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Sunday 22 May 2016LPGA TourYear in Review
Jutanugarn wins Kingsmill Championship
Kingsmill Resort, River Course, Williamsburg, Virginia · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 May 2016 · Ariya Jutanugarn’s win no. 2 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,300,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 12 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/14°C · wind 10 km/h NNE, gusts 24 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/13°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/15°C · wind 19 km/h ENE, gusts 40 · 30.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/14°C · wind 14 km/h NNW, gusts 27 · 0.9 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
- Su-Hyun Oh AUSStarted tied eighth, closed with a 65 and holed a long birdie putt from the back fringe on 18 to finish one behind; best finish of her rookie season AP via ESPN
· cut +1, 76 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Kingsmill Championship
Kingsmill Resort (River Course), Kingsmill Resort, River Course, Williamsburg, Virginia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ariya Jutanugarn
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
LPGA.com
22 May 2016
Yeah, a lot easier. I didn’t get nervous. I didn’t get excited until the last putt. My hands were shaking, but it’s just a little bit, not like last tournament. Last tournament was so bad.
Associated Press via ESPN
22 May 2016
I didn't feel pressure. Today I just feel like whatever is fine because I just really want to have fun.
LPGA.com
22 May 2016
You can always be a little more pleased, but yeah, I’m very happy with how it went today,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 69 · 69 · 65 · 67 | 270 | −14 |
| 2 | Su-Hyun Oh | −13 | ||
| T3 | Gerina Piller | −12 | ||
| T3 | Sei Young Kim | −12 | ||
| T5 | Mi Jung Hur | 274 | −10 | |
| T5 | Lexi Thompson | 274 | −10 | |
| T5 | Pornanong Phatlum | 274 | −10 | |
| T8 | Anna Nordqvist | −9 | ||
| T8 | Brittany Lincicome | −9 | ||
| T10 | Caroline Masson | −8 | ||
| T10 | Jessica Korda | −8 | ||
| T10 | Minjee Lee | −8 | ||
| T10 | So Yeon Ryu | −8 | ||
| T10 | In Gee Chun | −8 |
The golfer
born 1995-11-23, Bangkok, Thailand; THA; turned pro 2012; age 20 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 21 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking entering the week, as stated by Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings, list of 16 May 2016 (LPGA.com PDF): "21 -- Ariya Jutanugarn THA 50 160.02 3.20").
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet