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Sunday 10 September 2023LPGA TourYear in Review
Lee wins Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G
Kenwood Country Club, Cincinnati, Ohio · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 September 2023 · Minjee Lee’s win no. 9 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,000,000 USD · Kroger
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/18°C · wind 13 km/h W, gusts 25 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/17°C · wind 11 km/h N, gusts 26 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/18°C · wind 15 km/h NE, gusts 33 · 1.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/15°C · wind 12 km/h NNE, gusts 24 · 0.1 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
- Charley Hull ENG · 272Lost a playoff after tying at 16 under. ESPN leaderboard + Wikipedia event article
144 started · cut -1, 80 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G
Kenwood Country Club, Kenwood Country Club, Cincinnati, Ohio
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Minjee Lee
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
10 September 2023
Obviously at Founders with Jin Young, that playoff didn't go my way so this one I really wanted to make it go my way.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minjee Lee | 67 · 69 · 65 · 71 | 272 | −16 |
| 2 | Charley Hull | 67 · 68 · 68 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| 3 | Ruoning Yin | 68 · 66 · 73 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| 4 | Ally Ewing | 69 · 70 · 71 · 66 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Mel Reid | 71 · 69 · 71 · 66 | 277 | −11 |
| T5 | Mi Hyang Lee | 74 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T5 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 69 · 69 · 68 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| T5 | Yuka Saso | 69 · 66 · 70 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| T5 | Morgane Metraux | 68 · 66 · 70 · 73 | 277 | −11 |
| T5 | Peiyun Chien | 66 · 64 · 73 · 74 | 277 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1996-05-27, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2014; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 9; world No. 13 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2023-09-04 (published by LPGA.com), row: 13 ‐1 ‐9 Lee, Minjee ‐ 4139 AUS 43 221.3612 5.1479).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet