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Sunday 25 August 2024LPGA Tour · letYear in Review
Ko wins AIG Women's Open
St Andrews Links, St Andrews, Scotland · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 August 2024 · Lydia Ko’s win no. 21 on the LPGA Tour · purse $9,500,000 USD · AIG
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 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/13°C · wind 38 km/h SW, gusts 63 · 4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/12°C · wind 32 km/h WSW, gusts 55 · 12.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/12°C · wind 30 km/h SW, gusts 49 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/12°C · wind 35 km/h SW, gusts 57 · 3.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Ladies' British Open
- AIG Women's Open
- Women's British Open
- Pretty Polly Women's British Open
- Hitachi Ladies British Open
- Burberry Women's British Open
- Weetabix Women's British Open
- Ricoh Women's British Open
- AIG Women's British Open
1976–2026 in our record, 50 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Nelly Korda USA · 283tied for the lead late; made double bogey at the 15th after a chip from behind the green and took a cautious bunker shot at 17 (her account) AIG Women's Open, August 25, 2024: Nelly Korda interview - ASAP Sports
- Jiyai Shin KOR · 283 2024 Women's British Open - Wikipedia
- Lilia Vu USA · 283 2024 Women's British Open - Wikipedia
- Ruoning Yin CHN · 283 2024 Women's British Open - Wikipedia
144 started · cut +4, 82 made it
Same week
Women's major
AIG Women's Open
Old Course, St Andrews
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Nelly Korda, Jiyai Shin, Lilia Vu, Ruoning Yin
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 August 2024
now that I'm a little older and hopefully a little wiser, I just got to realise what an historic and special place this golf course is, and it's honestly been such a fairy tale.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 August 2024
It was 3-wood or a 3-wood. The back was completely out of play because I couldn't reach it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 August 2024
Listen, it's golf. I'm going to mess up and unfortunately I messed up over the weekend twice in two penalising ways coming down the stretch.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lydia Ko | 71 · 70 · 71 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T2 | Ruoning Yin | 68 · 72 · 73 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
| T2 | Nelly Korda | 68 · 68 · 75 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T2 | Lilia Vu | 69 · 70 · 71 · 73 | 283 | −5 |
| T2 | Jiyai Shin | 71 · 71 · 67 · 74 | 283 | −5 |
| 6 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 72 · 72 · 71 · 70 | 285 | −3 |
| T7 | Aki Iwai | 74 · 70 · 73 · 69 | 286 | −2 |
| T7 | Casandra Alexander | 73 · 68 · 73 · 72 | 286 | −2 |
| T7 | Mao Saigo | 69 · 72 · 73 · 72 | 286 | −2 |
| T10 | Angel Yin | 78 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 287 | −1 |
| T10 | Linn Grant | 77 · 71 · 68 · 71 | 287 | −1 |
| T10 | Pajaree Anannarukarn | 75 · 73 · 68 · 71 | 287 | −1 |
| T10 | Nanna Koerstz Madsen | 73 · 73 · 70 · 71 | 287 | −1 |
| T10 | Lottie Woad | 72 · 70 · 72 · 73 | 287 | −1 |
| T10 | Alexa Pano | 75 · 69 · 69 · 74 | 287 | −1 |
| T10 | Jin Hee Im | 74 · 68 · 71 · 74 | 287 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1997-04-24, Seoul, South Korea; NZL; turned pro 2013; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 21; majors to date: 3; world No. 12 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2024-08-19 (published by LPGA.com), row: 12 ‐‐ ‐1 Ko, Lydia ‐ 3837 NZL 46 196.4505 4.2707).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet