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Sunday 29 October 2023LPGA TourYear in Review
Boutier wins Maybank Championship
Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 October 2023 · Celine Boutier’s win no. 6 on the LPGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD · Maybank · Weather delay before the playoff (ASAP Sports winner transcript).
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/24°C · wind 9 km/h E, gusts 23 · 12.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R233°/24°C · wind 7 km/h ENE, gusts 28 · 8.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/24°C · wind 7 km/h N, gusts 24 · 14.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R433°/23°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 22 · 10.7 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
- Jeeno Thitikul THA · 267Lost a playoff after tying at 21 under. ESPN leaderboard + Wikipedia event article
78 started, 77 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Maybank Championship
Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club (West Course), Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Celine Boutier
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 October 2023
just being in a playoff is not always easy to handle, but just very happy with the outcome, obviously, and very happy with the way I handled the whole week.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 October 2023
Yeah, I didn't expect it to be that long, to be honest.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celine Boutier | 70 · 64 · 69 · 64 | 267 | −21 |
| 2 | Jeeno Thitikul | 66 · 71 · 62 · 68 | 267 | −21 |
| T3 | Jasmine Suwannapura | 63 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 269 | −19 |
| T3 | Rose Zhang | 65 · 68 · 65 · 71 | 269 | −19 |
| 5 | Peiyun Chien | 65 · 69 · 68 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| T6 | Nelly Korda | 69 · 69 · 67 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T6 | Brooke Henderson | 69 · 67 · 69 · 66 | 271 | −17 |
| T6 | Gemma Dryburgh | 67 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 271 | −17 |
| 9 | Megan Khang | 67 · 70 · 65 · 70 | 272 | −16 |
| 10 | Gaby López | 66 · 71 · 68 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
The golfer
born 1993-11-10, Clamart, France; FRA; turned pro 2016; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 6; world No. 5 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2023-10-23 (published by LPGA.com), row: 5 ‐‐ +7 Boutier, Celine ‐ 4029 FRA 47 329.2492 7.0053).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet