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Monday 18 May 2015LPGA TourYear in Review
Lee wins Kingsmill Championship
Kingsmill Resort, Williamsburg, Virginia · Thursday 14 to Monday 18 May 2015 · Minjee Lee’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,300,000 USD · Kingsmill · Monday finish: final round suspended for darkness Sunday after a 2-hour rain delay, completed Monday morning
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/13°C · wind 16 km/h NNE, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/13°C · wind 13 km/h S, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/17°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/20°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R530°/22°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 22 · 1 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
- So Yeon Ryu KOROpened the Monday finish with three straight birdies but finished two back AP via ESPN
- Alison Lee USALed by two before Sunday's rain delay; on Monday her long birdie putts at 16 and 17 missed and she bogeyed 18 to finish third AP via ESPN
· cut +2, 81 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Kingsmill Championship
Kingsmill Resort (River Course), Kingsmill Resort, Williamsburg, Virginia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Minjee Lee
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 May 2015
Pretty damn good. (Laughter.) I didn't think that moment would come this year, so I'm stoked to have won.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 May 2015
Rice and soup. I'm still Asian even though I'm Australian.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
18 May 2015
Sometimes early morning my body is still not awake, but this morning my body condition was even better than yesterday.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minjee Lee | 68 · 67 · 69 · 65 | 269 | −15 |
| 2 | So Yeon Ryu | −13 | ||
| 3 | Alison Lee | −12 | ||
| 4 | Perrine DeLacour | −11 | ||
| T5 | Suzann Pettersen | −10 | ||
| T5 | Hyo Joo Kim | −10 | ||
| T5 | Paula Creamer | −10 | ||
| T8 | Catriona Matthew | −8 | ||
| T8 | Candie Kung | −8 | ||
| T8 | Lexi Thompson | −8 |
The golfer
born 1996-05-27, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2014; age 18 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 59 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking entering the week, as stated by Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings, list of 11 May 2015 (LPGA.com PDF): "59 -2 Minjee Lee AUS 23 64.01 1.83").
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet