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Sunday 27 June 2021LPGA TourYear in Review
Korda wins KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Atlanta Athletic Club, Duluth, Georgia · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 June 2021 · Nelly Korda’s win no. 6 on the LPGA Tour · purse $4,500,000 USD · KPMG
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 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 79° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/20°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 38 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/19°C · wind 12 km/h ESE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/19°C · wind 13 km/h ESE, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/22°C · wind 13 km/h ESE, gusts 29 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- LPGA Championship
- Eve-LPGA Championship
- Mazda LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
- LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans
- Wegmans LPGA Championship
- KPMG Women's PGA Championship
1955–2026 in our record, 72 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Lizette Salas USA · 272Within one after a birdie at the 6th, she missed a 15-footer to tie at 10, then bogeyed 12 from a bunker as Korda eagled it; closed with 71. Nelly Korda wins first major title at Women's PGA, earns No. 1 ranking (AP via ESPN)
156 started · cut +2, 70 made it
Same week
Women's major
KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Atlanta Athletic Club (Highlands Course), Johns Creek
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Lizette Salas
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 June 2021
That has a lovely ring to it, not going to lie.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 June 2021
Well, I actually chunked it. Right as I hit it, I was like, ohh, and I was very lucky honestly. You have to have a little bit of everything to win.
AP via ESPN
27 June 2021
She played great, and there's nothing I could have done differently to change her game plan, and that says a lot about her,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelly Korda | 70 · 63 · 68 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Lizette Salas | 67 · 67 · 67 · 71 | 272 | −16 |
| T3 | Giulia Molinaro | 70 · 70 · 66 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Hyo Joo Kim | 71 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Danielle Kang | 73 · 67 · 73 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Patty Tavatanakit | 70 · 71 · 65 · 74 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Austin Ernst | 69 · 71 · 71 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Celine Boutier | 73 · 64 · 69 · 75 | 281 | −7 |
| T9 | Amy Yang | 72 · 72 · 74 · 64 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Cydney Clanton | 70 · 67 · 75 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Xiyu Janet Lin | 69 · 71 · 70 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1998-07-28, Bradenton, Florida; USA; turned pro 2016; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 1; world No. 3 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2021-06-21 (published by LPGA.com), row: 3 +1 +1 Korda, Nelly ‐ 5394 USA 48 391.9577 8.1658).
What’s in the bag
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