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Sunday 27 June 2010LPGA TourYear in Review
Kerr wins LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans
Locust Hill Country Club, Pittsford, New York · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 June 2010 · Cristie Kerr’s win no. 14 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,250,000 USD · Wegmans
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 10 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/19°C · wind 22 km/h W, gusts 58 · 14 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/16°C · wind 15 km/h WNW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/15°C · wind 11 km/h SSW, gusts 30 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/18°C · wind 12 km/h S, gusts 36 · 3.3 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
- Song-Hee Kim KOR · 281Closed with a 69 to finish second at 7 under, 12 strokes behind wire-to-wire winner Kerr, who started the final round eight ahead Kerr routs LPGA field (AP via ESPN.com)
150 started · cut +4, 72 made it
Same week
Women's major
LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans
Locust Hill Country Club, Locust Hill Country Club, Pittsford, New York
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Cristie Kerr
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP via ESPN.com
27 June 2010
Winning by two or three is great, but winning by 12 shots is ridiculous. It's obscene.
AP via ESPN.com
27 June 2010
I'm there now, but I have to prove that I deserve to be there. So there is still a lot of work ahead. But it feels awfully good right now.
AP via ESPN.com
27 June 2010
That's almost too good
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristie Kerr | 68 · 66 · 69 · 66 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Song-Hee Kim | 72 · 71 · 69 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T3 | Ai Miyazato | 76 · 71 · 70 · 66 | 283 | −5 |
| T3 | Jiyai Shin | 72 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T5 | In-Kyung Kim | 72 · 70 · 72 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T5 | Karrie Webb | 72 · 72 · 69 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T7 | Meaghan Francella | 73 · 71 · 70 · 71 | 285 | −3 |
| T7 | Jimin Kang | 74 · 67 · 70 · 74 | 285 | −3 |
| T7 | Inbee Park | 69 · 70 · 75 · 71 | 285 | −3 |
| T7 | Morgan Pressel | 72 · 76 · 68 · 69 | 285 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1977-10-12, Miami, Florida; USA; turned pro 1996; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 14; majors to date: 2; world No. 5 that week (Rolex Women's World Rankings as stated by Press of Atlantic City, June 28 2010 ('jumped from fifth to first')).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet