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Sunday 2 April 2017LPGA TourYear in Review
Ryu wins ANA Inspiration
Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California · Thursday 30 March to Sunday 2 April 2017 · So Yeon Ryu’s win no. 4 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,700,000 USD · ANA
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 24 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/16°C · wind 22 km/h WSW, gusts 81 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/12°C · wind 11 km/h WNW, gusts 55 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/14°C · wind 14 km/h NNW, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/15°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle
- Colgate-Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational
- Nabisco Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Championship
- Kraft Nabisco Championship
- ANA Inspiration
- Chevron Championship
1972–2026 in our record, 55 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Lexi Thompson USA · 274Leading by three, was told on the 13th tee of a four-stroke penalty (ball replaced out of position in round three, reported by a TV viewer); rallied with birdies to force a playoff, left a 15-foot eagle putt to win in regulation inches short, then lost to Ryu's birdie on the first extra hole. Lexi Thompson gets 4-shot penalty, loses major after viewer tip (AP via ESPN)
107 started · cut +2, 72 made it
Same week
Women's major
ANA Inspiration
Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course), Rancho Mirage
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Lexi Thompson
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 April 2017
It was a different feeling but definitely more nervous than back then. But I feel like after I made that putt, I am stronger than before.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 April 2017
You know, when you have a 5-foot like champion's putt, you cannot be really normal. So I shook my hand so much, and then my brain was just going crazy.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 April 2017
I learned a lot about myself and how much fight I do have in me.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So Yeon Ryu | 68 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Lexi Thompson | 69 · 67 · 71 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T3 | Minjee Lee | 70 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Inbee Park | 69 · 69 · 68 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Suzann Pettersen | 68 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| 6 | Michelle Wie | 68 · 69 · 71 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| 7 | Cristie Kerr | 67 · 71 · 70 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 70 · 70 · 68 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Amy Yang | 73 · 71 · 67 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| 10 | Karine Icher | 67 · 73 · 68 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1990-06-29, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2007; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 2; world No. 3 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking entering the week, as stated by Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings, list of 27 March 2017 (LPGA.com PDF): "3 +2 Ryu, So Yeon ‐ 2982 KOR 50 328.1512 6.5630").
What’s in the bag
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