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Sunday 3 April 2022LPGA TourYear in Review
Kupcho wins Chevron Championship
Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California · Thursday 31 March to Sunday 3 April 2022 · Jennifer Kupcho’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $5,000,000 USD · Chevron
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 26 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/15°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/15°C · wind 12 km/h SSE, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/15°C · wind 9 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/17°C · wind 11 km/h WSW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle
- Colgate-Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational
- Nabisco Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Championship
- Kraft Nabisco Championship
- ANA Inspiration
- Chevron Championship
1972–2026 in our record, 55 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Jessica Korda USA · 276Holed out for eagle at the 3rd and got within two after Kupcho bogeyed 13 and 14, but bogeyed 15 and parred in (69). Jennifer Kupcho closes out Chevron Championship victory for first LPGA Tour title in major's last run at Mission Hills (AP via ESPN)
115 started · cut +1, 74 made it
Same week
Women's major
Chevron Championship
Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course), Rancho Mirage
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jessica Korda
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
3 April 2022
I mean, I had a six-stroke lead and I shot 8-under yesterday, so I figured if someone can do that, then they deserve to be in a playoff.
AP via ESPN
3 April 2022
I mean, it's surreal to be able to say that I was the last person here and first person at Augusta,
AP via ESPN
3 April 2022
Second place is not bad after being 3 over through seven [Thursday], so pretty proud of myself,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jennifer Kupcho | 66 · 70 · 64 · 74 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Jessica Korda | 71 · 69 · 67 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| 3 | Pia Babnik | 70 · 70 · 71 · 66 | 277 | −11 |
| T4 | Celine Boutier | 70 · 69 · 72 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Hinako Shibuno | 69 · 66 · 77 · 66 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Lexi Thompson | 69 · 70 · 71 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Patty Tavatanakit | 67 · 69 · 70 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| T8 | Alison Lee | 71 · 70 · 72 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Hannah Green | 70 · 72 · 68 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Hyo Joo Kim | 70 · 67 · 73 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Nanna Koerstz Madsen | 71 · 67 · 72 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1997-05-14, Littleton, Colorado; USA; turned pro 2019; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 1; world No. 53 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2022-03-28 (published by LPGA.com), row: 53 ‐5 ‐9 Kupcho, Jennifer ‐ 6944 USA 53 102.0646 1.9257).
What’s in the bag
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