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Sunday 27 April 2014LPGA TourYear in Review
Ko wins Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic
Lake Merced Golf Club, Daly City, California · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 April 2014 · Lydia Ko’s win no. 3 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,800,000 USD · Swinging Skirts
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 26 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/12°C · wind 20 km/h W, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/10°C · wind 22 km/h WSW, gusts 47 · 10.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/8°C · wind 26 km/h W, gusts 55 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/12°C · wind 20 km/h WSW, gusts 44 · 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
- Stacy Lewis USALed Ko by one entering the final round; bogeyed 13 from a bunker to fall two back, closed with 71 and holed a 4-footer at 18 to finish one shot behind AP via ESPN
· cut +5, 81 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic
Lake Merced Golf Club, Lake Merced Golf Club, Daly City, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lydia Ko
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 April 2014
Normally they would a Sweet 16, but I would say it's Sweet 17. No, it was great. I don't think I would have any better birthday week.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 April 2014
I won here. I finally turned 17. I been 16 for a long time.
Associated Press via ESPN
27 April 2014
I knew she wasn't going away. Lydia played great. Every time I hit a shot in there, she answered.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lydia Ko | 68 · 71 · 68 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Stacy Lewis | −11 | ||
| 3 | Jenny Shin | −10 | ||
| T4 | Inbee Park | −6 | ||
| T4 | Line Vedel Hansen | −6 | ||
| T4 | Shanshan Feng | −6 | ||
| T7 | Hyo Joo Kim | −4 | ||
| T7 | P.K. Kongkraphan | −4 | ||
| T9 | Cristie Kerr | −2 | ||
| T9 | Michelle Wie | −2 | ||
| T9 | Brittany Lang | −2 | ||
| T9 | Karine Icher | −2 |
The golfer
born 1997-04-24, Seoul, South Korea; NZL; turned pro 2013; age 17 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 4 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking entering the week, as stated by Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings, list of 21 April 2014 (LPGA.com PDF): "4 -- Lydia Ko NZL 29 271.39 7.75").
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet