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Sunday 14 June 2015LPGA TourYear in Review
Park wins KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Westchester Country Club, Rye, New York · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 June 2015 · Inbee Park’s win no. 15 on the LPGA Tour · purse $3,500,000 USD · KPMG
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 55 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/21°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 32 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/21°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/22°C · wind 18 km/h NW, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/20°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 37 · 0.5 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
- Sei Young Kim KOR · 278Started two back and pulled within one with four straight birdies, but three-putted the ninth for double bogey in a three-shot swing and closed with 71. Inbee Park goes bogey-free, wins third Women's PGA Championship in a row (AP via ESPN)
156 started · cut +1, 73 made it
Same week
Women's major
KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Westchester Country Club (West Course), Harrison
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Sei Young Kim
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 June 2015
My odds in New York is pretty good, maybe if I win this week in New York, maybe New York is a lucky town for me. Maybe I should move here or something
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 June 2015
As a junior, we get like free drinks, we get free food, we get like big scoreboards, big stands. It was just so cool for us to play in that event.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript; through an interpreter)
14 June 2015
When I arrived to the ninth hole, I tried to putt, that's when everything kind of fell apart.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inbee Park | 71 · 68 · 66 · 68 | 273 | −19 |
| 2 | Sei Young Kim | 70 · 68 · 69 · 71 | 278 | −14 |
| 3 | Lexi Thompson | 70 · 72 · 72 · 66 | 280 | −12 |
| 4 | Brittany Lincicome | 70 · 74 · 69 · 68 | 281 | −11 |
| T5 | Morgan Lee Pressel | 73 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 282 | −10 |
| T5 | Brooke Henderson | 67 · 73 · 71 · 71 | 282 | −10 |
| T7 | Suzann Pettersen | 74 · 66 · 71 · 72 | 283 | −9 |
| T7 | Karrie Webb | 68 · 71 · 72 · 72 | 283 | −9 |
| T9 | Gerina Piller | 72 · 70 · 73 · 69 | 284 | −8 |
| T9 | Anna Nordqvist | 71 · 73 · 70 · 70 | 284 | −8 |
| T9 | Hyo Joo Kim | 70 · 74 · 69 · 71 | 284 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1988-07-12, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2006; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 15; majors to date: 6; world No. 2 that week (Rolex Rankings as stated by AP ('No. 2 Park needed to finish just 29th or better to retake the top spot')).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet