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Sunday 7 June 2009LPGA TourYear in Review
Kim wins LPGA State Farm Classic
Panther Creek Country Club, Springfield, Illinois · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 June 2009 · In-Kyung Kim’s win no. 2 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,700,000 USD · State Farm
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 full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/10°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/9°C · wind 10 km/h WNW, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/15°C · wind 26 km/h S, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/18°C · wind 22 km/h S, gusts 41 · 0 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
- Se Ri Pak KOR · 272Closed with a 66 and reached 16 under with a birdie on the par-5 16th (narrowly missing eagle), but Kim birdied 16 and 17 to win by one Kim captures State Farm Classic (AP)
· cut -2, 72 made it
Same week
LPGA event
LPGA State Farm Classic
Panther Creek Country Club, Panther Creek Country Club, Springfield, Illinois
4 of 5 researched
Winner
In-Kyung Kim
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 June 2009
Looking at the leaderboard, there's 'Kim, Kim, Kung'. We were just laughing.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 June 2009
She was the lucky charm, yeah. She just always be there for me. She never really pushing me.
Associated Press (The Daily Herald, Everett)
7 June 2009
No rushing. I still have many years to go until I want to quit. I’m still loving the golf, want to play golf.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In-Kyung Kim | 69 · 68 · 69 · 65 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Se Ri Pak | 66 · 68 · 72 · 66 | 272 | −16 |
| T3 | Hee-Won Han | 69 · 69 · 70 · 65 | 273 | −15 |
| T3 | Jee Young Lee | 66 · 69 · 72 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T3 | Angela Stanford | 70 · 67 · 69 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Ai Miyazato | 73 · 68 · 65 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Eun-Hee Ji | 70 · 72 · 69 · 63 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Amy Hung | 71 · 66 · 69 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Suzann Pettersen | 68 · 66 · 72 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Cristie Kerr | 69 · 69 · 66 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Paula Creamer | 69 · 71 · 69 · 65 | 274 | −14 |
The golfer
born 1988-06-13, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2006; age 20 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet