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Sunday 28 March 2021LPGA TourYear in Review
Park wins Kia Classic
Aviara Golf Club, Carlsbad, CA · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 March 2021 · Inbee Park’s win no. 21 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,800,000 USD · Kia
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 13 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/11°C · wind 24 km/h SW, gusts 39 · 2.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/10°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 28 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/9°C · wind 18 km/h NW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/10°C · wind 19 km/h NW, gusts 31 · 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
- Amy Olson USA · 279finished 5 strokes behind the winner 2021 Kia Classic final results: Prize money payout, leaderboard and how much each golfer won - Golf News Net
- Lexi Thompson USA · 279bogeyed the last hole for 69, tied second five behind Inbee Park wins Kia Classic in her LPGA Tour season debut
144 started, 76 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Kia Classic
Aviara Golf Club, Aviara Golf Club, Carlsbad, CA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Inbee Park
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 March 2021
obviously it's really cold in Korea and you're not playing golf in minus 20 celsius.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
28 March 2021
if there was no Olympics I don't know, would I be here? I'm just asking the same question.
ESPN (Associated Press)
29 March 2021
Inbee played great, so she was a tough chase
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inbee Park | 66 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 274 | −14 |
| T2 | Amy Olson | 75 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 279 | −9 |
| T2 | Lexi Thompson | 72 · 72 · 66 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| 4 | Jin Young Ko | 71 · 71 · 68 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Hyo Joo Kim | 67 · 72 · 72 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T5 | Minjee Lee | 72 · 69 · 68 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Stacy Lewis | 73 · 70 · 74 · 65 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Danielle Kang | 70 · 74 · 69 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Wei-Ling Hsu | 71 · 69 · 72 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T10 | Nelly Korda | 75 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Brooke Henderson | 73 · 70 · 68 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1988-07-12, Seoul, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2006; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 21; world No. 4 that week (Rolex Rankings as stated by AP (ESPN): "The 32-year-old Park, ranked fourth in the world").
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet