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Sunday 31 July 2016LPGA TourYear in Review
Jutanugarn wins Ricoh Women's British Open
Woburn Golf Club, Little Brickhill, England · Thursday 28 to Sunday 31 July 2016 · Ariya Jutanugarn’s win no. 4 on the LPGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD · Ricoh
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 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/13°C · wind 19 km/h WSW, gusts 42 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/15°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 36 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/12°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/10°C · wind 15 km/h WNW, gusts 33 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Ladies' British Open
- AIG Women's Open
- Women's British Open
- Pretty Polly Women's British Open
- Hitachi Ladies British Open
- Burberry Women's British Open
- Weetabix Women's British Open
- Ricoh Women's British Open
- AIG Women's British Open
1976–2026 in our record, 50 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Mirim Lee KOR · 275Opened with a record-equalling 62 and led after 36 holes; cut a six-shot deficit to one with three straight birdies after the turn, then bogeyed the 18th for 73. Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn wins Women's British Open (AP via ESPN)
- Mo Martin USA · 275The 2014 champion closed with 70 but never got closer than Jutanugarn's late wobble allowed, finishing three back. Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn wins Women's British Open (AP via ESPN)
144 started · cut +1, 75 made it
Same week
Women's major
Ricoh Women's British Open
Woburn Golf Club (Marquess Course), Little Brickhill (near Milton Keynes)
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Mirim Lee, Mo Martin
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
31 July 2016
I think everything in the past is good for me, because I learned a lot from that and especially when I miss like ten cuts in a row, I know how to come back.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
31 July 2016
I fly so it's with me, so it's in my locker. Hope nobody steal it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
31 July 2016
I've done a little bit of research into my past lineage, and I've got a lot of English genes that I didn't really know about, so maybe I have got ancestors looking out over me.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 65 · 69 · 66 · 72 | 272 | −16 |
| T2 | Mirim Lee | 62 · 71 · 69 · 73 | 275 | −13 |
| T2 | Mo Martin | 68 · 68 · 69 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| 4 | Stacy Lewis | 67 · 70 · 70 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T5 | Ha-Na Jang | 68 · 67 · 73 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Catriona Matthew | 70 · 65 · 71 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Karrie Webb | 69 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | In Gee Chun | 72 · 71 · 67 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | So Yeon Ryu | 69 · 70 · 71 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Lexi Thompson | 72 · 67 · 69 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1995-11-23, Bangkok, Thailand; THA; turned pro 2012; age 20 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 1; world No. 6 that week (Rolex Rankings as stated by AP via ESPN: 'projected to jump from sixth to third in the world ranking Monday').
What’s in the bag
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