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Sunday 22 March 2015LPGA TourYear in Review
Kim wins JTBC Founders Cup
Wildfire Golf Club, Desert Ridge, Phoenix, Arizona (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 March 2015 · Hyo Joo Kim’s win no. 2 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,500,000 USD · JTBC
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 00 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
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- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Stacy Lewis USAClosed with 68; matched Kim's birdies and got within one on 16, then drove into a sand-filled divot on 18 and three-putted for bogey after the result was decided Hyo Joo Kim takes Founders Cup (AP via ESPN)
· cut -2, 83 made it
Same week
LPGA event
JTBC Founders Cup
Wildfire Golf Club, Wildfire Golf Club, Desert Ridge, Phoenix, Arizona
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Hyo Joo Kim
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript, through translation)
22 March 2015
I was just scared of the bees and I didn't want to be stung by them or anything like that. So I kept asking if I can get relief and I kept asking and they said, no, you can't.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript, through translation)
22 March 2015
As you mentioned, Ha Na and Sei Young, they are older than me. I consider them older sisters.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 March 2015
We kind of got into match-play mode out there, so you're making putts basically to halve holes. It's fun. It's where you want to be. I just needed a couple more holes.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hyo Joo Kim | 65 · 69 · 66 · 67 | 267 | −21 |
| 2 | Stacy Lewis | −18 | ||
| T3 | Ilhee Lee | −16 | ||
| T3 | Pornanong Phatlum | −16 | ||
| T3 | Mi Hyang Lee | −16 | ||
| T6 | Anna Nordqvist | −15 | ||
| T6 | Austin Ernst | −15 | ||
| T6 | Sei Young Kim | −15 | ||
| T6 | Na Yeon Choi | −15 | ||
| T6 | Lydia Ko | −15 |
The golfer
born 1995-07-14, Wonju, Gangwon Province, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2012; age 19 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 1; world No. 8 that week (Rolex Rankings as stated by AP (ESPN): "Projected to jump from eighth to fourth in the world").
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet