christina Kim | 67 · 75 · 74 · 70 | 286 | −2 |
| T6 | Angela Stanford | 73 · 74 · 69 · 70 | 286 | −2 |
| T6 | Annika Sorenstam | 71 · 69 · 74 · 72 | 286 | −2 |
| T6 | Sophie Gustafson | 69 · 72 · 72 · 73 | 286 | −2 |
| T6 | Sun Ju Ahn | 69 · 73 · 74 · 70 | 286 | −2 |
| T6 | Momoko Ueda | 74 · 67 · 74 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1983-01-07, Sacramento, California; USA; turned pro 2001; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0.
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