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Sunday 18 February 2018LPGA TourYear in Review
Ko wins ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open
Kooyonga Golf Club, Adelaide, South Australia · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 February 2018 · Jin Young Ko’s win no. 2 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,300,000 USD · ISPS Handa
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 10 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/15°C · wind 18 km/h SSW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/18°C · wind 18 km/h SSW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/16°C · wind 17 km/h SSE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/18°C · wind 20 km/h SE, gusts 28 · 1.2 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
- Hyejin Choi KOR · 277Closed with a 67 but finished three behind wire-to-wire winner Ko Ko Makes History, Rookies Making Presence Felt and More from Australia (LPGA.com)
, 80 made it
Same week
LPGA event
ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open
Kooyonga Golf Club, Kooyonga Golf Club, Adelaide, South Australia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jin Young Ko
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
LPGA.com
18 February 2018
I finished yesterday with a 4-stroke lead, but my friend said to me, 'if you (have) a 10-stroke lead, you'll have the same feeling, so don't be nervous and just relax. Tomorrow is tomorrow.'
LPGA.com
18 February 2018
I think maybe we'll party tonight,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jin Young Ko | 65 · 69 · 71 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Hyejin Choi | 69 · 71 · 70 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| 3 | Hannah Green | 69 · 74 · 66 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| 4 | Katherine Kirk | 72 · 73 · 69 · 65 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Marina Alex | 71 · 72 · 70 · 68 | 281 | −7 |
| T5 | Minjee Lee | 72 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Charley Hull | 74 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 69 · 72 · 72 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Emma Talley | 68 · 69 · 76 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | So Yeon Ryu | 69 · 75 · 68 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Jiyai Shin | 67 · 71 · 74 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Sun Young Yoo | 68 · 70 · 72 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1995-07-07, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2013; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet