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Sunday 14 August 2022LPGA Tour · letYear in Review
Stark wins ISPS Handa World Invitational (women)
Galgorm Castle Golf Club, Ballymena, Northern Ireland · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 August 2022 · Maja Stark’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,500,000 USD · ISPS Handa · Played alongside the men's competition, the same week at Galgorm Castle Golf Club: it is listed under Same week
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 47 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/12°C · wind 10 km/h NW, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/12°C · wind 8 km/h NE, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/14°C · wind 9 km/h NE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/15°C · wind 11 km/h N, gusts 24 · 5.6 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
- Allisen Corpuz USA · 276Closed with a 68 and finished 5 shots behind Stark (ESPN News Services). Maja Stark earns LPGA Tour membership with win at ISPS Handa Invitational (ESPN/AP)
131 started · cut +3, 39 made it
Same week
LPGA event
ISPS Handa World Invitational (women)
Galgorm Castle Golf Club and Massereene Golf Club, Galgorm Castle Golf Club, Ballymena, Northern Ireland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Maja Stark
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 August 2022
It means the world. That was all I came here for. Like I just wanted that winner's category. I was so nervous. I hate qualifying.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maja Stark | 69 · 70 · 69 · 63 | 271 | −20 |
| 2 | Allisen Corpuz | 71 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 276 | −15 |
| 3 | Georgia Hall | 68 · 69 · 70 · 70 | 277 | −14 |
| T4 | Linn Grant | 70 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 278 | −13 |
| T4 | Emily Kristine Pedersen | 67 · 68 · 73 · 70 | 278 | −13 |
| T4 | Peiyun Chien | 70 · 67 · 70 · 71 | 278 | −13 |
| 7 | Liz Young | 70 · 73 · 67 · 69 | 279 | −12 |
| T8 | Lauren Stephenson | 70 · 69 · 75 · 66 | 280 | −11 |
| T8 | Amanda Doherty | 67 · 67 · 72 · 74 | 280 | −11 |
| 10 | Leona Maguire | 68 · 69 · 76 · 68 | 281 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1999-12-10, Skurup, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 2021; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 67 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2022-08-08 (published by LPGA.com), row: 67 +1 +24 Stark, Maja ‐ 6953 SWE 28 58.0817 1.6595).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet