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Sunday 9 March 2025LPGA Tour · clpgaYear in Review
Takeda wins Blue Bay LPGA
Jian Lake Blue Bay Golf Course, Hainan Island, China (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 March 2025 · Rio Takeda’s win no. 2 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,500,000 USD
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 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Minjee Lee AUS · 277Past champion; finished six shots behind as Takeda closed with a bogey-free 64. Golf News Net
108 started · cut +4, 74 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Blue Bay LPGA
Jian Lake Blue Bay Golf Course, Jian Lake Blue Bay Golf Course, Hainan Island, China
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Rio Takeda
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 March 2025
I'm really happy with this. Really happy to win this tournament because the course layout, it's really, really different. Like compared to Japanese course. So I had so many winning at the JLPGA but this winning is meaningful.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 March 2025
I could win this tournament because my strongest point is driving distance, so it worked well this tournament.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 March 2025
I chipped in four times, so that's obviously going to help. I think I made three eagles and a birdie chip-in,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio Takeda | 69 · 69 · 69 · 64 | 271 | −17 |
| 2 | Minjee Lee | 70 · 72 · 68 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| 3 | Ayaka Furue | 68 · 72 · 70 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| 4 | Cassie Porter | 69 · 68 · 72 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T5 | Sarah Schmelzel | 72 · 73 · 68 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | Shuying Li | 69 · 72 · 70 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | Mao Saigo | 70 · 70 · 70 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Miyu Yamashita | 75 · 71 · 68 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T8 | Nasa Hataoka | 71 · 66 · 76 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
| T8 | Miranda Wang | 75 · 69 · 68 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T8 | Gaby López | 69 · 70 · 73 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 2003-04-02, Kōshi, Kumamoto, Japan; JPN; turned pro 2022; age 21 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 17 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2025-03-03 (published by LPGA.com), row: 17 ‐‐ ‐‐ Takeda, Rio ‐ 9307 JPN 77 242.9689 3.1554).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet