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Sunday 21 November 2021LPGA TourYear in Review
Ko wins CME Group Tour Championship
Tiburón Golf Club, Naples, Florida · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 November 2021 · Jin Young Ko’s win no. 12 on the LPGA Tour · purse $5,000,000 USD · CME Group
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 35 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 43° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/22°C · wind 16 km/h ENE, gusts 26 · 11.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/21°C · wind 20 km/h NE, gusts 37 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/21°C · wind 25 km/h NE, gusts 38 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/22°C · wind 20 km/h NE, gusts 34 · 2.7 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
- Nasa Hataoka JPN · 266Finished second on the ESPN final leaderboard. ESPN leaderboard
60 started, 59 made it
Same week
LPGA event
CME Group Tour Championship
Tiburón Golf Club (Black Course), Tiburón Golf Club, Naples, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jin Young Ko
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 November 2021
Well, I would say I leaded two shot by Nasa, so if she got the birdie and I just need two-putt, so I didn't nervous at all.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 November 2021
Well, Maddie is my caddie David Brooker's middle daughter and she went to the VOA and I won the tournament. Then she said, I'm your lucky charm, and, yeah, I said, yes, you are.
ESPN (Associated Press)
21 November 2021
So proud of myself. Player of the year, it's cool. I would say player of the year is best. It's really tough get to player of the year, especially this year with Nelly.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jin Young Ko | 69 · 67 · 66 · 63 | 265 | −23 |
| 2 | Nasa Hataoka | 69 · 69 · 64 · 64 | 266 | −22 |
| T3 | Mina Kreiter | 65 · 69 · 69 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| T3 | Celine Boutier | 65 · 65 · 72 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| T5 | Megan Khang | 67 · 69 · 69 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T5 | Minjee Lee | 66 · 68 · 71 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T5 | Nelly Korda | 66 · 69 · 67 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| 8 | Lexi Thompson | 67 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T9 | Lydia Ko | 69 · 68 · 72 · 64 | 273 | −15 |
| T9 | In Gee Chun | 69 · 69 · 70 · 65 | 273 | −15 |
| T9 | Gaby López | 66 · 68 · 69 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
The golfer
born 1995-07-07, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 12.
What’s in the bag
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