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Sunday 10 June 2012LPGA TourYear in Review
Feng wins Wegmans LPGA Championship
Locust Hill Country Club, Pittsford, New York · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 June 2012 · Shanshan Feng’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,500,000 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 08 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/11°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 32 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/13°C · wind 18 km/h W, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/16°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 46 · 3.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/16°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 29 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- LPGA Championship
- Eve-LPGA Championship
- Mazda LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
- LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans
- Wegmans LPGA Championship
- KPMG Women's PGA Championship
1955–2026 in our record, 72 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Eun-Hee Ji KOR · 284Began the day as 54-hole leader, three ahead of Feng; went out in eight pars and a bogey, bogeyed the 10th, then birdied 13, 15 and 16 but parred in for a closing 72 Shanshan Feng wins LPGA title (AP via ESPN)
- Stacy Lewis USA · 284Closed with a 70, bidding for a third straight stroke-play win on tour Shanshan Feng wins LPGA title (AP via ESPN)
- Mika Miyazato JPN · 284Closed with a 69; was one shot behind Feng until Feng's birdie at the 17th Shanshan Feng wins LPGA title (AP via ESPN)
- Suzann Pettersen NOR · 284Led alone at 5 under at the turn, then bogeyed the 13th and 14th from the rough and closed with a 70 Shanshan Feng wins LPGA title (AP via ESPN)
150 started · cut +7, 73 made it
Same week
Women's major
Wegmans LPGA Championship
Locust Hill Country Club, Pittsford
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Eun-Hee Ji, Stacy Lewis, Mika Miyazato, Suzann Pettersen
From the papers
Associated Press (via ESPN)
10 June 2012
For me, I never thought, `I must win.' I knew I was three behind (at the start), so I knew I had a chance,
Associated Press (via ESPN)
10 June 2012
I wasn't looking at the scoreboard. I was on 18th green and I looked at the board and I was leading. I couldn't believe it.
Associated Press (via ESPN)
10 June 2012
You knew it was coming at some point. I'm surprised she hasn't won out here,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanshan Feng | 72 · 73 · 70 · 67 | 282 | −6 |
| T2 | Eun-Hee Ji | 75 · 68 · 69 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T2 | Stacy Lewis | 72 · 72 · 70 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T2 | Mika Miyazato | 70 · 72 · 73 · 69 | 284 | −4 |
| T2 | Suzann Pettersen | 71 · 72 · 71 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T6 | Ai Miyazato | 70 · 74 · 73 · 68 | 285 | −3 |
| T6 | Gerina Piller | 74 · 71 · 72 · 68 | 285 | −3 |
| T6 | Karrie Webb | 74 · 71 · 68 · 72 | 285 | −3 |
| T9 | Paula Creamer | 70 · 72 · 73 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
| T9 | Inbee Park | 72 · 70 · 72 · 72 | 286 | −2 |
| T9 | Giulia Sergas | 69 · 76 · 69 · 72 | 286 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1989-08-05, Guangzhou, China; CHN; turned pro 2007; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 1; world No. 10 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking entering the week, as stated by Feng China's first Major Golf Champion: "SHANSHAN FENG, Rolex Rankings No. 10 MODERATOR: We are here with the 2012 Wegmans LPGA champion, Shanshan Feng.").
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