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Sunday 12 October 2008LPGA TourYear in Review
Kim wins Longs Drugs Challenge
Blackhawk Country Club, Danville, California · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 October 2008 · In-Kyung Kim’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,200,000 USD · Longs Drugs
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 04 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 43° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/9°C · wind 13 km/h WNW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/8°C · wind 21 km/h NNW, gusts 51 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/10°C · wind 19 km/h NNW, gusts 47 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/9°C · wind 19 km/h N, gusts 45 · 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
- Angela Stanford USA · 281Closed with 75 in gusty wind, bogeying 14 and 16 before a birdie on 17; never applied pressure and finished three back In-Kyung Kim wins Longs Drugs Challenge (AP) - The Honolulu Advertiser, Oct 12 2008
108 started · cut +5, 78 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Longs Drugs Challenge
Blackhawk Country Club, Blackhawk Country Club, Danville, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
In-Kyung Kim
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 October 2008
I think I went through the course for ten times at least last night. But, yeah, so I tried to listen to music but it didn't help.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 October 2008
I was overwhelmed, so I kind of like bawling a little bit, but I tried to not cry. It was too happy. It was like happy cry.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 October 2008
Showed up this morning and almost fell over on the driving range. It felt like a major just in that you really had to focus on every single shot
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In-Kyung Kim | 67 · 69 · 69 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
| 2 | Angela Stanford | 70 · 69 · 67 · 75 | 281 | −7 |
| 3 | Yani Tseng | 68 · 72 · 70 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
| 4 | Lorena Ochoa | 70 · 68 · 74 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T5 | Brittany Lang | 72 · 72 · 69 · 72 | 285 | −3 |
| T5 | Karen Stupples | 71 · 73 · 71 · 70 | 285 | −3 |
| T5 | Kristy McPherson | 70 · 70 · 71 · 74 | 285 | −3 |
| T5 | Silvia Cavalleri | 71 · 73 · 70 · 71 | 285 | −3 |
| T9 | Mikaela Parmlid | 67 · 74 · 75 · 70 | 286 | −2 |
| T9 | Wendy Ward | 68 · 76 · 71 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1988-06-13, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2006; age 20 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
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