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Sunday 7 October 2007LPGA TourYear in Review
Pettersen wins Longs Drugs Challenge
Blackhawk Country Club, Danville, California · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 October 2007 · Suzann Pettersen’s win no. 3 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 19 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 46° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/10°C · wind 24 km/h W, gusts 56 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/8°C · wind 13 km/h W, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/6°C · wind 11 km/h WNW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/7°C · wind 8 km/h SW, gusts 22 · 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
- Lorena Ochoa MEX · 277Four-putted for a double bogey on the 12th in the final round, then lost the sudden-death playoff when Pettersen birdied the second extra hole Lorena Ochoa interview, Longs Drugs Challenge, Oct 7 2007 (ASAP Sports)
107 started · cut +6, 69 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Longs Drugs Challenge
Blackhawk Country Club (Lakeside course), Blackhawk Country Club, Danville, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Suzann Pettersen
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 October 2007
I lost to Lorena last week in a bet we had, so I guess I evened it out this week.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 October 2007
Then bogey on 11. I can't believe I won. (Laughter) There is bogeys on this scorecard.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 October 2007
When we walked off the second time, I thought, Better just get it over with because I don't want to come back in the morning.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 October 2007
I think I played No. 12 4-over for the tournament. So, of course, that was the hole that cost me the tournament.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suzann Pettersen | 75 · 65 · 64 · 73 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Lorena Ochoa | 69 · 70 · 67 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| 3 | Juli Inkster | 74 · 66 · 71 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T4 | Lorie Kane | 69 · 69 · 67 · 77 | 282 | −6 |
| T4 | Natalie Gulbis | 74 · 71 · 71 · 66 | 282 | −6 |
| 6 | Nicole Castrale | 71 · 70 · 73 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| 7 | Karrie Webb | 69 · 69 · 74 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T8 | In Kyung Kim | 73 · 69 · 73 · 70 | 285 | −3 |
| T8 | Maria McBride | 73 · 69 · 71 · 72 | 285 | −3 |
| T8 | Amy Hung | 75 · 74 · 68 · 68 | 285 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1981-04-07, Oslo, Norway; NOR; turned pro 2000; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 1.
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