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Sunday 2 August 2020LPGA TourYear in Review
Kang wins LPGA Drive On Championship
Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio · Friday 31 July to Sunday 2 August 2020 · Danielle Kang’s win no. 4 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,000,000 USD · New 54-hole event created to restart the LPGA Tour after the COVID-19 suspension; first LPGA event since February
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 09 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/17°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/20°C · wind 15 km/h NE, gusts 31 · 2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/19°C · wind 22 km/h W, gusts 36 · 15.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Celine Boutier FRA · 210Tied Kang with a birdie on 14, then missed a short par putt on 15 and lipped out a 4-foot birdie putt on 18 that would have forced a playoff Danielle Kang closes with 70 to win LPGA's return (AP via ESPN)
132 started · cut +6, 78 made it
Same week
LPGA event
LPGA Drive On Championship
Inverness Club, Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Danielle Kang
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 August 2020
During the COVID, all the time off, I made sure to try and be thankful every day for what I had. I think that really paid off
Associated Press via ESPN
2 August 2020
I made sure I played golf as much as I did normally, not because I had to but because I wanted to
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danielle Kang | 66 · 73 · 70 | 209 | −7 |
| 2 | Celine Boutier | 68 · 71 · 71 | 210 | −6 |
| 3 | Minjee Lee | 69 · 73 · 70 | 212 | −4 |
| 4 | Yui Kawamoto | 70 · 71 · 72 | 213 | −3 |
| 5 | Jodi Ewart Shadoff | 67 · 72 · 75 | 214 | −2 |
| T6 | Gemma Dryburgh | 73 · 72 · 71 | 216 | E |
| T6 | Brittany Lang | 72 · 72 · 72 | 216 | E |
| T6 | Mina Harigae | 71 · 72 · 73 | 216 | E |
| T6 | Sarah Burnham | 70 · 72 · 74 | 216 | E |
| T6 | Sarah Schmelzel | 72 · 69 · 75 | 216 | E |
The golfer
born 1992-10-20, San Francisco, California; USA; turned pro 2011; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 1; world No. 4 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking, as stated by AP ("the No. 4 player in the women's world ranking")).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet