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Sunday 12 August 2018AmateurYear in Review
Gillman wins U.S. Women's Amateur
The Golf Club of Tennessee, Kingston Springs, Tennessee · Monday 6 to Sunday 12 August 2018
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 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R135°/23°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 32 · 1.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R234°/23°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 35 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/24°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 44 · 8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/22°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 31 · 7.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R528°/22°C · wind 10 km/h WNW, gusts 35 · 8.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R633°/20°C · wind 8 km/h W, gusts 23 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R732°/22°C · wind 9 km/h N, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Amateur
1895–2026 in our record, 126 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Jiwon Jeon KOR · 7 and 6Fell 7 down in the morning, won the last two holes before lunch to trail 5 down, but Gillman went 7 up again by the 22nd and closed it out on the 30th hole. Gillman Wins 118th U.S. Women's Amateur (USGA; read from gnn-data saved text, usga.org 403s)
156 started, 64 made it
Same week
Women's amateur championship
U.S. Women's Amateur
The G.C. of Tennessee, Kingston Springs
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jeon Ji-won
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 August 2018
I think the hardest part was not knowing if I would be able to play again or even be able to be the player I was
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 August 2018
I feel like in golf, it's never over until it's over, so I kept telling myself that you don't have it won until it's actually done.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
12 August 2018
I was very confident because I won the last two holes, and I had good momentum to go into the first hole of the second match. It didn't turn out that well, but yeah, well, it is what it is.
The golfer
born 1997-09-22, Austin, Texas, U.S.; USA; turned pro 2018; age 20 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
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