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Sunday 7 August 2022LPGA Tour · letYear in Review
Buhai wins AIG Women's Open
Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 August 2022 · Ashleigh Buhai’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $7,300,000 USD · AIG
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 25 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/11°C · wind 26 km/h W, gusts 41 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/10°C · wind 22 km/h W, gusts 33 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/11°C · wind 29 km/h WSW, gusts 47 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/14°C · wind 29 km/h WSW, gusts 48 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Ladies' British Open
- AIG Women's Open
- Women's British Open
- Pretty Polly Women's British Open
- Hitachi Ladies British Open
- Burberry Women's British Open
- Weetabix Women's British Open
- Ricoh Women's British Open
- AIG Women's British Open
1976–2026 in our record, 50 editions.
The ones it got away from
- In Gee Chun KOR · 274Closed with 70 from five back to force a playoff, then bogeyed the fourth extra hole (18th) after Buhai's bunker up-and-down. Ashleigh Buhai wins Women's Open after playoff for first major title (AP via ESPN)
144 started · cut +3, 65 made it
Same week
Women's major
AIG Women's Open
Muirfield, Gullane
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: In Gee Chun
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 August 2022
I didn't panic, which I thought was huge, and just tried to make a good swing on the next and just try to make good swings coming in to give myself a chance.
AP via ESPN
7 August 2022
I know there are a lot of people in South Africa with lots of gray hairs right now after that 15th hole,
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 August 2022
I think I did what I can do. Ashleigh made a great up-and-down on 18 (playoff). Almost close, but still, I don't want to give up and I just want to look for another tournament, another day.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashleigh Buhai | 70 · 65 · 64 · 75 | 274 | −10 |
| 2 | In Gee Chun | 68 · 66 · 70 · 70 | 274 | −10 |
| 3 | Hinako Shibuno | 65 · 73 · 66 · 71 | 275 | −9 |
| T4 | Leona Maguire | 71 · 69 · 71 · 66 | 277 | −7 |
| T4 | Madelene Sagstrom | 70 · 65 · 71 · 71 | 277 | −7 |
| T4 | Minjee Lee | 68 · 70 · 70 · 69 | 277 | −7 |
| T7 | Brooke Henderson | 70 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 279 | −5 |
| T7 | Celine Boutier | 68 · 70 · 74 · 67 | 279 | −5 |
| T7 | Jeeno Thitikul | 71 · 69 · 69 · 70 | 279 | −5 |
| T7 | Lydia Ko | 71 · 70 · 70 · 68 | 279 | −5 |
| T7 | Nasa Hataoka | 71 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 279 | −5 |
| T7 | Stephanie Kyriacou | 70 · 68 · 70 · 71 | 279 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1989-05-11, Johannesburg, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 2007; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 1; world No. 84 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2022-08-01 (published by LPGA.com), row: 84 ‐1 ‐‐ Buhai, Ashleigh ‐ 2379 RSA 56 76.9700 1.3745).
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