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Sunday 25 August 2013LPGA TourYear in Review
Ko wins CN Canadian Women's Open
Royal Mayfair Golf & Country Club, Edmonton, Alberta · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 August 2013 · Lydia Ko’s win no. 2 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 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/7°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/7°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/10°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/12°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 31 · 0 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
- Karine Icher FRAClosed with 67 to finish second, five shots behind; as Ko was an amateur, Icher received the $300,000 first-place cheque AP via ESPN
· cut +2
Same week
LPGA event
CN Canadian Women's Open
Royal Mayfair Golf & Country Club, Royal Mayfair Golf & Country Club, Edmonton, Alberta
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lydia Ko
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 August 2013
I don't know why, but especially when there are a lot of people, I kind of forget how to walk.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 August 2013
last year I was eating cherry tomatoes down the last hole, and today I'm actually quite starving.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 August 2013
It's incredible. As an amateur and so young, it's great for women's golf, but it's not so great for us.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lydia Ko | 65 · 69 · 67 · 64 | 265 | −15 |
| 2 | Karine Icher | −10 | ||
| T3 | Brittany Lincicome | −9 | ||
| T3 | Caroline Hedwall | −9 | ||
| T5 | Stacy Prammanasudh | −8 | ||
| T5 | In-Kyung Kim | −8 | ||
| T7 | Caroline Masson | −7 | ||
| T7 | Suzann Pettersen | −7 | ||
| 9 | Gerina Piller | −6 | ||
| T10 | Jessica Korda | −5 | ||
| T10 | Jodi Ewart Shadoff | −5 | ||
| T10 | Paula Creamer | −5 |
The golfer
born 1997-04-24, Seoul, South Korea; NZL; turned pro 2013; age 16 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 19 that week (Rolex Rankings as stated by AP via ESPN ('Projected to jump from 19th to seventh')).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet