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Sunday 3 May 2015LPGA TourYear in Review
Park wins Volunteers of America North Texas Shootout
Las Colinas Country Club, Irving, Texas · Thursday 30 April to Sunday 3 May 2015 · Inbee Park’s win no. 14 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,300,000 USD · Volunteers of America
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 23 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/11°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/13°C · wind 10 km/h S, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/13°C · wind 13 km/h SSE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/16°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 36 · 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
- Cristie Kerr USAClosed with 66, finishing with three straight birdies, to tie for second three back AP via ESPN
- Hee Young Park KORClosed with 66, birdieing the last two holes after her only bogey at 16, to tie for second three back AP via ESPN
· cut +2, 51 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Volunteers of America North Texas Shootout
Las Colinas Country Club, Las Colinas Country Club, Irving, Texas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Inbee Park
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
3 May 2015
I don't know. I don't know how I did it, but I did it twice. Yeah, I mean I love this golf course.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
3 May 2015
I mean the first‑‑ the big changes is my putter. I changed my putter this week, and a little bit of tweaks with the degrees of the putters and stuff like that.
Associated Press via ESPN
3 May 2015
Can't complain. I was great mentally. ... I thought I had to shoot at least 5 or 6 under to have a chance, and I did that.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inbee Park | 269 | −15 |
| T2 | Hee Young Park | −12 | |
| T2 | Cristie Kerr | −12 | |
| T4 | Maria McBride | −11 | |
| T4 | Lexi Thompson | −11 | |
| 6 | Angela Stanford | −10 | |
| T7 | Juli Inkster | −9 | |
| T7 | Stacy Lewis | −9 | |
| T7 | Karrie Webb | −9 | |
| 10 | Ilhee Lee | −8 |
The golfer
born 1988-07-12, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2006; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 14; majors to date: 5; world No. 2 that week (world ranking as stated by AP via ESPN ('Park, ranked No. 2 in the world')).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet