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Saturday 22 July 2023LPGA TourYear in Review
Knight and Szokol win Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational
Midland Country Club, Midland, Michigan · Wednesday 19 to Saturday 22 July 2023 · Cheyenne Knight’s win no. 2 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,700,000 USD · Dow · team event (two-player teams); final round weather-delayed per Golf News Net
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 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/14°C · wind 10 km/h WSW, gusts 25 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/18°C · wind 19 km/h WSW, gusts 53 · 4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/16°C · wind 13 km/h NNW, gusts 28 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/14°C · wind 11 km/h WNW, gusts 27 · 1.6 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
- Matilda Castren and Kelly Tan · 258finished one shot back, a shot out of a potential playoff 2023 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational final results: Prize money payout, leaderboard and how much each golfer won - Golf News Net
128 started, 74 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational
Midland Country Club, Midland Country Club, Midland, Michigan
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Cheyenne Knight and Elizabeth Szokol
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (asaptext interview transcript)
22 July 2023
It's funny. Elizabeth told me on 18, she said, Thanks for waiting for me to win this year.
ASAP Sports (asaptext interview transcript)
22 July 2023
It's amazing to get my first win. It's something I've been working for a long time, and it's so tough to win out here.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheyenne Knight and Elizabeth Szokol | 69 · 61 · 62 · 65 | 257 | −23 |
| 2 | Matilda Castren and Kelly Tan | 64 · 63 · 68 · 63 | 258 | −22 |
| T3 | Celine Boutier and Yuka Saso | 65 · 63 · 70 · 62 | 260 | −20 |
| T3 | Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Emma Talley | 67 · 60 · 70 · 63 | 260 | −20 |
| T3 | Celine Borge and Polly Mack | 65 · 64 · 68 · 63 | 260 | −20 |
| 6 | Stacy Lewis and Maria Fassi | 68 · 64 · 66 · 63 | 261 | −19 |
| 7 | Yan Liu and Muni He | 72 · 63 · 68 · 60 | 263 | −17 |
| 8 | Sarah Kemp and Alena Sharp | 69 · 64 · 71 · 60 | 264 | −16 |
| T9 | Peiyun Chien and Yu-Sang Hou | 70 · 66 · 68 · 62 | 266 | −14 |
| T9 | Yu Liu and Ruixin Liu | 66 · 65 · 71 · 64 | 266 | −14 |
| T9 | Paula Reto and Amelia Lewis | 65 · 61 · 73 · 67 | 266 | −14 |
| T9 | Ana Belac and Bianca Pagdanganan | 70 · 63 · 66 · 67 | 266 | −14 |
The golfer
world No. 39 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2023-07-17 (published by LPGA.com), row: 39 ‐‐ +34 Knight, Cheyenne ‐ 6894 USA 46 108.0558 2.3490).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet