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Sunday 9 July 2017LPGA TourYear in Review
Kirk wins Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic
Thornberry Creek at Oneida, Oneida, Wisconsin · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 July 2017 · Katherine Kirk’s win no. 3 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,000,000 USD
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 68° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/20°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 41 · 2.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/16°C · wind 18 km/h NNW, gusts 37 · 5.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/12°C · wind 16 km/h WNW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/17°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 38 · 2 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
- Ashleigh Buhai RSA · 267Closed with a bogey-free 67 and birdied the 72nd hole from close range, but Kirk holed a birdie putt of about 10-11 feet on 18 to win by one AP via ESPN: Katherine Kirk (22-under 266) wins Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic by 1
· cut -3, 79 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic
Thornberry Creek at Oneida, Thornberry Creek at Oneida, Oneida, Wisconsin
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Katherine Kirk
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 July 2017
I actually kind of hit like a sinking spell around 14, 15. I don't know what happened. But I said to Patrick, my caddie, I said, I could take a nap right now.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 July 2017
I think, too, I'm like the 15th oldest player on Tour, so certainly if you're looking at age, it's more in favor of the younger generation these days. Yeah, hard work pays off.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 July 2017
the two shots Katherine hit on 16 and 18 to work it around trees were fantastic, so all good to her.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katherine Kirk | 68 · 63 · 65 · 70 | 266 | −22 |
| 2 | Ashleigh Buhai | 69 · 66 · 65 · 67 | 267 | −21 |
| 3 | Sei Young Kim | 65 · 73 · 67 · 63 | 268 | −20 |
| 4 | Pornanong Phatlum | 67 · 70 · 70 · 62 | 269 | −19 |
| 5 | Cristie Kerr | 70 · 67 · 67 · 66 | 270 | −18 |
| T6 | Tiffany Joh | 69 · 69 · 66 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| T6 | Ayako Uehara | 72 · 66 · 65 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| T8 | Georgia Hall | 69 · 68 · 69 · 66 | 272 | −16 |
| T8 | Megan Khang | 68 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T8 | Mariah Stackhouse | 69 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
The golfer
born 1982-02-26, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2003; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 3; world No. 139 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking entering the week, as stated by Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings, list of 3 July 2017 (LPGA.com PDF): "139 +4 Kirk, Katherine ‐ 230 AUS 38 28.7885 0.7576").
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet