Golf Network News
Sunday 26 February 1978LPGA TourYear in Review
Lopez wins Bent Tree Classic
Bent Tree G&RC, Sarasota, Florida (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 February 1978 · Nancy Lopez’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $100,000 USD · start from the LPGA Chronology date range; end confirmed by Wikipedia 1978 season table
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 19 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 52° up at noon, and that night a waning 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
- Jo Ann Washamsecond (LPGA Chronology) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-79 (dead lpga.com PDF, Wayback capture; decoded text on disk)
Same week
LPGA event
Bent Tree Classic
Bent Tree G&RC, Bent Tree G&RC, Sarasota, Florida
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Nancy Lopez
To par and runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nancy Lopez | 71 · 72 · 73 · 73 | 289 | |
| 2 | Jo Ann Washam |
The golfer
born 1957-01-06, Torrance, California; USA; turned pro 1977; age 21 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet