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Sunday 4 August 2013LPGA TourYear in Review
Lewis wins Ricoh Women's British Open
St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Scotland · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 August 2013 · Stacy Lewis’s win no. 8 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,750,000 USD · Ricoh · Third round suspended Saturday because of 40 mph gusts and resumed Sunday morning; the leaders played 36 holes on Sunday
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 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 51° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/15°C · wind 20 km/h SE, gusts 39 · 13.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/16°C · wind 25 km/h SSW, gusts 44 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/15°C · wind 36 km/h SW, gusts 61 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/14°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Ladies' British Open
- AIG Women's Open
- Women's British Open
- Pretty Polly Women's British Open
- Hitachi Ladies British Open
- Burberry Women's British Open
- Weetabix Women's British Open
- Ricoh Women's British Open
- AIG Women's British Open
1976–2026 in our record, 50 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Na Yeon Choi KOR · 282Three shots ahead with six holes to play, she three-putted the 13th and 14th for bogeys and missed a 6-foot par putt at the Road Hole 17th, closing with 73 Stacy Lewis claims Women's British (AP via ESPN)
- Hee Young Park KOR · 282One of four players who shared the lead at some point in the final round; closed with 73 Stacy Lewis claims Women's British (AP via ESPN)
144 started · cut +1, 69 made it
Same week
Women's major
Ricoh Women's British Open
Old Course, St Andrews
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Na Yeon Choi, Hee Young Park
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 August 2013
I was just yelling at it to get down, because if you land it up on top, it was going to go over.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 August 2013
Just my patience what won it for me today, and it's really cool to have that trophy.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 August 2013
She's playing better than me. I think that's why she won. I think I have to accept that.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stacy Lewis | 67 · 72 · 69 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| T2 | Hee Young Park | 70 · 69 · 70 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
| T2 | Na Yeon Choi | 67 · 67 · 75 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
| T4 | Suzann Pettersen | 70 · 67 · 72 · 74 | 283 | −5 |
| T4 | Morgan Lee Pressel | 66 · 70 · 71 · 76 | 283 | −5 |
| 6 | Lizette Salas | 68 · 72 · 72 · 73 | 285 | −3 |
| T7 | Mamiko Higa | 70 · 69 · 72 · 75 | 286 | −2 |
| T7 | Miki Sakai | 69 · 66 · 74 · 77 | 286 | −2 |
| T9 | Natalie Gulbis | 71 · 72 · 74 · 70 | 287 | −1 |
| T9 | Nicole Castrale | 67 · 70 · 76 · 74 | 287 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1985-02-16, Toledo, Ohio; USA; turned pro 2008; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 8; majors to date: 2; world No. 2 that week (Rolex Rankings as stated by espnW ('She was No. 2 in the world', before the win)).
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