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Sunday 24 July 2016LPGA TourYear in Review
Lewis and Piller and Kerr and Thompson win UL International Crown
Merit Club, Libertyville, Illinois · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 July 2016 · purse $1.6 million USD · UL · Thunderstorms pushed the end of the third session to Sunday; Sunday singles delayed 62 minutes by rain (AP)
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 31 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
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The ones it got away from
- South Korea (So Yeon Ryu, Sei Young Kim, In Gee Chun, Amy Yang) KOR · 12 pointsTop seed; finished one point back after Amy Yang and In Gee Chun lost their Sunday singles matches Cristie Kerr holds on as U.S. wins UL International Crown (AP via ESPN)
32 started, 20 made it
Same week
LPGA event
UL International Crown
Merit Club, Merit Club, Libertyville, Illinois
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Stacy Lewis and Gerina Piller and Cristie Kerr and Lexi Thompson
To par and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
LPGA.com (final day notes and interviews)
24 July 2016
I just kind of got oblivious to all of that today because it's just so hard to figure out who's making points, who's winning, who's losing, and I just tried to take care of my match.
Associated Press via ESPN
24 July 2016
I think I play better when there is more pressure.
Associated Press via ESPN
24 July 2016
We couldn't win the tournament, but anyway, we still finished better than last time.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 13 points | |
| 2 | South Korea | 12 points | |
| T3 | Chinese Taipei | 11 points | |
| T3 | England | 11 points | |
| 5 | Japan | 8 points | |
| 6 | China | 6 points | |
| 7 | Thailand | 4 points | |
| 8 | Australia | 3 points |
The golfer
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What’s in the bag
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