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Sunday 26 June 2016LPGA TourYear in Review
Ko wins Walmart NW Arkansas Championship
Pinnacle Country Club, Rogers, Arkansas (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 24 to Sunday 26 June 2016 · Lydia Ko’s win no. 13 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,000,000 USD · Walmart
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 24 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 78° 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
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Morgan Pressel USAStarted the final round tied for the lead with Ko at 14 under, stayed within two through 10 holes, then made four straight bogeys on 11-14 and closed with a 71 to tie for second AP via ESPN
- Candie Kung TPELed after round one, closed with a 2-under 69 to tie for second, three behind; said the heat got to her on Sunday LPGA.com Quick Recap
· cut -3, 77 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Walmart NW Arkansas Championship
Pinnacle Country Club, Pinnacle Country Club, Rogers, Arkansas
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lydia Ko
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
26 June 2016
It's gone by so much faster that I could have ever dreamt of or ever imagined,
LPGA.com
26 June 2016
The 17th hole is the loudest hole on Tour for us, reserved for the fans and all the Razorback fans to be there to, you know, go, ‘Oh, pig sooie.’ It was really cool.
Associated Press via ESPN
26 June 2016
I felt like I played pretty well for nine holes, hung in there. But then I just couldn't keep it going and couldn't keep getting lucky, as I had been getting lucky. And it just wasn't my day.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lydia Ko | 196 | −17 |
| T2 | Candie Kung | −14 | |
| T2 | Morgan Pressel | −14 | |
| T4 | Angela Stanford | −13 | |
| T4 | Moriya Jutanugarn | −13 | |
| T4 | Sandra Gal | −13 | |
| T4 | Jing Yan | −13 | |
| T8 | Sydnee Michaels | −12 | |
| T8 | Minjee Lee | −12 | |
| T8 | Sun Young Yoo | −12 | |
| T8 | Giulia Molinaro | −12 | |
| T8 | Alena Sharp | −12 |
The golfer
born 1997-04-24, Seoul, South Korea; NZL; turned pro 2013; age 19 that week; tour wins to date: 13; majors to date: 2; world No. 1 that week (Rolex Rankings No. 1 as stated by LPGA.com News and Notes (final round, 2016-06-26)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet