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Sunday 4 May 2008LPGA TourYear in Review
Creamer wins SemGroup Championship presented by John Q. Hammons
Cedar Ridge Country Club, Broken Arrow (Tulsa area), Oklahoma · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 May 2008 · Paula Creamer’s win no. 6 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,800,000 USD · SemGroup
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 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/20°C · wind 36 km/h S, gusts 67 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/13°C · wind 32 km/h WSW, gusts 77 · 7.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/7°C · wind 24 km/h NW, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/8°C · wind 8 km/h SE, gusts 19 · 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
- Juli Inkster USA · 282Holed an 18-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole for a 70 to force a playoff, then lost on the second extra hole when Creamer birdied the 10th; was trying at 47 to become the oldest LPGA Tour winner GOLF: Creamer beats Inkster in playoff to win SemGroup Championship (AP, The Herald, Everett)
· cut +10, 70 made it
Same week
LPGA event
SemGroup Championship presented by John Q. Hammons
Cedar Ridge Country Club, Cedar Ridge Country Club, Broken Arrow (Tulsa area), Oklahoma
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Paula Creamer
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 May 2008
It was something that I grinded out all day long. I was not going to lose this week. I was going to win this golf tournament, and I did in the playoff.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 May 2008
This will be a nice little plane ride home instead of a three-hour car ride home.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 May 2008
You know, I putted so good for the first three days that it's funny, you just wake up and feel like you got a two by four in your hand instead of a putter.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paula Creamer | 70 · 71 · 69 · 72 | 282 | −2 |
| 2 | Juli Inkster | 72 · 73 · 67 · 70 | 282 | −2 |
| T3 | Jeong Jang | 73 · 72 · 73 · 68 | 286 | +2 |
| T3 | Angela Stanford | 73 · 71 · 71 · 71 | 286 | +2 |
| T5 | Brittany Lang | 72 · 71 · 71 · 73 | 287 | +3 |
| T5 | Dorothy Delasin | 78 · 72 · 69 · 68 | 287 | +3 |
| T5 | Lorena Ochoa | 73 · 74 · 71 · 69 | 287 | +3 |
| 8 | Jimin Kang | 82 · 70 · 69 · 67 | 288 | +4 |
| T9 | Carin Hjalmarsson | 72 · 73 · 74 · 70 | 289 | +5 |
| T9 | Jee Young Lee | 75 · 69 · 74 · 71 | 289 | +5 |
| T9 | Leta Lindley | 71 · 72 · 72 · 74 | 289 | +5 |
The golfer
born 1986-08-05, Mountain View, California; USA; turned pro 2004; age 21 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet