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Sunday 30 April 1978LPGA TourYear in Review
Coles wins Natural Light Lady Tara Classic
Brookfield West GC, Ga. (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 28 to Sunday 30 April 1978 · Janet Coles’s win no. 1 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
13 h 18 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter 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
- Gloria Ehret2nd 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)
- Hollis Stacy2nd 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
Natural Light Lady Tara Classic
Brookfield West GC, Brookfield West GC, Ga.
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Janet Coles
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janet Coles | 71 · 70 · 70 | 211 | −8 |
| T2 | Gloria Ehret | |||
| T2 | Hollis Stacy |
The golfer
born 1954-08-04, California, U.S.; USA; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet