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Sunday 17 August 2014LPGA TourYear in Review
Park wins Wegmans LPGA Championship
Monroe Golf Club, Pittsford, New York · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 August 2014 · Inbee Park’s win no. 11 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,250,000 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
13 h 41 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/13°C · wind 19 km/h W, gusts 47 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/13°C · wind 19 km/h W, gusts 46 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/13°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 44 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/16°C · wind 15 km/h NW, gusts 36 · 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
- Brittany Lincicome USA · 277Led all day and took a one-shot lead to the 72nd hole, left her first putt from the left fringe 8 feet short and bogeyed, then lost the playoff on the first extra hole when she missed a 6-foot putt after chipping past. Inbee Park wins LPGA Championship (AP via ESPN)
150 started · cut +2, 73 made it
Same week
Women's major
Wegmans LPGA Championship
Monroe Golf Club, Pittsford
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Brittany Lincicome
From the papers
ASAP Sports (press conference transcript)
17 August 2014
You know, I just saved it for this week. Last week I didn't win because I wanted to save it for this week. No, just kidding.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 August 2014
I mean I still feel like last year's putter, that's really tough to beat. I gotta work really hard to beat last year's putter.
ASAP Sports (press conference transcript)
17 August 2014
I'm a player that the more I smile the more I talk the more I sing songs, the better I play.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inbee Park | 72 · 66 · 69 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Brittany Lincicome | 67 · 68 · 71 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| 3 | Lydia Ko | 70 · 69 · 71 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T4 | Azahara Munoz | 71 · 70 · 71 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T4 | Anna Nordqvist | 69 · 73 · 69 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T6 | Shanshan Feng | 68 · 72 · 71 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Julieta Granada | 75 · 65 · 72 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Mirim Lee | 69 · 71 · 69 · 74 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Stacy Lewis | 71 · 73 · 71 · 68 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Suzann Pettersen | 71 · 69 · 67 · 76 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1988-07-12, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2006; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 11; majors to date: 5; world No. 3 that week (Rolex Rankings as stated by AP: 'projected to jump from third to second in the world').
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet