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Sunday 23 November 2008LPGA TourYear in Review
Shin wins ADT Championship
Trump International Golf Club, West Palm Beach, Florida · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 November 2008 · Jiyai Shin’s win no. 3 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,550,000 USD · ADT · Playoff format: 32-player field cut to 16 after round 2 and to 8 after round 3, scores wiped clean before rounds 3 and 4; the title and $1 million went to the low score in round 4 alone (Wikipedia format; AP)
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 31 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/12°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/12°C · wind 23 km/h NNW, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/15°C · wind 22 km/h NE, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/15°C · wind 19 km/h NE, gusts 37 · 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
- Karrie Webb AUS · 71Three straight bogeys on 11-13 let Shin go clear; her long birdie at 18 got within one but Shin two-putted for the win Golf: South Korea's Shin wins LPGA's ADT title (Tim Reynolds, AP) - The Honolulu Advertiser, Nov 23 2008
31 started, 8 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
LPGA event
ADT Championship
Trump International Golf Club, Trump International Golf Club, West Palm Beach, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jiyai Shin
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 November 2008
I can't believe, because last year I only watching the TV, LPGA Tour, but now I play here and then I won, so exciting
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 November 2008
I am a person, so I feel always nervous and pressure. I don't know, I get the more pressure, I'm little more smiling.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 November 2008
There wasn't, to me, one sign of nerves out there today. She hit it at the pin 16, 17 and 18. So I don't think she felt the nerves of winning a million dollars.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiyai Shin | 69 · 75 · 71 · 70 | 285 | −3 |
| 2 | Karrie Webb | 73 · 74 · 72 · 71 | 290 | +2 |
| T3 | Seon Hwa Lee | 72 · 72 · 70 · 74 | 288 | E |
| T3 | Paula Creamer | 71 · 71 · 70 · 74 | 286 | −2 |
| 5 | Eun-Hee Ji | 70 · 75 · 72 · 75 | 292 | +4 |
| 6 | Angela Stanford | 73 · 67 · 69 · 78 | 287 | −1 |
| T7 | Suzann Pettersen | 72 · 73 · 68 · 79 | 292 | +4 |
| T7 | Jeong Jang | 73 · 70 · 71 · 79 | 293 | +5 |
| T9 | Katherine Kirk | 68 · 71 · 79 | 218 | +2 |
| T9 | Christina Kim | 71 · 71 · 79 | 221 | +5 |
| T9 | Sun Young Yoo | 74 · 71 · 72 | 217 | +1 |
| T9 | Jee Young Lee | 72 · 73 · 77 | 222 | +6 |
| T9 | Karen Stupples | 71 · 75 · 77 | 223 | +7 |
| T9 | Helen Alfredsson | 73 · 72 · 74 | 219 | +3 |
| T9 | In Kyung Kim | 69 · 73 · 80 | 222 | +6 |
| T9 | Angela Park | 73 · 70 · 74 | 217 | +1 |
The golfer
born 1988-04-28, Yeonggwang-gun, South Jeolla Province, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2005; age 20 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet