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Sunday 16 November 2008LPGA TourYear in Review
Stanford wins Lorena Ochoa Invitational by Banamex and Corona Light
Guadalajara Country Club, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 November 2008 · Angela Stanford’s win no. 3 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,000,000 USD · Banamex, Corona Light
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 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/10°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/11°C · wind 9 km/h W, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/10°C · wind 18 km/h E, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/11°C · wind 13 km/h ENE, gusts 34 · 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
- Annika Sorenstam SWE · 276Holed a bunker shot for birdie at 16 to get within one, then her approach at the par-5 18th spun past the cup and her nine-foot birdie putt to force a playoff lipped out Stanford holds off Sorenstam - Golf Australia archive, Nov 17 2008
- Brittany Lang USA · 276Closed with a course-record 65, including a 40-footer at 17, to finish one back Stanford Wins Title; Over $1 Million In Season Earnings - TCU Athletics, Nov 16 2008
36 started, 36 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Lorena Ochoa Invitational by Banamex and Corona Light
Guadalajara Country Club, Guadalajara Country Club, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Angela Stanford
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 November 2008
So really felt like I had kind of grew up out there a little bit today, again, and really just stayed in the moment the best I could and hit some quality shots coming down the stretch.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 November 2008
Well, before she hit the putt, I asked my caddie, in the playoff, do we go back to 18. So I was already prepared that she was going to make that putt.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 November 2008
I always collect shots and I call them my library shots, and that's the shot I'm going to keep in my library for bunker shots, that was one of my all-times.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angela Stanford | 68 · 66 · 72 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T2 | Annika Sorenstam | 68 · 72 · 67 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T2 | Brittany Lang | 68 · 74 · 69 · 65 | 276 | −12 |
| T4 | Jee Young Lee | 69 · 71 · 69 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T4 | Sun Young Yoo | 70 · 70 · 70 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T4 | Jeong Jang | 73 · 68 · 71 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T4 | Meena Lee | 69 · 69 · 76 · 66 | 280 | −8 |
| T4 | Katherine Hull | 71 · 71 · 66 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| 9 | In Kyung Kim | 70 · 71 · 70 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| 10 | Teresa Lu | 72 · 71 · 69 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1977-11-28, Fort Worth, Texas; USA; turned pro 2000; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0.
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