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Sunday 15 May 2022LPGA TourYear in Review
Lee wins Cognizant Founders Cup
Upper Montclair Country Club, Clifton, NJ · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 May 2022 · Minjee Lee’s win no. 7 on the LPGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD · Cognizant
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 17 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/14°C · wind 12 km/h E, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/16°C · wind 11 km/h E, gusts 22 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/16°C · wind 11 km/h SE, gusts 26 · 7.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/16°C · wind 11 km/h SSW, gusts 27 · 2.9 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
- Lexi Thompson USA · 271solo second, two behind 2022 Cognizant Founders Cup final results: Prize money payout, leaderboard and how much each golfer won - Golf News Net
144 started · cut -1, 80 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Cognizant Founders Cup
Upper Montclair Country Club, Upper Montclair Country Club, Clifton, NJ
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Minjee Lee
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (asaptext interview transcript)
15 May 2022
I fought really hard this whole day, and just to finish with a couple of birdies and just to come out with a win is just really special. I'm really happy.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minjee Lee | 67 · 63 · 69 · 70 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Lexi Thompson | 67 · 66 · 69 · 69 | 271 | −17 |
| T3 | Angel Yin | 70 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| T3 | Madelene Sagstrom | 63 · 70 · 67 · 72 | 272 | −16 |
| 5 | Carlota Ciganda | 67 · 69 · 73 · 64 | 273 | −15 |
| T6 | Nasa Hataoka | 65 · 73 · 70 · 66 | 274 | −14 |
| T6 | Megan Khang | 64 · 72 · 71 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| T8 | Jeeno Thitikul | 71 · 68 · 73 · 63 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Hye-Jin Choi | 69 · 70 · 70 · 66 | 275 | −13 |
| 10 | Jenny Shin | 75 · 64 · 70 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1996-05-27, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2014; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 1; world No. 5 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2022-05-09 (published by LPGA.com), row: 5 ‐‐ +2 Lee, Minjee ‐ 4139 AUS 50 270.4981 5.4100).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet