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Sunday 21 July 2013LPGA TourYear in Review
Recari wins Marathon Classic presented by Owens Corning and O-I
Highland Meadows Golf Club, Sylvania, Ohio · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 July 2013 · Beatriz Recari’s win no. 3 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,300,000 USD · Marathon Petroleum
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 35 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R133°/23°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R234°/25°C · wind 29 km/h SW, gusts 60 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/22°C · wind 22 km/h WNW, gusts 48 · 12.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/20°C · wind 13 km/h NE, gusts 27 · 0.4 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
- Paula Creamer USATied with Recari through 13 holes of a head-to-head final round; fell behind to Recari's 12-foot birdie at the par-3 14th, missed a 20-foot birdie putt from the fringe at 18 and closed with 67 AP via ESPN
· cut +2, 72 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Marathon Classic presented by Owens Corning and O-I
Highland Meadows Golf Club, Highland Meadows Golf Club, Sylvania, Ohio
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Beatriz Recari
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 July 2013
Normally in Spain it's like you don't name a street until that person is dead, so I don't know.
Associated Press via ESPN
21 July 2013
Back and forth, back and forth. It totally felt like the Solheim Cup.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 July 2013
I think this might be the top 5 of the most pink that I've ever seen out on a golf course.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beatriz Recari | 69 · 65 · 67 · 66 | 267 | −17 |
| 2 | Paula Creamer | −16 | ||
| T3 | Jodi Ewart Shadoff | −13 | ||
| T3 | Lexi Thompson | −13 | ||
| T5 | Angela Stanford | −10 | ||
| T5 | Jacqui Concolino | −10 | ||
| T7 | Meena Lee | −9 | ||
| T7 | Stacy Lewis | −9 | ||
| T7 | Lydia Ko | −9 | ||
| T7 | Jennifer Johnson | −9 | ||
| T7 | Chie Arimura | −9 |
The golfer
born 1987-04-21, Pamplona, Spain; ESP; turned pro 2005; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 26 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking entering the week, as stated by In the Winner's Circle with Beatriz Recari: "With her win, Beatriz is projected to move from No. 26 to No. 17 in the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings").
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet