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Saturday 24 April 2021LPGA TourYear in Review
Henderson wins Hugel-Air Premia LA Open
Wilshire Country Club, Los Angeles, CA · Wednesday 21 to Saturday 24 April 2021 · Brooke Henderson’s win no. 10 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,500,000 USD · Hugel-Air Premia
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 10 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/14°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 35 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/13°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/13°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/13°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 36 · 0 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
- Jessica Korda USA · 269led after each of the first three rounds; closed with 72 to lose by one Brooke Henderson shoots past Jessica Korda, Jin Young Ko to win LA Open
145 started · cut +2, 78 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Hugel-Air Premia LA Open
Wilshire Country Club, Wilshire Country Club, Los Angeles, CA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Brooke Henderson
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
24 April 2021
That is not where I wanted that tee shot to be, so to be able to get up and down there for the win was really cool, especially after just Jessica made such a great shot
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
24 April 2021
So just tried to make solid contact and landed on my spot, and to have it go in was definitely a big bonus. It was going pretty hard.
ESPN (Associated Press)
25 April 2021
Really frustrating, really couldn't get anything going
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooke Henderson | 69 · 65 · 67 · 67 | 268 | −16 |
| 2 | Jessica Korda | 64 · 65 · 68 · 72 | 269 | −15 |
| T3 | Hannah Green | 68 · 67 · 69 · 66 | 270 | −14 |
| T3 | Jin Young Ko | 67 · 65 · 66 · 72 | 270 | −14 |
| T5 | So Yeon Ryu | 68 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 272 | −12 |
| T5 | Angela Stanford | 68 · 66 · 68 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| 7 | Jeongeun Lee6 | 68 · 69 · 70 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| T8 | Morgan Lee Pressel | 68 · 71 · 66 · 69 | 274 | −10 |
| T8 | Tiffany Chan | 65 · 70 · 70 · 69 | 274 | −10 |
| T10 | Mel Reid | 70 · 67 · 73 · 66 | 276 | −8 |
| T10 | Nelly Korda | 66 · 73 · 70 · 67 | 276 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1997-09-10, Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada; CAN; turned pro 2014; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 10; world No. 6 that week (Rolex Rankings as stated by AP (ESPN): "The sixth-ranked Henderson").
What’s in the bag
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