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Sunday 14 August 2011AmateurYear in Review
Kang wins U.S. Women's Amateur
Rhode Island Country Club, Barrington, Rhode Island · Monday 8 to Sunday 14 August 2011 · 36-hole stroke-play qualifying, then 64-player match play to the 36-hole final on Sunday Aug. 14 (USGA)
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 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/22°C · wind 8 km/h WNW, gusts 30 · 6.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/20°C · wind 17 km/h SE, gusts 39 · 16.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/21°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 48 · 25.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/20°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R527°/17°C · wind 11 km/h WNW, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R626°/18°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R724°/21°C · wind 14 km/h SSE, gusts 34 · 4.7 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
- Moriya Jutanugarn THA · 6 and 5Lost the 36-hole final 6 and 5; Kang was 4 up at the lunch break and, by her own account, 7 under at one point (ASAP) Danielle Kang interview, Aug 14 2011 (ASAP Sports)
, 64 made it
Same week
Women's amateur championship
U.S. Women's Amateur
Rhode Island C.C., Barrington
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Moriya Jutanugarn
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 August 2011
This is the best round I've played at a major championship. I brought it on. I played really well last year, but I think I was a better player this year than last year.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 August 2011
I never think a match is over until it is actually over.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 August 2011
Because every time an amateur decides to turn pro, they always think, am I ready? That's what they ask themselves. Now I know that I am and I have to go to the next level.
The golfer
born 1992-10-20, San Francisco, California; USA; turned pro 2011; age 18 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet