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Sunday 8 March 2009LPGA TourYear in Review
Shin wins HSBC Women's Champions
Tanah Merah Country Club, Garden Course, Singapore (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 March 2009 · Jiyai Shin’s win no. 4 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,000,000 USD · HSBC
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 59 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 83° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Katherine Hull AUS · 27954-hole leader; made double bogey at the 13th after an unplayable lie and a chip out of a flower bed, then bogeyed 14 and 18 LPGA news and notes for the week of March 9, 2009 (LPGA.com)
78 started, 78 made it
Same week
LPGA event
HSBC Women's Champions
Tanah Merah Country Club, Garden Course, Tanah Merah Country Club, Garden Course, Singapore
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jiyai Shin
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 March 2009
I always say that we have Kimchi, and it has special powers, spicy, I think (laughing). I think we long time have family to support, the players.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 March 2009
Yeah, Korea, my fans make that name, so, yeah. Couple of years in Korea, I make it last final round, I make it the win change the leader. So they make it for me that queen name.
LPGA.com (news and notes, week of March 9, 2009)
9 March 2009
I should have hit the 3-wood but I was too greedy and over confident and that's unfortunately golf
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiyai Shin | 72 · 73 · 66 · 66 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Katherine Hull | 70 · 69 · 66 · 74 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Angela Stanford | 69 · 72 · 66 · 73 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Angela Park | 67 · 76 · 69 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Paula Creamer | 67 · 71 · 72 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Jane Park | 67 · 71 · 73 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Sun Young Yoo | 71 · 69 · 68 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Lorena Ochoa | 69 · 73 · 69 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T9 | Mi Hyun Kim | 71 · 68 · 70 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Karrie Webb | 74 · 69 · 73 · 66 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1988-04-28, Yeonggwang, South Jeolla Province, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2005; age 20 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 1; world No. 5 that week (Rolex Rankings, as stated by LPGA.com notes for the week of March 9, 2009 ('she moved from fifth to fourth in this week's Rolex Rankings')).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet