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Sunday 24 March 2024LPGA TourYear in Review
Korda wins Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship
Palos Verdes Golf Club, Palos Verdes Estates, California · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 March 2024 · Nelly Korda’s win no. 10 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,000,000 USD · Fir Hills
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 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/12°C · wind 14 km/h SSW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/12°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/12°C · wind 34 km/h W, gusts 58 · 4.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R415°/11°C · wind 34 km/h WNW, gusts 59 · 0 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
- Ryann O'Toole USA · 275Closed with 66 to tie on 275, then lost to a Korda birdie on the first sudden-death hole. Nelly Korda — FIR HILLS SERI PAK Championship winner's interview (ASAP Sports)
144 started · cut +1, 69 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship
Palos Verdes Golf Club, Palos Verdes Golf Club, Palos Verdes Estates, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Nelly Korda
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
24 March 2024
Eagle, bogey, birdie, bogey, bogey. Yeah, it was just -- I say this all the time, but I seem to always make it interesting.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
24 March 2024
I took at least three and a half weeks off, off of golf, so it was nice to have him here all week.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelly Korda | 72 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 275 | −9 |
| 2 | Ryann O'Toole | 73 · 68 · 68 · 66 | 275 | −9 |
| T3 | Gabriela Ruffels | 72 · 69 · 65 · 70 | 276 | −8 |
| T3 | Alison Lee | 66 · 70 · 68 · 72 | 276 | −8 |
| T5 | Andrea Lee | 69 · 70 · 70 · 68 | 277 | −7 |
| T5 | Jasmine Suwannapura | 69 · 70 · 68 · 70 | 277 | −7 |
| T5 | Jiyai Shin | 73 · 68 · 63 · 73 | 277 | −7 |
| T8 | Sarah Schmelzel | 69 · 72 · 67 · 70 | 278 | −6 |
| T8 | Ruoning Yin | 70 · 65 · 71 · 72 | 278 | −6 |
| T10 | Jenny Shin | 69 · 70 · 70 · 70 | 279 | −5 |
| T10 | Gemma Dryburgh | 75 · 66 · 66 · 72 | 279 | −5 |
| T10 | Charley Hull | 70 · 69 · 68 · 72 | 279 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1998-07-28, Bradenton, Florida, U.S.; USA; turned pro 2016; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 10; world No. 2 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2024-03-18 (published by LPGA.com), row: 2 ‐‐ +3 Korda, Nelly ‐ 5394 USA 34 231.3118 6.6089).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet