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Sunday 4 March 1979LPGA TourYear in Review
Little wins Bent Tree Classic
Bent Tree G&RC, Sarasota, Florida (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 March 1979 · Sally Little’s win no. 3 on the LPGA Tour · purse $100,000 USD · start from the LPGA Chronology date range; end confirmed by Wikipedia 1979 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 29 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent 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
- Nancy Lopez USAsecond (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
Sally Little
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sally Little | 72 · 67 · 72 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
| 2 | Nancy Lopez |
The golfer
born 1951-10-12, Cape Town, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1971; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 3.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet