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Sunday 8 June 2008Women’s majorsYear in Review
Tseng wins McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
Bulle Rock Golf Course, Havre de Grace, Maryland · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 June 2008 · purse $2,000,000 · winner's share $300,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/18°C · wind 16 km/h SE, gusts 56 · 6.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/18°C · wind 13 km/h SSE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/20°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R433°/24°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- LPGA Championship
- Eve-LPGA Championship
- Mazda LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
- LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans
- Wegmans LPGA Championship
- KPMG Women's PGA Championship
1955–2026 in our record, 72 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
150 started, 81 (cut at 144) made it
Same week
Women's major
McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
Bulle Rock Golf Course, Havre de Grace
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Maria Hjorth
The golfer
b. 1989, Guishan Township, Taoyuan County (now Guishan District, Taoyuan City), Taiwan; Chinese Taipei; age 19 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet