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Sunday 28 March 2010LPGA TourYear in Review
Seo wins Kia Classic Presented by J Golf
La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, California · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 March 2010 · Hee Kyung Seo’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,700,000 USD · Kia
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 13 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/13°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/12°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/11°C · wind 13 km/h N, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/12°C · wind 19 km/h N, gusts 35 · 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
- Inbee Park KOR · 282closed with a 65 (low round of the week) from 11 strokes back but finished six behind ASAP Sports: Inbee Park, Kia Classic, March 28, 2010
144 started · cut +4, 72 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Kia Classic Presented by J Golf
La Costa Resort and Spa, La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Hee Kyung Seo
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 March 2010
A little bit, yeah, it's different Tour and the LPGA Tour is international Tour so it's a little more big, bigger than KLPGA Tour but same competition to me.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 March 2010
My thinking is this is big competition, but it's same as Korean, so, yeah, it's really, really big to me. I think this is turning point of my golf career.
The Korea Times
29 March 2010
It is amazing. I had only dreamed about this, but it came true.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 March 2010
My mental coach yesterday told me that, "Inbee, I think you should play for win," and I was like, "Well, we're 11 strokes apart!"
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hee Kyung Seo | 70 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Inbee Park | 68 · 73 · 76 · 65 | 282 | |
| T3 | Jiyai Shin | 72 · 72 · 69 · 70 | 283 | |
| T3 | Jee Young Lee | 73 · 67 · 73 · 70 | 283 | |
| T3 | Candie Kung | 74 · 68 · 69 · 72 | 283 | |
| T6 | Catriona Matthew | 68 · 75 · 74 · 67 | 284 | |
| T6 | Morgan Pressel | 71 · 70 · 75 · 68 | 284 | |
| T6 | Shanshan Feng | 73 · 71 · 68 · 72 | 284 | |
| T6 | Michelle Wie | 72 · 67 · 73 · 72 | 284 | |
| 10 | Song-Hee Kim | 71 · 68 · 75 · 71 | 285 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1986-07-08, Yongsan District, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2006; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet