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Sunday 11 October 2020LPGA TourYear in Review
Kim wins KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Aronimink Golf Club, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 October 2020 · Sei Young Kim’s win no. 11 on the LPGA Tour · purse $4,300,000 USD · KPMG · Originally scheduled June 25-28; rescheduled to October 8-11 because of the COVID-19 pandemic
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/9°C · wind 20 km/h NW, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/7°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/13°C · wind 16 km/h SSW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/15°C · wind 16 km/h ENE, gusts 34 · 6.9 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
- Inbee Park KOR · 271Closed with 65 from three back but never got closer than three; Kim's 63 left her five behind. Sei Young Kim fires 63 to seal KPMG Women's PGA, first major win (AP via ESPN)
132 started · cut +6, 74 made it
Same week
Women's major
KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Aronimink Golf Club, Newtown Square
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Inbee Park
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 October 2020
I dreamt of winning a major championship after seeing Seri Pak winning the first one for our country, so I didn't -- to be honest with you, I didn't know it was going to take this long.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 October 2020
I guess I was unconsciously nervous before going to sleep, so I set my alarm 30 minutes later than I wanted to, and I found out when I left this morning.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
11 October 2020
it was just so hard to believe that she never won a major before because it felt like she won a few.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sei Young Kim | 71 · 65 · 67 · 63 | 266 | −14 |
| 2 | Inbee Park | 70 · 70 · 66 · 65 | 271 | −9 |
| T3 | Carlota Ciganda | 68 · 69 · 71 · 65 | 273 | −7 |
| T3 | Nasa Hataoka | 72 · 69 · 68 · 64 | 273 | −7 |
| 5 | Anna Nordqvist | 69 · 68 · 68 · 71 | 276 | −4 |
| 6 | Brooke Henderson | 71 · 69 · 65 · 72 | 277 | −3 |
| T7 | Charley Hull | 70 · 71 · 69 · 69 | 279 | −1 |
| T7 | Jennifer Kupcho | 72 · 65 · 71 · 71 | 279 | −1 |
| T9 | Brittany Lincicome | 67 · 72 · 72 · 69 | 280 | E |
| T9 | Gaby Lopez | 68 · 72 · 68 · 72 | 280 | E |
| T9 | Bianca Pagdanganan | 77 · 65 · 65 · 73 | 280 | E |
| T9 | Lauren Stephenson | 70 · 68 · 74 · 68 | 280 | E |
The golfer
born 1993-01-21, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2010; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 11; majors to date: 1; world No. 7 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2020-10-05 (published by LPGA.com), row: 7 ‐‐ ‐2 Kim, Sei Young ‐ 4110 KOR 53 275.6246 5.2005).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet