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Saturday 15 April 2023LPGA TourYear in Review
Kim wins LOTTE Championship
Hoakalei Country Club, Ewa Beach, HI · Wednesday 12 to Saturday 15 April 2023 · Grace Kim’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,000,000 USD · LOTTE
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 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 78° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/22°C · wind 26 km/h ENE, gusts 54 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/22°C · wind 24 km/h E, gusts 54 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/22°C · wind 20 km/h NE, gusts 46 · 2.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/21°C · wind 22 km/h NE, gusts 44 · 0.8 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
- Yu Liu CHN · 276lost three-way playoff on the first extra hole to Kim's birdie 2023 Lotte Championship final results: Prize money payout, leaderboard and how much each golfer won - Golf News Net
- Yu Jin Sung KOR · 276lost three-way playoff on the first extra hole to Kim's birdie 2023 Lotte Championship final results: Prize money payout, leaderboard and how much each golfer won - Golf News Net
144 started · cut +2, 73 made it
Same week
LPGA event
LOTTE Championship
Hoakalei Country Club, Hoakalei Country Club, Ewa Beach, HI
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Grace Kim
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (asaptext interview transcript)
15 April 2023
Seeing the girls- seeing Yu miss it left, Yu Jin miss it right I'm like, I think this is straight, so I went straight at it and got it done.
ASAP Sports (asaptext interview transcript)
15 April 2023
I think really just puts the cherry on top of my career. I know it's just the beginning
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grace Kim | 71 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T2 | Yu Liu | 69 · 72 · 71 · 64 | 276 | −12 |
| T2 | Yu Jin Sung | 68 · 68 · 71 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T4 | Peiyun Chien | 72 · 69 · 69 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T4 | Linnea Strom | 70 · 67 · 71 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T6 | Lauren Tenuta | 69 · 70 · 70 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Natthakritta Vongtaveelap | 66 · 70 · 73 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Georgia Hall | 71 · 66 · 71 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T9 | Youmin Hwang | 70 · 71 · 72 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T9 | Siyun Liu | 71 · 69 · 70 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 2000-12-13, Sydney, NSW, Australia; AUS; turned pro 2021; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet