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Sunday 15 August 2010AmateurYear in Review
Kang wins U.S. Women's Amateur
Charlotte Country Club, Charlotte, North Carolina · Monday 9 to Sunday 15 August 2010 · 36-hole stroke-play qualifying, then 64-player match play to a 36-hole final on Sunday Aug. 15 (USGA results; ASAP)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 20 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R134°/23°C · wind 8 km/h S, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R236°/24°C · wind 10 km/h SSW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R336°/26°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 30 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R438°/26°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R536°/25°C · wind 13 km/h NE, gusts 26 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R634°/24°C · wind 13 km/h ESE, gusts 35 · 7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R731°/24°C · wind 11 km/h SE, gusts 29 · 3.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Amateur
1895–2026 in our record, 126 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Jessica Korda USA · 2 and 1Lost the 36-hole final 2 and 1; went 1 up in the afternoon, then bogeyed the 16th from a greenside bunker and missed her birdie putt at the 17th, where Kang birdied to close it out (ASAP) Danielle Kang and Jessica Korda interviews, Aug 15 2010 (ASAP Sports)
, 64 made it
Same week
Women's amateur championship
U.S. Women's Amateur
Charlotte (N.C.) C.C., Charlotte
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jessica Korda
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 August 2010
I even told myself I don't understand why people cry when they win stuff, but now I do. You're just so happy like you did it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 August 2010
You know I finally have done -- I've finally accomplished this kind of thing. It's like one down, and hundreds more to come.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
15 August 2010
But Danielle was just making birdie after birdie after birdie or birdie on top of my birdies or birdies before my birdies. It was a birdie barrage.
The golfer
born 1992-10-20, San Francisco, California; USA; turned pro 2011; age 17 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet