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Sunday 29 May 2022LPGA TourYear in Review

Ji wins Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play

Shadow Creek Golf Course, Las Vegas, Nevada · Wednesday 25 to Sunday 29 May 2022 · Eun-Hee Ji’s win no. 6 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,500,000 USD · Bank of Hope · match play: round-robin groups, then knockout; final over 18 holes

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 75° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R137°/21°C · wind 11 km/h NE, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R239°/26°C · wind 26 km/h S, gusts 51 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R338°/26°C · wind 25 km/h SSW, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R434°/25°C · wind 21 km/h SSW, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  5. R532°/21°C · wind 22 km/h NW, gusts 41 · 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

64 started

Same week

LPGA event

Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play

Shadow Creek Golf Course, Shadow Creek Golf Course, Las Vegas, Nevada

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Eun-Hee Ji

3 and 2 (final)Margin

Score, to par and runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

ESPN (Associated Press)

30 May 2022

I'm so excited to win the tournament. Then going to next week, this is the way to be going into next week.

Eun-Hee Ji, quoted in ESPN (Associated Press), 30 May 2022. The report

ESPN (Associated Press)

30 May 2022

It was definitely tough conditions out there.

Ayaka Furue, quoted in ESPN (Associated Press), 30 May 2022. The report
The golfer

born 1986-05-13, Gapyeong, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2004; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 1; world No. 83 that week (Rolex Rankings as stated by AP (ESPN): "Ranked 83rd in the world").

Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet