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Sunday 30 October 2016LPGA TourYear in Review
Feng wins Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia
TPC Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 October 2016 · Shanshan Feng’s win no. 5 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,800,000 USD · Sime Darby · Lightning and rain forced a 4 1/2-hour delay Saturday; darkness halted the third round, which was completed Sunday morning before the final round
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 53 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R133°/25°C · wind 5 km/h N, gusts 30 · 20.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/24°C · wind 11 km/h WNW, gusts 30 · 13.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/24°C · wind 12 km/h WNW, gusts 32 · 15.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/24°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 32 · 9.5 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
- Suzann Pettersen NORClosed with a second straight 66 (bogey at 16, birdies at 17 and 18) to finish three back; had made a double bogey at the 15th on Saturday Shanshan Feng ends LPGA Tour title drought with Malaysia win (AP via ESPN)
, 77 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
LPGA event
Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia
TPC Kuala Lumpur (East Course), TPC Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Shanshan Feng
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
30 October 2016
Can I actually join the membership here? I really love this golf course. Can we have like 10 LPGA events here on this course?
Associated Press via ESPN
30 October 2016
What I'm going to do is I'm going to go for the most expensive meat next week.
Associated Press via ESPN
30 October 2016
I've had some stupid mistakes, probably like everyone else and giving away a lot of shots. Felt like yesterday I gave away a great chance of winning this.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanshan Feng | 66 · 70 · 64 · 67 | 267 | −17 |
| 2 | Suzann Pettersen | −14 | ||
| T3 | Amy Yang | −12 | ||
| T3 | Anna Nordqvist | −12 | ||
| T5 | Azahara Munoz | −11 | ||
| T5 | So Yeon Ryu | −11 | ||
| T7 | Kim Kaufman | −10 | ||
| T7 | Danielle Kang | −10 | ||
| T9 | Carlota Ciganda | −9 | ||
| T9 | Mi Jung Hur | −9 | ||
| T9 | Paula Creamer | −9 |
The golfer
born 1989-08-05, Guangzhou, China; CHN; turned pro 2007; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 1; world No. 11 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking entering the week, as stated by Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings, list of 24 October 2016 (LPGA.com PDF): "11 +1 Feng, Shanshan ‐ 1518 CHN 55 305.8406 5.5607").
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet