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Saturday 23 February 2008LPGA TourYear in Review
Creamer wins Fields Open in Hawaii
Ko Olina Golf Club, Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii · Thursday 21 to Saturday 23 February 2008 · Paula Creamer’s win no. 5 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,300,000 USD · Fields · 54-hole event (three rounds per LPGA.com and ESPN)
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 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/19°C · wind 15 km/h SE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/18°C · wind 9 km/h NW, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/19°C · wind 17 km/h S, gusts 35 · 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
- Jeong Jang KOR · 201led after 36 holes and by two after birdieing the 15th, but Creamer birdied the last three holes; Jang misread a 35-foot birdie try on 18 before Creamer holed the winning six-footer Creamer rides late charge to victory (Ann Miller, The Honolulu Advertiser, 2008-02-24)
138 started, 74 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Fields Open in Hawaii
Ko Olina Golf Club, Ko Olina Golf Club, Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Paula Creamer
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
The Honolulu Advertiser (Ann Miller, staff)
24 February 2008
I said, 'If we're going with a pink ball, we're going pink.' This thing, it's awesome. I like it. No one is out there with a pink ball.
The Honolulu Advertiser (Ann Miller, staff)
24 February 2008
I don't know how she hits that ball because, you know, hard to see. When you hit the green and you can see the white ball, and hard to see the pink.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 February 2008
But three holes have always been something that my dad and I have talked about, the last three holes. Some people it's four; some people it's two. For me it's the last three holes, and I finished strong today.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paula Creamer | 66 · 68 · 66 | 200 | −16 |
| 2 | Jeong Jang | 64 · 68 · 69 | 201 | −15 |
| 3 | Lindsey Wright | 69 · 66 · 67 | 202 | −14 |
| 4 | Annika Sorenstam | 70 · 66 · 68 | 204 | −12 |
| T5 | Karen Stupples | 69 · 70 · 66 | 205 | −11 |
| T5 | Minea Blomqvist | 71 · 65 · 69 | 205 | −11 |
| T7 | Louise Friberg | 73 · 68 · 65 | 206 | −10 |
| T7 | Angela Stanford | 67 · 69 · 70 | 206 | −10 |
| T7 | Hee-Won Han | 68 · 69 · 69 | 206 | −10 |
| T10 | Nancy Scranton | 71 · 68 · 68 | 207 | −9 |
| T10 | Christina Kim | 72 · 67 · 68 | 207 | −9 |
| T10 | Dina Ammaccapane | 68 · 70 · 69 | 207 | −9 |
| T10 | Teresa Lu | 69 · 70 · 68 | 207 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1986-08-05, Mountain View, California; USA; turned pro 2004; age 21 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 0; world No. 5 that week (world ranking as stated by The Honolulu Advertiser ("The world's fifth- (Creamer) and 12th-ranked (Jang) women's golfers"), 2008-02-24).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet