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Saturday 9 September 2017LPGA TourYear in Review
Thompson wins Indy Women in Tech Championship
Brickyard Crossing Golf Club, Indianapolis, Indiana · Thursday 7 to Saturday 9 September 2017 · Lexi Thompson’s win no. 9 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,000,000 USD · 54 holes with a Saturday finish (planned as 72 holes ending Sept. 10), shortened in advance because it fell the week before the Evian Championship
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 31 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/8°C · wind 19 km/h W, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/9°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/14°C · wind 14 km/h ENE, gusts 32 · 0 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
- Lydia Ko NZLTied with Thompson at 16 under through eight holes; a three-putt bogey at the 3rd and a double bogey on the back nine in a closing 72 left her four behind Lexi Thompson wins inaugural Indy tourney by 4 over Lydia Ko (Associated Press via ESPN)
· cut -2, 77 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Indy Women in Tech Championship
Brickyard Crossing Golf Club, Brickyard Crossing Golf Club, Indianapolis, Indiana
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lexi Thompson
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press via ESPN
9 September 2017
Kind of regretting it now because I feel really gross
Associated Press via ESPN
9 September 2017
It was a huge honor to be here in Indiana, to be able to kiss those bricks -- definitely a memory that I'll never forget.
Associated Press via ESPN
9 September 2017
Lexi played great. She had some 3- or 4-footers for par and she made all of them, so it just shows you how much confidence she was playing with.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lexi Thompson | 63 · 66 · 68 | 197 | −19 |
| 2 | Lydia Ko | −15 | ||
| 3 | Minjee Lee | −14 | ||
| 4 | Olafia Kristinsdottir | −13 | ||
| T5 | Haeji Kang | −12 | ||
| T5 | Lizette Salas | −12 | ||
| T5 | Brooke Henderson | −12 | ||
| T5 | Ashleigh Buhai | −12 | ||
| T5 | Candie Kung | −12 | ||
| 10 | Moriya Jutanugarn | −11 |
The golfer
born 1995-02-10, Coral Springs, Florida; USA; turned pro 2010; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 9; majors to date: 1; world No. 3 that week (Rolex Rankings as stated by AP (win put her "in position to jump from third to second")).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet