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Sunday 10 July 2016LPGA TourYear in Review
Lang wins U.S. Women's Open
CordeValle Golf Club, San Martin, California · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 July 2016 · Brittany Lang’s win no. 2 on the LPGA Tour · purse $4.5 million USD
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 23 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 75° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/12°C · wind 16 km/h W, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/13°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/13°C · wind 16 km/h WNW, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/11°C · wind 13 km/h W, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Open
1946–2026 in our record, 81 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Anna Nordqvist SWE · 282Closed with a bogey-free 67 to post 6 under, then lost the three-hole aggregate playoff by three after a two-stroke penalty for grounding her club in a fairway bunker on the 17th. Penalty on Anna Nordqvist delivers U.S. Women's Open to Brittany Lang (AP via ESPN)
156 started · cut +4, 72 made it
Same week
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
CordeValle, San Martin
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Anna Nordqvist
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 July 2016
I just feel like I have extremely underachieved as a golfer. I feel like I'm so capable of doing so much more than I've done.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 July 2016
Well, when he came up to me, I actually thought he was giving me a penalty, and so I was definitely relieved when I heard it wasn't me.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 July 2016
I wish they would have told us after 17, when it actually happened, not like so far down 18, because they obviously must have seen it earlier.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brittany Lang | 68 · 75 · 68 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| 2 | Anna Nordqvist | 68 · 74 · 73 · 67 | 282 | −6 |
| T3 | Eun-Hee Ji | 69 · 71 · 70 · 74 | 284 | −4 |
| T3 | Lydia Ko | 73 · 66 · 70 · 75 | 284 | −4 |
| T3 | Sung Hyun Park | 70 · 66 · 74 · 74 | 284 | −4 |
| T3 | Amy Yang | 67 · 71 · 73 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
| 7 | Stacy Lewis | 71 · 74 · 69 · 71 | 285 | −3 |
| T8 | Cristie Kerr | 67 · 75 · 72 · 72 | 286 | −2 |
| T8 | Gerina Piller | 70 · 72 · 74 · 70 | 286 | −2 |
| T8 | Jodi Ewart Shadoff | 70 · 71 · 75 · 70 | 286 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1985-08-22, Richmond, Virginia; USA; turned pro 2005; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 1; world No. 40 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking entering the week, as stated by Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings, list of 4 July 2016 (LPGA.com PDF): "40 ‐1 Lang, Brittany ‐ 562 USA 60 125.2004 2.0867").
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet