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Sunday 4 August 2019LPGA TourYear in Review
Shibuno wins AIG Women's British Open
Woburn Golf Club, Little Brickhill, England · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 August 2019 · Hinako Shibuno’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $4,500,000 USD · AIG
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 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/14°C · wind 15 km/h NW, gusts 30 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/14°C · wind 15 km/h NNE, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/12°C · wind 9 km/h SE, gusts 20 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/13°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 50 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Ladies' British Open
- AIG Women's Open
- Women's British Open
- Pretty Polly Women's British Open
- Hitachi Ladies British Open
- Burberry Women's British Open
- Weetabix Women's British Open
- Ricoh Women's British Open
- AIG Women's British Open
1976–2026 in our record, 50 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Lizette Salas USA · 271closed with 65 to share the lead but missed a birdie putt on the 18th; Shibuno birdied the last to win by one Shibuno wins Women's British Open on debut (AP) — ESPN, 4 Aug 2019
144 started · cut +1, 72 made it
Same week
Women's major
AIG Women's British Open
Woburn Golf Club (Marquess Course), Little Brickhill (near Milton Keynes)
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Lizette Salas
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 August 2019
Enough treats to feed me till I die.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 August 2019
I'm not really sure why, but when I was talking to the caddie over the second shot was that if I were to shank this second shot, it would be very embarrassing.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
4 August 2019
Yeah, I told myself, "You got this. You're made for this." I put a good stroke on it. I'm not going to lie; I was nervous.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hinako Shibuno | 66 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| 2 | Lizette Salas | 69 · 67 · 70 · 65 | 271 | −17 |
| 3 | Jin Young Ko | 68 · 70 · 68 · 66 | 272 | −16 |
| 4 | Morgan Pressel | 69 · 71 · 66 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| 5 | Ashleigh Buhai | 65 · 67 · 72 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| 6 | Celine Boutier | 71 · 66 · 73 · 66 | 276 | −12 |
| 7 | Carlota Ciganda | 69 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| 8 | Sung Hyun Park | 67 · 70 · 68 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Nelly Korda | 70 · 69 · 72 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T9 | Jeongeun Lee6 | 68 · 71 · 69 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1998-11-15, Okayama, Japan; JPN; turned pro 2018; age 20 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 1; world No. 46 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2019-07-29 (published by LPGA.com), row: 46 -2 Shibuno, Hinako - 6519 JPN 34 72.4741 2.0707).
What’s in the bag
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