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Sunday 16 August 2015AmateurYear in Review
O'Sullivan wins U.S. Women's Amateur
Portland Golf Club, Portland, Oregon · Monday 10 to Sunday 16 August 2015 · 36-hole stroke-play qualifying followed by match play August 12-16 (36-hole final Sunday August 16), per USGA scoring bracket and ASAP transcript dates
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 53 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/15°C · wind 9 km/h WSW, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R233°/16°C · wind 10 km/h NW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/18°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/15°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R522°/17°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 50 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R624°/15°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R729°/13°C · wind 15 km/h NNW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Amateur
1895–2026 in our record, 126 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Sierra Brooks USA · 3 and 2Led 3 up after 14 holes and 1 up at lunch, but O'Sullivan took the lead on the 24th and won the 30th, 32nd and 33rd holes to close it out on the 34th. O'Sullivan Wins 2015 U.S. Women's Amateur (USGA, Christina Lance; read from gnn-data saved text, usga.org 403s)
156 started, 64 made it
Same week
Women's amateur championship
U.S. Women's Amateur
Portland (Ore.) G.C., Portland
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Sierra Brooks
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 August 2015
It was my first USGA event, first Women's Am, and I saw the trophy, and I'd definitely say it's the prettiest trophy in golf.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 August 2015
It's strange, but that's my ultimate goal, to be the best player in the world, so hopefully it means I'm on the right track.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 August 2015
all of a sudden one guy yelled out, go Sierra, and then the whole crowd was like, let's go Sierra, and I started tearing up because it meant so much.
The golfer
born 1998-05-11, Singapore; USA; age 17 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet