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Sunday 26 April 2015LPGA TourYear in Review
Ko wins Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic
Lake Merced Golf Club, Daly City, California · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 April 2015 · Lydia Ko’s win no. 7 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,000,000 USD · Swinging Skirts
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 24 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/11°C · wind 19 km/h SW, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/11°C · wind 26 km/h W, gusts 60 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/12°C · wind 21 km/h W, gusts 50 · 6.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/10°C · wind 18 km/h W, gusts 43 · 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
- Morgan Pressel USA · 280Led by two with four to play, bogeyed 15 and 16, missed a 15-footer on the 72nd hole and a 10-footer on the first playoff hole; lost to Ko's birdie on the second extra hole Lydia Ko wins in playoff for 2nd straight Swinging Skirts title (AP via ESPN)
· cut +5, 79 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic
Lake Merced Golf Club, Lake Merced Golf Club, Daly City, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lydia Ko
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 April 2015
Morgan had been playing so well the whole week and she's a tough player beat, but I tried to concentrate on my game.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 April 2015
When you're in that situation, I just said, Just try and make as many birdies as you can. If the other players play better, you can't do much about it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
26 April 2015
Missed a 4-footer for birdie and make a 50-footer for eagle on the next hole and then 3-putt. It was kind of all over the place.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lydia Ko | 67 · 72 · 71 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| 2 | Morgan Pressel | 280 | −8 | |
| 3 | Brooke Mackenzie Henderson | −7 | ||
| 4 | Min Seo Kwak | −6 | ||
| 5 | Shanshan Feng | −5 | ||
| T6 | Ha-Na Jang | −4 | ||
| T6 | Amy Yang | −4 | ||
| T6 | Stacy Lewis | −4 | ||
| T9 | Mirim Lee | −3 | ||
| T9 | Sei Young Kim | −3 |
The golfer
born 1997-04-24, Seoul, South Korea; NZL; turned pro 2013; age 18 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 0; world No. 1 that week (Rolex Rankings as stated by LPGA.com final-round notes ("Rolex Rankings No. 1 Lydia Ko") and AP ("already the No. 1 player in women's golf")).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet