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Sunday 2 August 2015LPGA TourYear in Review
Park wins Ricoh Women's British Open
Turnberry, Turnberry, Scotland · Thursday 30 July to Sunday 2 August 2015 · Inbee Park’s win no. 16 on the LPGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD · Ricoh
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 39 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/10°C · wind 22 km/h NW, gusts 38 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/12°C · wind 28 km/h SSW, gusts 52 · 7.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/11°C · wind 24 km/h SW, gusts 52 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/11°C · wind 28 km/h SE, gusts 49 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Ladies' British Open
- AIG Women's Open
- Women's British Open
- Pretty Polly Women's British Open
- Hitachi Ladies British Open
- Burberry Women's British Open
- Weetabix Women's British Open
- Ricoh Women's British Open
- AIG Women's British Open
1976–2026 in our record, 50 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Jin Young Ko KOR · 279Co-leader after 54 holes and three clear after 10 holes, she missed a par putt at the 13th and hit her approach at the 16th into a stream as Park closed with 65. Inbee Park wins Women's British Open, captures 4th different major title (AP via ESPN)
144 started · cut +5, 73 made it
Same week
Women's major
Ricoh Women's British Open
Trump Turnberry (Ailsa Course), Turnberry
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jin Young Ko
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 August 2015
I've set only one goal this year, one and only, and that's winning the British Open.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 August 2015
I couldn't even see the ball. It looks like somebody actually stepped on it. It was just sitting that far down.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 August 2015
But on No. 16, I never, ever forget in my life. I made a mistake. But overall, second place is not bad for the first time.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inbee Park | 69 · 73 · 69 · 65 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Jin Young Ko | 68 · 71 · 69 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | So Yeon Ryu | 67 · 72 · 73 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Lydia Ko | 66 · 73 · 72 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| 5 | Suzann Pettersen | 68 · 69 · 72 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| 6 | Teresa Lu | 68 · 71 · 69 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Anna Nordqvist | 69 · 72 · 73 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T7 | Mika Miyazato | 68 · 72 · 70 · 73 | 283 | −5 |
| T9 | Amy Boulden | 71 · 74 · 68 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T9 | Mel Reid | 73 · 70 · 69 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T9 | Minjee Lee | 69 · 72 · 70 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1988-07-12, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2006; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 16; majors to date: 7; world No. 1 that week (Rolex Rankings as stated by AP ('Top-ranked Inbee Park')).
What’s in the bag
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