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Sunday 18 June 2017LPGA TourYear in Review
Henderson wins Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give
Blythefield Country Club, Belmont, Michigan · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 June 2017 · Brooke Henderson’s win no. 4 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,000,000 USD · Meijer
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 11 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/20°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 40 · 7.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/20°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 40 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/20°C · wind 20 km/h SSW, gusts 56 · 13.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/19°C · wind 27 km/h WSW, gusts 60 · 14.8 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
- Michelle Wie USA · 265Shared the lead early and closed with a bogey-free 65 (five birdies) but finished two back AP via ESPN: Brooke Henderson holds off Michelle Wie, Lexi Thompson to win Meijer LPGA Classic
- Lexi Thompson USA · 265Led by one after 54 holes; birdied the 9th to tie for the lead but bogeyed the 10th and closed with a 69 AP via ESPN: Brooke Henderson holds off Michelle Wie, Lexi Thompson to win Meijer LPGA Classic
· cut -2, 69 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give
Blythefield Country Club, Blythefield Country Club, Belmont, Michigan
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Brooke Henderson
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP via ESPN
18 June 2017
So this win, I say it's for him, but it really is for him because I probably wouldn't have done it without him.
AP via ESPN
18 June 2017
I had zero bogeys on a day like today where it was super windy.
AP via ESPN
18 June 2017
I hit my driver great the whole day, so that was definitely a positive. I didn't roll the putter that well today. It is what it is.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooke Henderson | 63 · 67 · 67 · 66 | 263 | −17 |
| T2 | Michelle Wie | 68 · 68 · 64 · 65 | 265 | −15 |
| T2 | Lexi Thompson | 64 · 68 · 64 · 69 | 265 | −15 |
| T4 | Su-Hyun Oh | 67 · 70 · 65 · 64 | 266 | −14 |
| T4 | Madelene Sagstrom | 65 · 70 · 66 · 65 | 266 | −14 |
| T4 | Moriya Jutanugarn | 67 · 66 · 67 · 66 | 266 | −14 |
| T7 | Danielle Kang | 71 · 68 · 63 · 65 | 267 | −13 |
| T7 | Carlota Ciganda | 68 · 64 · 68 · 67 | 267 | −13 |
| T7 | Hyo Joo Kim | 69 · 65 · 65 · 68 | 267 | −13 |
| T10 | Jacqui Concolino | 71 · 66 · 65 · 66 | 268 | −12 |
| T10 | Mi Jung Hur | 66 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 268 | −12 |
| T10 | Lydia Ko | 65 · 71 · 64 · 68 | 268 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1997-09-10, Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada; CAN; turned pro 2014; age 19 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 1; world No. 15 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking entering the week, as stated by Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings, list of 12 June 2017 (LPGA.com PDF): "15 ‐‐ Henderson, Brooke M. ‐ 4629 CAN 58 249.3389 4.2989").
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet