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Sunday 17 July 2016LPGA TourYear in Review
Ko wins Marathon Classic
Highland Meadows Golf Club, Sylvania, Ohio · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 July 2016 · Lydia Ko’s win no. 14 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1.5 million USD · Marathon
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 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/21°C · wind 26 km/h WSW, gusts 49 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/20°C · wind 25 km/h W, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/18°C · wind 10 km/h N, gusts 22 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/15°C · wind 28 km/h SSW, gusts 61 · 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
- Mirim Lee KOR · 270Closed with 65, birdying 13, 15, 16 and 17 but bogeying the 18th to lose the outright lead; lost the playoff on the fourth extra hole Lydia Ko wins three-way playoff at Marathon Classic (AP via ESPN)
- Ariya Jutanugarn THA · 270Closed with 68 including an eagle on 17; missed an 8-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole and lost on the fourth Lydia Ko wins three-way playoff at Marathon Classic (AP via ESPN)
· cut +2, 72 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Marathon Classic
Highland Meadows Golf Club, Highland Meadows Golf Club, Sylvania, Ohio
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lydia Ko
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
17 July 2016
I'm not really a huge fist-pump kind of person, but I think it's probably the biggest fist-pump I've ever done.
Associated Press via ESPN
17 July 2016
It was hard to just see so many putts just slip by. I said, `Hey, maybe she's going to win.' And then it just slipped by.
Associated Press via ESPN
17 July 2016
I didn't know I'm in the lead. I don't know. I just played.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lydia Ko | 68 · 66 · 67 · 69 | 270 | −14 |
| T2 | Mirim Lee | 66 · 70 · 69 · 65 | 270 | −14 |
| T2 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 67 · 69 · 66 · 68 | 270 | −14 |
| 4 | Hyo Joo Kim | 66 · 68 · 64 · 73 | 271 | −13 |
| 5 | Stacy Lewis | 69 · 68 · 65 · 71 | 273 | −11 |
| T6 | Beatriz Recari | 73 · 68 · 65 · 68 | 274 | −10 |
| T6 | Alison Lee | 69 · 66 · 66 · 73 | 274 | −10 |
| 8 | Ha Na Jang | 68 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
| T9 | Azahara Munoz | 69 · 68 · 72 · 67 | 276 | −8 |
| T9 | Kelly Shon | 67 · 70 · 70 · 69 | 276 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1997-04-24, Seoul, South Korea; NZL; turned pro 2013; age 19 that week; tour wins to date: 14; majors to date: 2; world No. 1 that week (Rolex Rankings as stated by AP via ESPN ("The top-ranked Ko")).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet