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Sunday 22 October 2023LPGA TourYear in Review
Lee wins BMW Ladies Championship
Seowon Valley Country Club, Paju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 October 2023 · Minjee Lee’s win no. 10 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,200,000 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 47 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 41° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Alison Lee USA · 272Lost a one-hole playoff (4 to Lee's 3, ESPN playoff scores) after tying at 16 under. ESPN leaderboard + Wikipedia event article
78 started, 76 made it
Same week
LPGA event
BMW Ladies Championship
Seowon Valley Country Club, Seowon Valley Country Club, Paju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Minjee Lee
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 October 2023
Well, I think it was my fourth playoff this year, so you know, I'm becoming pretty used to those.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 October 2023
Yeah, out of all the places, Korea was always at the top of my list because my parents are Korean and I have a heritage to Korea.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minjee Lee | 64 · 69 · 71 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| 2 | Alison Lee | 63 · 72 · 70 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| 3 | Lydia Ko | 67 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| 4 | Angel Yin | 69 · 68 · 71 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Jodi Ewart Shadoff | 65 · 73 · 73 · 65 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Jeongeun Lee6 | 68 · 68 · 73 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Jeeno Thitikul | 70 · 71 · 66 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Jiyai Shin | 69 · 71 · 67 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Celine Boutier | 66 · 72 · 68 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T10 | Ayaka Furue | 64 · 75 · 71 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Jenny Shin | 69 · 70 · 71 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Lauren Coughlin | 67 · 72 · 67 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1996-05-27, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2014; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 10; world No. 7 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2023-10-16 (published by LPGA.com), row: 7 ‐‐ ‐3 Lee, Minjee ‐ 4139 AUS 43 247.8204 5.7633).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet