Golf Network News
Sunday 18 June 1978LPGA TourYear in Review
Lopez wins Bankers Trust Classic
Locust Hill CC, Rochester, N.Y. (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 16 to Sunday 18 June 1978 · Nancy Lopez’s win no. 7 on the LPGA Tour · purse $75,000 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
15 h 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Debbie Massey2nd per chronology LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-79 (Wayback capture of lpga.com PDF; decoded text on disk at _work/sched/chron70/chron70.txt, not re-verified against the capture by this worker)
- Jane Blalock2nd per chronology LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-79 (Wayback capture of lpga.com PDF; decoded text on disk at _work/sched/chron70/chron70.txt, not re-verified against the capture by this worker)
Same week
LPGA event
Bankers Trust Classic
Locust Hill CC, Locust Hill CC, Rochester, N.Y.
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Nancy Lopez
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nancy Lopez | 72 · 73 · 69 | 214 | −5 |
| T2 | Debbie Massey | |||
| T2 | Jane Blalock |
The golfer
born 1957-01-06, Torrance, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1977; age 21 that week; tour wins to date: 7.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet