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Sunday 2 June 2019LPGA TourYear in Review
Lee6 wins U.S. Women's Open
Country Club of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina · Thursday 30 May to Sunday 2 June 2019 · Jeongeun Lee6’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $5,500,000 USD
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 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 79° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R133°/26°C · wind 24 km/h SSW, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/24°C · wind 25 km/h SW, gusts 47 · 24.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/22°C · wind 19 km/h WSW, gusts 28 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/22°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Open
1946–2026 in our record, 81 editions.
The ones it got away from
- So Yeon Ryu KOR · 280Opened the final round with a double bogey and fought back to a closing 70, two behind. U.S. Women's Open: So Yeon Ryu interview, June 2 2019 (ASAP Sports)
- Lexi Thompson USA · 280Started one off the lead but bogeyed the 1st, 3rd and 4th holes and closed with 73. Lee6 wins U.S. Women's Open, pockets $1M (AP via ESPN)
- Angel Yin USA · 280Closed with 68, three under on the par 5s, but bogeyed the 18th. U.S. Women's Open: Angel Yin interview, June 2 2019 (ASAP Sports)
156 started · cut +3, 70 made it
Same week
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Country Club of Charleston, Charleston
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: So Yeon Ryu, Lexi Thompson, Angel Yin
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript, through interpreter)
2 June 2019
So my goal was, if I win the tournament, I can eat ramen (laughter). That was my goal. If I finish the top five, I can buy shoes. But I can buy shoes and eat ramen. So it's a double.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript, through interpreter)
2 June 2019
Well, when I first tournament in KLPGA, I shot like 6 under, and this is kind of really interesting how I finished 6 under as an LPGA tournament. So this is really lucky number to me.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 June 2019
Plus, having the Major trophy, especially the U.S. Women's Open trophy under my belt, makes things easier because it definitely gave me a lot confidence
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeongeun Lee6 | 70 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 278 | −6 |
| T2 | So Yeon Ryu | 71 · 68 · 71 · 70 | 280 | −4 |
| T2 | Lexi Thompson | 70 · 69 · 68 · 73 | 280 | −4 |
| T2 | Angel Yin | 72 · 68 · 72 · 68 | 280 | −4 |
| T5 | Celine Boutier | 67 · 70 · 69 · 75 | 281 | −3 |
| T5 | Jaye Marie Green | 71 · 68 · 68 · 74 | 281 | −3 |
| T5 | Mamiko Higa | 65 · 71 · 71 · 74 | 281 | −3 |
| T5 | Yu Liu | 69 · 71 · 66 · 75 | 281 | −3 |
| T5 | Gerina Piller | 70 · 70 · 73 · 68 | 281 | −3 |
| T10 | Jessica Korda | 69 · 68 · 72 · 73 | 282 | −2 |
| T10 | Ally McDonald | 72 · 72 · 67 · 71 | 282 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1996-05-28, Suncheon, Jeollanam-do, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2015; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 1; world No. 17 that week (Women's world ranking as stated by AP via ESPN ('She came in ranked 17th in the world')).
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