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Sunday 5 April 2009LPGA TourYear in Review
Lincicome wins Kraft Nabisco Championship
Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 April 2009 · Brittany Lincicome’s win no. 3 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,000,000 USD · Kraft Nabisco
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/15°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 52 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/13°C · wind 20 km/h WSW, gusts 71 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/9°C · wind 9 km/h NE, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/14°C · wind 11 km/h ENE, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle
- Colgate-Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational
- Nabisco Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Championship
- Kraft Nabisco Championship
- ANA Inspiration
- Chevron Championship
1972–2026 in our record, 55 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Kristy McPherson USA · 280Led by one on the 72nd tee and hit a gap wedge to the 18th needing a birdie, but missed; Lincicome eagled the hole to win by one (ASAP; AP) Kristy McPherson interview, Apr 5 2009 (ASAP Sports)
- Cristie Kerr USA · 280Led by three after five holes but double-bogeyed the 15th after hitting her tee shot out of bounds; birdied the 18th from the fringe to tie for second (AP) AP via HeraldNet
95 started · cut +8, 70 made it
Same week
Women's major
Kraft Nabisco Championship
Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course), Rancho Mirage
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Cristie Kerr, Kristy McPherson
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 April 2009
Huge shot on 18 and I'm standing over, the hybrid is in my hands; my hands are shaking and my heart is racing. I'm trying to calm myself down by breathing or singing or whatever I can possibly do
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 April 2009
I took way too much time off in the off-season. I bought a boat and went fishing every day. Just didn't practice as much as I should
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 April 2009
She was telling me at the turn, "Dude, I'm good to have a heart attack. My heart is beating out of my chest."
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brittany Lincicome | 66 · 74 · 70 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T2 | Cristie Kerr | 71 · 68 · 70 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T2 | Kristy McPherson | 68 · 70 · 70 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| 4 | Lindsey Wright | 70 · 71 · 71 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | Suzann Pettersen | 71 · 72 · 74 · 66 | 283 | −5 |
| T5 | Meaghan Francella | 72 · 73 · 69 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| 7 | Christina Kim | 69 · 69 · 75 · 72 | 285 | −3 |
| T8 | Karrie Webb | 73 · 72 · 72 · 69 | 286 | −2 |
| T8 | Jimin Kang | 71 · 70 · 71 · 74 | 286 | −2 |
| T8 | Pat Hurst | 71 · 71 · 73 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
| T8 | Katherine Hull | 69 · 74 · 71 · 72 | 286 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1985-09-19, St. Petersburg, Florida; USA; turned pro 2004; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 1.
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