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Sunday 23 August 2015LPGA TourYear in Review
Ko wins Canadian Pacific Women's Open
Vancouver Golf Club, Coquitlam, British Columbia · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 August 2015 · Lydia Ko’s win no. 8 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,250,000 USD · Canadian Pacific
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 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/15°C · wind 10 km/h S, gusts 29 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/15°C · wind 9 km/h SW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/11°C · wind 7 km/h NNW, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/13°C · wind 7 km/h N, gusts 17 · 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 USA · 276Closed with a 67 to force a playoff, then drove into the left rough on the first extra hole and missed a 9-foot par putt AP via ESPN
· cut +1, 76 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Canadian Pacific Women's Open
Vancouver Golf Club, Vancouver Golf Club, Coquitlam, British Columbia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lydia Ko
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 August 2015
It would have been great if I was coming down the 18th with like a four-shot lead like I did in 2012. But it is what it is. Stacy played amazing today; to shoot 67 under those conditions.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 August 2015
I think her luck stayed with me this week, so thank you, Louise.
Associated Press via ESPN
23 August 2015
If you would have told me at the beginning of the day I was going to be in a playoff, I would have been pretty happy,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lydia Ko | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Stacy Lewis | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | So Yeon Ryu | −11 | |
| T3 | Sei Young Kim | −11 | |
| T5 | Alison Lee | −10 | |
| T5 | Candie Kung | −10 | |
| T7 | Charley Hull | −9 | |
| T7 | Shanshan Feng | −9 | |
| T9 | Inbee Park | −8 | |
| T9 | Lexi Thompson | −8 | |
| T9 | Karine Icher | −8 |
The golfer
born 1997-04-24, Seoul, South Korea; NZL; turned pro 2013; age 18 that week; tour wins to date: 8; majors to date: 0; world No. 2 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking entering the week, as stated by Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings, list of 17 August 2015 (LPGA.com PDF): "2 -- Lydia Ko NZL 50 505.56 10.11").
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet