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Sunday 11 August 2019AmateurYear in Review
Ruffels wins U.S. Women's Amateur
Old Waverly Golf Club, West Point, Mississippi · Monday 5 to Sunday 11 August 2019 · 36-hole final on Sunday after rain Friday and Saturday afternoon
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 22 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R133°/22°C · wind 6 km/h NW, gusts 23 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R236°/23°C · wind 10 km/h WNW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R336°/24°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 27 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/24°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 35 · 3.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R533°/24°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 33 · 11.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R632°/24°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 33 · 14.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R734°/24°C · wind 8 km/h NW, gusts 21 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course 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
- Albane Valenzuela SUI · 1 upLed 1 up after the 30th, but Ruffels won the 33rd and 35th; Valenzuela's 9-iron to 3 feet on the 36th was matched by Ruffels' 10-foot birdie putt. Ruffels Makes U.S. Women's Amateur History With Dramatic Win (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
Old Waverly G.C., West Point
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Albane Valenzuela
To par not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 August 2019
I don't really know yet. It's been kind of a blur the last kind of 20 minutes. But this is amazing. This is what you dream of as a kid when you start playing golf, winning tournaments like this.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 August 2019
And to be honest, I didn't think that last putt on 18 was going in, but seeing that just drip in, probably the best feeling of my life.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 August 2019
I mean, you lose, you lose. That's it.
The golfer
born 2000-04-18, Orlando, Florida, U.S.; AUS; age 19 that week.
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet