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Sunday 23 June 2019LPGA TourYear in Review
Green wins KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 June 2019 · Hannah Green’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $3,850,000 USD · KPMG
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 24 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/16°C · wind 14 km/h ESE, gusts 31 · 4.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/17°C · wind 26 km/h ESE, gusts 48 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/16°C · wind 17 km/h ESE, gusts 37 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/19°C · wind 10 km/h NE, gusts 25 · 8.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- LPGA Championship
- Eve-LPGA Championship
- Mazda LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
- LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans
- Wegmans LPGA Championship
- KPMG Women's PGA Championship
1955–2026 in our record, 72 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Sung Hyun Park KOR · 280Defending champion closed with 68, holing an 18-foot birdie putt on the 72nd to get within one, but Green saved par from a bunker on the 18th. Green, 22, hangs on to win her 1st LPGA major (AP via ESPN)
156 started · cut +5, 80 made it
Same week
Women's major
KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Sung Hyun Park
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 June 2019
I can't believe I'm in this position right now. I mean I've always wanted to win an event and to win a Major Championship as my first event is crazy.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 June 2019
Just watching the video of them coming and pour beer all over me just really makes me tear up and makes me so happy to, I guess, have them here this week.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript, through translation)
23 June 2019
How am I supposed to rate a player who has won a Major?
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hannah Green | 68 · 69 · 70 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| 2 | Sung Hyun Park | 70 · 71 · 71 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Nelly Korda | 72 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T3 | Melissa Reid | 69 · 76 · 71 · 66 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | Danielle Kang | 75 · 70 · 68 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
| T5 | Lizette Salas | 72 · 71 · 68 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T7 | Hyo Joo Kim | 69 · 74 · 71 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T7 | Mirim Lee | 71 · 74 · 70 · 69 | 284 | −4 |
| T7 | Inbee Park | 72 · 73 · 68 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 70 · 70 · 68 · 77 | 285 | −3 |
| T10 | Megan Khang | 74 · 72 · 69 · 70 | 285 | −3 |
| T10 | Lydia Ko | 71 · 70 · 76 · 68 | 285 | −3 |
| T10 | So Yeon Ryu | 71 · 75 · 71 · 68 | 285 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1996-12-20, Perth, Western Australia; AUS; turned pro 2016; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 1; world No. 114 that week (Women's world ranking as stated by BBC Sport ('ranked 114th in the world'); also put to her in the ASAP Sports press conference).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet