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Sunday 25 March 2007LPGA TourYear in Review
Ochoa wins Safeway International presented by Coca-Cola
Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club (Prospector Course), Superstition Mountain, Arizona · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 March 2007 · Lorena Ochoa’s win no. 10 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,500,000 USD · Safeway
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/12°C · wind 14 km/h ENE, gusts 50 · 8.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/11°C · wind 10 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/12°C · wind 7 km/h SW, gusts 23 · 2.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/9°C · wind 9 km/h NE, gusts 27 · 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
- Suzann Pettersen NOR · 272birdied five of her first seven holes to lead by two and closed with the day-low 66, but Ochoa birdied four of the last five; Pettersen missed a 15-foot birdie putt on 18 that would have tied Pettersen heats up on final day (Kyle Odegard, East Valley Tribune, 2007-03-26)
144 started · cut +3, 74 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Safeway International presented by Coca-Cola
Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club, Prospector Course, Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club (Prospector Course), Superstition Mountain, Arizona
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lorena Ochoa
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
East Valley Tribune (Craig Morgan, staff)
26 March 2007
Two-thousand and five was a really tough day for me. It really hurt me, especially being here in Arizona, which is such a special place for me
East Valley Tribune (Kyle Odegard, staff)
26 March 2007
I had no idea what position I was in. That was one of my goals today. I said to the people around me, 'I'm not going to watch the leaderboard today'
East Valley Tribune (Craig Morgan, staff)
26 March 2007
She raises the bar for all of us trying to chase her
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorena Ochoa | 69 · 64 · 69 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Suzann Pettersen | 69 · 68 · 69 · 66 | 272 | −16 |
| T3 | Laura Diaz | 70 · 71 · 70 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Jeong Jang | 68 · 70 · 68 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Sophie Gustafson | 75 · 66 · 69 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Catriona Matthew | 68 · 68 · 74 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| 7 | Jee Young Lee | 73 · 70 · 70 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Rachel Hetherington | 71 · 71 · 70 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T8 | Annika Sorenstam | 73 · 68 · 69 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T8 | Shi Hyun Ahn | 72 · 68 · 68 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1981-11-15, Guadalajara, Mexico; MEX; turned pro 2002; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 10; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet