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Sunday 6 June 2021LPGA TourYear in Review
Saso wins U.S. Women's Open
Olympic Club, San Francisco, California · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 June 2021 · Yuka Saso’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $5,500,000 USD
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 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 75° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/11°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/13°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 47 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/12°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/12°C · wind 22 km/h WSW, gusts 54 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Open
1946–2026 in our record, 81 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Nasa Hataoka JPN · 280Closed with 68 to post 4 under, then lost on the third playoff hole when Saso birdied the 9th. Yuka Saso birdies third playoff hole, becomes second teen to win U.S. Women's Open (AP via ESPN)
- Lexi Thompson USA · 281Led by five after the 8th hole, played the last seven holes in 5 over, bogeying 17 and 18, and missed the playoff by one. 2021 U.S. Women's Open - Wikipedia
156 started · cut +6, 66 made it
Same week
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
The Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Nasa Hataoka
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 June 2021
Actually my stomach hurt a little after finishing up my 18 holes. After the two-hole playoff, I ate a banana and that made me feel better.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 June 2021
For the first few holes I had two double bogeys, and I was actually a little upset. But my caddie talked to me and said, just keep on going; there's many more holes to go.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
6 June 2021
On the first playoff I had to wait over an hour, so I was kind of excited, got me all excited and uptight and I started thinking
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Nasa Hataoka | 72 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 280 | −4 |
| 1 | Yuka Saso | 69 · 67 · 71 · 73 | 280 | −4 |
| 3 | Lexi Thompson | 69 · 71 · 66 · 75 | 281 | −3 |
| T4 | Megan Khang | 68 · 70 · 74 · 70 | 282 | −2 |
| T4 | Shanshan Feng | 69 · 70 · 72 · 71 | 282 | −2 |
| 6 | Angel Yin | 68 · 79 · 67 · 70 | 284 | E |
| T7 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 71 · 70 · 74 · 70 | 285 | +1 |
| T7 | Brooke Henderson | 68 · 78 · 69 · 70 | 285 | +1 |
| T7 | Inbee Park | 71 · 69 · 73 · 72 | 285 | +1 |
| T7 | Jin Young Ko | 70 · 74 · 72 · 69 | 285 | +1 |
| T7 | Xiyu Janet Lin | 72 · 74 · 72 · 67 | 285 | +1 |
The golfer
born 2001-06-20, San Ildefonso, Bulacan, Philippines; PHI; turned pro 2019; age 19 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 1; world No. 40 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2021-05-31 (published by LPGA.com), row: 40 ‐‐ +5 Saso, Yuka ‐ 6495 PHI 32 94.3385 2.6954).
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