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Sunday 29 June 2008LPGA TourYear in Review
Park wins U.S. Women's Open
Interlachen Country Club, Edina, Minnesota · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 June 2008 · Inbee Park’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $3.25 million USD · A two-hour weather delay on Friday left some players to finish the second round on Saturday morning (Wikipedia)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 22 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/18°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/18°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 40 · 10.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/15°C · wind 23 km/h WNW, gusts 49 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/16°C · wind 25 km/h NNW, gusts 53 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Open
1946–2026 in our record, 81 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Helen Alfredsson SWE · 287Two behind 54-hole leader Stacy Lewis in a tie for third, she three-putted about five times in a closing 75 and finished four behind Park (ASAP; AP) Helen Alfredsson interview, Jun 29 2008 (ASAP Sports)
156 started · cut +4, 74 made it
Same week
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Interlachen C.C., Edina
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Helen Alfredsson
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 June 2008
10 years ago I was watching her winning this event on TV. I didn't know anything about golf back then. But I was watching her.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 June 2008
My dad gave me a woman's club, woman's golf club, and I think I broke that club in like two months after hitting that. So he bought me a men's club.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 June 2008
it was just a grinding day, just fighting on every single shot. And it's nice that it's over. I'm getting too old for this.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inbee Park | 72 · 69 · 71 · 71 | 283 | −9 |
| 2 | Helen Alfredsson | 70 · 71 · 71 · 75 | 287 | −5 |
| T3 | Angela Park | 73 · 67 · 75 · 73 | 288 | −4 |
| T3 | In Kyung Kim | 71 · 73 · 69 · 75 | 288 | −4 |
| T3 | Stacy Lewis | 73 · 70 · 67 · 78 | 288 | −4 |
| T6 | Giulia Sergas | 73 · 74 · 72 · 70 | 289 | −3 |
| T6 | Nicole Castrale | 74 · 70 · 74 · 71 | 289 | −3 |
| T6 | Mi Hyun Kim | 72 · 72 · 70 · 75 | 289 | −3 |
| T6 | Paula Creamer | 70 · 72 · 69 · 78 | 289 | −3 |
| T10 | Teresa Lu | 71 · 72 · 73 · 74 | 290 | −2 |
| T10 | Mariajo Uribe | 69 · 74 · 72 · 75 | 290 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1988-07-12, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2006; age 19 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
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