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Sunday 20 May 2018LPGA TourYear in Review
Jutanugarn wins Kingsmill Championship presented by GEICO
Kingsmill Resort, Williamsburg, Virginia · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 May 2018 · Ariya Jutanugarn’s win no. 8 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,300,000 USD · Kingsmill · weather: reduced from 72 to 54 holes after rain washed out play on Saturday
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 08 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/22°C · wind 15 km/h S, gusts 27 · 17.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/21°C · wind 15 km/h SE, gusts 33 · 34.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/21°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 42 · 12.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/22°C · wind 20 km/h SW, gusts 39 · 0.2 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
- Nasa Hataoka JPN · 199closed with 67 to tie; birdied the first playoff hole but missed from just off the back of the 18th green on the second AP via ESPN: Ariya Jutanugarn wins LPGA Tour playoff at Kingsmill Championship (2018-05-20)
- In Gee Chun KOR · 19954-hole leader entering the day by two; closed with 68 and dropped out on the first playoff hole AP via ESPN: Ariya Jutanugarn wins LPGA Tour playoff at Kingsmill Championship (2018-05-20)
· cut -1, 75 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Kingsmill Championship presented by GEICO
Kingsmill Resort, Kingsmill Resort, Williamsburg, Virginia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ariya Jutanugarn
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 May 2018
Because I think before playoff I'm just told myself like either I'm going to win or I'm going to finish second. So, I mean, it's not going to be worse than that. Why not?
Associated Press via ESPN
20 May 2018
When I'm thinking about winning, I never win
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 May 2018
I couldn't make the putt, but I really happy to play here. So I just want to say thank you to the greenskeepers and the LPGA. They have done a wonderful job together under the bad weather.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 66 · 67 · 66 | 199 | −14 |
| T2 | Nasa Hataoka | 199 | −14 | |
| T2 | In Gee Chun | 199 | −14 | |
| 4 | Brooke Henderson | −13 | ||
| 5 | Megan Khang | −12 | ||
| 6 | Austin Ernst | −10 | ||
| T7 | Eun-Hee Ji | −9 | ||
| T7 | Sher. Santiwiwatthanaphong | −9 | ||
| T7 | Caroline Masson | −9 | ||
| T10 | Mariajo Uribe | −8 | ||
| T10 | Katelyn Dambaugh | −8 | ||
| T10 | Moriya Jutanugarn | −8 | ||
| T10 | Ayako Uehara | −8 | ||
| T10 | Anna Nordqvist | −8 | ||
| T10 | Sandra Gal | −8 | ||
| T10 | Catriona Matthew | −8 |
The golfer
born 1995-11-23, Bangkok, Thailand; THA; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 8; majors to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
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