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Sunday 6 August 2017LPGA TourYear in Review
Kim wins Ricoh Women's British Open
Kingsbarns Golf Links, Kingsbarns, Scotland · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 August 2017 · In-Kyung Kim’s win no. 7 on the LPGA Tour · purse $3,250,000 USD · Ricoh
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 32 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/14°C · wind 27 km/h WSW, gusts 45 · 2.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/14°C · wind 27 km/h W, gusts 42 · 3.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/12°C · wind 19 km/h W, gusts 32 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/10°C · wind 19 km/h SW, gusts 36 · 2.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Ladies' British Open
- AIG Women's Open
- Women's British Open
- Pretty Polly Women's British Open
- Hitachi Ladies British Open
- Burberry Women's British Open
- Weetabix Women's British Open
- Ricoh Women's British Open
- AIG Women's British Open
1976–2026 in our record, 50 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Jodi Ewart Shadoff ENG · 272Started nine back, closed with a bogey-free, course-record-equalling 64 to post 16 under, but Kim parred her last five holes for a two-shot win. IK Kim holds off Jodi Ewart Shadoff challenge to win women's British Open (ESPN UK)
144 started · cut -1, 77 made it
Same week
Women's major
Ricoh Women's British Open
Kingsbarns Golf Links, Kingsbarns
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jodi Ewart Shadoff
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 August 2017
Missing a putt is not the worst thing that could happen in life, and that's how I look at it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 August 2017
When I make a 3-footer, I'm really excited about making the putt. I think that's the reason that I finished today.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 August 2017
Honestly, I didn't think I had a shot. IK is so far ahead and she's been playing so good recently, so I was just trying to finish as high up as I can.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In-Kyung Kim | 65 · 68 · 66 · 71 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Jodi Ewart Shadoff | 67 · 70 · 71 · 64 | 272 | −16 |
| T3 | Georgia Hall | 68 · 67 · 70 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Caroline Masson | 69 · 72 · 67 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T3 | Michelle Wie | 64 · 76 · 69 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| 6 | Jenny Shin | 70 · 69 · 70 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T7 | Shanshan Feng | 71 · 67 · 72 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T7 | Hyo Joo Kim | 70 · 71 · 68 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T7 | Stacy Lewis | 70 · 72 · 65 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T7 | Anna Nordqvist | 68 · 70 · 72 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1988-06-13, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2006; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 1; world No. 20 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking entering the week, as stated by Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings, list of 31 July 2017 (LPGA.com PDF): "20 ‐‐ Kim, I.K. ‐ 434 KOR 40 157.0007 3.9250").
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet