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Sunday 2 July 2017LPGA TourYear in Review
Kang wins KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Olympia Fields Country Club, Olympia Fields, Illinois · Thursday 29 June to Sunday 2 July 2017 · Danielle Kang’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $3,500,000 USD · KPMG
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 57 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/21°C · wind 29 km/h SW, gusts 60 · 15.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/20°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 40 · 11.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/19°C · wind 22 km/h W, gusts 44 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/16°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 37 · 2.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- LPGA Championship
- Eve-LPGA Championship
- Mazda LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
- LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans
- Wegmans LPGA Championship
- KPMG Women's PGA Championship
1955–2026 in our record, 72 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Brooke Henderson CAN · 272Defending champion closed with 66, birdieing the last two holes to tie for the lead and just missing a 30-foot eagle putt on the 18th, before Kang birdied the 72nd hole to win by one. Danielle Kang edges defending champion Brooke Henderson to win KPMG Championship (AP via ESPN)
156 started · cut +2, 74 made it
Same week
Women's major
KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Olympia Fields Country Club (North Course), Olympia Fields
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Brooke Henderson
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 July 2017
Over the last putt, for some reason, I remembered him telling me, "I'll buy you a TV if you make this 4-footer at the U.S. Am."
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 July 2017
And I just know that he's here for it. What are the odds that my first win is a major. I'm pretty sure he had something to do with it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 July 2017
Yeah, I think I just know that I played the best that I could, and it just wasn't good enough this week.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danielle Kang | 69 · 66 · 68 · 68 | 271 | −13 |
| 2 | Brooke Henderson | 68 · 69 · 69 · 66 | 272 | −12 |
| 3 | Chella Choi | 66 · 70 · 67 · 71 | 274 | −10 |
| T4 | Sei Young Kim | 69 · 66 · 72 · 68 | 275 | −9 |
| T4 | Mi Hyang Lee | 69 · 67 · 72 · 67 | 275 | −9 |
| T4 | Amy Yang | 65 · 71 · 71 · 68 | 275 | −9 |
| T7 | Inbee Park | 73 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 277 | −7 |
| T7 | Lexi Thompson | 70 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 277 | −7 |
| T9 | Stacy Lewis | 74 · 67 · 70 · 67 | 278 | −6 |
| T9 | Kelly Shon | 77 · 63 · 71 · 67 | 278 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1992-10-20, San Francisco, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 2011; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 1; world No. 43 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking entering the week, as stated by Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings, list of 26 June 2017 (LPGA.com PDF): "43 ‐1 Kang, Danielle ‐ 3003 USA 53 110.5246 2.0854").
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet