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Sunday 20 August 2023LPGA Tour · letYear in Review
Pano wins ISPS Handa World Invitational (women)
Galgorm Castle Golf Club, Ballymena, Northern Ireland · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 August 2023 · Alexa Pano’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,500,000 USD · ISPS Handa · Played alongside the men's competition, the same week at Galgorm Castle Golf Club: it is listed under Same week
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 22 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/13°C · wind 27 km/h ESE, gusts 58 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/15°C · wind 36 km/h ESE, gusts 71 · 9.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/16°C · wind 38 km/h S, gusts 77 · 9.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/15°C · wind 23 km/h SSW, gusts 46 · 0.4 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
- Esther Henseleit GER · 281Lost a three-way playoff after tying at 8 under. ESPN leaderboard + Wikipedia event article
- Gabriella Cowley ENG · 281Lost a three-way playoff after tying at 8 under. ESPN leaderboard + Wikipedia event article
144 started · cut +7, 38 made it
Same week
LPGA event
ISPS Handa World Invitational (women)
Galgorm Castle Golf Club, Galgorm Castle Golf Club, Ballymena, Northern Ireland
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Alexa Pano
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 August 2023
I mean, I've been dreaming of this for so long, even just putts on the practice green saying, this is to win an LPGA event.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexa Pano | 76 · 70 · 69 · 66 | 281 | −8 |
| T2 | Esther Henseleit | 72 · 71 · 69 · 69 | 281 | −8 |
| T2 | Gabriella Cowley | 69 · 75 · 67 · 70 | 281 | −8 |
| 4 | Ryann O'Toole | 71 · 73 · 68 · 70 | 282 | −7 |
| 5 | Olivia Cowan | 72 · 72 · 71 · 68 | 283 | −6 |
| T6 | Azahara Munoz | 74 · 73 · 71 · 66 | 284 | −5 |
| T6 | Diksha Dagar | 71 · 74 · 72 · 67 | 284 | −5 |
| 8 | Peiyun Chien | 71 · 75 · 71 · 68 | 285 | −4 |
| 9 | Kim Metraux | 69 · 75 · 69 · 73 | 286 | −3 |
| T10 | Wichanee Meechai | 71 · 76 · 70 · 70 | 287 | −2 |
| T10 | Noora Komulainen | 71 · 75 · 71 · 70 | 287 | −2 |
| T10 | Chloe Williams | 70 · 75 · 71 · 71 | 287 | −2 |
The golfer
born 2004-08-20, Westborough, Massachusetts, U.S.; USA; turned pro 2022; age 19 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 402 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2023-08-14 (published by LPGA.com), row: 402 +1 +55 Pano, Alexa ‐ 6969 USA 33 8.9839 0.2567).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet