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Saturday 13 June 2009AmateurYear in Review
Munoz wins Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship
Royal St David's Golf Club, Harlech, Wales · Tuesday 9 to Saturday 13 June 2009 · 36-hole stroke-play qualifying June 9-10, then 64-player match play June 11-13; semi-finals and 18-hole final on Saturday June 13 (LGU/OCS; KirkwoodGolf)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/10°C · wind 15 km/h NE, gusts 35 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/10°C · wind 12 km/h NNE, gusts 34 · 6.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/8°C · wind 15 km/h WNW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/6°C · wind 13 km/h SSE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R519°/12°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 34 · 0.3 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
- Carlota Ciganda ESP · 2 and 1Top seed and long-hitting compatriot; went 1 up at the 2nd and squared the match at the 13th, but lost the par-5 15th to a Munoz birdie and failed to save par from a bunker at the 17th (AmateurGolf/LGU hole-by-hole) AmateurGolf.com (LGU release)
, 64 made it
Same week
Women's amateur championship
Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship
Royal St David's Golf Club, Royal St David's Golf Club, Harlech, Wales
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Azahara Munoz
To par and runner-up not yet researched.
The golfer
born 1987-11-19, Málaga, Spain; ESP; turned pro 2009; age 21 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet