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Sunday 12 July 2009LPGA TourYear in Review
Ji wins U.S. Women's Open
Saucon Valley Country Club, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 July 2009 · Eun-Hee Ji’s win no. 2 on the LPGA Tour · purse $3,250,000 USD
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 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/14°C · wind 10 km/h ENE, gusts 27 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/15°C · wind 11 km/h SSE, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/16°C · wind 21 km/h SSW, gusts 48 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/17°C · wind 14 km/h WNW, gusts 42 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Open
1946–2026 in our record, 81 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Candie Kung TPE · 285Closed with a 2-under 69 and was waiting for a possible playoff at 1 over, having bogeyed the 17th after a wedge found a bunker; Ji birdied the 72nd hole to win by one (ASAP; AP) Candie Kung interview, Jul 12 2009 (ASAP Sports)
156 started · cut +9, 73 made it
Same week
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Saucon Valley C.C. (Old Course), Bethlehem
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Candie Kung
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript, through translation)
12 July 2009
I think that double bogey on No. 10 actually gave me an opportunity to sort of calm myself down, and I think it was one of the factors of winning this tournament.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript, through translation)
12 July 2009
Right before hitting the putt, I was nervous to the point where my hands were shaking, but, you know, once again, I told myself to just make sure I saved par.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 July 2009
I holed out and then I looked. And I was like, oh, I won. Okay. That was a costly 17.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eun-Hee Ji | 71 · 72 · 70 · 71 | 284 | E |
| 2 | Candie Kung | 71 · 77 · 68 · 69 | 285 | +1 |
| T3 | Cristie Kerr | 69 · 70 · 72 · 75 | 286 | +2 |
| T3 | In Kyung Kim | 72 · 72 · 72 · 70 | 286 | +2 |
| 5 | Brittany Lincicome | 72 · 72 · 73 · 70 | 287 | +3 |
| T6 | Paula Creamer | 72 · 68 · 79 · 69 | 288 | +4 |
| T6 | Suzann Pettersen | 74 · 71 · 72 · 71 | 288 | +4 |
| T6 | Ai Miyazato | 74 · 74 · 71 · 69 | 288 | +4 |
| T9 | Na Yeon Choi | 68 · 74 · 76 · 71 | 289 | +5 |
| T9 | Kyeong Bae | 75 · 73 · 69 · 72 | 289 | +5 |
| T9 | Hee Young Park | 70 · 74 · 72 · 73 | 289 | +5 |
The golfer
born 1986-05-13, Gapyeong, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2004; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
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