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Sunday 20 November 2022LPGA TourYear in Review
Ko wins CME Group Tour Championship
Tiburón Golf Club, Naples, Florida · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 November 2022 · Lydia Ko’s win no. 19 on the LPGA Tour · purse $7,000,000 USD · CME Group
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 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/18°C · wind 23 km/h N, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/16°C · wind 24 km/h NNE, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/17°C · wind 24 km/h NE, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/19°C · wind 32 km/h NE, gusts 55 · 8.8 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
- Leona Maguire IRL · 273Finished second on the ESPN final leaderboard. ESPN leaderboard
60 started, 60 made it
Same week
LPGA event
CME Group Tour Championship
Tiburón Golf Club (Black Course), Tiburón Golf Club, Naples, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Lydia Ko
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 November 2022
And to be the Player of the Year and to win the Vare Trophy again and to win the CME Group Tour Championship, it's a dream come true.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 November 2022
As much as I'm excited that I have won, I'm also excited for some time off and get ready to become a bride soon (laughing).
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lydia Ko | 65 · 66 · 70 · 70 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Leona Maguire | 69 · 69 · 63 · 72 | 273 | −15 |
| 3 | Anna Nordqvist | 68 · 69 · 70 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T4 | Georgia Hall | 71 · 69 · 69 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T4 | Jeongeun Lee6 | 70 · 68 · 68 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| 6 | Pajaree Anannarukarn | 66 · 73 · 69 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T7 | Hyo Joo Kim | 67 · 69 · 72 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Brooke Henderson | 68 · 74 · 65 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Gemma Dryburgh | 67 · 70 · 69 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
| T10 | Celine Boutier | 71 · 71 · 69 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Jeeno Thitikul | 73 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Nelly Korda | 68 · 69 · 73 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1997-04-24, Seoul, South Korea; NZL; turned pro 2013; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 19; world No. 3 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2022-11-14 (published by LPGA.com), row: 3 ‐‐ ‐‐ Ko, Lydia ‐ 3837 NZL 56 372.5056 6.6519).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet