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Sunday 20 May 2007LPGA TourYear in Review
Ochoa wins Sybase Classic presented by ShopRite
Upper Montclair Country Club, Clifton, New Jersey · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 May 2007 · Lorena Ochoa’s win no. 11 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,400,000 USD · Sybase
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 26 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/12°C · wind 14 km/h N, gusts 29 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R214°/10°C · wind 18 km/h NE, gusts 37 · 2.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/10°C · wind 18 km/h NW, gusts 39 · 5.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/12°C · wind 19 km/h WNW, gusts 41 · 1 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
- Sarah Lee KOR · 273Closed with 73 after 66-69-65: her approach hit the flagstick and ran off on the 2nd for a bogey, she missed birdie putts on 16 and 17, and bogeyed 18 after a ball in the hazard Sarah Lee interview, Sybase Classic, May 20, 2007 (ASAP Sports)
144 started, 73 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Sybase Classic presented by ShopRite
Upper Montclair Country Club, Upper Montclair Country Club, Clifton, New Jersey
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lorena Ochoa
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 May 2007
I have a good friend that always comes to me and gives me a card every morning, and the word of the card was joy today.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 May 2007
Every time I made a mistake, I would tell my coach, "This is why I don't want to turn professional, because this is an amateur mistake."
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 May 2007
Betsy King gave me one with just a prayer on the coin and unfortunately someone took it out of my bag
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 May 2007
as soon as I hit a shot, it was the perfect shot and I'm looking for -- hit a cross and hit the stick and I saw that my ball roll
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorena Ochoa | 68 · 67 · 67 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Sarah Lee | 66 · 69 · 65 · 73 | 273 | −15 |
| 3 | Se Ri Pak | 68 · 72 · 73 · 66 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | Juli Inkster | 71 · 68 · 72 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T4 | Brittany Lang | 70 · 70 · 73 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Kate Golden | 70 · 72 · 67 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Sherri Steinhauer | 70 · 69 · 70 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| 8 | Young Jo | 72 · 67 · 70 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Suzann Pettersen | 73 · 70 · 68 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T9 | Laura Davies | 71 · 69 · 74 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1981-11-15, Guadalajara, Mexico; MEX; turned pro 2002; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 11; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet