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Sunday 23 October 2022LPGA TourYear in Review
Ko wins BMW Ladies Championship
Oak Valley Country Club, Wonju, South Korea · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 October 2022 · Lydia Ko’s win no. 18 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,000,000 USD · BMW
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 40° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/1°C · wind 8 km/h WNW, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/5°C · wind 10 km/h WSW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/7°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/8°C · wind 12 km/h NW, gusts 32 · 1.3 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
- Andrea Lee USA · 271Finished second on the ESPN final leaderboard. ESPN leaderboard
78 started, 77 made it
Same week
LPGA event
BMW Ladies Championship
Oak Valley Country Club, Oak Valley Country Club, Wonju, South Korea
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lydia Ko
Margin and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 October 2022
Yeah, I think this is probably the best I've played, the most consistently I've played.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 October 2022
I have these shoes that we collaborated with ECCO that shows who I am, which is a South Korean-born Kiwi, and I have the silver fern and the hibiscus flower.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lydia Ko | 68 · 68 · 66 · 65 | 267 | −21 |
| 2 | Andrea Lee | 66 · 66 · 70 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| T3 | Hye-Jin Choi | 69 · 69 · 66 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T3 | Hyo Joo Kim | 69 · 69 · 66 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T3 | Lilia Vu | 68 · 66 · 69 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| 6 | Jeeno Thitikul | 63 · 71 · 67 · 74 | 275 | −13 |
| 7 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 73 · 68 · 65 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Yuka Saso | 70 · 73 · 65 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Linn Grant | 70 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Danielle Kang | 70 · 70 · 70 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Hannah Green | 70 · 67 · 72 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Alison Lee | 68 · 72 · 67 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Yaeeun Hong | 66 · 70 · 71 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Minsol Kim | 64 · 70 · 71 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1997-04-24, Seoul, South Korea; NZL; turned pro 2013; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 18.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet