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Sunday 17 August 2008LPGA TourYear in Review
Hull wins CN Canadian Women's Open
Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 August 2008 · Katherine Hull’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,250,000 USD · CN
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/11°C · wind 10 km/h WNW, gusts 24 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/12°C · wind 10 km/h WNW, gusts 19 · 2.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/13°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 31 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/16°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 29 · 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
- Se Ri Pak KOR · 278Closed with 72 and finished one behind Hull, who came from six back Hull wins Canadian by one (AP) - The Honolulu Advertiser, Aug 18 2008
- Yani Tseng TPE · 279Led by four entering the final round at 14 under but shot 77 (a double bogey, five bogeys, two birdies) to finish third, two back Wie takes 12th, earns $36,475 at Canadian Women's Open (AP) - The Honolulu Advertiser, Aug 17 2008
156 started, 82 made it
Same week
LPGA event
CN Canadian Women's Open
Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club, Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Katherine Hull
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 August 2008
From the start today I was -- in between shots just reading scripture and quoting scripture. Actually didn't look at a leaderboard until the 16th hole
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 August 2008
It does. It's like Christmas. I am ecstatic.
Associated Press (The Honolulu Advertiser)
17 August 2008
That will happen, not only to her. It's happened to me and whoever. In golf, there are no guarantees.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katherine Hull | 71 · 65 · 72 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Se Ri Pak | 68 · 70 · 68 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| 3 | Yani Tseng | 70 · 64 · 68 · 77 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | Song-Hee Kim | 69 · 71 · 71 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T4 | Lorena Ochoa | 66 · 68 · 74 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
| T4 | Sun Young Yoo | 71 · 72 · 69 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| 7 | Suzann Pettersen | 69 · 75 · 70 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Hee-Won Han | 68 · 72 · 72 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T8 | Paula Creamer | 71 · 70 · 70 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Meena Lee | 68 · 74 · 70 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Laura Diaz | 70 · 70 · 72 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1982-02-26, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2003; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet