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Sunday 27 August 2023LPGA TourYear in Review
Khang wins CPKC Women's Open
Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club, Vancouver, British Columbia · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 August 2023 · Megan Khang’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,500,000 USD · CPKC
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/11°C · wind 9 km/h NNW, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/16°C · wind 13 km/h NNE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/15°C · wind 9 km/h NNW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/17°C · wind 8 km/h N, gusts 18 · 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
- Jin Young Ko KOR · 279Lost a playoff after tying at 9 under. ESPN leaderboard + Wikipedia event article
156 started · cut +4, 71 made it
Same week
LPGA event
CPKC Women's Open
Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club, Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club, Vancouver, British Columbia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Megan Khang
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 August 2023
There were definitely nerves. I was shaking signing my scorecard. I triple checked that scorecard to make sure everything was correct and we did sign.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Megan Khang | 71 · 66 · 68 · 74 | 279 | −9 |
| 2 | Jin Young Ko | 69 · 70 · 71 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| 3 | Ruoning Yin | 72 · 72 · 71 · 66 | 281 | −7 |
| T4 | Hannah Green | 70 · 71 · 72 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T4 | Sei Young Kim | 69 · 72 · 67 · 74 | 282 | −6 |
| T6 | Lauren Coughlin | 74 · 69 · 73 · 67 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Linn Grant | 67 · 71 · 76 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T8 | In Gee Chun | 74 · 72 · 69 · 69 | 284 | −4 |
| T8 | Jodi Ewart Shadoff | 73 · 72 · 67 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T8 | Yuka Saso | 66 · 73 · 72 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1997-10-23, Brockton, Massachusetts, U.S.; USA; turned pro 2015; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 27 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2023-08-21 (published by LPGA.com), row: 27 ‐‐ +1 Khang, Megan ‐ 4560 USA 42 138.4431 3.2963).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet