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Sunday 16 July 2017LPGA TourYear in Review
Park wins U.S. Women's Open
Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster, New Jersey · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 July 2017 · Sung Hyun Park’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $5,000,000 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
14 h 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R133°/23°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 44 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/20°C · wind 12 km/h ESE, gusts 31 · 17 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/21°C · wind 12 km/h NW, gusts 30 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/18°C · wind 8 km/h WNW, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Open
1946–2026 in our record, 81 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Hye Jin Choi KOR · 27917-year-old amateur, tied for the lead on the 16th tee, hit her 7-iron into the water on the 139-yard par-3 16th and made double bogey; birdied the 18th for 71. 17-year-old amateur Hye-Jin Choi comes up short in quest for win (AP via ESPN)
156 started · cut +2, 62 made it
Same week
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Trump National Golf Club (Old Course), Bedminster
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Hye-Jin Choi (a)
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript; through an interpreter)
16 July 2017
Well, to be honest with you, I still cannot believe that it is actually happening. It's almost feel like I'm floating on a cloud in the sky.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript; through an interpreter)
16 July 2017
First of all, my mother's name is Keum Ja Lee. Well, up until the moment that I saw my mother, I mean, I really couldn't feel that it was really happening.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript; through an interpreter)
16 July 2017
At the time I felt that all this work, hard work I put together was going to disappear so I was bit disappointed but I had to refocus back to the remaining two holes.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sung Hyun Park | 73 · 70 · 67 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Hye Jin Choi | 69 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Mi Jung Hur | 71 · 72 · 70 · 68 | 281 | −7 |
| T3 | So Yeon Ryu | 68 · 72 · 71 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T5 | Carlota Ciganda | 69 · 71 · 72 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | Shanshan Feng | 66 · 70 · 71 · 75 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | Jeongeun Lee | 69 · 69 · 73 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Sei Young Kim | 69 · 73 · 72 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T8 | Mirim Lee | 70 · 74 · 67 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T8 | Amy Yang | 67 · 71 · 70 · 75 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1993-09-21, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2012; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 1; world No. 11 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking entering the week, as stated by Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings, list of 10 July 2017 (LPGA.com PDF): "11 ‐1 Park, Sung Hyun ‐ 3753 KOR 56 306.5411 5.4739").
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet