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Saturday 20 August 2016LPGA TourYear in Review
Park wins Olympic Women's Golf Competition
Olympic Golf Course, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · Wednesday 17 to Saturday 20 August 2016
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 19 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
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- R4Not yet researched
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 · 273Rallied for silver with a 7-foot birdie on the last hole to edge Shanshan Feng; never threatened Park, who won by five Inbee Park overcomes pressure, injury to win Olympic gold (ESPN.com, Bob Harig)
60 started, 60 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Olympic Women's Golf Competition
Olympic Golf Course, Olympic Golf Course, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Inbee Park
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN.com (Bob Harig)
20 August 2016
This is definitely one of the special moments in my golfing career and whole life. It feels great. Obviously representing your country, winning the gold, it's so special.
ESPN.com (Bob Harig)
20 August 2016
Being able to overcome injury this week and being able to play good, I've worked really hard for this week and hard work really paid off this week, so I'm really happy.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inbee Park | 66 · 66 · 70 · 66 | 268 | −16 |
| 2 | Lydia Ko | 69 · 70 · 65 · 69 | 273 | −11 |
| 3 | Shanshan Feng | 70 · 67 · 68 · 69 | 274 | −10 |
| T4 | Stacy Lewis | 70 · 63 · 76 · 66 | 275 | −9 |
| T4 | Haru Nomura | 69 · 69 · 72 · 65 | 275 | −9 |
| T4 | Amy Yang | 73 · 65 · 70 · 67 | 275 | −9 |
| T7 | Brooke Henderson | 70 · 64 · 75 · 67 | 276 | −8 |
| T7 | Charley Hull | 68 · 66 · 74 · 68 | 276 | −8 |
| T7 | Minjee Lee | 69 · 67 · 73 · 67 | 276 | −8 |
| 10 | Suzann Pettersen | 71 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 277 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1988-07-12, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2006; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 17; majors to date: 7.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet