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Sunday 23 May 2021LPGA TourYear in Review
Hsu wins Pure Silk Championship pres by Visit Williamsburg
Kingsmill Resort Golf Course, Williamsburg, VA · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 May 2021 · Wei-Ling Hsu’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,300,000 USD · Pure Silk
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 12 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/17°C · wind 20 km/h E, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/15°C · wind 12 km/h E, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/16°C · wind 9 km/h WSW, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/22°C · wind 13 km/h WNW, gusts 29 · 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
- Moriya Jutanugarn THA · 273led by two on the par-5 15th tee, made double bogey there as Hsu eagled (four-shot swing) Wei-Ling Hsu's late eagle creates big swing, keys first career LPGA win
144 started · cut +3, 81 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Pure Silk Championship pres by Visit Williamsburg
Kingsmill Resort Golf Course, Kingsmill Resort Golf Course, Williamsburg, VA
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Wei-Ling Hsu
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 May 2021
couple weeks ago I ask my caddie, like if I won are you going to cry, and my caddie say, Yeah, I'll cry, and I told him like I'm not going to cry.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 May 2021
I was just like, Hey, I been waiting for this for so long. You have to make this putt.
ESPN (Associated Press)
24 May 2021
I think this is the happiest day ever. How do you cry?
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wei-Ling Hsu | 66 · 72 · 65 · 68 | 271 | −13 |
| 2 | Moriya Jutanugarn | 71 · 67 · 65 · 70 | 273 | −11 |
| 3 | Jessica Korda | 70 · 67 · 67 · 70 | 274 | −10 |
| 4 | Sarah Kemp | 69 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 275 | −9 |
| T5 | Wichanee Meechai | 70 · 68 · 69 · 69 | 276 | −8 |
| T5 | Lizette Salas | 73 · 68 · 64 · 71 | 276 | −8 |
| T7 | Sei Young Kim | 67 · 71 · 70 · 69 | 277 | −7 |
| T7 | Elizabeth Szokol | 68 · 72 · 67 · 70 | 277 | −7 |
| T7 | Lauren Morris | 71 · 68 · 67 · 71 | 277 | −7 |
| T10 | Brooke Henderson | 70 · 70 · 71 · 67 | 278 | −6 |
| T10 | Mina Kreiter | 69 · 72 · 69 · 68 | 278 | −6 |
| T10 | Pajaree Anannarukarn | 71 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 278 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1994-10-20, Taipei, Taiwan; TPE; turned pro 2012; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 108 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2021-05-17 (published by LPGA.com), row: 108 ‐‐ +17 Hsu, Wei‐Ling ‐ 4582 TPE 59 66.7344 1.1311).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet