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Sunday 26 August 2012LPGA TourYear in Review
Ko wins CN Canadian Women's Open
The Vancouver Golf Club, Coquitlam, British Columbia · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 August 2012 · Lydia Ko’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,000,000 USD · CN
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 31 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/13°C · wind 8 km/h SSW, gusts 33 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/12°C · wind 9 km/h SSW, gusts 26 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/11°C · wind 8 km/h NNW, gusts 16 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/13°C · wind 11 km/h SE, gusts 28 · 1.9 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 · 278Closed with 69, holing out from nearly 60 yards on the 18th, but finished three behind the amateur Ko; took the $300,000 first-place prize as top professional LPGA.com final-round notes
· cut +3, 76 made it
Same week
LPGA event
CN Canadian Women's Open
The Vancouver Golf Club, The Vancouver Golf Club, Coquitlam, British Columbia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lydia Ko
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
LPGA.com (final-round notes and interviews)
26 August 2012
I actually purposely looked on 17 so I could see where I was positioned, and I saw there was actually like four, five shots gap, so I kind of tried to play the 18th quite relaxed
LPGA.com (final-round notes and interviews)
26 August 2012
I'll still remain an amateur and then finish high school and then go to college in the States.
LPGA.com (final-round notes and interviews)
26 August 2012
I finished second and get the first place money. It hasn't happened maybe in 40 years. It hasn't happened that often. And I was lucky this week, I guess.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lydia Ko | 68 · 68 · 72 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Inbee Park | 68 · 71 · 70 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Na Yeon Choi | 67 · 72 · 73 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Chella Choi | 72 · 64 · 73 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Jiyai Shin | 70 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Anna Nordqvist | 74 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Stacy Lewis | 72 · 71 · 66 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| 8 | Haeji Kang | 72 · 71 · 72 · 67 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Jane Rah | 71 · 71 · 72 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T9 | Vicky Hurst | 70 · 70 · 72 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1997-04-24, Seoul, South Korea; NZL; turned pro 2013; age 15 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet