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Sunday 25 June 2023LPGA TourYear in Review
Yin wins KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Baltusrol Golf Club, Springfield, New Jersey · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 June 2023 · Ruoning Yin’s win no. 2 on the LPGA Tour · purse $10,000,000 USD · KPMG · final round interrupted by severe weather for nearly two hours (AP)
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 55 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/16°C · wind 19 km/h ENE, gusts 42 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/18°C · wind 14 km/h ESE, gusts 36 · 6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/20°C · wind 9 km/h S, gusts 24 · 16.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/20°C · wind 10 km/h S, gusts 27 · 10.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- LPGA Championship
- Eve-LPGA Championship
- Mazda LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
- LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans
- Wegmans LPGA Championship
- KPMG Women's PGA Championship
1955–2026 in our record, 72 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Yuka Saso JPN · 277closed with 66 and birdied the 18th to tie, but Yin birdied the 72nd hole from about 10 feet to win by one Ruoning Yin wins Women's PGA Championship for 1st major title (AP)
156 started · cut +5, 79 made it
Same week
Women's major
KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), Springfield
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Yuka Saso
From the papers
ESPN (AP)
25 June 2023
When I was walking to this tent, I just said: 'Oh, wow, major winner!' It's amazing. It's just unreal
ESPN (AP)
25 June 2023
Oh, wow. Actually I'm thinking about buy her house right now
ESPN (AP)
25 June 2023
After missing the birdie on 17, I just wished that I wouldn't hit my drive in the water on 18
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruoning Yin | 67 · 73 · 69 · 67 | 276 | −8 |
| 2 | Yuka Saso | 69 · 73 · 69 · 66 | 277 | −7 |
| T3 | Carlota Ciganda | 72 · 73 · 69 · 64 | 278 | −6 |
| T3 | Anna Nordqvist | 74 · 73 · 66 · 65 | 278 | −6 |
| T3 | Megan Khang | 74 · 70 · 67 · 67 | 278 | −6 |
| T3 | Xiyu Janet Lin | 67 · 71 · 73 · 67 | 278 | −6 |
| T3 | Stephanie Meadow | 73 · 68 · 67 · 70 | 278 | −6 |
| T8 | Ayaka Furue | 69 · 75 · 69 · 66 | 279 | −5 |
| T8 | Rose Zhang | 70 · 74 · 68 · 67 | 279 | −5 |
| T8 | Jenny Shin | 69 · 72 · 66 · 72 | 279 | −5 |
The golfer
born 2002-09-28, Kunming, China; CHN; turned pro 2020; age 20 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 1; world No. 25 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2023-06-19 (published by LPGA.com), row: 25 ‐1 +127 Yin, Ruoning ‐ 6803 CHN 24 111.1120 3.1746).
What’s in the bag
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