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Sunday 10 October 2021LPGA TourYear in Review
Ko wins Cognizant Founders Cup
Mountain Ridge Country Club, West Caldwell, New Jersey · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 October 2021 · Jin Young Ko’s win no. 10 on the LPGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD · Cognizant
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 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 41° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/16°C · wind 6 km/h WSW, gusts 14 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/15°C · wind 12 km/h E, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/16°C · wind 20 km/h ENE, gusts 40 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/16°C · wind 19 km/h NE, gusts 37 · 1.8 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
- Caroline Masson GER · 270Finished second on the ESPN final leaderboard. ESPN leaderboard
132 started · cut +1, 78 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Cognizant Founders Cup
Mountain Ridge Country Club, Mountain Ridge Country Club, West Caldwell, New Jersey
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jin Young Ko
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 October 2021
Yeah, course, like I got a lot of pressure but I tried to be calm and like patient and just comfortable on the course.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 October 2021
I changed this putter five or six weeks ago in Korea, and I use this putter four weeks in a row from the Portland and here. I got two wins with this putter and two Top 10s
ESPN (Associated Press)
10 October 2021
I still have a chance (to) beat Annika, and I will try to do my best,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jin Young Ko | 63 · 68 · 69 · 66 | 266 | −18 |
| 2 | Caroline Masson | 69 · 68 · 69 · 64 | 270 | −14 |
| 3 | Elizabeth Szokol | 68 · 71 · 65 · 69 | 273 | −11 |
| T4 | Jeongeun Lee6 | 70 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 274 | −10 |
| T4 | Yuka Saso | 67 · 70 · 67 · 70 | 274 | −10 |
| T6 | Gaby López | 73 · 68 · 69 · 65 | 275 | −9 |
| T6 | A Lim Kim | 68 · 71 · 69 · 67 | 275 | −9 |
| T6 | Jessica Korda | 69 · 69 · 69 · 68 | 275 | −9 |
| T6 | Lindsey Weaver-Wright | 68 · 67 · 69 · 71 | 275 | −9 |
| T6 | So Yeon Ryu | 67 · 66 · 71 · 71 | 275 | −9 |
The golfer
born 1995-07-07, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 10.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet