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Sunday 19 June 2016LPGA TourYear in Review
Kim wins Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give
Blythefield Country Club, Belmont, Michigan · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 June 2016 · Sei Young Kim’s win no. 5 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,000,000 USD · Meijer
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 11 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/17°C · wind 17 km/h NNW, gusts 40 · 11.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/15°C · wind 12 km/h ENE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/16°C · wind 8 km/h SSW, gusts 15 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/18°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 35 · 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
- Carlota Ciganda ESP · 267Bogey-free closing 67 to tie at 17 under after Kim bogeyed the 72nd; lost the playoff on the first extra hole with a bogey after hitting through the green from the rough AP via ESPN
· cut -1, 79 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give
Blythefield Country Club, Blythefield Country Club, Belmont, Michigan
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Sei Young Kim
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
19 June 2016
I'm very happy to on the Father's Day give it to my dad this trophy,
LPGA.com
19 June 2016
Yeah. It was 109 to the pin. It was a lot of release, so I just had 90 meters. I did, it worked,
Associated Press via ESPN
19 June 2016
One can win, and if you can't win, second is the best,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sei Young Kim | 65 · 69 · 65 · 68 | 267 | −17 |
| 2 | Carlota Ciganda | 267 | −17 | |
| 3 | In Gee Chun | −15 | ||
| T4 | Lydia Ko | −14 | ||
| T4 | Lexi Thompson | −14 | ||
| 6 | So Yeon Ryu | −13 | ||
| 7 | Shanshan Feng | −12 | ||
| 8 | Azahara Munoz | −11 | ||
| T9 | P.K. Kongkraphan | −10 | ||
| T9 | Haru Nomura | −10 | ||
| T9 | Amelia Lewis | −10 | ||
| T9 | Xi Yu Lin | −10 |
The golfer
born 1993-01-21, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2010; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 0; world No. 5 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking entering the week, as stated by Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings, list of 13 June 2016 (LPGA.com PDF): "5 -- Sei Young Kim KOR 58 365.79 6.31").
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet