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Sunday 28 July 2019LPGA TourYear in Review
Ko wins Evian Championship
Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains, France · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 July 2019 · Jin Young Ko’s win no. 5 on the LPGA Tour · purse $4,100,000 USD · final-round start delayed two hours after overnight downpours; finished in rain at 7:35 p.m.
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 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R134°/24°C · wind 7 km/h SE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/22°C · wind 8 km/h SSE, gusts 26 · 4.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/18°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 28 · 7.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/16°C · wind 9 km/h W, gusts 30 · 19.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Evian Masters
- Evian Championship
- Amundi Evian Championship
1994–2026 in our record, 32 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Hyo Joo Kim KOR · 271Led entering the back nine but made triple bogey at the par-3 14th after her tee shot plugged under the face of a greenside bunker; closed with 73. Ko wins at Evian for 2nd major title of season (AP via ESPN)
- Jennifer Kupcho USA · 271Rookie began seven behind and shot a bogey-free 66, the low round of the day, to tie for second. Ko wins at Evian for 2nd major title of season (AP via ESPN)
- Shanshan Feng CHN · 271Closed with 68 to share second, two behind. Ko wins at Evian for 2nd major title of season (AP via ESPN)
120 started · cut +2, 72 made it
Same week
Women's major
Evian Championship
Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Shanshan Feng, Hyo Joo Kim, Jennifer Kupcho
From the papers
AP via ESPN
28 July 2019
The lie was so bad. It was really unlucky for Hyo Joo,
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 July 2019
So I played really - not perfect, but a little bit - yeah, little perfect.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 July 2019
Actually I saw like Bible something on the church. My friends send to me this morning. In Korea it's Sunday too, so I saw, and then I little cried. And then glory to God today.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript, through translation)
28 July 2019
On the teeing ground I heard a loud noise and thought maybe I should have backed off or switched my target.
AP via ESPN
28 July 2019
Standing over this putt on 18, I was kind of freaking out,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jin Young Ko | 65 · 71 · 66 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| T2 | Jennifer Kupcho | 66 · 70 · 69 · 66 | 271 | −13 |
| T2 | Shanshan Feng | 69 · 66 · 68 · 68 | 271 | −13 |
| T2 | Hyo Joo Kim | 69 · 64 · 65 · 73 | 271 | −13 |
| 5 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 70 · 71 · 64 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| T6 | Moriya Jutanugarn | 68 · 72 · 66 · 68 | 274 | −10 |
| T6 | Sung Hyun Park | 67 · 66 · 66 · 75 | 274 | −10 |
| T8 | Megan Khang | 68 · 70 · 67 · 70 | 275 | −9 |
| T8 | Inbee Park | 65 · 68 · 69 · 73 | 275 | −9 |
| 10 | Carlota Ciganda | 70 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 276 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1995-07-07, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2013; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 2; world No. 2 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2019-07-22 (published by LPGA.com), row: 2 -- Ko, Jin-Young - 4532 KOR 52 379.5844 7.2997).
What’s in the bag
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