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Sunday 20 March 2016LPGA TourYear in Review
Kim wins JTBC Founders Cup
Wildfire Golf Club at Desert Ridge, Phoenix, Arizona (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 March 2016 · Sei Young Kim’s win no. 4 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,500,000 USD · JTBC
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Lydia Ko NZL · 266Made four straight back-nine birdies in a closing 65 but Kim opened a six-stroke lead with an eagle on the par-5 11th Sei Young Kim matches LPGA Tour record at 27 under (AP via ESPN)
· cut -3, 74 made it
Same week
LPGA event
JTBC Founders Cup
Wildfire Golf Club, Wildfire Golf Club at Desert Ridge, Phoenix, Arizona
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Sei Young Kim
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 March 2016
When I set my goal before, first thing was 18-under like Annika Sorenstam, because before I begin this tournament I read -- I read a book about Annika Sorenstam.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 March 2016
Yeah. It's a dream come true. Today I scored 10-under. It's my best score ever, ever.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 March 2016
Last couple tournaments I lost my confidence, and so I try and finding, come back to my confidence. But after this tournament, I come back say I'm Kim, so that's most happy to that.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sei Young Kim | 261 | −27 |
| 2 | Lydia Ko | 266 | −22 |
| 3 | Jacqui Concolino | 268 | −20 |
| T4 | Megan Khang | 269 | −19 |
| T4 | Brooke Mackenzie Henderson | 269 | −19 |
| T4 | Paula Creamer | 269 | −19 |
| T4 | Stacy Lewis | 269 | −19 |
| T4 | Eun-Hee Ji | 269 | −19 |
| T9 | Paula Reto | 270 | −18 |
| T9 | Ryann O'Toole | 270 | −18 |
| T9 | Kim Kaufman | 270 | −18 |
| T9 | Brittany Lang | 270 | −18 |
The golfer
born 1993-01-21, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2010; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 7 that week (Rolex Rankings as stated by AP (ESPN): "She will jump from seventh to fifth in the world ranking").
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet