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Saturday 17 June 2017AmateurYear in Review

Maguire wins Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship

Pyle & Kenfig Golf Club, Waun-y-Mer, Bridgend, Wales · Tuesday 13 to Saturday 17 June 2017 · stroke-play qualifying June 13-14; match play June 15-17 (quarter-finals June 16; semi-finals and 18-hole final June 17)

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

16 h 24 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R117°/12°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R221°/12°C · wind 14 km/h SSE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R316°/12°C · wind 35 km/h WSW, gusts 59 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R416°/13°C · wind 24 km/h W, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  5. R519°/13°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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

144 started, 64 made it

Same week

Women's amateur championship

Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship

Pyle & Kenfig Golf Club, Pyle & Kenfig Golf Club, Waun-y-Mer, Bridgend, Wales

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Leona Maguire

3 and 2Total
3 and 2Margin

To par and runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

Irish Golf Desk

It’s one of the biggest amateur events and one that I felt I hadn’t given as good a go as I could have done in the past few years.

Leona Maguire, quoted in Irish Golf Desk, 17 June 2017. The report

Irish Golf Desk

She threw all the birdies she could at me and I was glad I was able to rise to it.

Leona Maguire, quoted in Irish Golf Desk, 17 June 2017. The report

Irish Golf Desk

I’m a bit frustrated as I don’t think I played my best. I didn’t play as well as I did this morning and I was struggling with my putting this afternoon.

Ainhoa Olarra, quoted in Irish Golf Desk, 17 June 2017. The report
The golfer

born 1994-11-30, County Cavan, Ireland; IRL; turned pro 2018; age 22 that week.

Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet