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Sunday 19 November 2023LPGA TourYear in Review
Yang wins CME Group Tour Championship
Tiburón Golf Club, Naples, Florida · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 November 2023 · Amy Yang’s win no. 5 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 37 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/21°C · wind 35 km/h ENE, gusts 62 · 23.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/21°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/21°C · wind 22 km/h NW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/20°C · wind 19 km/h NNW, gusts 26 · 0 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
- Alison Lee USA · 264Tied second, three strokes behind (Wikipedia: margin 3 strokes). ESPN leaderboard
- Nasa Hataoka JPN · 264Tied second, three strokes behind (Wikipedia: margin 3 strokes). ESPN leaderboard
60 started, 58 made it
Same week
LPGA event
CME Group Tour Championship
Tiburón Golf Club (Gold Course), Tiburón Golf Club, Naples, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Amy Yang
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 November 2023
I always want my first win in U.S., and it's so great to see I have many fans here, too, and just so grateful.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 November 2023
You know, I doubted for a while. I doubted a little bit that if I can make it, if I can make the first place.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amy Yang | 68 · 63 · 64 · 66 | 261 | −27 |
| T2 | Alison Lee | 66 · 64 · 68 · 66 | 264 | −24 |
| T2 | Nasa Hataoka | 63 · 67 · 65 · 69 | 264 | −24 |
| 4 | Lilia Vu | 70 · 66 · 66 · 65 | 267 | −21 |
| 5 | Jeeno Thitikul | 67 · 66 · 69 · 66 | 268 | −20 |
| T6 | Ruoning Yin | 63 · 68 · 69 · 69 | 269 | −19 |
| T6 | Xiyu Janet Lin | 67 · 66 · 66 · 70 | 269 | −19 |
| T8 | Nelly Korda | 68 · 68 · 66 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| T8 | Minjee Lee | 64 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 270 | −18 |
| T10 | Yu Liu | 66 · 71 · 68 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T10 | Carlota Ciganda | 71 · 70 · 63 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
The golfer
born 1989-07-28, Ilsan, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2006; age 34 that week; tour wins to date: 5; world No. 36 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2023-11-13 (published by LPGA.com), row: 36 +3 +47 Yang, Amy ‐ 2418 KOR 40 115.0241 2.8756).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet